Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-06-19

A week from today the people of
North Dakota will cast their ballots
on seven measures passed by the
last session of the legislature. Thirty
eight thousand North Dakota voters
petitionsd for this election.
Likewise, nearly that number Pc
titiOned the governor to allow an
election on four additional initiated
measures. He arbitrarily refused
their petitiOn--and he crowded the
election nearly two weeks ahead so
that he could head off the four others.
Do our people realize the fact that
all over the country we are looked
upon as the "Bolshevik state of North
Dakota?" Ask the returned soldiers
if they haven't been handed that time
and time again.
"Big Big" lies aar not responsible
!. for that condition. The repeated
statements of the socialistic, non-resi-
dent dictators of North Dakota are
responsible for such general opinion
of the people of this state. They
have convicted themselves among 10y
al people everywhere.
True enough, there are always
troubles in a political way to contend
with. Shrewd confidence men have
seized upon an opportunity to reap
their harvest in this state. They were
not satisfied with absolute power;
they were not content with cart loads
of money. They are always after
more.
Imagine man elected to the legis-
1ature by the people of this county
running around with a sign on his
automobile reading "Vote Yes Seven
Times" That is his argument. and
the only one he dares to put up. It's
"Well Stick" and "Vote Yes Seven
Tires" What an argument.
We have had Townley here; we
have had Cahill. Even their hired
man. Horst, has covered the county.
AND NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE
DARED A WORD IN SUPPORT OF
THE THREE ADDITIONAL JUDI
GEES. "Vote Yes Seven Times" Ger
tainly. That is the only argument in
favor of the Judge Bill. Pay more
money; make mora jobs. Why? Oh,
"Vote Yes Seven Times" Will our
.people fall for that?
The Nonpartisan speakers ignore
the Judge Bill in their talks for fear
of iniuring their cause with the yot-
ers. They hope to slip it through by
the "vote Yes Seven Times" slogan.
And the immigration Bill. Two
hundred thousand dollars and a fat
job. Why? The answer echoes back
from all the league bosses and organ
izers: "Vote Yes Seven Times"
And the Tax Commissioner Bill.
At Temvik. Horst told his hearers
that the one-man scheme was to "sava
the price of two men. 1T WAS NOT.
The last legislature cut>off two Off
cials on tax matters-AND PRO-
vIDED FOR THREE MORE.
Some saving.
And the Board of Education Bill.
Horst told his audience at Temvik
that they wanted to combine several
boards to cut down expense. THEY
DID NOT. The new bill provides for
four appointive officers that will draw
far more salary than all the old
boards combined. The new law gives
those men $4,000 year each. Under
the old law, the members of the vari-
GUS boards only drew pay for the days
actually devoted to state affairs
many of them not more than $50 to
500 per year. The new law does
give the socialist regime chance to
take charge of the schools of this
state. Read what the Literary Di-
gest has to say of Bolshevism and
Socialism:
Quoting from the Buffalo Evening
News, it carries this statement: "The
teachers of Socialism and Bolshevism
are assiduous in instruction. They
are not content to teach the gospel of
revolution only to those who come to
them, but they go out into the high
ways and byways to deliver their
message. THEY TEACH THEIR
FALSE DOCTRINES TO THE
CHILDREN AND TO THE IMMI-
GRANTS. They are forever at it.
Every man and woman who accepts
the creed Of violence becomes a mis-
sioner.
The Bank of North Dakota Bill Is
NOT designed to get cheap money to
the farmers. Why? Because it is
so framed that not dollar can be-