Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-24

ave convinced them they were abs,
ltely false, ask me to resign.
Trote Senator Noltimier a letter invi
1g him to be here tonight, to be he,
nth a. stenOgrapher to take down n
peech and i say to him now:
Sir, that il there is one word
Of truth in those allegations
You made when you asked me to
resign, ask You to step up here
on this platform and present your
proof to the people of this state.
ask yo1l to show that 1 sold out
to the Standard Oil company.
ask you to show that the Mime.
apolfs Chamber of Commerce has
any connection, directly or inGii-
rcctly, with the office of the at
torney general. ask you to show
one single case where the state
of North Dakota has not been
ably and cncrgetcally represent
cd. ask you to show ono place
where L have betrayed the farm
ers of North Dakota. Senator
Noltimier. you know you can't
show it. You know right down in
your heart that you were q lying
cur when you voted for the rcso.
luton asking me to resign. You
know that during the session
when you voted on one of these
resolutions you turned around to
Senator Mccs and said to him:
Senator, I know you are right. 1
wish I could vote with yOu.' Sena-
tor NOltinier, stand up before
the bar of public opinion. Stand
up and tell the people of this
state why year ago you voted
against a 100000 immigration
bill and how a few minutes la
ter on when A. G. Townlcy had
called you out into the lobby and
: said you were damn fool for
voting against the measure you
sneakcd back into the senate
chamber and moved to reconsider
the vote and voted for the $780,
200 bill. Senator Noltfmicr,, L
want you to explain to tho people
OF this county why YOU voted for
the Infamous newspaper graft,
bill why you voted to deprive that
talented woman, Miss Mimic j..
Nelson, of most OF the same du-
ties that have been exercised for.
y long while by N. c. Mcdonald.
And if you can't explain them,
You arc branded as a man sunk
SO low that you. have not tho
courage to stand up before the
people of this county and defend
your conduct. God have mercy
on tho soul OF man who betrays
himself; a man who cannot look
in the looking glass: q man who
knows in his heart that he is not
worthy of the confidence that his
Scpt, tHn~ Ii
My friends. this bill which was
supposed to tcrrify me is Senate
Bill No. 20. 1t is as follows:
An Act Making it felony fl
ny state official to wilfully publis
alse statements with reference to ar
tate department, institution or indu;
ry and providing the manner
which such cases under the provision
# this act shall be tried and providin
he penalty therefor.
BE it Enacted by the Legislat1
Assembly of the State of North D;
kota:
Section /. No state official sha
vifully publish any false statemen
n regard to any of the state depar
nents, institutions or industries whic
aid false statements shall tend to d.
.eive the public and create a distru
IT the state officials or employees
charge of such departments, instit,
ions or industries, or which tent
o obstruct, hinder and delay the va
Gus departments. institutions and il
lustries OF the state.
g Section =. The district court
my county in the state where al
such false statements shall have bee
Uttered or otherwise published, sha
lave jurisdiction to try any ca
under the provisions of th
lct
Section 3. In all prosecutions III
ler the provisions of this act and trie
~ a jury such jurors shall be. selec
I'd from the various parts of tt
in which such case shall
.ried.
Section 4. Any person violati1
he provisions of this act shall be d
creed guilty of 2. felony and shall
punished BY Imprisonment in the sta
for term of one year
oy a fine q Of five hundred dolla
s5o0.o0) dr both.
Section 5. All acts or parts Of &C
with the provisions
his act are hereby repealed. Appro
I'd: 9:15 p. m, Dec. II, 1912
Why Not Townley?
why, my friends. ask you if tn
was good bill were not all perso,
included? Why, for instance, shou
\. c. Townley be allowed to go ov
he state of North Dakota villifyil
ne and my office, as he did in II
campaign, responsible
10 one. And why should I, simply b
cause I happen to be a state office
Why should because of a slip of Il
ongue in which I may inadvertent
say that the Bank of North Dako
has only made $56,000 in farm 1oa1
where as matter Of fact they m,
nave made $4,000: why should / b
placed in the state penitentiary VIII
ny friends, if this bill is on tt
square, should I not be tried by a tu
n the county in which I make Il
Why should few CORFU
be allowed to haul me +:
,ver the state of North Dakota,
laul me to g county where they ha
,en to be politically strong, whe
hey happen to control the county o
'icers; take me to place where
haven't any personal friends. al
here try me, non by a jury regular