Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-10
be practically impossible to change
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be practically impossible to change
without revolution and bloodshed.
consistent with his veto of the ter
minal elevator bill two years ago. In
deed. 1t is consistent with the whole
procedure Of the gang that Is trying
to fasten its tantacles on h people
of this state for the next generation
or more. They are not satisfied to
try out new notions q step at the time
gradually Transforming the barren
prairie into splendid homes which
they nov have. They tried out q few
things at the time on q small scale
and then went in q little deeper and
deeper on what proved to be good
and discarded what proved to be bad.
1.-THE governor is trying to create
be compelled to make him monarch
of all North Dakota by approving the
industrial commission bin or not have
a fair chance to try out a terminal
mill and elevator law. home building
law or rural credit law. Possibly he
is afraid Of the Nonpartisan election
law which is also initiated.
More than 10000 people have
signed the initiative petition. The
governor certainly does not intend
to say hat t.,,at all Of these people
they petitioned for the initiation Of
the laws in question. North Dakota
can have a fair and square trial Of
state ownership and operation Of mill
and elevators. a home building law
or a rural credit law with 100000 900
bond issue to finance it. without APP
pr rowing the industrial commission bill
or the state bank bill. The state
bank was not a part of the original
that has been picked I'D like a lot
Of other stuff for the purpose Of Gre
ating more political pap for h nun
cry one that are now in the state
and others that may be imported with
the 100000 immigration a~pproprta-
ton.
''All that the original league pro-
gram has said about state banks was
this: Rural credit banks operated
people had in mind when this express
sion was used was something similar
to the Raffasen rural credit system
now in operation in parts in Europe.
THE charge hat the mill and ele-
vator law and other laws are not
workable has no foundation. The
Townley henchmen have as yet failed
to point out a single instance wherein
any of the initiated laws are unwork-
able.
THE governor is also quoted as say
ing: These bills. both initiated and
referred. would go on the ballot by
title only. and it would be impossible
for all. or even a large per cent OF
the voters, in the short time that re-
mains, to become so familiar with the
complete text Of both referred and
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intelligent ballot by voting in each
case for one of the bills against the
other. the titles of both as they would
appear on the ballot being so nearly
alike In this connection it should
be remembered that the constitution
as now amended makes the following
provision with reference Of getting
all initiated and referred measure:
before the people in such a way tina
there shall be ample opportunity t.
become familiar with the variou!
measures. All measures submitted t,
the electors shall be published by tn
state as follows: The secretary Of stat
shall cause to be printed and MALE,
to each elector a publicity pamphlet
containing copy of each measure to
gether with its ballot title. to be sub
mitted at any election. Any citizen, o
the officers of any organization, ma;
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publication in such pamphlet. argu
ments concerning any measure there
in, upon first subscribing their name
and addresses thereto and paying tn
fee therefor, which. until otherwis
fixed by the legislature. shall be tn
sum of two hundred dollars per pag'
The law providing for the state pub
licity pamphlet recites that a COP
of it shall be sem to every voter in tn
state of North Dakota at least 20 day
before the election. and that copy {
arguments concerning n measur
shall be in the hands Of the secretal
! of state not later than 50 days befol
the election.
Does the governor mean to ca
) that the voters Of the state will kno
more about the laws that they al
expected to live under. If copies I
I them are not printed and placed
their hands with arguments pro ar
con, as will be the a II the initiatt,
; and referendum election is held as hi
, been and will be petitioned for?
! the governor denies an election on ar
l law or laws, the voters will be d,
: prived Of just that much more Of 4
opportunity to become thoroughly Il
!. formed"
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