The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-01-31
:''H|E ARE GOATS"
SAYS GEN. LANCER
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS COM
MITTHE GOVERNOR is THE
WHOLE POWER
EDUCATION ACT is BEING HELD

ACTIVE j.. LOBBY ENGAGED IN
CREATING SENTIMENT FA-
voRABLE TO CHANGE
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 22.-Attorney
General William LANCER is labring
under no delusions as the part that
he will play in working out the Gin
dustrail program" of the Nonpartisan
league under the provisions of the
so-called Industrial commission bill
that has been introduced by the house
state affairs committee with the, sane
tion of the league caucus.
Mr.. LANCER appearing before the
senate state affairs committee on an
other matter related to the proposed
building and loan association bill, was
asked several questions by members
of the committee.
t'Well it looks to me as though the
governor ia the whole cheese" SEN
ator McNafr, Trail county Nonpart-
1san Lacquer fs reputed to have remark
ed.
."Thats right" replied Attorney
General LANCER.
"Well what are you and the commits
sion OF agriculture and labor on the
commission for?"
1T looks as though we are the
goats" the attorney general is quot
ed as stating.
Mr.. LANCER was before the commit
tee for an hour, giving opinions con-
cerning legal features Of the building
and loan association measure. The
right of eminent domain, given to the
industrial commission in the house
building bill, has raised some discus
sion in the senate committee, several
members being interested in deter,
mining just what such power .is re, re-,
,z4qlniredsfor Pr \. - e
The attorney general informed the
committee that it would be necessary
to give such power if the purposes
OF the bill are to be carried out as
evidently planned. He told the COM
mittee that he had not studied the
matter to- any great degree. I =
TownIey Oft tho Job
President A. c. Townley has been
out of Bismarck for several days, being
at the headquarters in St. Paul.
During his absence, James Mana
han of st. Paul has been the chief
leader of the league on the job in the
caucus.
Walter Thomas Mills, the groop of
paid attorneys and paid organizers
who are acting as lobbiests to see that
the members of the league stand by
the caucus decisions, still are on the
job.
Storstacf Out Of Caucus.
Senator Storstad of Horace, Cass
county, elected with the indorse-
ment of the Nonpartisan league, has
declined to sign the caucus agree
ment, or to take any part in the court
sessions, preferring to act independent
of the body. He takes the same
position that Senator Stenmo of Grand
Forks county has taken in that re-
spect.
Senator Storstad was member of
the house two years ago, and did
not participate In the caucus then.
Educational Bill Held Up.
The administration leaders inter-
ested in seeing the powers Of the sup
erintendent of public instruction strip
ped from the office are in holding
up introduction of the bill by which
this Is to be accomplished. In the
meantime an active lobby of men
and one or two women Is being
maintained for the purpose of building
sentiment IN favor o fthe changes
proposed. {, 81.
The contest against MISC Minnie ].
Nelson also has failed to come as yet.
l and there is d growing belief that
that action has been Abandoned
Red Flag Bill In.
Under the bill that was introduced
yesterday by Representative Patter-
son Of Sargent county, and Ness Of
RichIand county, It Is made 9 crime
against the state law to display the
red flag Of socialism or black flag of
anarchy, : 5::@e 7ss ia. MI " \: SyS 4. II: "
Penalty ta provided, both jail sen
tence and sheayy fines being CON
tempiated Tor viiola tors. ,s
a similar bill; was ntrpt1uced in
! the minnesota Legislature and The
Nonpartisan4 Leader. IA . as lengthy
article ii its current edition. deciares)