The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-06-19

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SUBSCRIPTION, $500 FEE xzAz m ADvAzoz.
ACOURSE OF TREACHERY
The elimination of a course of petty mean,
ness, small matinee and narrow-minded venom,
pursued now openly for a few months by Tom
Hall, secretary of state, came in his method OF
issuing and publishing the state Publicity
Pamphlet, mailed to every voter with the in
to be voted upon June 26th, together with COM
ment thereon or explanation thereof, made and
paid for by the interested parties.
It should not be difficult to remember and re-
cite this treacherous officials petty .misdee!s
since from some source, he has inspired his
mouselike courage to the point OF doing openly
what before he either did or communed on Sc
cretly.
Following the example of Kositzky and Lam
ger. he came forth at the close of the legislature
to denounce the League, it's law and it's leaders
Previous to this time he had shown himself in
his true colors, by opposing the resolution 4S OF
the State Canvassing Board, certifying the
passage of the constitutional amendments, ap-
proved by the voters in November. Later he
strove to so arrange the ballots for the coming
election that the voter would be compelled to
vote mo- when he meant Eyes" on two OF the
seven laws. Governor Frazier stopped that. once
more he tried to put an obstacle in the way OF es-
tablishing the Bank of North Dakota by re-
fusing to attest on the back Of the bonds that
they bore the true signatures OF the Governor
and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor,
and has thrown the matter into Supreme Court,
delaying what he cannot prevent, and denying
the will of the people as repeatedly expressed.
This is some different picture from that pre-
scented by the servile %sycophant, who came be-
fore the farmers at Fargo last June and begged
for reimbursement as secretary OF state, with
tears in his eyes, so that his good name, tar
nished by the embezzlement charges IN the mo,
tor vehicle funds of his office, might be cleansed
and purified. Then he was a veritable %cringeing,
writhing, supple and extremely tumble" dupll-
cate of "Uriah Heep." Today he has forgotten
it all. He is safe in the office that the farmers
gave him and he returns-as every man OF his
character always does-evil fon good and injury
for benefit. u.
Now we have before us the latest evidence OF
his gratitude. In publishing the Publicity
PAMPHLET he has taken the comment OF the
farmers enemies and placed them at the first
part of the book-12 pages, for which the inter-
ests paid $2,4OO.O0. He has followed that by the
two pages representing the farmers, and which
cost their organization $500. This has been fol-
lowed by the text of the laws. But he was not
content to publish the laws as printed IN the
statute books-he added to them a ummary
which was compiled by the Leagues enemies,
and printed this at the expense OF the state: IL
was bad enough to have placed the laws at the
end when they should have appeared at the be-
ginning, but to have given the enemies OF the
farmer and of the six men who befriended him,
six and one half pages Of free publicity, tnat
under the law should have brought to- the state
treasury S 1,4O0.O0, was more than the act OF
an migrate. It borders periously on mlsfeasance
or malfeasance in office, and as such is punish
able. ST. i
Action will undoubtedly be brought to COM
pei Hall either to pay the amount which the
state has had to lose on this publication OF SIX
and one half pages, or compel the l. V. A., In
whose interest it was published, to reimburse
the state treasury. In such case, MIR. LANCER
will not be required or find it necessary to drag
his pal, Hall, out of bed in his night clothes to
make the arrest. It can be done openly and In
the daylight and in the sight of all men.
: Walter Thomas Mills spoke to about 300 peo-
ple at the fair grounds last Thursday. MIR.
Mills lived up to his reputation as an orator and
a teacher. He gave as lucid IN exploration OF
the laws to be refe.:ed as airy Ole could wish
for. His explanation was so plain that the few
I. v. AS. present had to blush for their false
hoods. After Mr.. Mills was through speaking
he asked for questions but none were forthcom-
ing. It will take a bigger man than Bark
enuff" to SANDER Mr.. Mills in the eyes OF the
farmers of this vicinity. If Mr.. Mills will visit
us in the future we will guarantee him as large
a crowd again. ILL., +
Returning soldiers are beginning to see that
the defeat of the Industrial Commission law
means that the money set apart for them-$25.
for each month in the service of Uncle Sam-lS