The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-06-12

- - 0Sc1A41 VIII OpcuSu MS REMARKS
by telling how the League had grown
from q mere handful of men to the
mighty political organ it is today.
Here the speaker asked all those who
had come across, with their SIG to
raise their hands and nearly every
hand went up. Speaker Stair spent
considerable time explaining the laws
which will be voted on June Goth and
was given much applause.
Next on the program was ball
game between Omemee and Botineau
and was much enjoyed by all The
game went IL innings Omemee win
ming to l. Brown, on the mound for
Bottineau did excellent work and the
game throughout was pitchers bat
tie. After the ball game the presenta-
tion Of "Bulbul" by the Normal School
Of Bottineu took place at the opera
house and then the really big event of
the day was staged, when A. G.
Townley, president of the Nonpartisan
League spoke from platform on q
Ford car to a crowd which by this
time had reached nearly 5000.
Mr.. Townley went down the line with
the bills to be voted upon June 10th.
He first took up the Industrial Com
mission bill and showed how absolute
" necessary it was to have this COM
mission, that these state enterprises
could not be run without commission
at the head of it and how Commits
sion Of three members was superior
to q commission of II members as
advocated by opponents OF, the Non
partisan League.
The Bank Of North Dakota bill was
next taken up by the speaker who told
Of the working Of the new bank, how
it would reduce the interest rate ana
how on money borrowed from the
bank the farmer could. have longer
number of wears to pay the amount
or rather to pay the interest annually
and finally would have both interest
and principal wiped out by only pay
inr the interest when due. This is
big item. For example: when farm
er gives first mortgage on his farm
to the Bank of North Dakota for say
$4,000 he will each year pay the IN
terest on this amount and in 80 years
by simply paying interest every year
win have the entire amount paid. The
difference in this case between the
state bank and local bank is that
the state bank does not charge proflt
against the loan.
The elevator bill was discussed and
then the newspaper bill, which is in
tended to have but one official paper
in each county and which will save the
state at least 100000 every year.
This one paper which from the time
the law becomes operative until the
next general election will be appoint
ed and then at the general election will
b toevduonpoearyaaid o,onaopithm
be voted upon by the people and will
be the only independent press in each
county. The I. v. A. is contending
that should. this newspaper bill 60
through the Independent press Of
North Dakota would be a thing Of the
past, but the speaker showed how the
present press, depending on small
number Of men, had to be very care
J full in what they said or they would
lose their patronage. Under this new
act the people will elect the official
paper and we will truly have an inde-
pendent press.
The Educational bill was then dis
cussed by Mr.. ToWnley and here he
labeled as false the dope peddled by
the /. ". A. that Miss Minnie Nelson
does not have the same power now
as she had before the law was passed.
The speaker read paragraph from
the Session Laws in which it says that
any powers had by the state superin-
tendent shall not be taken away from
her and that this bill gives her addi-
tional power.
The speaker then spoke Of the lies
told BY the I. v. A. regarding the IN
crease ii taxes and defied any 1. v. Al
member present to show his hand +
he really Of single truthful
statement he had made regarding
the tax increase.
MI. ToNnley concluded his address
with the following words:
Now II tho name of the toiling
thonseuds 81 this ytate, il, the name q
m 10 upGiih millions of farms1S and
1 ri - imsthis nation who haye ~.
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