The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-07-05

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Judge Robinson's letter follows
July 4, 1919. 1--WE have met the
enemy and they are ours There is
no more political speechmaking. By
a great majority vote and by the de-
cisions of the courts everything is
conclusively settled. The state bank
has come to stay and to bless the
people. Now we must look for state
mills, elevators and other public en-
terprises such as have been tested
and proven grand success in New
Zealand. OF course, in a way, am
sorry for the defeat and disappoint-
ment of my good friends the old lin
ers. 1 do not call them Bourbons
or standpatters, but it were a mock
cry to call them progressives, and
surely they have had no political
Moses. Now for $4,000. would
gladly resign my office and lead them
into the promised land and do it with
out using any bad language or de-
nouncing any person or party. OF
course !, must not forestall the
chance of fame or a good fee by tell
ing how it may be done. OF course
it can be done and we must COM
mence by taking the new name: The
Progressive Party, and adopting
measures so progressive so as to
make Townley and Lemke appear as
standpatters. When Mr.. Doyle ran
for governor and went around the
state calling on Governor Frazier to
meet him in debate, he did not once
use the magic words progress or
progressive. He just wanted to meet
Governor Frazier, to thresh the
ground with him by showing all his
faults and shortcomings. But it will
be different when get the fifty
thousand and lead the progress
sives. l don't know what about Bish-
op Lemke. We may have to buy him
over or get him out Of the way by
sending him to the U. S. senate, be-
cause he is SO much like Roderick
Dhu:
One blast upon his bugle horn
Were worth a thousand men.
I am rather sorry that Miss Mel
son pitched into the political battle
May be that she will fight well for the
progressive party.
And now let me tell you of our
progressive supreme court. Fifteen
is the total number of appeals which
remain undecided, and In a week the
number should be reduced to zero.
Then we propose to adopt some pro-
gressive court rules, to learn to write
shorter and better decisions, to make
our work pleasure and keep right up
with it. Then l will have more time
to write of Moses and the Prophets,
the starry heavens, the countless
worlds and the land that is fairer than
day.
Now let US turn to the dry bone
statute. (H. B. 80, Chap, 1876, Laws
1910. Under this statute in Ram
sey county one John Schultz was ar
rested and convicted for having in
his possession fifteen pints of whis-
key He appealed to this court and
the chief justice has just written a
conclusive decision holding the sta
tute void, because it was never pass
ed by the senate. The decision is in
accord with my several letters pub
lished in the Bismarck Tribune Octo.
UcT 40, ANOVC1AUCA L, y, 1U, 10 duu jail
uary II, 1919. 1t is matter of re-
gret that the decision comes too
late to save the lives of those who
died for want of proper flu medicine,
but It is not the fault of the court.
The appeal was not filed until June,
1919 and my several letters to the
press showed to a demonstration that
the statute was pure fake, because
it was never passed by the senate
To that fake statute we may justly
charge the deaths of several thous-
ands of poor people. It is cause of
sad reflection that to prevent the
deaths nothing was done such as the
people are now doing to prevent the
crop destruction by grasshoppers. In
Mclean county alone they have ex-
pended $4,000 and have expressed
hopper poison by the Carload, but
neither the state nor any county or
city expressed into the state a car
load of flu poison or flu medicine and
our carriers, express agents and po-
lice officers did all in their power
to obstruct the delivery of such medl.
cine and to deny relief to the sick and
dying. 1t is all very sad to contem-
plate