Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-10
LEM][Kl[|]E SAYS HE
WILL FINISH
DURING WEEK
Makes Such a Declaration in
Bismarck Kept Press
Sunday Morning.
lBy STAFF Correspondent

Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 10:-'Bishop".
VIM. Lemke is going to enact all i'm
portant administration measures be-
fore the week is ended, he announced
in his capital city kept press Sun
day morning. Lemke is Undertakings
big contract, Il this is his plan: for
none Of the bills are out Of committee,
and when they: come forth, clothed in
the raiment Of Unanimous approval,
they are going to get considerable
!shuffling about and some of the habilt-
ments that the BLUE Beard commit
tee (that is h name for Walter Mad
docks state affairs body) has thrown
about them r going to be slightly
ripped before these children Of the
for his approval. Lemke evident
ly is determined upon an early adj
journment, but it's a gamblers cinch
that he won't be through by the n
Of this week, or the end Of next.
But here's what The Capital Daily
Press of Sunday avs about it:
ut is believed that the state bank,
home savings act. industrial commits
sion and the bonding measures. will
all be part of the law Of the state be-
fore the legislature adjourns Thursday
night and the N~onpartisan leaguers
are planning q celebration o Lin
coins birthday that will mark the
birth Of the new freedom in North
Dakota as one legislator expressed 1t"
Well, the industrial commission and
the state bank bills are out. They
came from the committee today, but
the league bureau will do we'll II it
gets these two measures through by
Thursday. With reports in today. no
action car be taken until tomorrow.
The minority is not going to let them
no $Lno,,-A ,-i<I~~ck a-Ik 80 <L~k
there undoubtedly will be W. or three
days go by before the house reaches
a vote. Then. they've got to go to SEN
ate committees, where these Lenke
offspring will get a little more bounc-
ing about.
These bills were introduced during
the first week Of the session. They
have been before the state affairs COM
mittee for a month. during which time
there were no public hearings. 1t un-
doubtedly is the plan of the leaguera
to hurry them through in two days If
possible, but they can't do it. for the
minority is going to insist upon COM
plete and careful consideration. They
have had no opportunity to consider
them yet, but they're going to get II
on the floor Of the house.
And in the meantime, Lemke is ar
ranging a hippodrome performance
for Thursday night, when he, the new
Em~ancipator, will cut the chains OF
industrial slavery, and his working
democracy" will be under way on
high.
List again to the Capital Daily
Press:
to be historic and interesting. The
Nonpartisan leaguers are absolutely
| confident the entire program will pass
with votes to spare, but the Minneap-
oils Chamber Of Commerce gang car
be depended upon to put up a des-
perate final effort to block this legis.
lation which it has been fighting fol-
years.
"All the industrial measures Of the
league were introduced early in the
session and all Of them have been re.
heRtedly discussed in the Nonpartisar
caucus and by the committees.
I'm the last few days demands have
come into Bismarck from all parts Of
the state urging the legislators to side.
program bills Many farmers have
come to Bismarck and others have
written and wired in. Sentiment in the
country districts has not been shaker
in the least by the false and vicious
attacks of the Old Gang organs and
the farmers are prodding the legislat'
ors into action"
Inc IacC remains Cnat the Farmers
are doing little prodding. They want
the legislature over. there's no doub,
about that. but they don't want things
hurried through in the mad pace tina,
Lemke has set. But that's Lemke'.
game, for he wants to save as much
money as possible so, that he car
bring the legislators back within 6
few months and patch up the holes.
These socialist ragamuffins of hi.
are going to be in need of new clothe,
by fall, he knows, and he doesn't pro.
pose to let them spend the cold winter
months without proper covering.