Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-09

Burtne8S named not one, but Two, and
it was this that started the fireworks
against Wilson.
Burtness told, for instance. Of tho
letter that the late Judge Carmody
wrote to the Trail county delegation
against the redistricting bill. He told
how Senator McNair read the letter.
and said hat he had known Judge
Carmody for years and that the
judge was an honest man and was
right in this particular question. Nc
Nair said that the bill. which increas-
pass. A few minutes later. the roll
was called, and Senator. McNair. with
Carmody's letter in his hand. stood
UP and said: This bill Is against
my best judgment but I vote aye"
McNair was a Lacquer and a member
Of the caucus, and had signed the
agreement to vote as the caucus die
tated.
The Immigration Bill.
He discussed the immigration bill.
proving by statements of league lead
ers that it is a political propaganda
measure. He told how the gang"
that Wilson objected to had given the
state a fine hail insurance act and a
was heard Of. He discussed the mill
and elevator bill, and proved again
that two million dollars would be
enough for the first experiment.
He showed how the state bank was
not what the farmers wanted and how
the plank in the Minot platform
would an adequate rural cred
its act.
The board Of administration bill
then came in for its share of atten-
ton. He showed how The league
leaders. including Governor Frazier.
had not lived UP to their promises
not to rob Miss Nelson of her pow
e-s. When he demanded that Totem
be kicked from the board. he was
cheered loudly aud long. leasuers
Joining with noN-leaEuerS.
He then plunged into the c. f,
Stangeland situation. He discussed
the library situation. quoting again
from the Objectionable books.
When he came I Upton Sinclair's
Profits in Religion" he showed how
every Christian church was attacked.
and then he showed the audience Up
ton Sinelair's page in The Appeal to
Reason. the paper which wants Dehs
&C from prison to the White House.
He cad the S~onpartisa1 league ad in
he turned to Wilson and said:
WAS it. Mr.. Wilson. through this
advertisement that Mr.. Totten ect in
touch with you:-
In closing. Mr.. Burtnes said:
Mr.. Wilson has accused me OF rep
resentins the Bacon-Ycung-Sestcs-
S:een gang. but I want TO tell you
I would rather sleep with Bacon.
Young. Eestos and Steen than with
gene V. Debs or Upton Sinclair.
When Mr. Rar0N WaS San6in~ his
son to a Townley didn't know
he (Townley) had purchased
a Liberty loan bond. When Judge
Young was head of the Red Gross
work in North Dakota. c. E.. STANCE
land refused to give one dollar for
the Red Gross work in Bismarck"
A Hollow Remark.
In his ten minutes at the end. Will
son opened up by saying that Burt
ness had not discussed the issues, but
it was received as a hollow remark.
the audience knew hat the issues had
been thoroughly and clearly dis
cussed.
In regard to the Objectionable
books, he said that they had been
circulated six years before, and when
Burtness asked him to name one
book IN the list which had been cir
culated. then. Or which even had been
published, he replied thai lit was i'm
material"
Answer him. shouted the audi
ence. n Mr.. Wilson YER feeb1y said:
Love and Marriage" a book which
was not included in Mr.. Burtness' list.
He accused Burtness Of being un-
fair. He said Burtneos had tried to
insult him.
HE has to answer to me personally
for that" he said.
He tried to defend the secret eau
U by saying that every state leg
islature and every session of congress
had had a caucus. Burtness never
denied this. but he did say that no
other caucus in the history of the
world had been dominated by men
who were not members Of the body
and who had no right to run the leg
isla.ive affairs as the North Dakota
aucus had been dominated.