Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-05

been extended into every county In
the state. Thercsfhas come In awak-
Ientng to the fact that the only way
in which the onslaught OF the meier
d2-wells. md !. w. w. Il aa Won't
Work) fellows from other states and
! within our own state can~bc hurled
back. tss for those Of US ,who realize
the dangers ahead, is to meet the
mar power and money power of their
organisation with one big Organize
ton on our part To that and We
recommend that this convention SER
tously take up in as orderly q nan
ner as possible the question OF work
Ing OF anti-Townley Republicans and,
democrats. and all other more or
less local anti.Townley organisations
within this state into one solid for-s
nation under the banner of the q
" A. With this accomplished, the
forces of ToWnleyism cannot avoid
meeting their Waterloo in North
Dakota in 1920: We urge that the
giving of moral support, sacrificing
OF time, neglecting of personal at,
fairs to some extent. and the contri-
button of money sfOr. the PURPOSE of
stopping the ravages of Townleyism
should not be regarded as a sacrifice
or q donation, but as an investment
IN q machine that will stop any fur
ther Increase in u taxes: that will
clean our schools, establish in our
midst neighborly love, constitutions
al government and a stabbed credit
tor the state. We urge upon all who
believe in representative government,
h right of the individual to own
property and the p~erpetuation Of the
Christian religion. to bend .everysef-i
fort to make the I. v. A.. an institu-.
ton in.which gu OF ths forces 9op-
and money. sa srSS
THE. I. y, a. is in good financial
condition. We find that every dollar
that a e collected has been
properly accounted for. That all bills
have been paid as East as audited,
and that the records of the associa-
ton r open for the inspection of
any member of it. so that any one
may satisfy himself, az we nave done,
that the affairs Of the association
have been conducted m the basis
OF strictest business principles.
Probe Mail Service.
There has been considerable COM
plant about members and subscrib-
ers not getting copies of The indie
pendent, the, Official organ of the as
ISOLATION. regularly, and. We find that
while some at this is due to clerical
errors in the Office, there is Areason
to suspect hat there has been a de-
liberate delay. if not. destruction. Of
large quantities of the I. V. A. liter
ature in some parts of the mail
service. We are glad to report that
Investigations are now being made
which will unquestionably lead to an
improved mail service, 80 that men,
bers and subscribers will get their
paper and other mail more regularly
in the future. Those who do not get
it are urged to promptly inform
headquarters SO that their complaints
may be properly taken care Of.
Procedure Suggested.
"R~ecognizings that This convention
has q right to expect, of the executive
committee that it should help to di-
rect the work of the convention so
as to produce the greatest good in
the least time but not wishing to
program TO- which we would insist
} that the convention should bind it.
self, and desiring that the program
and platform OF the Independent
Voters association should. in the fu-
ture az it has been in the past, be
developed by the members Of the as
sociation and by them given to the
public. We feel hat it would not
be within our province to do more
I'VE Would Responsibility suggest
that there should be a committee on
credentials of five to nine, members.
"a committee on resolutions and
platform OF sever members to be ap-
pointed by the chair: r'~t ''''HSN0f +
Also that there DO appointed a
committee on committees of about
fifteen to determine what commit
tees are needed to facilitate the work
Of this convention, the size Of each
committee and to select the member
ship of each, and for the assistance
and with the thought that IT. may
ave time in the convention, we
would suggest this committee con-
slider the creation Of the following
committees:
Committee on Initiating and ref
erendum legislation and constitution
al amendments to be composed Of one
member from each legislative district
in the State. stI :.3sf8&sIt
"Committeeeon campaign methods,
organization and finance. consistine
Of member from each county in
the state.
Committee on question of enlarg-
Ing executive committee and recon-
mending additional candidates for
election as executive committeeman
for the Independent Voters associa-
ton for the ensuing year. Those
whose terms Of Office expire at this
meeting are:
"P. G.. Hanson. Northwood.
"A. s. Gibbons, deceased, Cando.
John B. Fried, resigned, James