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That was enacted in 1911. It once was
longer and gave more powers; but when state
superintendent got to passing out teachers
certificates in violation of law, without re-
animation or to have the required school
credits, it got too thick for the legislature,
in 1911, long before the Nonpartisan League
was heard of, repealed that power. Another
thing that urged the legislature on was the
Stockwell scandal, which was caused by the
state superintendent keeping for himself the
fees received from the issuance of teachers
be safer and squarer to take the job of is
suing teachers certificates out of the hands of
ONE person and lodged it with a Board of
Education. That has been the law since then.
Minnie Nelson got HER teachers certificate
through law violation. She had neither the
the required examination. Yet it was handed
out to her-and the records at Bismarck
show it. .
The other four powers which would be
granted by the passage of this amendment
NEVER HAVE BEEN HELD BY ANY state
superintendent in this OR ANY OTHER
STATE. The I. V. A. would make the. state
superintendent an absolute monarch o. the
schools of the state, even extending her jurls-
diction over the High Schools thing never
before attempted. 49,:
In giving the state superintendent power
to select the text books of our schools, it
puts that officer in position to decker with
the book trust, and if crooked to rob the
parents of the state IN ONE YEAR Of $780,
900 by a stroke of the pen, in ordering books
other than now used. The local school boards
now select the books to be used. Do you
think ONE person should take over the power
of 5000 school boards?
The plot here is too apparent to be over
looked. Under the pretense of sympathy for
a woman, the interests would push over the
enactment of an amendment that would give
to them and their agent entire power over
the educational machinery of the state. It
would be purely ONE person power-a thing
that has never existed since territorial days.
Boards composed of highly educated persons,
experts along their own lines in university
and college, have been called upon to pre-
pare school courses Of study, to handle ex
aminations of pupils, and these have kept the
schools out of Politics. Are we. ready to
plunge the whole system into politcs-even
more than it has ever been?
If we are motif. we want to keep closed
the avenues Of GRAFT Of the crudest sort
every good citizen win vote NO on this amend
ment ss.fss
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28

the laws of the state of North Dakota for the
year 1919 to read as follows:
Section S. DEFINING DUTIES OF SUCH
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER Such official news.
paper as shall be chosen by the voters in said
county as the state, county and municipal official
newspaper therein, shall publish all proceedings
of the board of county commissioners in said
county and all other notices and publications
that are now required by law to be published
by county officers; all Qualifications of every ma
ture that now are, or may hereafter be, required
to be published by state officers, elective or ap-
pointive. Provided, however, that In organized
cities, towns and villages where No official news
paper is published, said city, town or village,
board, council or commission may designate an
official newspaper for the publication Of such
notices and legal publications as are now or here
after may be required by law TOR said cities,
towns and villages, including legal notices and
official statements of the schools within such
cities, towns and villages. but, in cities, towns
Or villages where the state. county and municipal
official newspaper is published such official no.
ticcs and legal publications as are now or may
shall be published in such official newspaper.
This amendment would put back into the
hands of the lawyers and politicians the old
club of patronage to keep the newspapers
under control. If you are "good" the lawyer
will give you his clients money to pay for
the legal notice in your paper. II you are
bad-the "favor' is withdrawn. Political
lawyers use it-and what lawyers are not
politicians? On the other hand the shyster
lawyer wants the amendment, so he can
BURY" his notices from the sight of his
intended victim.
The mortgage foreclosure if hidden in a
little paper fifty miles from the land, is not
likely to be seen-and that melon is easily
scooped. The I. V. A. says this law is graft
but as GRAFT it pales into ~nothingness
besides the graft the lawyers and politicians
worked through the old newspaper law for
more than 80 years.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Powers and Duties
The amendment proposed by the I. V. A.
would amend and re-enact Sec. 100 of the
Compiled Laws of 1913, and make it read
as follows:
Sec. 11oe. prescribe Course Of study) He
shall have charge end supervision OF the c~ertifica-
ton of teachers, standardization OF schools and
uniformity Of text books, examinations for eighth
grade and high school pupils and preparation for
course of study for the several classes Of public
schools ..
Sec. 2. An acts and parts Of acts Inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed. "
Just out of curiosity let us set down the
original Section 1109, as it appears in the
1918 Compiled Laws. Here it is:
Sec. 100. (Prescribe Course of
Study.) He shall prepare and prescribe a
course of study for all the common schools
Of the state.
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RESULTS ARE
EASILY FIGURED

The outcome of the election
Nov. 2 is the easiest TO figure Of
any ever held in this state. 4nele
are votes enough favorable to
the League to win the election
by a safe margin IF THEY
VOTE.
II the farm women and the
city women who favor the
League laws vote the election
will be won. and If they fail to
vote the election is lost.
That is the whole story.
What are YOU going to do
about itf Every vote counts just
one.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28

and his croney Bin LANCER, according to the
Supreme Court, violated the laws of North
Dakota and became bank-wreckers when they
had their men seize the Scandinavian-Ameri-
can Bank.
Next "Buzzard'' Bin had Tom "Man-
damus' Hall arrested for EMBEZZLE-
MENT, and ever since TOM has been call
ing Bill a crook and CRATER and Bin has
been insisting that. TOM was guilty as
charged. THEY OUGHT TO KNOW
EACH OTHER.
Next we find Tom "Mandanus' Hall and
a tried and true friend Of the Railroad RATE
GRABBERS, take the platform and advise the
voters to elect LANCER, the man they had
charged with being a CROOK and CRATER,
Governor of North Dakota. Can o beat that
for CONSISTENCY?
The I. V. A. surely has some pretty lousy
birds on it's ticket, alright, alright. AND it
tells YOU that if these ~bullbattys are not
elected, the good, clean FARMERS and
WORKERS of North Dakota and their fine
WOMEN FOLKS will lose their "MORAISP'
VIII lou UO LIZ
TOM "MANDAMUS" HALL-wm YOU
vote for HIM, a man elected to execttve Of
flee, taking an oath to administer the laws as
PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND m
TERPRETED BY THE COURTS, and who
then refuses to enforce the laws and, by So
doing, PERJURES HnMSELF-WM YOU vote
for such a shameless enemy Of DEMOCRACY
fc~ Conro@o>~ - Ckcko 80 RIc-kI. ncn-~kr L.
preference to an honorable and upright woman
MISS ALFHILD ALISON, League nominee
for Secretary of State?
If you love your native State YOU win
vote AGAINST Tom 'NIandamB" Han on
his own self-made rotten record, and YOU
will vote FOR Miss ALFHILD ALISON
on November I'd. for SECRETARY OF
STATE.
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RECORD AS SECRETARY
OF STATE, R0TTENEST OF. BUNCH

Tom "Mandamus'' Hall, I. Y. A. candidate
for Secretary Of State, has double-crossed
everybody that ever trusted him ever since
he entered politics along about 1908 and
started his career by embarrassing Tom
Marshall.
In 1914 this same broadcloth "criminal
syndicalist" entered a meeting Of Farmers in
Bismarck, where George LOTUS was speaking,
and led q bunch of his fellow hoodlums in howl
ing at LOTUS, one of the greatest men that
ever stood on a platform, Rotten! Throw HIM
Quit"
Then this rattleless rattlesnake comes
creeping along and submits a minority
report to the State Board of Canvassers
in which he declared that the amendments
making the FARMERS INDUSTRIAL
PROGRAM possibly had NOT PASSED,
this tho the amendments had all gone thru
by BIG MAJORITIES.
Then in 1919 this old crocodile without
tears had to be MANDAMUSED by Governor
Frazier and the Industrial Commission before
he would sign the bonds (ordered by the
legislature for the creation Of the Bank of
North Dakota.
Tried to Break Equity
Then the Equity Cooperative Packing Co.
had to go into court and mandamus Tom
"MANDAMUS" Hall to compel him to file it's
papers allowing it to take advantage of the
cooperative laws of the State. YES, Tommy
is with us-ON THE OTHER SIDE.
Then the Mohall Elevator Co., a co-opera-
tive elevator, had to mandamus him and GO
thru all the courts before old hogwallercuss
would file their cooperative papers.
Then in 1919 he and Bill LANCER worked
together to wreck the Consumers United
Stores Co. and Tom "Mandamus' is still doing
all in his power to destroy these Farmers
stores. Old 'Mandamus" loves the farmers
and their co-operatives, alright-just like the
Devil is said to 'love holy water"
Then, about a year ago, Tom "Mandamus'
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28

.O'CONN0R LIED
|AT BISMARCK Or
=: IS LYING NOW
Said Great State Bank Was
Essential to State Indus
tries in Talking to Legis-
lature-Now Iisten to
Him.
Addressing the House, Feb. 13,
1919, j. r. T. O'Connor, fusion
candidate for governor, on the
subject of the Bank of North
Dakota, made these remarks, as
attested by page at Of tho
House Journal:
"There Is no institution in
the state of North Dakota
that could possibly advance
such money, not even the
state itself. It would require
approximately fifty million
dollars to handle these gi-
gantic and tremendous en-
terprises. These industries
must be financed. I believe
that that Is the reason, gen.
t1eme9, largely for tho
He proceeded to name thu
means by which money could be
secured for farm loans-sa1e Of
state bonds, loans by federal
government, deposits Of public
funds in the bank, including
school funds, and concluded:
Therefore it seems to mo
that the greatest reason for.
this Bank would be to gath
or these millions in one place
to be used to finance tho
various industries in wlmoh
the State Is about to en-
gage"
That was MI. O'Comork
view then. It was'the view Of tho
farmers. They said: "Upon this
rock we will build our plan~
They did it. Now MI. O'Cou,soe
in his speeches comes forward
blandly and IN a most lawyer
like manner and says that thu
Bank is NOT necessary to tho
program. He favors the Initiated
Measures which propose to De-
STROY the Bank and Rob TH
OF THE FUNDS IT WHh
NEED if it is to "gather these
millions in one place. Gas O'Con-
nor happily phrased it IN 1885,
and use them to finance tho IN
dustries.
Either we are to hsvo hesa
industries or we are not 10 havo
them. If we are to have them,
Mr.. O'Connor himself has al
READY conceded the VITAL
NECESSITY of having tho
Bank to finance them. II we ara
mot to have the State Elevator
and Mill-most assuredly we do
not need the bank and it is wieo
to follow MI. O'Connor's scheme
to vote for the Initiated Meas
ures that win take the funds
away from the bank and make IL
the mere vermiform appendix d
the state treasury, helpless b.
self and unable to help US
} It takes a lawyer to SEQ
things from both sides. He.
saw it on one side whem no
was in the House chamber
that day in 1919 when the
Bank Of North Dakota law
passed-and he VOTED
AGAINST IT! He sees II
another way, now-and @-
Is STILL AGAINST I'll
You can't judge mush by m
WORDS-but Man, you can ten
the way he IL travelling by. bis
ACTIONSl
RESULTS ARE
EASILY
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28

Before entering a discussion OF the i've
proposed amendments to the laws enacted by
the farmers, it is well to prelude it with this
clear statement:
Every law which the I. v. A. now
proposes to amend was SUBMITTED TO
THE PEOPLE at the special election held
June 26, 1919, and BY THE PEOPLE AP- !"
PROVED by majorities running about
10000.
Failing to secure the DEFEAT Of those
laws, the L V. A. now resorts to the trick
of demanding that they be ~'amended," thru
the initiative. The nature of the amendments
offered are such as practically to accomplish
the destruction of the laws-attempted in
June, 1919.
How many chances do the I. V. A. demand
at the destruction of these laws? The L V. A.
fought them when they fought the Non
partisan League program in 1916, when Lynn
J. Frazier was elected with those law as his
platform. They fought them when they were
introduced in the legislatures of 1917 and 1919.
They appealed to the people in June, 1919,
and the people sustained the laws. Now they
take another devious method of attacking
them-thru an initiative. which pretends to
AMEND and whose real purpose is to
ANNIHILATE
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With that as a setting; let US nov examine
the amendments offered by the I. V. A., and
upon which the people will vote Nov. 2. These
amendments to the farmers laws will be found
rn the '4nitiated Measures" Ballot.
It is significant that THREE of the Five
amendments are aimed at THE BANK OF
NORTH DAKOTA LAW. Why should it re-
ceive so much attention? Because the Money
Huns of this, and other states WANT "A
THREE-TO-ONE chance at Gripping or killing
the one measure which upholds and is the
foundation for ALL THE OTHER LEAGUE
LAWS! If ONE of the three should be ap-
2roved by the people-it will puncture one
ire of the industrial automobile. It may move,
tut it will be slow work. If TWO of the three
BE- approved-there 60 two tires, and no gar.
age within a million miles. If THREE
amendments are approved-the whole program
nd the Bank is scrapped. THAT IS THE
INTENT OF THOSE OFFERING THESE
AMENDMENTS. They are persistent, in the
face Of seven distinct rebuffs handed them
by the voters. Their motive? You can figure
r. out-and it isn't anything good for you, OF
me state or the ommon people.
Here is the text of the first amendment
1ffered.
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"BOard of Auditors"

a4Litors for the State Of North Dakota which shall
consist of the secretary Of state, the state auditor, and
TIE attorney general, whose duty it shah be to examine
ar audit the accounts, books and vouchers of the state
t. -surer, and of the Bank of North Dakota and Of
a. other Industrial institutions of the state, and to take
A. account and ascertain the amount of funds in the
safe treasury or belonging to the state, and to take
al account and ascertain the assets and liabilities Of
the Bank Of North Dakota and Of all other industrial
institutions Of the state, at least twice in each year
without previous notice to the treasurer, or to the
officials Of said state institutions and make report
thereof, and Of their acts and doings in the premises,
to the governor, and make the same public, and also
to witness and attest the transfer and delivery Of
accounts, books, vouchers and funds by any outgoing
treasurer, or bank manager, or manager of any in
dUst-ial institution, to his successor in office, and re-
port the same to the governor, and the failure or neg
lect Of the aforesaid board Of auditors, Or any member
thereof, to do and perform any Of the acts at the
time, Or times, and in the manner in this section pro-
v:ded for, shall constitute and be rnisdeEneaaor in office.
The board is authorized and empowered to employ
such expert accountants as it may deem necessary to
carry out the provisions Of this section
these four facts:
First: The Bank of North Dakota, under
existing law, is examined twice a year by the
State Examiner;
Second: The Bankers Association is PER
FECTLY SATISFIED to have the State Elk
amlner examine their banks, since they do not
ask that their banks be turned over tos-the
mercy Of this precious *Board Of Auditors"
Third: The Bankers Association refused
point blank in June 1920, the request Of the
Industrial Commission that it name two
BANKERS to examine the Bank of North d.
kota with the State Examiner-which proves
that they do not want an impartial audit, or
any audit. What they cry is: Death to the
Bank" ~
Fourth: Many outside labor unions are
placing their funds with the Bank and an in
creasing number Of North Dakota banks are
friendly to the Bank of North Dakota.
The fourth point will bear looking into
further. The I: v. A.. is working hard to Sc
cure the election of Tom Hall, secretary of
state; Carl Kositzky, state auditor, and to de-
feat William Lemke. It HOPES to have one
or both of the traitors in office, and by the
power given them through this anendment;
they will be enabled to tip off to outside Big
Business the names of those labor unions hav:
ing deposits with the Bank, so that pressure
can be brought to force Withdrawals Of these
funds. In like manner the Bankers Associa;
ton can be put wise to those banks which
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28
Shame less Deceit Is Underlying
Purpose off, V. A. LnitiatedLaws

have shown any friendliness to the Bank and
these too can be put under pressure to desist>
IN OTHER WORDS, the true purpose of
this amendment is to destroy, insofar as the
Bank Of North Dakota is concerned, the CON-
F1DENT1AL relations which MUST exist be-
tween the Bank and its clients, if it is to
function at all.
The thought can be carried clearer by TAX
Ing conditions as they are. Suppose this
amendment were now a part of the law. Imag-
inc the position Of the Bank Of North Da-
kota with Tom Hall, Carl Kositzky and Bill
LANCER acting as a Board of Auditors on
the Bank! A motley crew, that, to set at
work to scuttle it-that and nothing else!
Decency demands that your vote be NO
on this.
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Official Newspapers
Legal Publications

# Having left the financiers and their
schemes, we now are in the presence of the
politicians and pie-hunters. The newspaper
law would be amended by the I. v. A. to
able to kill it.:
This law amends Section s, Chapter 1877. Of
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28

He proceeded to name the
means by which money could be
secured for farm loans-sae Of
state bonds, loans by federal
government, deposits Of public
funds in the bank, including
school funds, and concluded:
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-25
WOOD WILL WAGE
FIGHT ON L0WDEN
Goes Into Illinois to Fight
Governor for Delega-
tion to Convention.

CHICAGO, Feb "a Illinois VIII
bccomc one oC Tho biggest republican
battle grounds IN the country in the
forthcoming presidential campaign
as thc result Of decision Of the
managers Of Cen. Leonard wood to-
day To- make a fight IN his state
against GOV Frank .. Lowdcn.
This dociyun which violated th"
'fayorito soh' precedent ~ the %.
O.. T.. Will most probably bc extend
cd hy General Woods manager TO
other states Coiucldouiul with It's
announcement, u wa7 stated nt Wood
headquarters that Wood presi
dcutial petition win boz placed In
circulation throughout tho state late
today
NrWs NJ tho decision created .
furoro among friends 81 Governor
Iowdou. but this was anticipated
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-25

by tho Wood managers before reach
Ing u They also weighed the consid-
GRAFTON that General Wood must
make an Impressive showing against
Governor LOWden II he IL to be
reckoned with seriously as prcsl-
Dental candidate. On the other hand.
Governor Iowdeu must now carry
tho state By a big majority II he Is
10 get AXE confederation.
Governor I.UWden's presidential
petition was filed In the office OF
the accretauy Of state today. Garry
Ing the required 5000 names. it was
filed By Lowden's presidential cam
paIgn manager with Secretary Of
States Emerson ~ ! 30 o'clock this
morning II is the first presidential
petition TO be filed In Illinois.
George W Fithian Of Newton
filed petition as delegate 20 the
democratic convention from tho
23d district without prcsldcntial
preference
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-25
His Stand on Treaty Puts
Him Squarely Against
the President,
PARTY SPLIT IS SEEN
Issue to Go to Frisco Convcn-
ton; Think Hoover is
Already in Race.
Ey WILLIAM lpuLtfr siMMf
E. y. S. Sinff Correspondent

WAsIuNGTOS. tcb. gi Her.
bert Hoover has placed himself
suumeiy at odds with pr'gden WI.
son ON tho treaty que, luu ana ny
so doing throutCuB th" democratic
convention a. san Tan.aa.o most
June with ono uf the hnitoH flights
on record 10 not 1u uotunl Hpli
This is tho Interpretation pui
upon IIoovcr's JohuE Hopkins .pocDh
by many politicians hero Who con.
slider hls nat hR already us good u'
800 tho ring. thrown Ia for htm from
tho democratic side
Having ruuply opppsru c1rr51ur
Che treaty into coming elections 0u
tho ground that 10 'Aopuro our press.
ing domestic iGuoa." il0oy"r'e ro.
marks are today ho.ug oct up here
in deadly parallel win tn" pron-
dcnrs Inckaou day rally message lu
Witch ho said thm uplo-a thr pn' ,
could be ratified without changes
which alter ils meaning 'tho clchr
and single way out is to submit It TO
thc voters ~ the nation
Hoover has declared ho Us for
compromise na tugE".tcd hy tho
mild ro8ervntionists. holding that
wlhlc no viii not bc on tho sIdo OF
any party which opposes tho league,
ne docs not think 10 worth much "
50 cannot prove its value even under
the conditions which the mild res
tfvattonista' would i'm pose
simultaneously with thcgo de-
Nolopmcnta, which political rharps
here insist must cud for an tim"
tho claims that Hoover ig prcsi-
dent Wilson's own pick for Tho prcH-
idency, comes word that both dem
ocrats and republicans agree can
now keep the treaty out of the cam
paigu.
From the south and certain other
parts Of tho country news has
reached Washington that llooycr's
namo ia practically certain TO come
before. the san Francisco convention.
should Hoover become a caHdi-
date Tor tho presidential nomination
ON tho dcmucrntiu ticket. political
regulars" Ray nothing could pro
vent lIoovcrian democracy and the
democracy of prcaident Wilson from
Immediately locking horns.
with the treaty OF Versailles as
tho paramount tissue in tho cam
pa1gn, rorccastcrs believe the Wi.sJn
democrats would lnAist upon "a candl-
date resisting the presidcuts pledge
20 the ratification of the treaty
practically ~ II came from Paris.
Tho tlooVerites would call for a
compromise candidate, one favortng
ratification based upon 'mald rca-
crvntiona' making domestic qucs-
TONS tho principal Issue.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-25
WANTS POLICEMAN LET OUT
Governor Allen Wires Iowdcn to
Have Chitalu official Dismissed

TOPEKA, kan, Feb. si.-Gov
H. f. Aucn today wired Gov Frank
q. 1,owdcu OF Illinois, urg ng that he
tipio an power possible 10 compel
Dismissal from service aud vigorous
prosecution Of Doscy thnmhliss, .
negro policeman ot Chicago, bcchuso
Of his alleged oonncNiou with the
case OF Rose Niehock OF rawhcc
Rock. Kan The girl recently died
in Chicago, aftcr having bocn held
u prisoner ana tmmorally treated.
according TO story she told
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-25
NEW IMPORT RECORD MADE


WNGHINGTUN I0N 7I-N NV
high rc,utd FOR imports was ert in
American foreign trade FOR Ianuufy.
secretary of Commerce Alexander
announced today Imports for Inuu.
.ory jumped io sttTtop0,0pO FROM
1881 .UGO. 600 100 December
For the aoycu months ending with
Jpnunrv imports were valued at
S'.I6k. U00. 600. as compared with
S1,tgs .U00. 900 for the similar poriud
lasr year Imports for January were
.Sf2l 100000 as against $6s 100000
iu HcCcmhor