The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-02-26
OLD GANG OUTDOES
THE RANkESI REDS
DEFIANCE OF THE STATE LAW
MARKS OLD GUARD coNvEN-
TION AT BISMARCK

eve direct the Republican members
of the state central committee to COM
plete it's membership by filling all va
cancies on such committees by the ap-
pointment of true and loyal Republi-
cans; they are further directed to ap-
point chairmen of county committees
in all counties where vacancies occur,
and all Republican county chairmen
are herby authorized and directed to
fill all vacancies in precinct commit
teemen by the appointment of Repub-
licans to such positions.
"The Republican members of the
state central committee shall proceed
Immediately with the election of
chairman, a. secretary, and a treasur-
er, and all the persons appointed un-
der the authorization of this resolu-
ton shall hold their offices until their
successors are duly elected" (Resolu-
tions Passed by the Young faction re-
publicans.)
The good ship "Buford' sailed for
Russia a month too soon! North Da-
kota's contribution to the ranks Of
the anarchists was overlooked when
Palmer passed the hat! Our local an
archists, Young, railroad attorney;
Bacon of the bloody shirt; TwichelI
the hog stopper: Divet, the Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come; Spauld-
in, the political dispeptic; "glittering
generalities" Nestos, and Small Town
Callahan, have been neglected and
their brother Bolsheviks in Russia
wait their coming in vain!
These anarchists in convention at
Bismarck Feb. 17th, in plain violation
of the law and in defiance of the will
of the voters as recorded at the elec-
tion of June. 1918, declared vacant
these offices:
Republican Precinct committeeman,
elected by the votes of the people;
Republican County Central Commit
teemen, elected by the votes of the
people;
Republican State Central Commit
teemen, elected by the representatives
of the people, in compliance with the
law.
Lem Might Learn Lesson
There's lesson in this for Lem,
and Trotsly might just as we'll go
back and sit down. Talk about anarchy
and the rule of an oligarchy! Here
1900 Republican Precinct Committee
men, elected BY the votes Of a, people
and under democratic principles, are
summarily removed from their posi-
tions and their places declared vacant,
to be filled by appointment by the
republican anarchists.
Here are forty-twoA42) Republican
State Central Committeeman, elected
under the provisions of state law by
the Precinct Committeeman in County
Convention, who are turned out Of Of
flee at the orders of seven (7) Of the
State Central Committee and their
places are to be filled by that minor
ity, with the assistance of the anar-
chists.
Talk about your minority rule" :"
The tools of the railroads and big
business would have it in North Dako-
ta-with vengeance!
Neither Laws, Courts, Constitution
Of the 1900 Republican Precinct
Committeeman FOUR-FIFTHS (4-5)
were elected by republican voters who
adhere to and uphold the principles
of Abraham Lincoln. The remaining
one-fifth sits in judgment and arro-
gates the power to itself Of ruling the
majority and Of CASTING OUT OF
IOFFICE that majority and filling the
places so made vacant with those that
minority may please to name, and this
in spite of the laws Of our state, with
out any order, action or showing be-
fore the courts and in face of the
guarantees of our Constitution.
: Has democracy played out? Is the
time here when the "intellectuals"- -
the high brows we usually call them
are alone fitted to rule? Can not the
people be trusted to do as they think
best for their own interests? Evident
Inv not-when one-seventh of the State
Central Committee can drive the six
sevenths out and fill their places; evi-
dently not when 240 Precinct Conn
mitteemen can drive out Of office 06O
and put new men in their places, with
out law or order.
The Ship Will Sail
| The republicans Of North Dakota
are not thus easily to be dispossessed
of their party. The good ship "Buford"
may have sailed to Russia, but we are
building another ark. It will not need
to be large one. A raft Of planks will
suffice to hold the oligarchy that pre-
tends to tell the people Of North Da-
lkota where to get off. Along about the
June prim aries, republicans who be-
llong to the Progressive Republicans
will elect their Precinct Committee
linen and their State Committeeman,
and shove off from the shores Of q
troubled sea a raft bound for foreign
shores the little bunch Of anarchists
who have set about to bring chaos
upon US and set up disorder among Us.
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