The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-10-06
PUBLICITY BOOK
IS OUT; LEAGUE ].
CONDEMNS N De n
Space Given in State Pamphlet
For Attack and Defense Of
!. Y. a. Program
soLoNs MEASURE ~ IS UP
People to Decid de if Salaries Shall
X Be Increased to $1,000
Per Biennium
sOLONs MEASURE Is UP

Il - k-vy
81 nlennlum
.
Voters of North Dakota. in additio,
!, tho nol;tical issnes w;l, 49, :,
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."e que's'o'i - .a'slis pay VI mem
'bers OF the legislature.
A constitutional amendment sub
mitted to tho ncon,o nronosos 49,
o..L -. af ~. ,1-:,. ~ I -,
eaen 'nei"pe. - '"e 'esls'tule shal
receive $l,OOO per blennlum, $500 fol
each 6O-day regular session, instead
Of SIS per day. No extra pay is pro.
vided for special sessions.
Another amendment privides that
in counties having 5000 population OF
less the county judge shall also be the
clerk Of district court.
These two proposed amendments
are referred to the people by con-
current resolution of the last legisla-
ture, and have been lost sight of in
and amendments fms 1far ""'
I. n,
Pamphlet Being Mailed
The North Dakota publicity pamnh.
let CONTAINING ali the nronosed % ;nit;at
ed laws and constitutional amendments
and argument for the ones nronosed
tby the Independent Voters Associa-
tion and m argument against them
by the Nonpartisan Ieagne The
mailing Of the namnhlet heean todav
from the Tribune comnanv Office
There are 100000 copics of tho 40.
maze pamnhlet. The contract for the
printing was let on September 3D. The
lob involved great deal Of com.
position. the shipment of a carload Of
paper from Minnesota mills. and the
nressJ work on a total Of 8 mn 0o0
pages Big presses have run nipht
ana day to get the work ont as nnick.
" as possible so that the pamphlet
nav he n the hands Of the voters in
ample time. The bid Of the Tribune
company was nearly 81. 900 less than
its competitor.
The Political Issues
The political amendments and laws
to be voted. on are:
Constitutional amendment Pro-
posal to limit the industrial bond
issue to $7,50O,000 instead of $12,-
O00, 900. The opposition argument is
that the, effect Of the amendment is
actually to raise the debt limit on
unsecured bonds from $2,0O0,00O to
81, 10000.
Initiated laws-Two election laws.
One proposes nonpartisan primary
for selection of candidates for state
offices, abolishing party designation.
The second proposes to nominate
party candidates for U. S. senators,
u. S. representatives and precinct
in March. The Nom
partisan opposition statement assails
the former as "the Federal Job Act" "
declaring it is designed to enable
those who have for the last four years
the Democratic party in
the state to claim they are Republi-
cans when they 60 to Washington to
secure jobs. The second one is call
ed the "SnOw-Bound Election Act"
by the opposition statement which
declares the primary is provided for
March when billiards often cut the
vote down and give a small group of
opportunity to control the
election. Xxx
The public depositary law proposed
to disqualify the Bank Of North
Dakota from receiving public funds.
The present law, the statement op-
passing the law says, permit private
banks to compete with the Bank of
North Dakota on equal terms. The
public depository. law enacted by the
last session of the legislature covers
all the ground of this proposed law,
the opposition statement declares, ex-
cept that an effort is made in the
proposed law to wreck the Bank Of
North Dakota by prohibiting the state
bank from competing with private
banks. rr
a industrial Com mission Law
The industrial commission law pro-
vides that the members of the COM
mission shall be the secretary Of
state. state treasurer and commits
sioner of agriculture and labor. This
law. tho opposition statement de-
framed BY the I. '; 4: 50 that i Coy;
Lemke arc ere Reelected M and the Initiated