The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-08-16
COURT ATTEMPT
T0BL0CK LAWS
ACCESSIBILITY?
Secretary of State Hall Talks of
Failure to Provide for
Publicity Pamphlet
RECALL CAULDRON BOILS
Judge Christianson Talked of
For United States Senator
Other Political Dope

An unusual situation has arisen and
unusual consequences may follow the
failure Of the Legislature to appropri-
ate money to provide for the publica-
ton of publicity pamphlet before
the forthcoming recall election, ac-
cording to Thomas Hall, Secretary of
State.
The constitution provides that a
publicity pamphlet shall be published
and also requires the legislature to
provide means of carrying out the pro-
visions OF the constitution.
IL am wondering what effect this
may have on the election" said MIR.
Hall Suppose these initiated mea-
sures carried and they they were at
tackled in the courts on the ground
that they had not been constitutional
ly adopted-that the people had not
had the proper information on them
through publicity pamphlet as pro-
vided by the constitution"
The same would hold true as re-
CARDS the constitutional amendments.
Mr.. Hall pointed out that both the
initiated measures and the constitu
tiOnal amendments, if carried, might
be held illegally adopted by the courts
and thrown out.
The initiated measures, one of
which provides for the abolition of
the Bank of North Dakota, and the
constitutional amendments constitute
the Independent platform in the cleo
tion, according to the pronouncement
of the Devils Lake convention.
Mr.. Hall blames the state senate,
which was Nonpartisan, for failure
to appropriate the money, saying 1t
struck out a house item.
Acknowledgement Lemke, asked
about the matter, said that the ques-
ton had not been put up to him and
that he could not discuss the legal
phases because he had not had an
opportunity to study them.
AS the time approaches for the re-
call election, tho senatorial fight bObs
up and like Banquo's ghost will not be
downed. In addition to Burdick's name
the friends of Judge ChristiansOn are
urging him to uake the race for Nc
Cumber's seat. The senatorial plum
has started the bees to buzzing in
the political belfreys. No word has
come from Judge Christianson and as
far as is known the matter is being
stimulated solely by his friends who
hold the jurist in high esteem for his
excellent record on. the bench. His
campaign against Spalding and again
against Richardson show that this
esteem is not misplaced.
Nestos' candidacy for governor on
the fusion ticket recalls his fight
against the McCumber organization.
His vote at that time gave the old
timers few chills. He outdistanced
Hanna who had state machine back
of him and large campaign fund:
NestOs had no organization and played
a lone hand. Those interested in COM
pairing Nestos' strength with that of
Hanna's and McCumber's can turn to
page 239 of the 1919 Blue Book.
Hanna got 1869; McCumber 29,6SO,
Nestos 1853 and Herman Mldtbo
pulled down 1887, a key to the blind
VOlluS IIldL lS uClC dI CVCIy p AAAN'J
A name on a ballot is good for from
1900 to 5000 of a sympathetic vote.
Nestos carried the following counties:
Benson, Divide, Griggs, LaMoure,
iMountrail. Nelson, Ransom, Steele,
Trail, Ward, Williams. ,
This was considered quite feat
in view of the fact that Hanna had
tha state machinery and it was
thought at least that McCumber had
the league with him although Town
lev kept his organization on the sur
face confined to the state policies. At
any rate no organized drive was made
at the Drimaries by the league in
behalf of any SENSATIONAL ticket-they
were interested primarily in landing
state and legislative candidates. In
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