Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-22
men and groups outside official lif

men and groups outside official life
who aspire to political leadership.
Several Of them bear directly on cleo
tons: For. example, there are four
or five. proposals in connection with
the presidency. One is, to establish
a presidential primary system that
would do away with nominations by
national conventions. Another would
effect the abolition of; the electoral
college and provide for the direct
election of the president. Another
would change the presidential term
of office from four to six years and
provide that a president could not .be
reelected, and still another would
advance the date Of the Inauguration
of the president from March 4 to early
in January. a liEt q 49,
Closely connected with this last
proposal is one to change the begin
ming of the session of .newly-elect-
ed congress to- a date early in Janu-
airy following the election. AS now
provided a congress hat is chosen in
November does not begin f%unctioning
until 13 months later unless it is called
In session in the interim between
March 4 and the following December,
and the argument Is advanced that
the effect of this Is to make congress
ASSS W - Pop0lo VA
1t Is also commended that when the
people have voted for a change by
overturning the majority in a sitting
congress there should be the least
possible delay in giving the People
what they have voted for. ~ NJ
On the other hand, those who OPP
pose this proposal insist that it might
result in the stampeding of a congress
into hasty or carelessly worked out
legislation ands that experience has
demonstrated the wisdom of the pres
ent arrangement. Men Of this school
Of thought are essentially conserva-
tive and believe that before setting
about giving the people what they
want care should be. taken to ascer-
tain just what it is that the people
are demanding. Some Of them even
suggest that the people. do not always
know what they want and sometimes
want something that is not good for
them. },
Other feelers that are being put
forth to see II they strike the popu-
fancy include proposals to change
the transportation act radically, to en-
act a law regulating the coal indus
try, to amend the taxation laws SO as
to reduce the taxes on large incomes,
both of individuals and Of corpora
tions. to restrict the issuance Of tax
exempt securities and make stock
dividends taxable assincomes, to pass
an anti-strike law. and to get action
on the !va*ious issues put forward as
legislative programs by the farmer
labor coalition and by the ~so-called
conference for progressive political
action
One Of these days an inventive gem
Jus may devise an improvement on the
radio so that the politicians when
they are b~roadcasting ideas" will be
able to- get an instantaneous reaction
from their nationwide audiences and
will not have to keep their ears to
the ground through long weeks Of
weary waiting. This ear-to-the-
ground business Il. what h slangily
slightest seismic Disturbance may be
mistaken for the voice of The. pee
lpVl," and again, what does It signify
when you slisten, and listen, and can't
hear anything?
ANSWERS 10 QUESTIONS.
a. What state has theSnaost Wild
erness. wild game andsIHdians? ",
b. q. u
IA. pklah0na has the greatest
number5;of Indians, the frdiHn spopu-
Ilation numbering .Y119.481.E idaho
probably has the most wilderness and
wild gamesof any state In the Union,
q. q emery cut from stone. or ID
1t q manufactured product2 OR.
"A. Emery Ii a mineral. It Ii a
common dark granular variety Of co.
lrunaum. containing more or less mag
Inettte or hematite. On account sof ia
great hardness, It ID used sin the form
Iof powder grains, or larger tmapses,
|for grinding and polishing ss5
@ Do bananas ever have seeds
~. M. f5ss 3,si
"a. BanAnas occasionally develop
seeds In such cases little black
lSpecks may he noticed ih the flesh
of the banana rear the center, These
iare embryo seeds: SSs HI
@ where can ,esgslssof the Lannon's
.chtckSnsgb b. purchased ssE1sE. b.
1hX sdSpaftMentf;1f agriculture
says that III essssffotn ELAmona
Echieksn cfpnct = purchassds Tor sst.
tihEsatstf3&sprS1snt time sbecausasthey
tESSi that The brked 1ssnpt suftcfenfIy
sGtabliaGedss b distribution. Exper.