The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-10-25
FOURSPEAKERS
HERE IN bob
LEAGUE, RALLY
Frazier Asserts LaFOllette
Movement Is Sweeping
Into New England
SORLIE ON MILL, BANK
League Candidate for Cover
nor Would Open up Bank
of N. d., He Says

Four speakers appeared on the
platform in the city Auditorium last
night in 4 political rally staged pri-
marily for the LaFollette- Wheeler
campaign and secondarily for the
Nonpartisan League state ticket
United States Senator Lynn ]. Fra.
zier. A. S. Sorlie, Republican-Leagut
candidate for Governor, T. H. H
Thoresen, candidate for Attorney
General, and Walter Maddox, can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, wer.
the speakers. A La-Follette- Wheeler
moving picture also was shown. Thl
auditorium was well filled.
Senator Frazier, who had beer
speaking in the east recently for La
Toilette, declared that he found mucf
interest in conservative New Eng
land" in the LaFollette movement.
81 am satisfied this progressiv.
movement is sweeping east and
predict by November 4 that there viii
be a landslide for Bob LaFollette,
the Senator said.
He declared the people were will
LaFollette because he had been fight
ing their battles for 40 years, an,
this fight was their fight. Senator
Frazier charged LaFollette's oppon
ents with attempting to befog tn
issue by charging that LaFollette i
a dangerous radical.
Supreme Court
He read the supreme court planl
in the LaFollette platform whicl
favors referendum on the adoption
Of an amendment to the Constitution
providing that if Congress passes al
act which is declared unconstitution
al by the supreme court a succeeding
Congress may pass it and it shall b
constitutional.
This amendment would have to b
adopted in the regular way, by three
fourths of the states," he said. II
means that if the supreme court de
cides an act is unconstitutional
shall go back and if passed by two
thirds majority it shall become law
1t is just like passing a measur
over presidential Veto"
Senator Frazier asserted the Con
stitution did not give the suprem
court the power to declare acts un
constitutional, but that the cour
had usurped that power.
SOrlies Talk
A. G.. SorIie. opening his address
advocated the Great Lakes-St. Law
renee waterway, which he said woul'
reduce the export cost of North Da
kota wheat l.2 cents per bushel
Speaking of the mill and elevate
at Grand Forks, Sorlie asserted i
was opened in October, 1922, with
political BAPTISM when it shoult
not have been opened before the mex
April.
He made an attack on -Governo,
Nestos. Mr.. Sorlie said he had made
statement in Bottineau that tw'
men on the Industrial Commission
had come to him to talk about hi:
becoming manager of the state mill
He said the Governor had denet
this. He also said he had been. talk
ing to his office in Grand Forks, ant
an employe said he had overheard
the conversation and knew Sorli.
was telling the truth.
"Back in July when they talket
about me managing the mill sait
you don't want to appoint me man
ager of the mill and elevator. Tn,
industrial commission would be onl!
board Of directors then, there
would be no politics and you wouldn'
have anything to say about it,"
Sorlie ridiculed the board of man
ayers idea, and declared that goot
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