The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-07

25ait nor are they loosening the purse strings
..Ss@or futile contributions to boost some pie hun
/. liner into job. This is the chief impression
manned the campaign opens. The old propa-
snanda-the red flag. the hue and cry against
ofo-called state boshevsm, other political catch
arords and ballyhoo arguments are falling up
+ accustomed ears. 1t is old music. old words
!; sind monotonous melody.
/ :. 1t behooyes the voters Of the state not to be
J bslnded BY specous arguments, impossible
!! Campaign pledges. wigwaggng of the red flag
Il End attempts to arraign the country dweller
!, against the city dweller: the banker against
- he farmer. and vice versa.
- Neither faction Of the Republican party is
, uroing to expand or retrench the program of
u wtate ownership. The mill and elevator at
, Grand Forks will continue to grind and store
I 3Frain: the bank at Bismarck will continue to
. Sccept deposits. make farm loans and continue
. IS functions whatever the regime is.
- AS for programs of the political factions,
!! they need not cause alarm or confuse the is
4 tues. The attempts of the Independents to
, acare money for campaign purposes out of
| 9ankers and public utility companies on the
I nlea of an extension of state ownership for
s -'hich they are as responsible as the leaguers
! thould not be rewarded.
Il The present law governing the operation of
b 5. state bank is broad enough to permit the
Establishment Of branch banks without addi-
ional legislation. If the industrial commits
] a,ow without a change in administration and
falithout additional law. The Nonpartisan plat
. 0rm endorses branch banks only where ma
]. aDrity Of the people by popular referendum re-
1 uest them. In effect this is a curtament of
] ME present law, not an expansion Of it.
/ 4 One leading, probably the leading, lndepend
mt daily of this state, is advising Democrats
po enter the Republican primaries to defeat
dJonpartisan League candidates. This amounts
n cold terms to kind of political chicanery
5nd skullduggery that honest voters Of the
tate should not tolerate Such advice shoule
result in the piing up of a great vote in the
{ Democratic primaries next month. When mer
! 'egister with assessors as Democrats and pose
! 5 such they should keep in their own prim
I ries. For the Independent leaders to advise
/ chem to do otherwise should destroy all con
1 sidence in such political management.
d News from assessors indicate that the Dem
4 ncrats are thoroughly advised on the situa-
i E0n. Registrations within that party are
q s3rger than ever and a record vote for the DEM
} .$rats is anticipated at the June primaries. It
Il 8 = most hopeful sign for the resumption OF
regularity in this state.
Within the next two years the pie counter
tvision that separates Republicans should
gbase. Voters are not going to examine the
label of Republicans as closely this year as ;
/ NV years ago. They know that each faction is
Committed to virtually the same program, ant
he Twichells and others can beat the tom
,oms. but the old war whoops fail to detrac
rom the real situation; they can haunt TIL
counting rooms Of the banks and the public
1tilities-the old cries don't even bring tear!
Rom the rag doll nor does it make the casl
! aristers disgorge as of yore big Business
~ been alert for some time-they pay TIL
sme taxes under every regime; they are hav
~ ! quiet laugh this campaign as the polltlca
'aDsters sharpen the snickersnees to battle fol
10 flesh-pots.