The Bismarck tribune., 1932-07-02

constituted, was dealt q mortal
wound and its death Is only a mat
ter Of time. Opposition to the new
Republican regime may be revived
but II this Is done it probably will be
under new leadership and with new
issues.
The same disaffection which con-
tributed to Wednesdays debacle will
prevent reorganization Of the I. v. A.
on the present basis.
3. Temporarily, at least, the only
political rivalries in the state will be
between the Nonpartisan wing Of the
Republican party and the Democrats.
The line Of demarcation on some is
sues will be thin, since the Nonpar-
tisan leaders appear to be Just as
strongly opposed to the Republican
national administration as the Demo-
Gratis.
Twichell Hears Requiem
4. Twichell and Twichellism heard
a requiem in the returns from We'd
nesday's vote. The Cass county man,
undisputed I. v. A. leader, was made
a political has.been. It is doubtful
II whatever opposition to the Nom
partisans exists will continue him as
chieftain. In legislative matters he
will be laughed at rather than lis
tened to.
5. The business people Of the state.
many Of whom cast off allegiance to
the I. v. A. Wednesday, look with
hope rather than suspicion and fear
upon the prospective new state re-
gime. They feel that the Nonparti-
sans have a wonderful opportunity
to do constructive things and will
watch their activities with interest.
8. Many state departments will be
reorganized. This Is true whether the
Democrats or the Republicans win in
November. The incumbents have
been shelved and 1t Is possible that
numerous changes, as well as some
reductions In staff, will be made. The
change In the assessment basis, de-
cided by support Of the initiated
measure, makes that imperative. II
is not a matter Of choice.
Z. New men will control the state
industrial commission, last I. v. A.
stronghold. This may mean revisions
Of policy for the Bank Of North Da-
kota.
8. The newcomers Will control
every state board and political or
ganization, II not immediately, then
short time after taking office. In
cluded among these is the state board
Of administration, which rules the
States educational, charitable and
penal institutions. Two new men
will sit on this board as elective
members and the new governor will
appoint a third member shortly after
he takes office. How far this board
will 60 in its reconstruction efforts
remains to be seen, but one result
may be change In the presidency
of the state university. This matter
is certain to come up sooner or later
in view of the situation prevailing at
the big educational institution.
Pie Counter Devastated
8. The political plums will be dis
tributed to members of whatever
group comes to power in November.
The old pie-counter brigade has de-
finitely been ousted. ITO the victor
belongs the spoils" always has been
the rule in state politics. It is i'm
probable that it will be changed now.
That this maxim will be applied even
to the minor jobs in the various de-
partments, as has been the case for
the last four years, seems doubtful,
however. The last Nonpartisan re-
gime did not adopt such far-reach-
ing policy.
10. Nepotism in state government
will be thrust into the discard This
was one of the issues at the primary
and both Nonpartisan and Demo-
Gratis have declared against it.
Candidate william LANCER an
nounced Friday that he would out
line his views on progressive legisla-
tion "at the proper place and time. Z"
This may be either during the fall
campaign or In his inaugural address
II he Is elected. It Is q little early
to forecast what these definite rec
concentrations will be, but on at least
one subject 1t is not difficult to
hazard guess.
From remarks dropped by Nom
partisans, some Of whom are close
to the candidate, it appears that the
new bank proposal will be based on
the idea Of making the Bank of
North Dakota more useful without
endangering It's deposits.
One Bank Proposal
A. suggestion which will be strongly
urged Will be about like this:
1. Bring home and redeposit in
North Dakota banks the two mil
lion odd dollars it now has on
deposit outside the state.
2. Survey the banks deposits
from various districts and make
redeposits on the basis Of the
amount sent In from each local
ity.
3. Require banks getting such
redeposits to purchase North Da-
kota bonds with the money and
pledge them with the Bank of
North Dakota Is security. such
bonds to be accepted at par value.
4. To designate branch banks,
for the purposes of accepting de-
posits only, in communities which
now lack banking service. Nei-
ther the Bank OF North Dakota
nor the branches designated
would engage in commercial
banking but commercial banking
would be stimulated BY the re-
deposit system.
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