The nonpartisan leader. [volume], December 21, 1916, Image 4

About The nonpartisan leader. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1915-1921

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already have done,
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an^E^hnstianson
^and it provides that when d^|ric|?y
called in place, of disqualified judges
|be called in by disinteres
die "County fcIyd«sMrtotti
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IHINMA
arOKCaioi abt yon. oorftnencin* on the
AstMandnia December, iqib.
This is an exaici pbotosrap^e repi
Robinson to the supreme court of North Dakota.
received a certificate exactly the same, except, for the name of the jnd{^c&£l It
will be noted that this certificate provides that ^J. £. Roinnson of the cotmty of -Cass
was duly elected to the o£5ce of judge of the supreme court of the state of Nortjh
Dakota for the term of six years, commencing on the first Monday in December, A.
D. 1916." This certificate is signed'by the secretary of state, the attorney general
and the governor of the state, the attorney gCnerai signing as if ioaember of the can
vassing board. "•,
IT3 QYIRE CLEVER
MY
\ij&x£L:r.
court. Bruce and Christianson were not disinter
ested and they admitted it in th
Robinson, Birdzell and Grace
VThteri it came time for this kangaroo court to hear the case the two
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jver judges also withdrew, again admitting that they were interested
fi-fa'
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION —j
Co to ®Hfxm ®b«t JJraftnts dfoatf Coou, tfmtins:
fcnM ft.
That we. I.
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Governor. «hd lltMUlMVSccrc-
wry of Sou of the State
of Narth Dtkaivdo hereby certify that from the
aOa^kiKracu ot the *o«e» fcrthe&ttwi^Nart^Pskno^Kt^
thf
«f MidSuxcM apwfcfcd byhy. «nd fannth* qyviftffi.
afcpa*cait«ppc«r. *nd*fe db hereby.
cotSyth«t
w* have hertumo
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dtf3tatt»te«0bcedlKBbiiMrek, tto Fifth
dtycfPn mlw, bt the yearcf our- Lord .Ory
TW5u#pdNu* Hundred cndSutceOi
jmotograpme reproduction of the certificate of electim of
Of*
PART TO SHIFT THE
EUROERF OF TAXATIOR*
ON THE OT-D RUFJE
3®^ss
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Land specolaton and~~-farmer»—the former-holding land idle for increase in price and the latter tflBtog ft
tlie taxes oa agricultural land. "Bnt the land speculator par
ments are exempt from taxation, with a straight tax on the
Si
p- _.- fcf'i MS 38«®S!S S!
Mid unconstitutional bed&use Judges Bruce and Christianson, Itold-overs, and had no right to clioose tlie district judges that were to issue the writ iS
were just as much interested in the case,as the retiring judges. They .and hear the case. In place o^Bruce and Christianson two other district
held election certificates entitling them to office beginning on the first judges Were called in, makingjve district judge? to hear the case, three
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shall
edhess of this improvised'courts
CALLING IN thyee district judges and in issuing the.writ with them, decision- It was never doubted for a moment what this decision wduld
ignored section 100 of the constitution, be. These district judges, chosfnen by interested parties, did what th6y
This section provides that when any Jijdge is were expected to do-r-what they jtffere called in to do^—they trs
interested in a case he can not sit on that case^ th^ constitution, flew in tire inconuaii
inaugurated in North Dakota a* ndw kind "law and order.1
upheld the claims of the t«tiring judges tha^ ^ir terms lasted
Monday of January.
#m^i5j^ye
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TO THE decision, it is difficult
The court heard the side of the retiring judges and rendered a
FAtliG]! o^mcted. in."the r^aih^' of "law and
^wth., solemnvfaces and much red tape at Bismarck is the,,en
people
tes all
^ke Facts
kangaroo court. He was honest and
J, E. ronRtifiifinns
Mn»f Af Each of the three new justices coiisti uitions. ine wCisjon as & wiiole, written by Distnct Judge
Pollock, is typical of that gentleman's entire political career. The Leader
does not feow what" the outcome will be, but if, the incoming judges
allow themselves to be bound in any way by high-handed political trick
ery of this kind they will not live jip to th@ aqectations of the people
of North Dako^ w|to ^y|^|h!em puch splendid majorities November 7.
am A. Rube Slightly Shifts the Load of Taxes
"'Kf ?r«
-puned. 1^~w^^ find 'fa$t6ii€id.. at-ISie
•pv• j_. ^wicu yuB-wutss »uu ii»veucu ai
^IS ^-^.^trougli of North Dakota for y^rs, aiad who^oSlil^
Judges,
^^go oh Mtening. the^e had notithfe people wWapfj
Helped
^jfthemmto the disratd November 1.^ For pemoi^
it 2'spite and an extra' month's pay—the wage| of
^, -fetcheap politician—^judges of the supreme cofrt of
......
K* North Dakota are willing to prostitute the
machinery of a great commonwealth and drag the constitution l]
mire.
What can be said of the district judges who lent themselves
kangaroo proceeding and of their decision upholding, as they fwe^e
appointed to do, the claims.of the retiring judges? These judgesiwfenl
into it with open eyes and they can not escape the stigma whicl| will
attach to their acts and decision.. It will follo^ them until the
of their districts, have a chance-to act upon it at the next election,
of them, Judge Pollock of Fargo, a reactionary poUtician has ai
been retired Jby an overwhelmim? vote, in spite of the prestige
years service on the bepch.
cloud"
and the
ig in every 3$®$^ Dakota
when one gets the happy delusion that
c^icanery is dead.
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ITie dedsi^^ails to mention the reason why
•rnd^ki
if
refused to serve with the
honestand knew the court wais without author­
ity. It'fails to show what has become of the month which has been
lost into oblivion, read out of the cal^iciar and destroyed the decision.
In other words, the court, to stand by its decision, must admit it" was
right and lawful and constitutional for some judges/ elected to only six
year terms, to hold terms of six years and one month, in violation of the
constitution. They fail to inentioh which judges they were who profitted
by. this extra montii which the new judges, elected by the people last
November, must lose from their six-year terms, if the decision is to be
binding. \,fr]•]": '0i--• -v
jg But an'absurdity of this kind did not bother judges called to perform
S a in a an he to he in it re a to an
fTh» 7omcinh
oq & -arKr^* u*. rr 4^ i.
ees-vi^T^Ke IT ews^.
FOR A WHILE.. HE HAS
H»S Hg.T Pf?OPOWTK*
RIQHT
IN
H4t
Stand idle for increase- in price md the latter tflBng ft to make a living »n* 4i,P yfti,
pays no taxes on IMPROVEMENTS, and s& the bontei is as iUtisteated is ^first^tn^
the land only, the Iwrden will be equaUaed, as in the second pirta^
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