THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



9. To authorize the issuing of real-estate bonds by the 



state government: 



In favor of the amendment 46,275 



Opposed 34,235 



Majority in favor 12,040 



10. To authorize state, county, or municipahty to en- 



gage in any business not prohibited by Arti- 

 cle 20 of the Constitution: 



In favor of the amendment 46,830 



Opposed 32,574 



Majority in favor 14,256 



Students of our ways political will probably 

 note with interest that the referendum of 1919 

 was the fourth time the people of North 

 Dakota had voted in favor of a terminal ele- 

 vator, and that seven years had now elapsed 

 since the first time they had given their com- 

 mand on this subject, and the elevator of 

 their desire was still no more than a mental 

 image to them. 



With the decisive vote of the referendum 

 the last hope vanished of defeating at the 

 polls the changes that the League had pur- 

 posed. The opponents of these measures had 

 now no recourse except through the courts. 

 They had already begun procedures to enjoin 

 the state government from carrying out some 

 of the measures enacted by the Sixteenth As- 

 sembly and they now assiduously pushed 



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