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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... own. Governor Lowden has some friends kind enough to "mention" him as a possible dark horse candidate for the Republican nomination for president. That may explain why the governor wants the farmers" to know how thoughtfully he spoke of them in the address at the state livestock rally at 10 a. m. March 20. But the farmers will look for more than kind and thoughtful words. They will ask, "What have you done?" The man who gets the farmers' support for president in 1920 will have to answer that question satisfactorily. _ THE "DANGER" OF BUREAUCRACY VERY opponent of government ownership of public utilities E and of other forms of monopoly has much to say of the danger of bureaucracy. By this they mean that under public ownership the ofiicers and employes of the utility or industry will form a solid political unit which will dominate the rest of government and the people generally. Every so often a railroad senator, for instance, struggles to his feet in the United States senate and solemnly warns the people against the danger of putting the railroads into politics. But can any one imagine a so-called bureaucracy stronger in its power to dominate the people than the present Standard Oil group, the packing trust, the railroad magnates, or the overlords of What Other Papers Say of Farmer Laws Newspapers and Magazines From All Parts of the Nation Show Interest in N. D. Legislation+Representatives of More Than 40 Present at Bismarck YEAR ago there might have been some doubt about which was best known. There is no chance for doubt today. Ask a dozen men; 11 of the 12 will answer "North Dakota." At the recent session of the legislature in Bismarck representatives of approximately 40...