Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-05-24
Governor SARLES
4 Preyeat Being Mlsquoted the
q Governor Gives Newspaper
Written Interview.
Refutes Statements Spread Broad
cast BY 81. Spaldlnp Leader Of
the. Insurgents.


tratlsn- Pruaed Appropriations
81 Debts left BY Fermer
Administration.
"A Grand Forks Herald c0rrespon-
dent recently sought an interview
with Governor Sarles, at his home in
Hil]sboro, and in order not to be mis-
quoted and misrepresented, says the
Grand Forks Times, the governor
gave the Herald reporter a written
copy of what he had to say, delivered
in the presence of witnesses, with in
structions to print the same as writ
ten or not at all. In reply to the
query as to how things were shaping
themselves for his denomination,
Gov. Sarles cheerfully said:
<ssI have not yet laid down and
4 given up the fight. I believe will
have no trouble in securing the nom
ination. I have heard no particular
complaint as to my conduct of the
office Of governor, and believe that
my denomination is the wish of a
majority of the people Of the sta te.
5:s However, I would like to correct
one or two things said by Mr.. Spald-
Ing In his speech at Minot. just
received a copy of Marshall MClure's
Eagle containing the text of the
speech. While there is nothing seri-
/ Gus so far as I am concerned, Mr..
Spalding falls short of stating things
as they happened, in one or two in
! stances. Relative to the accusation
that I signed up schedule including
all Of the appointive offices OF the
state atsthe demand Of party leaders
is putting It in false light. 1 have
never been ordered to do things, nor
were they demanded Of me. either,
/ before or after becoming governor. II
Mr.. Spalding had said that had
been requested to do certain things
by the party leaders, that would not
have been so bad. As matter OF
course, / consulted with my friends,
relative to appointments, the same
as Mr.. Spalding did when be was in
public life. My relations with the
/. so-called gang have been very pleas:
ant. Mr.. Mckenzie has always been
very considerate, and has never made
a demand Of me. On the other hand,
8 he has always accompanied his re-
\ quests with the admoniti0n to turn
I them down II 1 did believe they were
not right.
.s= ssAgain Mr.. Spalding says that
when I became governor there was
A ESQ, 600 in the state treasury and at
& the end OF the first year 1t was gone..
i and that the state was In debt $780,
COO for which amount bonds had been
issued. The fact is, that there was
{ $50, 900 In the general fund of the
state treasury from which all current
4 expeness Of the. year must be paid.
+ To be sure, 1t vas spent during the
. year. But we did not 60 In debt
4 $50, 900 for running expenses. There
was that amount standing out in the
nature OF floating indebtedness when
IStook the reins oi, government. The
debts had been contracted by the
state institutions, such g the univer-
sity and the normal schools on ac-
count OF the lack Of large enough ap-
& propriations to. meet the needed ex-
3 pense. Bonds we're issued and sold
to the board Of university and school
lands, to take up these warrants and
S floating debts. We cut the interest
sin two and saved something to the
state. ''5$5S
\ He further says, that II has been
/ the custom Of state treasurers to
keep large sums In the various banks l' 8
Of the state and carry the amount in in:
the treasury Ia the nature Of bank
I checks payable to the state; the state
drawing no interest on these sums; y! !'s
/ do not know what other admins
S5trations may have done, but not one
/ red cent has yer gone TO any bank & ssin ];
! the state since I have been governor
without the state drawing three per.
cent interest on III. 35335$: &.
! A do not believe that my conduct
sof TIE financial Interests Of the state
Ssis deserving sof crit icism, not Of that ElE
nature, tn any eyent. ! may have 1a'' g
made mistakes bnt they we're of the 1laI
6aad and NOT of thu heart. 4 have n g
tried 70 duct the business q the ihElsl
ESstate, the same M have cond a ducted1 e
the baDking busine q 81 HillsboIo. 6 \