The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-10-15
SAYS BURKE
IS ALL RIGHT.

The following item was pub
H. he'd in the Park River Re-
publican a short time ago and
copied with evident approval
by the Fargo Forum and
others:
"There are great many old line
republicans in the neighborhood
of Walsh County who two years
ago supported Governor Burke and
were instrumental in securing his
election. And this coming election
will find them doing the same on
the ground that he may be entitled
to a second term, and for no other
reason. And glancing at the ques.
ton in superficial manner, their
position may seem justifiable. But
these we'll meaning gentlemen are
only skimming the surface of the
situation, when they take such
stand. They forget that second
term for a democratic Governor:
would mean that every board of
every institution in the state would
be entirely changed, aud we would
theh have nothing but democratic
boards, which, of course, would be
no great sin IN itself. But they for
get that the faculties of these insti-
tutions do not care to stay under
such unsettled conditions. Such
men as Pres. ]. H. Worst, Prof.
Bolley, Prof. Ladd and m any other
strong men in our seats of learning
would not stay. And every republi-
can in the state must know that we
have no such an issue in the re.
publican ranks as was forced upon
US by Governor Sarles. The battle
is clear, the fight is an even one,
and the excuse of a second term is
an insufficient reason for any good
republican to go back on his party"
The above statements are a
fair sample of the misinforma-
ton which is deliberately
attempted to mislead the pub.
lie in this campaign.
The insinuation that the re.
election of Governor Burke
will result in the retirement of
such men as Prof. Ladd, Presi-
dent Worst and Prof. Bolley is
such crude palpable falsehood
that it is inconceivable how a
journal of any standing should
give it circulation.
The simple matter of the
fact is that Governor Burke's
appointees control the board of
trustees of practically every
state institution, including the
agricultural college of Fargo,
which numbers, among it's
faculty Prof. Ladd, Pres.
Worst and Prof. Bolley, and
only in two institutions have
changes of any consequence
been made, viz: the state peni
tentiary and the hospital for
insane. end surely no fair
minded person will dispute the
fact that the changes made in
the active management of
these institutions have been
tor the best interest of the
state.
At the penitentiary a new
order of things has been in
augurated. Instead of posi-
tions at that institution being
grated out as a reward for
political services, as formerly,
they have been placed upon a
basis where the tenure of a
mans employment depends
solely upon his own efficiency
and value as an employee of
the state. Under the new
management, books of account
are kept-something the FORM
er management neglected to
the cost of the state. Under
the new management Alexand.
er Mckenzie is made to pay for
all bricks he obtains from the
institutional detail which
was overlooked by the former
management. Under the new
management the switching
graft, so long enjoyed by the
Northern Pacific Railway, has
been done away with; a reduc-
Il -ok1 oe ~~~4ko, ,ork l,@n L-@-