The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-27
BURKE PLAYS ON RIVALRY
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IN EFFORT TO WIN VOTES
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them If they could get along without
the hospital for that institution. that
they said, "F'or Gods sake, don't cut
out the hospital, for we have no place
TO send a child with contagious dis
ease What a heart -rending cry Ii
ls only about four years ago that Gov
ernor Sarles found that that institu-
ton had so much money on hand that
they did not know what to do with IL.
and as consequence the management
Of the Devils Lake school for the deaf
went into landscape gardening on a
large scale. When Governor SarIes
heard of this he Immediately ordered
it stopped. When he was acquainted
with the facts he sent word to the
/ superintendent that IL the institution
n could not use is excessive appropria-
| ton in more beneficial way to turn
| Ii back to the state. Where is there
a more extensively equipped Institution
/ than the one at Devils Lake?
| Governor Burke says that he sent a
message to the senate and house stat
ing that they had employed ninety two
more clerks than the law permitted.
| Yet Governor Burke approved the bills
| allowed these ninety-two clerks and
| by that act was equally as guilty as
the men who employed them. He had
| the power and authority to say, Il will
not allow these bills because they are
Illegal" Did he do it? No; instead
of performing his sworn duty. he
placed his approval on vouchers that
he knew were illegal and dishonest.
h. eli ST I,
that he is charged with appointing
none but Irish to office, and in the
next breath he reads a list of few
Scandinavians whom he has appointed
to minor or insignificant positions on
boards, and then, in stentorian voice
says, See how adroitly l have handled
the people of two nationalities, and
therefore every Irishman and every
Scandinavian should vote for Honest
John Burke"
He Is running-so he says-because
he doesn't want a stalwart to occupy
the governors chair That declaration |
is purely claptrap. 1t is on a par with |
his profession of hostility TO the rail-
roads. As a matter of fact Governor |
Burke's chief hacker and supported Is |
Joseph NJ Kelly of Devils Lake, who
is president of the Farmers railroad
Who own the Farmers railroad? James
]. Hill of the Great Northern railroad.
Who placed Joseph NJ. Kelly at the
head Of the Farmers railroad? James
J. Hill. Is there any need of argu-
ment or details to establish the rela-
that exists between Gov. john
Burke and the railroads? Read the
of the state board of
for 1909 if you want to
know where John Burke stood when
1t came to assessing the railroads.
Not only this, but when Gov. John
Burke had the authority to select
United States senator, did he appoint
a man who was opposed to corporate
Certainly not. He chose
as the man to represent not only the
state of North Dakota, but the demo-
cratic party in the United States sem
ate, w. E. Purcell, a lawyer who has
been the paid attorney of the railroads
for many years. 20 these facts brand
John Burke as a friend of the people
or against them?
"By their fruits shall We know them"
What are the fruits of John Burke's
administration, according to his Grand
Forks speech?
l. Arraying one state institution
against another, in order to create
liscord and dissatisfaction for per-
'onal political purposes.
q Charging the two houses Of the
GENERAL assembly with dishonesty and
violation of the law, and then APP
proving these acts.
9. Posing as the opponent of rail-
Dads and yet accepting the advice,
upport and cooperation of railroad
PRESIDENT and railroad lawyer
4. Appointing to the highest politi-
al office in the state . man who was
he friend and attorney for railroad
in North Dakota.