The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-11-04

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This Is tho arraignment made by the
republican state platform against
John Burke for filling the appointive
offices Of this state with militant DEM
ocrats.
To this indictment Of Offensive par
tisanship" Governor Burke. On the
stump and through the columns OF the
democratic press. has entered q plea
of mot guilty" He insists that no has
appointed the best men to Office, re-
CARELESS Of party, and that the charge
made against him by republicans that
he is building up q democratic machine
In this state il untrue.
We give below a list of the men who
are holding public Office. under Cow
ernor Burke's administration. These
men have either been appointed di-.
rectly by the governor under the au-
thority Of statute, or by some officer
or board which the governor has so
appointed. A careful consideration OF
this list will show that. with the ex-
ception of two. practically every office
that has a good salary attached is now
held by q democrat. The two slarins
exceptions are Gen. a. z. Peake, who
was for several years the colonel Of
the First regiment of our state militia.
and who was appointed %adjutant gen.
eral in the due course of military pro-
motion. The other case is that Of State
Engineer T. r. Atkinson, who was
deputy state engineer and was APP
pointed to the position upon the reslg-
nation of Engineer Follows. This ap-
pojntment was due to the fact that Mr..
Atkinson was possessed Of the tech
meal knowledge required to carry on
the work Of the office and was familiar
with the detailed plans Of work i'll
progress. A failure to appoint him
would have been to invite disastrous
and expensive mistakes in the man
agement of that important Office.
1t will be further noticed that every
public institution i'll the state, save
one, the state university, is under the
management and control Of a board OF
trustees, the majority OF whose men,
bers are democrats. and many OF these
boards are composed OF democrats
only.
Governor Burke and his supporters
are endeavoring to make 1t appear that
the governor is giving North Dakota
. non-partisan administration
Here is the list of his appointive Of
ficers who are serving the state at
this time. Read this list carefully and
then decide for yourself whether the
charge made against Governor Burke
by the republican state platform is
true-that he is guilty OF Offensive
craftsmanship"
| w. E. Purcell, United States
Senator, Democrat $4,000
| Frank A. Wilson, Oil lnspec-
tor, Democrat .............. $500
Oliver Knudson. Bank Exami-
ner, Democrat .............. $1,000
John Valleley, State Deputy
Examiner, Democrat ......... 1880
J. NJ. Fahey, Deputy State FIX
aminer, Democrat ...........'1,800
Roy Nelson, Deputy State En-
aminer, Democrat ........... 1880
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Examiner, Democrat ........ 1880
S. H. Wilson, Deputy State Ex-
aminer, Democrat .......... 1880
p. E. Byrne, Private Secretary
Governor, Democrat ......... 1000
William Burke. st%enographer
Governor. Democrat ......... 1000
r. NJ. Halliday. Chief Clerk.
Exam. off,, Democrat ....... 1000
W. N. Smith. District Game
Warden, Democrat .......... 1900
F. o. Hellstrom. Warden OF
~Penitentiary, Democrat ......"'o,600
Olaf Bjorke. District Game
Warden. Democrat .......... 1880
pr. J.. Grassick. State Board
OF Health. Democrat ........ 1900
J. S. Clifford, Member Of n. d.
Board Of Grain Commission,
democrat ......... .......... 1900
J.. Z. McAndrews, Field Officer
Board Of Prison Experts.
democrat A'soo
James c. Herman. Member Wis.
Grain Inspection Board.
democrat ........ ......... s'ooo
a. NJ. Anderson. Hotel Inspector.
@. w. Wilkinson, Deputy Game
Warden. Democrat .......... 1900
l.. w. Deischert. Deputy Game
Warden, Democrat .......... 1900
s. r. Finley, Deputy Game
Warden, Democrat ........ 1900
Robt. Burt. Deputy Game
Warden. Democrat ....... 1900
Il. H. Stenvwick, Deputy Game
Warden, Democrat .......... 1900
l.. B. Penderoy. Deputy Game
Warden. Democrat ........ 1900
c. ID. Reese, Deputy Game
Warden. Democrat .......... 1900
Dell McCarman, Deputy Game
Warden, Democrat ....... 1920
r. j. Purcell, Deputy Oil In
spector, Democrat ......... 1920
William Schuett, Deputy Oil In
spectOr, Democrat ..... 1920
e. s. Cameron, Deputy Oil In
spector. Democrat ........ 1920
f. y. Fitzgerald. Deputy Oil In
sDector. Democrat ........... sl..@a
o. S. Perry. Deputy. Oil In
spcctor. Democrat ..... 1860