Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-11-04

MILLER HERE
Republican Renegade Out Boosting
for Burke Gets "Ca|Ied" ---Un-
able to Meet Argument

Attorney General Andrew Mill
Ter, who was elected to his office
by republicans and is again Il can
didate on the republican ticket,
but who has since Joined the DEM
ocratic ranks and is now stump
ing the state for John Burke at
the expense of the democratic
organization, spoke in the Logan
hall at Beach last Morday night
to large audience. who enjoyed
the evenings entertainment
1t is rather singular thing
for a man who is on the republi.
can ticket to stump the state for
the democrats. and it was this
peculiar position Of the speaker
that made the meeting amusing
to both democrats and republic
cans, and it helped to draw
crowd. as most people enjoy poli-
teal comic opera. Miller is
good talker and made an Qaugh-
ingl impression on the audience.
\ man who is political turncoat
who has no mind Of his own,
but tlops from one party to the
other for personal gains-who is
sincere with neither, is not res
pectcd and has very little influ.
ence anywhere. Andy Miller is a
dyed-in-the.wool democrat who
has used the influence of the
republican party to put him in
office; now that he has the job he
offers his services to the demo-
Gratis to defeat the party that put
him in office. He is in a good
position to talk to intelligent and
honest voters.
/ His talk was all Burke-or
hust, but he was very tactful in
steering clear of the weak spots
in Burke's administration. He
did not state that Honest John
Burke appointed a Northern Paci.
fic railroad attorney to the United
States senate against the wishes
of the voters, but he referred to
the old time convention to try
and show that C. A. johnson was
the railroad candidate. His re-
marks on this score were entirely
out of place. as the conventions
were long ago done away with by
the popular primary law which
Gov. Burke ignores. He did not
explain that c. A. johnson was
nominated by the rank and file in
North Dakota and received more
votes than any candidate for gov.
ernor, and in the true sense of
the word is the peoples candi.
date.
He took particular pains to
abuse the republican papers of
the state because they are sup
porting the peoples candidate,
chosen at the primaries. because
they have not done as Miller is
doing, turning traitor to his par
ty and the people who elected
him; he failed the Beach papers
for supporting Hon. c. A. john
son and branded them as crimi.
nails because they dared to criti.
else Burke. 1t was at this stage
that the Chronicle publisher took
exception to his abuse, and from
the audience asked the speaker tt
= explain why John Burke violated
his oath of office and disr ,garde6
the primary law in appointing ;
corporation attorney to the U. S
senate against the wishes of tn,
people as expressed at the prim
: airy election. After much side
stepping he acknowledged he wa
unable to explain the governor
peculiar action in ignoring tn
peoples choice in appointing
U. S. senator. The question
which had been avoided by al
democratic speakers, put tn
Demo.Attorney General up in tn
air, and the balance of his ad
dress was rather disconnected an
clearly showed he had bee
touched in a vital spot.
Why members of the legislator
B should be pledged to vote for til
+ peoples choice for U. S. senator
as expressed at the rrimarie
3 and q governor given the libert
& to appoint a corporation railroa
g attorney when that attorney ha
b not been endorsed by the people
e is a question we would like a
3 democratic speakers to answer
3 and all voters to think about.
E| Every voter in the state
entitled to a full explanatio
from Governor Burke on thi
point, and we hope he. And
Miller or some other democrati
sneaker will make this p0ir