The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-04
some QUESTIONS
FOR "HONEST JOHN"
Continued From Page one.


the action Of the men who supported
you and who made the illegal appoint
ments
prepared a lengthy reply to your
article In the morning paper last Sep
TEMPER but concluded not to use il as
You practically contradicted yourself
and the facts In your article referred
to.
now understand that in nearly
every speech YOU have made in Cass
county and In the one made at Bis
marck as reported by The Tribune
ana ! presume in those made else
where you have referred to this mat
ter and endeavored to explain it more
ny poking fun at Butte Of Buttzville''
than by real arguments.
H IN consequence Of all this have
deemed 1t wise to let the public fulIv
understand what the actual circum-
| stances were.
/ On Jan. "a, 1907, YOU wanted signed
thirty-six vouchers with the follow
ing endorsement, Approved ar
amount stated John Burke presi-
dent Auditing Board which vouchers
! We're at that time unlawful, as the en-
pioyes In whose favor they were drawn
We're not legally employed. Vouchers
for the same individuals were AGAR
similarly approved by you on Feb IL
! 1907. 20
On March 7, 1907, a little bird wbis-
pered in your ear that "Buttz az Ruttv
vile had dictated resolution r. ~
introduced in the house asking ~
an investigation Of the legal status
OK the house employees and the alleged
| lhegal act of the President OF the
Auditing Board"
Before this resolution could be
transcribed by the stenographer you
sent your special message to, the
house Gaining attention to the fact that
there were more employees than the
law allowed, and thereby acknowledg
ed that you had erred in signing these
vouchers on two separate occasions
me message as published in Tho
Fargo Sunday News is without date.
winch seems very significant, as you
evidently desired that it should an
pear as if it had been presented sew
eral days before the final adjournment
OF the legislature in place of on the
Very day before the session closed.
It Is hardly just to charge these ap-
polntments unlawfully made to the
republican party, because they were
made almost without execution and
through whose votes you had become
governor and thereby "president of
the auditing board"
Wen, governor, you no doubt think
land in getting votes / will admitl
that you are very cute man. hut
when you print or cause to be print
ed in your defense in said Fargo
News what You designate as "ver-
oatim copy" and with design leave
out the date March y yuo must have
intended to deceive the voters as YOU
did not want to admit that you, either
because OF gross neglect and ignor-
ance or because of wilful design al
lowed this state of affairs by aiding
and assisting it to exist until the last
(but one) day of the session.
Governor, in conclusion I will say
that / have tried in way, to reply
to your answer as published in The
Fargo News in spirit or tone similar
to -ypur answer, and win add that in
my young days as we'll as my old
age | have always more or less tried
to do unto others as they do unto me.
but | never did it first.
Governor, would you vote for a man
for reelection who, while president of
an auditing board, had approved un-
lawful claims and then allowed and
sanctioned the taking of the peoples
money?
Would you vote to re-elect a public |
officer who, bevause of his ignorance
Of the law, would approve on two
separate occasions, seventy-tw (thir-
ty-siX at time) separate claims not
warranted in law, thus taking thous-
ands of dollars of the peoples money. |
Would you vote for a man for re- |
election to public office who had will
fully approved claims against the
state not warranted or justified in |
law?
You can take your choice, you APP
proved them on Jan. "a and then
again on Feb. IS. 1907 Did YOU do |
Il ignorantly or wilfully?
Respectfully,
c. w Ruttz
(And / will add, If you please. of
Buttzville.)