Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-11-03
koN-PARTisAN CLAIMS OF BURKE
ARE DisPRovED BY EVIDENCE
OF HIS APPOINTMENTS.
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Q I'VE condemn the inconsist. o
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This IL the arra1enment made by the
republican state platform against
John Burke for nlling 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 plea
Of 'not guilty" He insists that he has
appointed the best men to office, re-
Eardless Of party, and that the charge
made against him by republicans that
he is building up q democratic. machine
In this state is untrue.
We give below q list of the men who
are holding public Office under Gov
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 30
appointed. A careful consideration OF
this list will show that, with the ex-
ception Of two, practically every office
that has good salary. attached is now
held by a democrat. The two glaring
exceptions are Gen. A. p. Peake. who
was for several years the colonel OF
the First regiment Of our stats militia,
and who was appointed adjutant gem
eraI in the due course Of military pro-
motion. The other case Is that of State
Engineer T. r. Atkinson, who waa
deputy state engineer and was ap-
pointed to the position upon the resig-
nation Of Engineer Follows. This ap-
pointment was due to the fact that Mr..
Atkinson was possessed of the tech
nical knowledge required to carry on
the work Of the ofife and was familiar
with the detailed plans Of work in
progress. "A failure to appoint him
would have been 70 invite disastrous
and expensive mistakes in the man
agement Of that important Office.
It will be further noticed that every
public institution in the state, save
one, the state university. is under the
management and control of q board of
trustees, the majority of whose menu
bers are democrats, and many of, these
boards are composed Of democrats
only.
Governor Burke and his supporters
are endeavoring to make it appear that
the governor Is giving North Dakota
nom 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
partisanship."
Nv. e. Purcell, United States
Senator, Democrat ........... .+$7,500
Frank A. Wilson, Oil Inspec-
tor, Democrat ............... '2,5Oo
Oliver Knudson, Bank Exami-
ner, Democrat .............. $1,000
John valleley. State Deputy
Examiner. Democrat .....s.... 1900
J. M. Fahey Deputy State Ex-
.aminer, Democrat -. 1855 500
Roy Nelson. Deputy State Ex-
aminer, Democrat ...s........ s1,SO0
J. N. Honlman. Deputy State
Examiner, Democrat 5000. 1,800.
8. n. Wilson. Deputy State Ex-1
aminer, Democrat .......... 1900
r. 3. Byrne, Private Secretary
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