The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-09
for insuficiency Of the state revenue.

for insuflciency OF the state revenue
Devils Lake people evidently knew
that John Burke was on the job and,
realizing that there is no time like the
present. decided to get everything pos
sible while their distinguished citizen
was at the head of our state govern
nent. Representative Trainor Of Dew
lis Lake, introduced House Bill No. 251,
to establish, erect and equip biologi-
cal station at governors home The
bill carried an appropriation OF $4,000
for suitable building aIMa $4,000 an
nually for equipment and maintenance
making total OF 81, 900 for the bien-
NAL period. and $4,000 a year for all
time, or until 1t could be increased.
The legislature passed this bill. and
when it to John Burke OF Devils
Lake, he approved 1t and strange as
it may seem this approval was signed
on March 20, 1909,
Next to the agricultural college it.
SELF the greatest means of educating
the North Dakota farmer in modern
methods of husbandry, are the farm
ers' Institutes held by members Of the
agricultural college faculty. The print
ing Of the proceedings OF these insti-
tutes and their free distribution among
the people OF the state, had been the
desire of the instftu
director, Professor Hoverstad, and SO
Senator Plain of Cavalier county, In
troduced bill for this purpose and the.
legislature unanimously passed il. The
bill carried, il we remember rightly,
$1,000 per annurn for printing the insti-
tute annual What did Governor
Burke do to this bill that received the
approval of every senator and every
representative elected by the people?
Why on the fated day of March 90,
OF the state would not justify the APP
preparation made therein.
Gov. John Burke, the pride of deInoc-
racy, the man who looks like Lincoln
was in a peculiar mental condition on
March 20, 1908. For instance, along
about in the morning when the in
terests of the feeble minded children
OF the state were at stake. the revenues
of North Dakota were insufficient to
warrant the expenditure of $500 for
their benefit and he vetoed the items
About 10 the same morning the CLOUDS
of gloom and melancholy which had
beset the executive lifted, and he was
wards of the state, SO long as 1t was
to be expended at Devils Lake Then
along about IL doubts again assaiird
the governor and he was obliged to We
to $35, 900 needed by the agriculture.
college for demonstration dairy barn.
After dinner with good cigar In Its
mouth and his digestion working we'll
the governor resident of Devils
Y 49, Ell %taA& fa4wa
not so bad as he imagined and lie al.
lowed an appropriation of $4,000 for
the improvement Of the Rock Island
Military reservation, also at Devils
Lake. Work piled up. and the govern
ors doubts redoubled when about 3
o'clock in the afternoon he had the bill /,
for printing the institute ANNALS be-
fore him for consideration, and SO he
decided to veto the bin und save that
~ a3u rather than let ths state go into
bankruptcy But again the sky clear
ed. the sun came out In burst OF
splendor just as he started to look
over House Bill No. POI, appropriatiag
$4,000 for a biological stallion at his
home town Of Devils Lake and $4,000
for two years for maintenance. Sure
~ this paltry sum OF 81, 900 when ex-
peHuEu DIT LEWIS L1kcY could Q0 no
harm, and SO the governor signed thu
bill and forgot that insolvency had
threatened the state many times BEFORE
on March 90
These are not perverted facts they
are plain truths nrovable from the pub
lie records OF the state and within tho
common knowledge Of the people. we
suggest that they be carefully con
sidcred by those republicans who arc
assai!cd with doubt as to how they
should cast their vote November nHxs:
then If these republicans want to elect
john Burke to third term SO that
he can appoint some moro democratic
senators and make himself n demo-
cratic presidential possibility, let them
do SO, but K they are honest with
themselves and ccnsistcnt party man
they viii vote FOR 6, A. johnson, THAR
party NOMINEES.