The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-10-06
GOVERNOR BURKE SPEAKS
Defends His Administration Against
His Detractors.

His Detractors.
Governor John Burke spoke at the
opera house in this city last Saturday
evening. It was his sixth speech for
the day and each Of them occupied from
cne and half to two hours. The gov
ernor showed signs Of WEAKNESS, but
held the attention of the excellent au-
dience that came to hear him for an
hour and half.
The governors address was in de-
tense of his administration. He said
he hoped to be able 10 address the citi-
zens of Cakes some time without talk
ing so much about himself, but Burke
and his administration are being made
issues in this campaign; he was being
yillified and misrepresented and he
knows no better means of defending it
than from the platform and through
the press.
One of the meanest attacks being
made this year is on the governors
vetos of certain itemso appropriations
made by the state legislature for state
institutions. The governor showed
that in his message he had warned the
legislature to keep within the amount
that could be raised by taxation, but
contrary to this they had appropriated
$141, 900 more than the revenues of the
state would stand. 1t therefore be-
came necessary for the governor to use
the pruning knife, and in the use of
his veto power he consulted the sew
eral institutions by telephone and only
cut out those appropriations that could
be gotten along without for another
two years. The governor showed that
the items he selected to cut in the var
ious appropriations did not cripple the
institutions one mite. Had he put his
o. X. on the various appropriation bills
as they came from the legislature and
at the end of the two years left a
heavy deficit then tho old republican
machine that was making all this noise
and that was trying to,put him in hole
on appropriations would now be shout
ing that John Burke has put the state
recklessly in debt. III other words:
''He'd be damned if he did. and he'd
be damned if he did't."
The item of $35, 600 that was vetoed
in the Agricultural College appropria-
tion was tfor a dairy laboratory and
dairy barn. Other items that were al
lowed in the same bill ysare $50. 600 for
building and equipping aveterinary lab
oratory and barn; for building and
equipping girls dormitory and do
mestic science laboratory, etc., SIS, 600;
other items SIS, 1000. Yet this s35, 900
veto for a dairy barn was going to
cripple the institution and was against
the agricultural interests of the state,
according to the Fargo Forum. The
governor went on to show that with
the state and federal appropriations for
the biennial period the state institu-
tion at Fsrgo had over 500, 900 for new
buildings. improvements and running
expenses.
Another appropriation that the old
gang is condemning very strongly and
sympathetically is the one made in a
bill presented by Senator Kennedy of
Fargo for $500 for aid to the G. A. R.
This the governor showed was uncon-
stitutlonal as provided in Section 1876 of
the state constitution.
The cry has gone out over the state
that Governor Burke has vetoed appro-
priations for various institutions, but
when it came to his home town of Dev-
lis Lake, the amount appropriated for
the deaf and dumb school was ap-
proved in full. The governor showed
that only two items had been asked for
in the bill for the institution at Devils
Lake: For school building, gymnasium
and assembly hall, $4,000; $1,000 for
hospital building. Both were absolute
ly necessary and were not excessive in
any way.
No one can hear the governor with
out feeling that he has tried to do his
very best by the state. There is some-
thing about him that impresses you
with his rugged honesty. While in the
governors chair he has been watchful
of the peoples interests and this year
the people are going to endorse his ad-
ministration mot as democrat or as a
republican-bu because that he is a
citizen of the state who as an official
has tried to do his duty without fear
or favor.
During his incumbency in Office he
has appointed more republicans to Of
fee than he has democrats. The rec
ords show that while he has appointe
SO democrats to office he has appointed
125 republicans.
Honest John Burke will get the lar
gest majority in this state this year OF
any year he has yet come before the
people for their suffrages.
Rally Supper.
The annual rally supper. Of the Pres
byterian church will be served in the
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