The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-20

oefats and ! en- not eute that I didn Z
select moro.
The men that I have appointed to
ONCE were the best men could secure
for tho positions. There IL J. o. He'll.
strom, superintendent Of the State Pen.
itentiary who has given North Dakota
the best administration that hes ever
been given Ut that institution.
I wish that Ill Of you people would
60 to the psnitentiaEy-just to visit
I mean-and ses how we'll the institu.
ton isSkept and the improved systems
in vogue. Mr.. Helstrom investigated
the latest systems Of government and
work in such institutions and he has
put them all into active practice ct the
penitentiary.
One day when I was down there, Mr..
Hellstrom told mo that the state was
paying for the water at the institution,
and he suggested that some change
should be made. He informed mo that
the state was paying forty cents .
thousand for water to Alex Mckenzie
who was furnishing it to . private cor.
poration three miles farther away at
ten cents . thousand. SO We went to
work and We now have the finest water
plant in the state, down there and
are getting our water for only frac.
ton Of what We used to pay for it.
Look at some others Of my selection
IL viii name just few Of them for
you. There il the Agricultural College
Board, selected to manage and direct
that great institution ut Fargo. have
taken that institution entirely out Of
politics and placed it upon tho soundest
basis Of its history. After looking over
the list Of members Of tho frat Az
ricultural College Board which I ap.
pointed, I found that there was one
more republican than democrat on the
board and the second board happened
to have . majority Of one democrat.
But that board is the best board we
ever had and is doing splendid work
for the institution.
You don't see the president Of tho
Agricultural College nor any Of its pro.
fessors going around to take the stump
in any Of our political campaigns. You
can t, ind President Worst out making
speeches over the country trying to
tell the farmers how to vote like he
used to be forced to do while tho re.
publicans ran the state. I am not say.
ing this to criticise Pre- ident Worst,
for I know that the work was very
distasteful to him; only wish to show
the change in the system.
Take the Board for the state Uni
versity-a board At to sit upon any
question. Why, I would put that
board up to decide the Ballinger Con-
troversy. Do you suppose know how
those men are going to votei I
wouldn't insult their intelligence by
asking them. I suppose that if they
are satisfied with my administration,
they will vote for me and I would
want them to; but If they are not sat
isded with my administration, don 7
suppose they will vote for me and /
dom t want them to.
"I think you should decide the mat
ter in just this way, my friends. Sup.
pose you had an important business
transaction Of private nature and
you wanted man in whose personal
honesty you had great faith, whom
would you select, Governor Burke or
Mr.. Johnsonf
We are all patriotic citizens and
should feel the same deep interest in
public affairs as we do in our private
matters. You can settle the question
for yourselves.
But whatever you decide, my friends,
whether you elect me for your next
governor or not, shall always be
deeply grateful to the citizens Of North
Dakota for the honors they have con-
ferred upon me-"