The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-05-05
THE SECOND BIG BLuNDER
Burke's First Monumental, What Of
Second? Asks Shaw-"Tries to De-
fend Indefensible Action.

St. Paul, Mimi, April 2s.-To The
Forum: In former letter to The Fo-
rum gave it as my opinion that Gov
ernor Burke made monumental bun
der when he vetoed the increase, voted
by both branches Of the legisla' :.
for the support of the farmers insti-
tutes of the state. At the meetin; call.
ed by the commercial club of Fa ryo,
and held in their rooms on the even.
ing Of April 81, Governor Burke tried
to defend his action. He said that it
he had the decision to make again he
would do just what he did. lie would
veto the appropriation. The most hop"
less kind Of transgressor, is the man
who hardens his neck in the face of
clear light, and will not repent.
The first hlunder was monumental,
but what Of the second made at the
meeting above referred tos Some new
word will have to be coined to express
adequately the brazen character of the
conduct and the folly > rthe course
adopted by the governor at this meet
ing.
The course he pursued at this meet
ing may be outlined as follows:
First: He came to a meeting called
for the purpose of trying to undo the
mischief which his unfortunate veto
had brought to the farmers institute.
He came without an invitation, and
butted in for an hour in trying to de.
fend an action that was inlcfensihle.
As though it was not enough to be the
occasion Of the calling Of that meet
ing, he seemed to conclude that it was
duty that he owed to the state TO do
| what he could to render the work of
that meeting imperative. This was
done by modest John Burke.
Second: He commenced his address
by attacking man in the audience
who was sitting quietly in the room
and was not molesting any one. The
reference here is to Professor Willard
There was not the shadow of an ex
cuse for the attack. The matter was
entirely foreign to the object of the
meeting. This was done by fairnindei
John Burke.
Third: He said early in his speech
that he was not going to answer tn:
criticism of a man living outside Of
the state. There was dignity in thai
answer worthy Of the governor. H.
referred of course to the writer. Bu
he could not apparently resist the temp
tation to give a vicious thrust abou
every five minutes in his speech to tina
same man whose logic he could not an'
did not answer. That was dignifiet
conduct, wasn't it, in the governor o
a great state, at meeting to whic1
he had not been invited. This wa
done by Governor John Burke.
Fourth: The essence Of his dcfcns
consisted of an onslaught on the ac
ton of Superintendent Hoverstad il
drawing so heavily on the institut
funds, thus leaving the treasury SO dc
pleted. He overlooked the fact tia
the superintendent ha, acted constant
" under the adr;co o. the institut
board, and that bo'n superintendent
and board had been Influenced in thei
action by the best of motives. The 10,
conditions of the funds o. the institut
when the whole state was clamouring 8
loudly for institutes furnished in itsel
powerful argument as to why tba
grant should n"t 10 vetoed. This wa
done by logica John Burke.
Fifth: He avowed the opinion tina
politics was at the bottom Of the NEE
ing. He was the only man who hinte