Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-11
With the Editors
GOVERNOR hANNA,s STATEMENT

GOVERNOR HANNA's STATEMENT
The statement which The Herald
has just received from Governor Han.
ma, n which is published In another
column, merits careful reading.
The governor is about to leave the
state on q mission which, while 1t
will involve much personal pleasure,
is also OF the highest Importance to
the state OF which he is the official
head. He goes to Norway as the
official representative of the great
commonwealth of North Dakota,
whose citizenship is made up so
largely of the sons and daughters Of
that ancient kingdom. He goes at
his own expense, as do all those who
accompany him, each paying his own
charges, to convey a message OF good
will from those of the Norwegian race
in this state, and from their friends
and neighbOrs, to the home land from
which so many of them sprang, and
to participate in the exercises which
celebrate the completion OF Norway's'
first century of continuous independ-
ent national existence. He goes to
present, on behalf of the citizens of
North Dakota, on the natal day of the
United States, a gift to the people
of Norway, which will serve as a Wis.
IDLE emblem of the sentiment of warm
friendship which exists between the
people Of the mountains and fjords
and the people of the great western
plains. The plan of making this visit
is in every way c~ommendable, and
the occasion will be an important and
memorable one. u
On the v of his departure Cover
nor Hanna leaves a brief message
for the people of his state, a rough
summary of a few things which he
has done since he was chosen to the
position of the states chief executive.
The record thus presented touches on
but. a few subjects, but it is an hon
orable one. 1t is a record of wise
economy and of business-like manage
ment. 1t shows how, during less than
two years of Governor Hanna's incum-
bency, floating Indebtedness has been
paid off, bonds have been retired and
interest charges stopped, and all with.
out crippling the efficiency Of the
state in any of its departments.
In order to accomplish this it has
been necessary for the governor to
use the pruning knife on appropria-
tons presented to him by the legis-
lature. Following the custom Of for
mer legislatures, the assembly had, in
spite of warnings and urgings, passed
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able income, and in excess of the abil-
ity to pay without largely increasing
direct taxes. When it became neces-
sary for him to decide between allow
ing appropriations which would be
burdensOme and yetoing them he had
the courage to take the latter course,
even though the following of that
course gave offense to some, and less
ened appropriations for causes worthy
in themselves, and in favor of which
the governor wished to show the
greatest possible liberality. The rec
ord thus shown is mat of an official
with clear ideas as to his duty and
the courage to perform his duty as he
understood It, 3@t
NoVCAl4Ol 11uaIN0Nlo q CdIluludlc III
denomination at the approaching pri-
mary election. Before that election
takes place he will be across the
ocean, or well on his way across. In
his letter he says that since he be-
came governor he has not made a po-
litical speech. The Herald has knowl-
edge of a gO0c ..any speeches made
NV EnVorn0r Hanna 1urirr noct
months, and several of them have
been delivered in the presence of its
representatives. On no occasion that
has come within the knowledge OF
this paper has the governor, in a pub
lie address, uttered a sentence which
could be construed as having a politi-
cal bearing. He has not discussed
politics in any form. He has deliver
ed addresses which were brim full of
information on the resources of the
state, and which were replete with
suggestions as to the Importance of
these resources and as to methods of
developing them. He has told of ag.
ricultural, mineral, commercial and
industrial possibilities, of our immi.
grafton problemAsin their various as
poets, and of a score of things pertain
ing to IL material. moral and edu-
cational interests. But from these ad-
dresses all mention of controverted
political questions and all appeal for
political support have been conspic-
uously absent. NJ
Governor Hanna is content to leave
the situation in the hands of the peo.
pie Of his state, confident that they
will decide justly and wisely, ready
to serve again, to the best Of his abil.
ity, if the people desire him to do so,
but abstaining from any attempt to
influence their decision by personal
campaigning.-Grand Forks Herald.
L. B.FHANNA.
Governor l.. B. Hanna, who left yes
terday for Norway, will not be back
in the state before the primary cleo.
ton, June "a. He has made no active
campaign for denomination and is
leaving his case entirely in the hands
Of the people. They will be the jury.
deciding, on the evidence of his past
record, whether or not they wish to
return him to office.
The Forum has the utmost conf.
dence in the fairness and the intelli-
gence of the people of North Dakota,
therefore it can predict with absolute
certainty that Governor Hanna is 60
ing to be returned to office by a big
popular vote.
This is going TO be. especially true
of Fargo and Cass county: The peO-