The Dickinson press., 1916-06-10
CAPABLE MAN IN A MAN.
SIZED JOB.

SIZED JOB.
Of all the vilification and bum
combe that is being peddled in the
present campaign, one man is being
picked out as an especial target for
the vilifers-and that man is Carl O..
Jorgenson, the best qualified State
Auditor that North Dakota has ever
had.
1t is n of the strange anomalies
of life that the human mind will usu-
ally seize upon a molehill and make
of it a mountain; that that mountain
will become so large that it will OBJ
scure the vision. And in politics that
may be applied to the people who at
tack a public official because for
sooth he has done some one thing in
the exercise of his duty and in con-
formity with the law which is not
pleasing to them, and n~otwithstand-
ing the fact that in all other things
his official acts have met with their
approval, they would GUST him from
office.
State Auditor J%orgenson is being
criticised by a certain element be-
cause of the tax schedule. For the
sake of argument grant that he was
wrong in the matter of this schedule,
but what are we going to do about
the years of efficient service that he
has rendered the people of this state;
what are we going to do about the
hundreds upon hundreds of things
that he has handled in a way that
merits u appreciation? Under these
circumstances would the voters of
North Dakota be justified because of
the schedule to turn him from office
Have things come to such a pass that
a man who is faithful to his oath of
office and to a public trust can be cast
aside with so little consideration.
Even though it were reasonably GER
tain that he made a mistake in this
M matter, the men who know him
best and they are legion, know that
the mistake was an honest one.
But we do not believe that Jorgen-
son erred in arranging the tax sched-
ule. If there is n thing that the
average human being will kick on it
is taxes and it makes no difference
in what form they are dished up.
And so, because there we're changes
in the new schedule it caused COM
ment, and quite naturally criticism.
But the state auditor worked along
lines suggested by the state tax COM
mission, who have made the SUBJ
ject of taxation an especial study. |
The tax commission recommended |
that a change be made to a form
similar to that now in use. The
Jorgenson schedule follows out that
suggestion and improves upon it, and
is a clean cut arrangement. If any
blame is to be attached to Mr.. Jor-
genson on account of the new sched-
ule, then equal blame should be at
tached to the state tax commission
for suggesting it and to the secre-
tary of that commission, the latter
of whom is now a candidate against |
Mr.. Jorgenson and who is his chief
~vilifier.
1t is seldom that a state, due to
the intricate workings of our election
laws, is able to call to a position,
such as that of state auditor, a man
so peculiarly fitted for the office as
is Mr.. J]orgenson, not only from the
character of the mar himself, but
because of his especial fitness for the
duties of that office. When a man
in business secures the services of a
conscientious and honorable employee
he will make every effort to retain
his services. And that is just the at
titude that this state should take in
regard to it's public servants. Mr..
J%orgenson can much better afford to
do without the office of state auditor
than the people of the state of North
Dakota can afford to do without him
for he is a capable official in a man.
sized job.-Mandan Pioneer.
OIL AND NATURAL
GAS BOOM ON AT
MARMARTH, N. D.