The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-25
Announcement Of
GOV. |. B. HANNA
Candidate for the Republican NOmina-
ton as United States Senator.

Candidate for the Republican NOmlna-
tion as United States Senator.
To the Men of North Dakota:
In submitting for your consideration
my candidacy for the Republican nom
ination as United States Senator, re-
spectfully call your attention, first, to
some phases of my administration as
Governor of our state, and, second, to
my position on the paramount issues
of our national government:
Record as Governor.
Checking State Departments: ! as
sumed the Office as Governor about
January l, 1918, and in my first mes
sage to the legislature / recommended
that the various state offices, including
the Land Department, should be
checked up by expert accountants.
This was done and the books in every
department were audited and brought
down to date.
Rural Credits: I recommended that
an appropriation should be made for
the purpose of studying the rural
credit problem. This recommendation
was not acted upon, but I believe
North Dakota has the best solution OF
this problem of any state in the
Union. The original law permitting
the school funds to be loaned upon
farm lands was passed in 1897, and
the first bill upon that subject ever
submitted to the state legislature was
introduced by me when member OF
the House in 1895, the law having gone
into effect in 1897 When l became
Governor in 1913, the law had been in
effect 16 years, the number Of farm
loans was 999 and the amount loaned
was $1,654,957.O0. Today there are
2609 loans and the amount loaned IS
$4,188,74O.00. In brief, during the
three years l have been Governor,
1910 loans were made as against 999
for 16 years previous-an increase OF
l61 per cent; the amount Of the loans
was increased 153 per cent. These
loans are we'll scattered over the state,
every county has received it's proper
tionate part of the money and the
farmers have derived the benefit of
this low rate of interest.
Absent Voter Law: I recommended
the Absent Voter Law in 1913, and it
passed at that session.
Game Conservation: recommend
ed that the killing of deer be prohibit
ed for a number of years and that
spring shooting should be stopped,
both of which game conservation rec
commended became laws.
Blue Sky Law: l recommended the
passage of Blue Sky Law with strin-
gent regulations for selling stock IN
corporations. This law has saved the
people of the state large sums of
money.
Coal Products: The greatest nat
ural resource we have is our ignite
coal. recommended to our legisla-
ture that this industry should be given
help, looking toward the briquetting Of
coal and the making of gasoline and
other oil by-products from it.
Reducing the States Debt: call
ed the attention of the 1915 legisla-
ture to the fact that when I became
Governor the state owed, as floating
debt. about three hundred thousand
dollars. All of this has been paid
during the years l have been Cover
nor. The bonded debt of the state was
1897, 10000 and this has been reduced
about one-half in three years-a total
reduction of $75O,OO0.OO in the states
Indebtedness.
Lowest Tax Levy: If North Dako-
tans will look over their tax receipts
they will find that for the past three
years the tax levy has been the low
est for state purposes in our history.
Budget System for our state appro-
Budget System for our sttae appro-
priations. This was largely followed
by the 1915 legislature and provisions
made for it for the future. The Bud
get System means economy in the adj
ministration Of our affairs.
Reducing Interest Rate: was the
first Governor ever to recommend that
the contract rate of interest be reduc-
ed from IL to 10 per cent, and this
was enacted into law.
Board of Regents: l recommended
that State Board of Regents be es-
tabiished to have the care and control
of our state educational institutions:
This also became law, and is one OF
the best measures passed by the legis-
lature of 1915.
Other Reforms: ! also recommend
ed the passage of the law creating the
Trained Nurses Examining Board;
the law to encourage immigration;
the law to permit the state to take
advantage Of the so-called Lever Bill
in the interests of the better farming
movement; the law providing for the
fumigation Of cars carrying livestock;
the law providing for the payment Of
the dourine claims. All these are now
law. urged that the House and SEN
ate membership should be reduced in
number and that four year terms Of
Office should be made for state and
county officers. Neither Of these have
become law, but believe will in the
near future.
Economy and Efficiency: During
my administration, have conducted
the business Of the state with economy
and efficiency and an investigation Of
the records will substantiate this
statement.
Cooperation: l have always be-
lieved in the cooperation and organiz-
alton of the farmers and have given
every encouragement to these move
ments and To every movement looking