The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-16
Nombaran Presidents Story Financial Operations

,I Q. That is limited to this 5000 ant
800? A. Yes sir.
! =. And you haven't any promise
or agreement with anybody at an!
time or any place that you are to ge
any more out of these institutions
A. No, sir.
Q. In the form of money, stock Of
anything OF that sort? A. No sir.
Gross examination.
By Mr. Lemke:
.. Now in regard to the Nonpar.
tisan league, that is a political or
ganization? A. Yes sir.
q. Do you know the powers and
duties generally Of the chairman OF
the Republican State Central COM
mittee or Democratic State Central
committee as to the finances during
the campaign? A. Yes, l do in a
| general way.
q. AS president Of the Nonpartt-
san league your powers and duties
are they similar to those? A. Yes
| sir.
| @. Have you spent any money or
used any money Of the Nonpartisan
! league outside Of the salary paid to
! you for your own personal use? A.
| / have not.
.. The affairs of the Nonpartisan
| league are managed by an executive
committee, / understood you to tes-
tify? A. Yes sir.
q. Does that committee pass upon
| the salaries Of yourself-that is when
ferent employees? A. Yes sir
.. Does it pass upon the affairs
generally Of the organization. A.
Yes sir.
q. And what powers and authority
you have is subject to their sup
= ervision? A. Yes sir.
y. And review? A. Yes sir.
=. And when any expenditures OF
considerable amount are made, as to
buying automobiles and so on, so you
first consult the executive commit
tee? A. Yes sir.
Q. And their decision is final as
to whether you should act? A. Yes
sir.
Q. When you drew these checks
you have testified to upon the league
ed and approved or rejected by the
committee? A. Yes sir.
Q. And how about the books OF
Of the organization, are they audit
ed? A. They are.
O. How often? A. / think it is
three or four times a year.
Q. BY whom? A. BY the Equi-
table Auditing company.
Q. Are those reports submitted to
the different members of the execu-
tive committee? A. Yes sir. 1 get
copy and 1 think Mr.. Wood gets
copy.
O. You know you get copy7 A
know I get copy.
Q. And these reports are discus
sed at times are they by the COM
mittee? A Yes sir.
O. And the financial conditions of
the organization looked after and dis |
cussed? A. Yes sir. Most care
fully.
O. Have you any interest in any
shape, form or manner in any Of the |
finances of the Nonpartisan league? |
Could you draw a personal check |
over and above your salary without |
a trust2 A. You mean a |
check for personal expenses
or purposes?
Q. Yes sir, personal expenses or
purposes? A. No sir.
@. There is no understanding with
the organization that you can draw
checks on the organization over and
in addition to your salary? A. For
personal purposes? There IS a very
distinct understanding that / cannot.
q. My questions that 1 shall ask
here are as regards your own per-
sonal purposes. ] shall not go into the
political side of IL. That is a thing
/ don't think concerns us here. You
have seen rumors in the newspapers
that you owned a $4,000 home in st.
Paul. Is there any truth in that? A.
am supposed to be living in it.
@ Where do you live? A. Sher-
man hotel.
@. How many rooms have you got
here? A. One room just now.
O. Did you have more? A. l have
got one room rented now. We have
.wo rooms in the Sherman hotel when
ny wife and little girl are there.
q. Now, in regard to those auto
mobiles that were supposed to be in
ured in your name-do you know
LnyLhing about them? A. 1 don't
remember. / don't believe they were
insured in my name. If they were
insured they were insured by the or
1 never insured a car in
ny life.
q. Are they your property? A I
No sir. they are the property or the
i ga nization.
Q. You have no interest in them
A. Except as a member of the
committee Of the organization. NO
PERSONAL interest.
Q. Do you use them?
A. Sometimes.
O. For what purpose?
A. Purposes connected with the I
/ suppose have
Ised fifty different cars since
tarted to work for the Organiza- s
ion.
O. Now in connection with the I
Publishing Company I
id you receive any money from g
hem?
A. 500 a month.
O. Have you any interest or do c
on expect any money from that q
in addition at any time
} that 800 a month?
A. / have no interest. Z
o. viii you state briefly the pur- I
ose of that publication?
A. The purpose Of the publication
to serve the purposes OF the polit- 4
Al organization, to be its official
ryan. to carry it's propaganda, s
dVertise its candidates and elect o
8. Do YOU know whether it was 5
riainally intended to make any b
roit out OF that organization by Z
d. Wood or Mr.. Fox or was 1t just
n the purpose OF assisting ana y
Lrrying out the purposes or the
agl1e2
A. I didn't initiate the .organiza- q
on of that paper for the purpose Of
aEing proht for either one OF y
en-. but for the purposes Of carry
y cut the work Of the RonparttSan n
agle.
"a. There IS a very close under y
anding and relation between the II
Publishing Company v
"a the Nonpartisan Lacquer IL
A. Yes, sir.
a And, that understanding Is q.
~ the executive committee, is it2
"A. Yes, sir Of
q. with Mr.. Fox and Mr. Woodf IN
A, Yes. sir. IN