Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-19
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Noisy Windjammers Have
No Place in State Offices
at Present Crisis.

SLeen IOr governor On INc TepuU1ASdu
ticket, has called to task several state
Stems record, 'insinpatink that Steeh
has been guilty Of wtong-doine as an
officer.
MI. Nelson said: .
THE most important thing to con-
slider In the campaign from now on is
our own heads. When the campaign
temperature gets up to 100 In the.
shade, we are apt to lose u heads
and do%things we will be sorry'3for
later on. sail I'm
"a great overwhelming majority Of
our voters honestly want to vote for
the candidates who will give us a.
government that will do the greatest
good for the greatest number Of peo-
Pile. ~ 80. ~
"Our social and economic; prob
faction of everybody. Adjustments
then when serious friction develops at
any place. The most of us are n
ious to have such adjustments made
as will make the world run smoother.
We want Mo do things for which we
will never be sofry.i To do that we
must try to keep ourselves unpreju-
diced and level-headed no matter how
the wind blows.
"In this campaign, as is generally.
the case in political campaigns that
involve the possession of a plum
patch for the victors, it Is difficult
for the average voter to tell what is
what. The political gang that now
holds the power and Is striving for
complete control at the next election,
have in their employ the %cleverest
promoters that money can hire. Men
who never were able to get enough
into positions Of political prestige are
now moulding our opinions and in
that way shaping the destiny OF the
state. IN
State of Prejudice.
rive have been worked into such
a state of prejudice that we read only
such papers as they want us to read
and in these papers they publish only
such matter as will lead us to do what
they want done, regardless of facts
reference to their speakers. The av-
erage person is not capable of being
a fair judge in any matter without
reading or hearing the arguments on
all sides of the question at issue.
.Townley's clever m~anipulators Of
the public mind have taught some of
our home folks some. of their tricks.
Being amateurs at it, they are APP
parently getting themselves in bad.
1.-THE people who are candidates
for state offices on what has come
to be known as the Peoples or INDIE
pendent Voters ticket are all Of such
caliber that the opposition up to date
has been unable to find q single
thing which constitutes a reason why
the peoples candidates would not
make more progressive and. safer
state officers and Legislators 8 a
whole; than those who are. asking
for. reelection In their desperate
hunt for mud, to throw around. we
have learned that Messrs. LANCER and
regard to a certain law suit to deter
mine a technical question Of routine
in the state treasurer's office. In Or
der that the voters ma make no mis-
take, it is perhaps we'll that the facts
in this matter should be known.
Asked for Ruling.
."when John steen, now candidate
for governor, took up the duties Of
state treasurer in 1915, the Del
Moines Mutual Hail and Insurance
company had deposited, according to
law, with the former. treasurer $685.
900 in currency, which vas held as a
guarantee that this company would
make good on its contracts in thu
state. Mr.. Steen deposited thi4 money
state, subject to withdrawal at any
time. When the money was with
drawn, Mr.. Steen addressed an in
quiry to the attorney general. as fol.
lows: /.
cam I, al state treasurer, re-
sponsible Tor any. interest on this
deposit OF any similar deposits;
II so, who liz entitled to such In
terest
10 this~the attorney general,t then ii
Office, replied:
"'ff these funds were left in
the treasury of the state, then. of
course, the company could not,
under any circumstances claim
any interest therebn. On the
other hand, IL this fund 10 de-
deposited and theh distributed
to the banks of the state at in
tercst, then, the state treasurer is
personally responsible for any
loss which. nigh be incurred
duu, ~ LIS cd6uIclS 0cpO6ll6
such money In the banks or ielse-
where, he does SO at his own peril
>and it might be urged that the
interest on such fund would be-
lonk to the treasurer personally
as a compensation for the risk by
him assumed in depositing the.
money in the banks
"a lawsuit wal then started to de
&oS<4laE AeStn A. khA Sk~.oSk ~ xIt
case. The insurance company, tn
| state and Mr.. Steen became partie
! to the suit. In this way Mr.. Steer
as an Individual, would be p~r6tecte
In case the incoming attorney gehe1
al should hold a different opinio
than the incumbent did at the tim
the question was first raised by MI
Steen.
stems Clear Record.
t 'rUpon MI. hangers entry into th
of1ce al attorney general, ne served
Y demand and notice upon Mr.. Etee
l that he Immediately without della,
9 cause all interest collected for til
4 deposit Of such funds to be immedy
htely paid into the stats, treasury 4
. this Mr.. steen replied:
Y AS / understand It, the aetiC
J. brought u for the purpose Of deter
9 mining the ownership OF the 1interea
: that WAY received upon such mone,
. have been ready ana anxious to ii
! this case 60 az TO have the title |
Z this interest money determined, ah
aesAo0f u the same Is decided, / ii
: ready to pay It to the party entltle
thereto. I have Always accounted Il
and shall do %, IA the futnrs. \
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