The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-08-13
Northwestern News
FRAZIER DENIES
Saying; WOULD
ISSUE Cali |.
Declares He Never Said He
Would Cali Special Session
OF Legislature -- Tells Press
Representative He "SoE
These Ladies In Bad"

CA Legislature 5000 sSA23 ; 1SS's
REPRESENTATIVE He &c.
I'noss Ladies In Bad"
Bismarck, n. D., Aug. 12.-Goveln-
or Frazier never said nothing to no
body about no special session of the
North Dakota assembly.
MI. Frazier very positively so in
formed a press representative yester-
day..
Mr.. Frazier denied having stated
at Williston, in addressing a farm
ers' picnic there, or at Ray, or mid
way between these two points, as the
case may be, that he had found a spe.
cial session necessary.
Il never said there was going to
be a special session." the governor
growled when asked if he could not
fix an approximate date Tor the ex-
t%raordinary assembly.
"You said there was going to be-"
continued the governor, "and you got
those ladies in bad, too"
"Those ladies' We're Mrs. Elizabeth
Darow O'Niell of Fargo, represent
ing the North Dakota Votes for Wo-
men league, and Miss Shuler of New
York and Mrs. South of Kentucky,
members of the national congression-
al committee of the suffrage associa-
ton, who recently called upon Gov
ernor Frazier to urge him to call a
special session at which the national
suffrage amendment could be ratified.
MI. Frazier did not explain just how
those ladies" were gotten in bad. The
press representative did not explain
that the information which the gov
ernor said got them in bad came from
his (Mr. Frazier's) own Office.
"We are sorry to have got those
ladies' in bad," the humble scribe in
formed his excellency. "Our intentions
were good"
"Yes-your intentions are always
good" grumbled his excellency.
"In any event." the now much
chastened reporter pleaded with the
governor, we'd like to have the truth
of this special session matter"
"Gurrump" was Mr.. Frazier's
characteristic reply.
1t was just before the noon hour.
Long tables were spread in the exec
utive Office for the Monday luncheon.
From the lower regions was waited
the delicate aroma of, shot Dogs
Which We're to form the piece de re-
sistance. Again, the governor was die
tating. Be that as it may, the re-
porter gained in some subtle manner
the impression that he was not well
come, that the governor had no inten-
ton Of asking him to stay for dinner,
and he regretfully excused himself,
May Have Some. Fears
The governor in promising Mes
danes O'Niell and South and. Miss
Shuler that a special session which
would ratify the suffrage amendment,
if he did make such promise, as the
press was assured in his office only
a minute or two following his confer
ence with these women, some weeks
ago; and if he did state at Williston
or Ray, as the press reports aver, that
a special session would be necessary
in the near future for the purpose OF
affording relief to drought stricken
farmers, it seems apparent from his
rather heated remarks Of yesterday
that he did not then speak advisedly
1t has been an open secret that Mr.
Townley and his cohorts Of the Non.
partisan league fear the women's vote
in NorHh no1nfo ,oao~1 %ho~ 1~1+1:~,
else on earth. They had a sample
of the women vote last fall, when il
, spite of ali their concentrated attacks
on Miss Nelson, she was elected state
superintendent of public instruction
: by a majority Of more than 5000. Al
) though the league press has scrupul
2 ously ~refrained from giving it's read
: ers one word of the proceedings a
r the state house last week, when Town
, ley's new board of administration VIC
: lated all pre-referendum election pro
:, misses by stripping Miss Nelson's of
fee Of every shred Of authority
T Townley knows that this news will ge
to the people, and that the women
and particularly the real suffrag,
s leaders of the state will rise in revolt
+ May Be Correct Dope
So this last outpour1ng Of trutl
from Governor Frazier, to the effec
: that he never promised a special ses
sion to the suffrage leaders, nor t
q the farmers at Ray or Winston, ma,
n be the headquarters, and there ma,
be no extraordinary assembly Of tn
D North Dakota legislature which woul
: face the problem of ratifying the ma
tional amendment and giving the wo
: of North Dakota a voice in the mex
: general election.
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