Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-09-18
CAPITAL MEMS NOTES
BY Earle H. Toslevin, Sec.

by Earle H. TOslevin, Sec.
That Governor Lynn j.. Frazier
could be impeached for his Labor Dag
address is the.asssrtion of lawyers Of
Bismarck. Impeachment Of Attorney
General William LANCER and State
Auditor Kositzky has been advocated
by the Townley press, but no basis of
iimpeachm snt charges has been ad-
vanced. The Burliegh County Far
ner's Press, a Townley organs quo
tation Of the governors Labor Day
address is as follows:
"Our forefathers in 1776 had no
voice in the taxes they had to pay
SO thay organized the revolution and
broke away from tyranny. It was
just revolution. ] hope to God we
can change things here by use of the
ballot. l think we can. But IF WE
CAN'T IT MAY BE NECESSARY
TO HAVE ANOTHER JUST REV
AOLUTION."
OF the official books on file in the
Office of Secretary Of State Thoma..
Hall. there is the following oath:
Il, Lynn j. Frazier Of Hoople, N
D., do sole.nly swear (or affirm) that
] will support the Constitution Of the
United States and the Constitution Of
the state of North Dakota, and that ]
will faithfully discharge the duties o.
the officer Of governor according to
the best Of my ability"
One jurist describes the oath ar
meani'-> that the affiant "will not
try to overthrow the government by
physical force, continuance nor advo-
cate such action"
In addition to this, scores Of bills
passed BY the 1918. session ~ ths, laee,
islature are not only unconstftutiona-
but as II they never had been passed
according to men who have been del
wing into the innermost secrets Of Of
fetal records, and if there be grounds
for impeachment Of LANCER and Kos
itzky, there are equal grounds for th,>
impeachment Of Governor Lynn Fra
zier. Lieut.. Governor Howard Wood
Railroad Commissioners C r. DuPuis
and Frank Milhollen, Larius Wehe of
the Worhmen's Compensation Burea,>
and Tax Commissioners George Wal
lace.
Frazier and Wood did not file their
oaths Of Office until February 1st and
18th respectively, and in the meantime
Wood in the senate and the governor
signed manv bills and made into law
statutes which legally they had no
right to sign. DuPuis and Milhollen
ohiciated without having filed the Of
fetal bonds and oaths.
Wehe is claimed to have violate :
the laws in selling to the Bureau Of
which he is head. just 1908 worth OF
furniture which he personally owned.
Wallace is claimed to have paid tc
Lynn Baker, q clerk in his Office, ;
months salary from moneys collec:-
ed. after the charge had been turned
down by the state auditing committee
The test of law is its enforce,
rnent," said Attorney General William
LANCER, when questioned concerning
the state wide clamping on Of the Gig.
arctic lid. "War conditions no long,
er prevail. II the public doesn't like
the cigarette law. they have legisla-
ture to appeal to. My position r
merely that Of a law enforcing offic,
err
During the past two weeks. Assist
mt Attorney General Albert E.
Sheets. Jr., and other employees Of
the Office, caused arrests on 13n
charges in 81 towns Of IL counties.
secured pleas OF ruiIty ID 116 cases
nnd secured the binding over Of 1s
other cases. Towns visited and the
number of arrests in each ware: Me-
dina Z, Jamestown is, Valley City 4.
.Casselton 2,Fargo ~ cigarette and
10 other cases. Grandin 2, Crane
Forks 4, Larimore 3, Lakota 8. Pet
crsburg 2. Doyon 2, Crary 2. Devils
Lake 2. Churches Ferry I. Knox o
Rugby s, Oberon z. New Rockford q
Darlington 4. and one each in Spirit
wood. Eckelscn. Ssnborn. Oriska
Tower City, Buffalo, ArTusville
srirsnade. Leeds, Lallie, sheyenns
ard Barlow
A total cf $3.50 was collected ii
iipaa for cirasette saiez. each osFendc,
paid 80 and coats and was given i