Williston graphic., 1919-01-09
STATE OFFICIALS ARE
INSTALLED THIS week
FORMAL INAUGURATION OF
STATE OFFICIALS TOOK PLACE
YESTERDAY WEDNESDAY

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. S.-Formal
Inauguration of the new state OFF,
cials took place this afternoon, with
Governor Frazier being sworn in for
the second time. Miss Minnie j..
Nelson, whose right to office as Sup
erintendent Of public instruction has
been contested by N. C. Macdonald,
was seated on the rostrum of the
house chamber with the other state
officials. 1t was the first time in the
states history that a woman has
participated in an Inauguration.
Lieut.. Governor Howard Wood,
presided over the joint session and
Immediately after the officials had
taken the oath of office Governor be-
gan the reading of his message.
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. S.-Gover-
nor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota
at the inauguration today of the
states second Nonpartisan league
administration, outlined the program
the league leaders have determined
shall be carried into effect during
this session Of the legislator.
The document sets forth far
reaching proposals involving radical
departures from the states past poll
cies.
Governor Frazier outlines not only
many of the points that it has been
predicted that he would touch, but
also breaches a number of new prob
+ofn
side the league circles.
Industrial Commission
The executive gives no detailed
proposal as to how he expects the
legislature to carry into effect the
establishment of state-owned indus
tries, except that he advises the Gre
alton of an industrial commission
which shall have power to establish
any and all public utilities that the
state may undertake. This would
concentrate all industrial power In
a single board, making that body re-
sponsible for the handling of ter
minal elevators, flour mills, bureau
of markets, the operation of Ignite
coal mines and briquetting plants,
all of which the state is advised by
Governor Frazier to undertake.
The Bank Plan
The state central bank plan is not
fully outlined, the governor simply
indicating that he proposes a bank
which shall be patterened after the
federal reserve bank and the federal
farm land bank, proposing that this
central bank shall aid in financing
banks, corporations and associations,
and private real estate mortgages
for farmers.
Overturn Education SOntrOl
A recommendation that has been
predicated from time to time, but
which was not expressed because OF
the known attitude of so many
league members of the legislature
who are opposed to the plan, is that
which has to do with the educational
system. Governor Frazier would
carry into effect the previously pub
lished proposal to centralize certain
educational powers into the hands OF
a commissioner of education, mea-
sure that has been brought forth, 1t
is contended in some sections, as
measure of retaliation against Min
ME J. Nelson, superintendent of pub
lie instruction, for one of Governor
Frazier's proposals is to take powers
and duties from that department for
the creation of the new department.
Plan Even More Broad
But Governor Frazier has gone
much further than has been indicated.
He would have the state board OF
regents deposed, and he likewise
would abolish the state board OF edu-
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