Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-09-23
FUSION CANDIDATE
REFUSES TO DEAL
IN PERSONALITIES
Address Of J. F. T. O'Connor
Being Received With En-
fhusiasm by Both Leaguers
and Independents = Has
Excellent Record in Legis-
.lature. --t

In various VdELS " tA10 o
O'Connor, candidate for governor
is meeting with good audiences,
Notwithstanding this is the ousS
tthreshing season, ana many laI
ers have no time to attend 10 al Any
work except that on the farm. Mr:
:O'Connor is making friends "net
ever he goes, according 10 "eis
grounded reports, and IN SONS VI
the places where he speaks the auo
:diences are taxing the capacity OF
the houses.
Unlike his opponents, Mr.. O'Con-
nor does not indulge in mua-slng-
ing, viliffcation, slander or rid1cule,
hut deals strictly with facts and
presents his arguments in a clean-
cut. concise manner. His style is
a. great relief from some of the
camnaigns conducted in the past
few years, and his manner pleases
his audience.
Mr. O'Connor was raised on a
farm and is interested as much as
any farmer in the success OF tnat
occupation. He was one or the hrst
to buy stock in the first farmers
elevator in Grand Forks county.
Mr.. OConnor is vilified and mis-
REPRESENTED in the paid press con-
ducted by the League leaders. put
it is known that many OF tne
charges against O'Connor made i'll
these papers are not peheveu ny
the League membership. An in
creasing number of League mem
hers are finding out that their at
fairs ara not in the hands Of angels
but Of shrewd, selfish politicians
who are seeking to retain tnelr
grasp on the finances of the
state on the patronage of the
state government and on the power
which goes with it. The farmers
in MANY cases, shrewdly suspect
that they have been worked to
further the league leaders schemes
more than for any benefit that the
farm communities would derive
fra-,, tho success of the League it.
sell.
Mr., O'Connor is liked and trust
ed bv those who have known MIN
longest and best and ne SHOWS IN
= clear manner, wherein the league
leaders have not kept raltn. W.T. W
the farmers. One instance OF tnls
was when the League governor We
toed the original terminal elevator
Mi of 1917 because lie (the COVER
,,or> stated he did not like to raise
s,,ch q sum of money by direct tax
alton. but in 1920 he signed q Dill
to raise a like amount by direct
taxation for the purpose OF carry
inp ont the provisions of the lmml-
cation bill.
In his speeches Mr.. O'Connor
cites numerous instances where
tha original program of the league
was violated by the league leaders.
He urges the voters of the state
tn study the questions confronting
them at this time. He says that ne
has no reason to fear the truth and
has every confidence in the. inte-
gritv and good judgment of the
farmers of this state. He believes
that the. majority of the present
governor. which was at one time
$4,000, then 1900 and last June
was cnt down to about 5000. will
he on the other side of the ledger,
in November and that the people
of the state will take up the pro-
gressive work started by the or1-
ginal farmers program and carry
Il on to completion as it was in
tended to be.
The original farmers program
has been sidetracked for the bigger
schemes Of Townley and the bunch
Of radicals who have gathered like
birds of prey from all parts OF the
country, including Australia and
New Zealand, to preach the doc.
trine of hate, to SOW the seeds OF
socialism, and to gather in what
financial rewards they can while
the gathering is good.
Many. leaguers, who have attend
ed the meetings addressed by Mr..
O'Connor, express themselves as
favorable to him, and believe that
both his record in the legislature
and his reputation as a man and a
citizen of the state, make it safe
to trust him with. the job of carry
ing out the original farmers pro-
gram as repeated in. the platform
on which Mr.. O'Connor stands as
a candidate. If anyone is interest
ed in the betterment OF conditions
in North Dakota, 1t is men like Mr..
O'Connor, and the citizens of the
towns, who live here. who are
building up the state and not those
who are merely stopping here look
ing around like vultures, to gather
up whatever they can and then
wing themselves to other parts.
TRI-STATE' II; GRAIN
GROWERS MEET in
FARGO IN JANUARY