Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-10-28
Clergy Endorse
Governor Frazier
A Bismarck Divine Strongly
Approves of State Head
Administration
Mr.. Peter Kraft,
Clyde, N. D.

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Dear Sir and Brother Christian
Greeting, Your greatly appreciated
letter came today and l will i
hasten to reply. First of all permit
me to thank you for the confidence
you repose in me coming to me with
questions that are Of vital impor-
tance and deep concern to every
Conscientious. citizen. came to
Bismarck from South Dakota two
years ago, quite ignorant about the
Nonpartisan League and its program,
except that | had heard and read
various things on both sides of the
subject. So when | arrived here |
determined to be close observer of
the type of men that represented the
League in the Legislature and of the
Governor especially. l frankly con-
fess that l did not like all the men
on the majority side Of the legislature
nor did | like all the measures that
were presented, but of this l became
convinced more and more that Cover.
nor Frazier is one of the noblest men
that ever occupied the Governor
Office in the State of North Dakota.
| have repeatedly said, eff a man
were pumped full of all the mean
things the enemies of the Governor
say about him and all the malicious
slanders the papers print about him,
the best thing for that man would be
to just spend an hour with the Gov
ernor in personal conversation and
any fair minded man would be con-
vinced that most of the things said
against the Governor are either lies
or distorted half truths and that he
is u noble Christian gentleman who
is worthy of the cupport of all good
citizens.
Now as to the question you ask
about the Governor being a Socialist,
| would say: that have it upon the
best authority that he never was a
Socialist, never had anything in
/ common with them. that he does not
believe in the program Of the Socia-
list Party and would lot permit this
state to adopt its radical ideas. He
stands for a square deal to everyone
and favors public ownership only to
the extent in which it helps the
people to more fully receive and
enjoy the honest fruits of their toll.
Moreover Governor Frazier is a
Christian man He attends the
Methodist church, to which he be,
longs, whenever he is in the city.
He does not shirk his Christian
duties and encourages all efforts de-
signed to promote the cause Of
righteousness in cur state. He is
clean in his personal habits. Those
who know him best say they believe
he has never tasted Liquor or tobacco
and no one ever heard him swear or
use vile language of any kind.
was present last winter at the special
session of the Legislature, when the
question of submitting the repeal of
our so-called "Blue Laws to popu-
lar vote came up. I met with the
! Temperance Committee of the House
and also OF the Senate and listened
to the argument on both sides, l am
frank to say that my observation
convinced me that the bitterest op-
ponents of the Governor were also
the most active enemies of cur moral
laws and | found the Governor de-
cidely in favor Of the laws protecting
the Sunday and shielding our youth
against the cigarette curse. Many
bitter and harsh things have been
said againat our Governor and ct
first l believed them in part at least
but when began to investigate and
found one statement after another to
be nothing but malicious slander,
became disgusted with the bunch
that are fighting him and I abhor the
contemplate methods to which they
stoop. And although he has been
most unjustly accused and shame
fully slandered. | have never heard
him use abusive language against
anyone
He is a gentleman and never stoops
to improper language or methods. In
view of these facts certainly favor
with all my heart the reelection of
our Governor.