Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-06-24
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EXAMINATION OF
n. D. INDUSTRIES
!. animation Of Petitions Pre-
sented to Governor Shows
Most Of Fifteen Thousand
Sieners: Are Farmers. T

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Most Of Fifteen Thousand
Signers Are Farmers.
Bismarck, June 90 Especial )--The
bluff Of the Frazier administration
has been called.
Fifteen thousand persons have
called it. More will join in. Petitions
bearing 5000 names are on file
with the Governor asking that an i'm
partial examination be made Of the
Bank OF North Dakota. the Work
mems Compensation bureau, the
Home Builders association and the
Drake flour mill. ,.
The petitions ask, in order that
the examination shall be impartial,
that one examiner be named by O..
e. Lofthus, state bank examiner, q
Nonpartisan league office holder, one
by State Auditor Carl Kositzky. and
the two examiners to select a third.
The petitions are fled in the in
,terest of good government. With
the election only a few days away,
the action can serve no political pur-
pose. The examination could not be
made in few days, and might take
weeks or months.
Some days ago the state Industrial
commission made a bluff to quiet
charges against the administration
of the Bank of North Dakota by try
ing to draw. into the political arena
the North Dakota Bankers associa-
ton BY asking that body to investi-
gate the bank: The officials, Of
course, refused Now the governor
has It within his power to grant the
people Of North Dakota an impartial
examination.
Some az the petitions which were
fled at the governors Office showed
that they were circulated as tar back
as May 8 OF O.. No attempt has been
made by the Independent Voters As
sociation to make political capitt--''
out Of them. It Is reported at t!.:e
state hpuse. however. that reaction
az ;tAeGs s. - duatrial COMP iSsion
II trying Ito bring; the banker. & as J.
|sociation into the case was taken
when it was learned that the petit
lions were to be- hled.
Most Of signers Farmers
The petitions were gathered in
widely separated parts Of the state.
They include the names. mostly, Of
farmers. but also laboring men,
bankers, business men and others.
OF the 81 names from Palmermo
six were laborers, II were farmers
and, one was a barber. In each case
the. name, address and voting place
was given so that the identity of the
petitioner can be checked.
On the Napoleon list 10 out OF 20
names were those Of farmers. Twen-'
ty farmers signed a petition from
Flaxton, and one lawyers name was
on. Twelve farmers signed the Cry
stal petition. A petition from Rus
eel bore the names Of 8 farmers out
Of 16 and the petition from Buxton
contained the names Of 81 farmers.
The preamble Of the petition re-
cites that "'the esta tablishment of such
industries Estate owned) involves
the risking Of large sums of money
for which the taxpayers and proper
ty owners Of the state will eventual
ly become liable, it Is only fair and
reasone s..s that they should have re-
ports on the condition Of affairs in
each Of the industries and enterpri-
ses now in operation made by public
officials other than those who are
directly and personally Interested in
the management Of each institu-l
tion, . s t:sts 4
Y Since the. governor is absolute,
over the state industries by.
virtue Of his chairmanship Of the in
dustrial commissio the petition IS
to him. @ss5 sEsSj :es
Governor Frazier is now out cam
paigning. Nelson q. Mason, secre.
tary. promised that the matter would
be brought to the attention Of the
governor: 8: !.
greeted. however; by an excellent
crowd in spite Of the weather:
IN the vicinity of starkweather,
Ramsey county. the LANCER ticket
viii carry ~ more than, the two to-
one majority -of the last election, ac-
cording to those IN close touch with
tho local political situation IN Ca
Waller county which gave u two hum
dred M jority Tor steens sover Frazier
and 4 four hund dredA mai jority Tor! the
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