Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1920-01-15
RiShOff Has Quit
NOn-PdrtiSdn Job
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carried on.
When Brinton conceived his IA
nous grab scheme he established
a separate bureau at Fargo and made
himself the head of it. He secured
options on fifty newspapers, one in
each county in the state, then Sc.
cure the passage of the bill which
gave the administration the power to
name an official paper in which every
line of paid for legal advertising
should be printed. AS a result of this
forty-two weekly newspapers of the
state have suspended publication, and
about fifty more are struggling along
barely making both ends meet pend
ing the end of the autocratic control
of the state and the return of bust
ness to normal.
1.-The organization is autocratic
and the farmers have nothing what
soever co say about the conduct,
policy, method of operation, or mana
cement of the League newspapers
was what Rishoff told Wood. Rishoff
charges that Brinton, thru Townley,
Lemke and Wood, is still actually in
direct management of the League
newspapers and the organization CT
the papers,. Brinton, Lemke, Town
lev and Wood thru their common
stock absolutely control the news
papers. Then too, the service bu-
reau charges for service at such a
rate that it eats up any profit. Ris-
hof poured out his heart, not to say
anything about his personal opinions,
talking to a representative of this
bureau. 1t is evident that Brinton
is having a hard time to find a party
who is willing to be the political edi-
torial catspaw to pull his chestnuts
out of the fire First Walter W.
Liggett bolted and said Brinton must
needs go; and E. B. Russell, asso-
ciat= editor of the Nonpartisan Lead
er refused to take Liggett's job as
head of the Publishers Service Bu-
reau of North Dakota, Then to ee-
cure q catspaw the state organization
was consolidated with the National
bureau at st. Paul and Rishoff had
the Brinton graft wished on him.
Col. Tom Moody of the Richland Co.
Farmer had previously refused the
Job. Now Rishoff has thrown up the
sponge and refuses to let himself be
soaked. "Brinton must CO. is the
slogan. Popular, isn't he?
1t is stated that the Publisher
Service Bureau owe about SIG, O0C
on various plants. When the farmers
signed their notes for taking owe Of
the Brinton papers, the paper was
hooked by the Publishers Service
Bureau at Fargo thru the Scandi.
navian-American and ether banks
Thrown into a common pot, the
money was used in a tanner never
made public, and now with SIG. OO(
due there is a tremendous scramble
to raise the cash to clear things up
But the farmers are wary. Rishof1
says the only way the farmers viii
dig again will be by the canning o
Brinton. All the disclosures b.
Rishoff have recalled with startlin!
vividness the bill introduced in tn
senate at the recent special Frazie
facilitation assembly, which allege
that Brinton made from 81, 600 t.
Sc, 900 each on his organization 0
North Dakota newspapers, sue
inanciering being made possible b
the administrations passage of tn
original Brinton grab bill. The lat
graft bill alleged that Brinton ha
cleaned up a total of $50, 900 as tn
result of legislation favorable to hi
plan. Every effort of Senator Ere
Mees (who refused to lie like
horse thief to get that bill out c
committee was blocked by the Leagu
senators. Heigh no. its a fine mess.