The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-09-08
0'C0NN0R GETS
WARM WELCOME
ON SLOPE TOUR
Speaker Talks of Issues in Cam
paign and Tells Men to
Hear Both Sides
SHOWS JUMP IN TAXES
Promises of Leaders of League
Have Been Broken. Candi.
# date Declares
SHOWS JU MP IN TAXES

j. F. T. O'Connor, Democratic Re
publican fusion candidate for Cover
nor, has just finished a campaign
tour through Mclean, Oliver, Mercer
and Dunn counties speaking at Wash
burn, Center, Fort Clark, Hazen, Beu-
lah, Zap, Dodge, Halliday, Werner
and Oakdale in the killdeer Noun
tains. This is some of the strongest
league territory in the state but in
spite of the busy season fairly big
crowds greeted the speaker every
where and the voters gave the anti
Townley candidate fair hearing.
In line with his record in the house
of representatives as well as in ac-
cordance with the plans outlined by
the Joint Campaign committee, Mr..
O'Connor discusses issues only and
does not resort to personalities in
any shape or manner. He is almost
painfully fair to the opposition in
asmuch as he goes out of his way to
give them the benefit of the doubt.
At the same time he is not afraid
to take issue with the league leaders
and he shows his audience that they
in almost every instance have broken
faith with the people. 4
The great open air celebration in
the Killdeer Mountains Sunday was
a very interesting gathering, the
crowd was fifty per cent league those
present claimed, but Mr.. O'Connor
was greeted with enthusiasm when
he was introduced and several times
during his talk he was Interrupted
by applause and cheers.
Hear Both, Sides
At the Oakdale meeting, as we'll as
at all the other gatherings during
the week, Mr.. O'Connor appealed
strongly to the voters to hear botn
sides of the question before they made
up their mi4ds how to vote at the
November election. This is the way
he puts it:
What would you think Of a can
didate for judge who would come to
you and say: If you will vote TO:
me for judge I promise not to hear
more than one side of the case;
shall decide any case in favor OF the
first one that comes to me and tells
me his side of the story? How many
votes would such a candidate for
Judge get? Why none. Now in this
election you voters are the judges,
and still there are people who would
advise you to hear only one side OF
the argument. l ask you to listen
to both sides. Go to the league MEM
bers and tell them that you will go
to their meetings and hear what their
speakers have to say and read their
literature if they will go to our meet
ings and read our literature. You
people will have to talk the issues
and the men over among yourselves
and in this manner arrive at your
conclusions.
Mr.. O'Connor tells his hearers that
he always has supported the elevator
and mill program, but he advises that
state financial institutions be kept as
far as possible away from politics,
the farther the better He calls at
tention to the increase in state taxes
in spite of the fact that the league
leaders promised the people lower
taxes. In 1917, when the league had
control of the house but not OF the
senate, the administrative expenses OF
the state amounted to four and
quarter millions of dollars; in 1873,
when the league had control of botn
houses as we'll as the governor, the
state expenses had increased 16 per
cent. or to over thirteen millions.
These figures are given by Tax Com
missioner Wallace, appointed by
Governor Frazier.
Endorses Initiated Laws
The fusion candidate for Governor
also endorses the initiated laws up
on which the voters will give their
decision at the fall election. He crit
icizes the Bank of North Dakota lof
keeping nine millions of dollars on
deposits in Big Biz centers when the
league leaders started the bank for
the alleged purpose of keeping the
money at home where it is needed.
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