The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
SENATOR CRoNNA
COMING TO BARNES
Friday, Oct. FL
Fingal, Barnes county, l p. m.

FlnSal, BARNES COuIlCy, ~ ILL.,
Nome, Barnes county, a p. m.
Kathryn, Barnes county, 8 p. m.
Lakota, Oct. l5.-Former United
States Senator A. J. Gronna today an
nounced that he will take the stump
for the recall of Frazier, Lemke and
Hagan next week. He will open in
Nelson and Steele counties with
speeches at Tolna, Pekin and Finley
next. Tuesday and from then on he will
make several speeches daily until the
close of the campaign.
At the request of friends, both leag-
uers and independents, Mr.. Gronna is
sued statement setting forth his own
opinion on the recall issues. He
makes his position very plain and does
not mince words in explaining the sit
uation as he sees it.
Mr.. Gronna's statement follows:
"Smash the unholy alliance between
the Mckenzie Townley machine by
electing Nestos for governor, Johnson,
for attorney general and Kitchen for
commissioner of agriculture and labor
Let all who love their homes and
the great state of North Dakota turn
out on election day October 18th next
and vote for the men above named and
also vote Eyes" on such proposed
measures as are necessary to restore
confidence in our state and her people
inside and outside of the state.
"Personaily 1 hold no grievance
against either Mr.. Frazier, Mr..
Len4Re or Mr.. Hagan, but if the print
ed reports of their official acts are
true, and Iabelieve they are true, then
the taxpayers of North Dakota are
warranted in recalling these men from
the high official positions they hold
and Mr.. Frazier as governor, Mr..
Lemke as attorney general and Mr..
Hagan as commissioner of agriculture
and labor do not deserve the support
of our citizens, but on the contrary
they deserve our condemnation and re-
proach.
"As public servants they are charg
ed with mismanagement of the public
business, they are charged with the
misuse and reckless waste of public
funds.
"After careful study of these
printed reports no honest and intelli
gent citizen can approve the transac-
lions in question by these high Off
Gals. / shall name only few of a
great number of transactions where
they are charged either with mis-
management, misuse of funds, waste
fulness and extravaganza or incom-
potency.
'They are charged with mismanage-
ment in the handling of farm loans.
with encouragement and misuse of
funds in the handling of the home
building association, in the handling
Of the workmens compensation bureau
the Drake mill, the state experimental
creamery and the wastefulness in the
building of the Grand Forks mill.
"The U. S. Sisal Trust transaction
as well as the Observation-Disclosures
Bank deal are scandalous and GRIM
inal.
1t may be argued that the transac-
tions referred to were not done by
Frazier, Lemke or Hagan. However:
as officials they are responsible for
any and all wrongful acts both as
members of the industrial commission
and as officials of the state.
II am we'll aware of the resource
fulness Of the old Mckenzie machine.
snow supporting the TownleyLemke
machine" in the misuse and distribu-
ton Of federal patronage. I am also
aware Of the tremendous power which
rests in the hands of these state Off
Gals and the probable misuse of this
patronage, but I want to remind the
citizens of this state that the prom
Use or acceptance of a promise for an
official position is under the corrupt
practices act considered bribery and
is crime no less than the giving or
the acceptance of money.
81 hold the people of my state in too
high esteem to believe that any patri-
otto citizen could be influenced by
promises of an official position"