Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-08-11
|R. A. NEST0S WOULD
| EMPLOY RESIDENTS
OF NORTH DAKOTA
Independent Candidate For
Governor Declares He Be-
lieves North Dakotans Are
Capable Of Running Affairs
of State Government.


of State Government.
r. A. Nestos, independent ,candi-
date for governor in the recall elec-
ton, who addressed the newspaper
mems convention in jamestown Sat
urday last. referring to the issues
and the coming campaign, said to
the: Alert;
''All the work in administering
the various departments of our state
and our state industries ought to be
done by North Dakotans, and in
seeking to give the commonwealth
that sort Of an administration,
shall. if am elected governor, invite
and seek the counsel and guidance
of all the independent forces in North
Dakota, and of all others who, even
tho temporarily mislead by those who
have cursed our state with their pres
ence during recent years, are never
theless honestly seeking and desiring
the welfare of our people.
Mr.. Nestos declared, I'VE desire
the truth carried to the people dur
ing the campaign and we shall de-
sire the press to continue to carry
the truth to the people about the
conduct, the problems, and I hope,
the success Of the coming administra-
tion.
with such cooperation assured, I
have confidence that by victory
this fall of the independent forces
and the enactment by the people of
the constitutional amendment, and
the initiated laws proposed, and the
establishment OF an administration
governed by the principle of common
ordinary business honesty and prud-
ence, that we shall bring to the state
an era Of good will, of restored con-
fidence of peace and prosperity
Referring to the press, Mr. Nestos
said:
1.-The independent forces and the
people of the state owe you debt
of gratitude for the fight you have
put up during this period, and in re-
turn am sure you all feel grateful
to}the same Independent forces and
|fighters fox having given such .splen-
did assfstance in ending this intoler-
able monopoly and in promoting bet
ter conditions.
"As we have valued your splendid
work in the past, we need you for
the future. The people of our state
need to know the facts and some
times, l think, that they want to
know them. In any event, am sure
that large proportion of our voters
really desire to know the truth and
to be governed thereby, just so they
become satisfied that it is the truth,
land now. as before, it is the privilege
and province of the independent
press to carry the truth to the peo-
pie. In this task, it is we'll, especially
in view of the intensity of feeling
and the antagonism in the mind of
so many, to use moderation in state
ment, to impress folks with the feel
ing that it is our desire as independ-
ents, not to vilify, abuse and call
names, but to correct certain evils, to
bring to our state certain benefits
desired and greatly needed. and to
promote in every way possible the
prosperity of the state and the hap
piness of it's people. In this work,
facts must be presented, and the
facts as they exist today will neces-
sarily be very unpleasant reading to
those who are responsible for their
existence. But in making our state
ments, l believe that we can afford
to be moderate and understate ad-
verse facts and conditions and thus
to give the faction in power the bene-
fit of the doubt.
"Our taxes are high and ought
to be reduced and sometimes we
are prone to promise as our first
remedy a great reduction in taxes.
l believe that we should be somewhat
careful on this score. hope that we
can reduce taxes Immediately and
greatly. Yet see the tremen-
dOus burden that they have piled
upon us and the number of purposes
for which large amounts of money
will have to be used in order to
straighten out the tangle. There is
one thing, however, that can be
promised with confidence and assur-
ance and that is rigid economy and
a strong curtailment of expenses
wherever it can be done without re-
pudiating any Of the debts and oDli-
cations Of the state, or any Of the
promises made to the people. The
expenses of running the state admin
istrati0n can and will be cut and this
Is, after all, what the people desire
and expect. believe that they want
an administration OF their, affairs
that will seek for the public work,
those who are competent to do the
work for which they are appointed
and who, will administer the states
business as honestly as they would
their own affairs. BY SO doing 1t will
GARSKI POST OFFICE