Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-21
THE Rally.

The emsatinE At the auditorium on Fridsy nixht At
wniea Assre Nsstos and JohnsDn were thu principal
spsskeFs WAS gratifying both In point OF attendance and
OF interest. A particularly notA worthy f4a&ure "a. tne
ARE nunahar OF farmers WHO attended the retherine, ana
n1d u not been for the heavy downpour Of the early
eVanins, theirs would have enough people from tina conn.
ty districts alone to pack the bt,Ndins.
ad0reses delivered BY the two candidates for stats
rosnens were Just what had hssn expected Of them by
.tner lriendA They were elear. losioal. timely. ana temper
ateA The points made were veil made and the reasons I'D.
vanced Why state officials should be recalled At this time
wefs lndhputabie. 1t was made clear also that the indie
pendent movement is not intended a. An act Of antAso-
ntsm toward any real faFnners' program. Il IL = move
ment In opposition to the waAss Of stAte funds, to, the de-
strucdon Of state credit, and tho fillinx Of poAticl or.
tsess With party hacks. It n 4 movement which hAs for
US object the conservation Of tho rasouroeA Of tina stats.
the utilization Of tts funds in proper manner. ana ina re-
hahtntatien Of ita credit. ~
Tho independent candidates are pledged to the carry
Ing. out heartily and Loyalty OF the experiment in grain
MARKETING which has been begun. For this experiment.
neither ArcTowniey nor Mr.. Frazier is responsible. Had it
not been for their obstructive tactics and for their in
nasnoe upon loading up the grain market plan With Wild
ana Visionary projects not in any way relAted to it, we
should long since have had In operation 4 state owned ter.
minal elevator, properly equipped. and conducted By men
chosen for their familiarity with that particular lire Of
business and their success In handling It Al it ia we have
partially constructed buildings ana millions Of dollars
worth Of state bonds going begging for a market. Every
attempt to market these bonds according to present meth
cas-. every speech made By Nj. Lemke in urgtne the pur-
chase Of them, operates u q slap at the credit Of the
state. 1t advsrttses the fact that North Dakota ie not in
good standing IL a commercial risk. For this, there is no
SOUND reason. The resources Of the state are unquestion-
able, and the people Of North Dakota will insist on pay
ing dollar for dollar every obligation honorably under
taken in their behalf: but the course Of our state admins.
tfanon has been such that . doubt hAs been created both
a. to the ability aud the willingness Of the state ia re-
deem Its pledges .
These things and many other pertinent to tho occa.
aon we're set forth BY Mr.. Nestos and Mr.. johnson. The
addresses which they delivered will furnish food for
thought Tor some time to come. They will be elaborated
and reinforced later by other addresses from these same
speakers and from others who will participate in the
campaign. This meeting 10 to be considered an introduce
ton which will serve al a foundation upon which later
campaign work may proceed TheiHeral belief il that it
would be unwise to begin now = continuous and intensive
campaign. One thing before the pubic 1t this time il
the signature Of petitions for the recall. When that work
Is nniahed it may be expected that such canapaikn work
as il done for some time win be in the nature Of or<an-
tzation and preparation for the active field work which
ought to characterize the last few weeks before the fall
election.