The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-02-12

Among the other resolutions adopt.
Ell by the convention We're:
Inviting every man and woman III
the state to join the organization in
its fight upon the present admins.
tration.
Condemning the series of adyer.
tisements being published in lnde.
pendent and Nonpartisan newspapers
by the Industrial Commission, as u.s.
ing state funds for political propa-
ganda.,
Paying tribute to the members cf
the state constitution and extending
congratulations to the members of
the 1917 session of the legislature for
"a valiant fight in defense of our
state constitution
Commenting the stand taken by In
dependent members of the present
legislative assembly.
A motion urging that the audit :e-
port of state industries made by
Bishop, Brissman and company be
made available to all public officials
in the state for reference, together
with the admission of F. w. Cathro
that it is substantially correct"
The conventions business meetings
ended at noon. This afternoon a pub
lie meeting was being held in the
auditorium in commemoration of Lin
coins birthday. Tonight a. banquet
will be held at the Grand Pacific ho-
tel at 1880 p. m. "in honor of the
makers and defenders of our consti-
tuition" The recall resolution fol-
lows:
WHEREAS, the states credit has
been injured by the wasteful, selfish
and inefficient management of our
state government during the past
four years. especially by the unscrup-
ulous and partisan use of the public
tax money placed on deposit with the
Bank of North Daku.A and
WHEREAS, the vast agricultural
interests Of our young" and undevveei..
oped state need immediate financial
credit, both for operation of present
farming investments and for further
development of agricultural, indus
trial and commercial interests.
BE 1T RESOLVED, that it is the
sense OF this convention that unless
the present members of the Indus
trial Commission resign or else find
ways and means to ''thaW" out the
frozen" tax funds and cure the re-
suits OF four years of ,wastefulness
and mismanagement, recall is alb
solutely necessary for the rehabilita-
ton OF the states credit and restora.
ton Of public confidence in our state
government.
IN the event it is deemed advisable
to initiate recall of state officials and
of the legislative assembly,
we recommend the following proceed.
ure for the purpose of selecting canr
didates to take the places of those
who are recalled:
Candidates for state office to be
nominated in a state convention to be
composed of delegates representing
the various legislative districts in the
state, on the basis of one delegate for
the State Board of Auditors for the
every six hundred votes or major frac.
ton cast for the initiated law creating
examination of public industries. The
delegates from the various legislative
districts to be selected in a distritS
convention to be composed OF dele
gates to the district convention from
the various precincts within the dis
trict. Delegates to be selected on the
basis Of one delegate for every one
hundred votes or major fraction cast
for the Board of Auditors law in the
respective precincts in the general
election in November, 1920, provided
that each precinct shall be entitled to
at least one delegate, and that the ex-
ecutive committee be instructed to ar
range for the calling of such district,
and state convention at
such time and in such place and upon
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