Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-06
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personal use and of being parties to
obtaining money for persons or cor
porations in which they n their
friends are interested.
Graft In BODYBUILDING.
THE Homebuilders' association has
been used as an agency for political
grating of the worst kind although
on a smaller scale than the Bank Of
North Dakota By means OF it Will
liam Lemke with the consen Of
Hasan' and Frazier has used public
tax money to build a $4,000 home
for himself.
John N. Hagan and W other
League and state officials lave had
homes built for themselves at state
| expense.
mo homes have been built for la
! borers OF actual farmers al was con-
templated by the law.
The records have been kept in
such shape that no one knows the
exact cost OF each building or project,
and thousands of dollars have been
lost to the state because of irjudicious
buying and improper handling Of ma
terial.
No Hope For Improvement.
mo promises have been made that
political grating or the ~squandering
of public funds and official law break
ing will be stopped. Commissioner
fHagan has. on the contrary. said that
it was the purpose of the industrial
commission to use the balance of the
industrial commissions appropriation
($186,oo0 at that tme), if they deem
ed it necessary, for political adver-
Using and propaganda in laudation
and defense of the industrial commisz
sion, ~(Frazier, Lemke and Hagan.)
What would the people of North
Dakota think if the secretary of agri-
should use the funds of the United
. States government to pay for political
!, advertising in laudation and defense
! of the Republican administration?
). The Gospel of Hatred.
e More sinister, because less easily
proven than the actual misapplicatior
e of public money, is the demoralizint
y effect upon the individual character
7 and community growth of the propa
ganda OF malice and t with which
the league leaders have filled our com
= munities. They have taught the cou
y try folks that the small town mer
chant and banker were its enemies
they have poured the poison Of sus
=. FA~A"h A"SO ! L "kll1 ~ 1OoAA
= that old friendships have been shat
~ tered and families divided. Theirs ha
n been the gospel of division and isoIa
ion, the very opposite Of that coop
GRAFTON without which no real com
munity progress is possible. They hav
with the poison OF hate killed tn
N spirit Of cooperation in our state IN,
ID 1t will require twenty years of con
structive effort to revive it.
:. The league leaders have induce
ar thousands to sign notes and obliga
A. tons by subtle hints that they woul
not have to be paid. They have UT
" dermined the pledged word Of a ger
tleman They have committed unblust
~ ingly and insidiously bold Assault,
fair dealing h always have prevail
ir ec among our people by advisin
thousands that q promise to pay VI
not binding either in conscience or 1
law.
w are engaged in a struggle to r,
: store our states credit; must we n,
also ~re-establish the old landmarks
private integrity n individual n
y ~sponsibi!ity for the maintenance
3 the old virtues in the affairs OF mer
The eighty thousand odd men ar
women who have circulated and sig
ed petitions to invoke the recall Al
Inot prompted by a spirit of malice
Il desire to get even.' They a
prompted by a higher motive than
4 search for public office or even a d
sire to compliment and honor. friend
They feel that the good name OF Il
state and its people must become b
smfrched II the charges that we a
harbortng dishonest men in the hfg
est Offices In the state are not cou
teracted as quickly as possible by
decisive vote in favor OF honesty. 81
Il. open books in our. state governrnef
"a special election in which tho
j who r accused not only Of gther
selves being guilty Of dishonesty a,
unfAithfulness in public office, b
OF having encouraged others in Il
same kind OF wrong doing, will ri
Il them an, opportunity to either pro
10 .~concludvely the falsity OF Il
charges made against them that i
q. world shall become convinced IN til
Way that North Dakota IL not
brothet of dishonesty and polite
corruption: or. if they fail TODD tn
! the voters will then by an cverwhelr
tng majority vote In favor Of homes
In public service convince the wor
that North Dakota. will not KNOWN
fly tolerate political corruption Of d
hreakfng down Of the standards
honesty that were planted In this co
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