Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-10-06

new facts have come to light, it hal
usually been proven that our pre-
u, ,svious guesses; were correct.
.''.T This secrecy however, should no,
exist. AS long as it, is public bust.
ii ness, it, should be SO conducted and
1 the records so kept that full inform.
/, alton should at all reasonable tim
a les be accessible to and obtainable by
1.-THE citizenship Of the state. The
4lGovernor the Attorney General and
i the Commissioner Of Agriculture and
d Labor instead Of putting every bar
! in the way Sof3 the people, or the peo-
ssiple's atiyes. discovering the
5Itrue stains Of the affairs of the diff
(, t,,ferent tsdepartments, \ industries and
Interests Of our state, should give
1.-THE assistance in their power to fur
|nish people with full information.
This has not been done. On the
contrarN we find that even after
Il LIS, 1000 ofthe citizens of our state by
voting for the Board OF. Auditors law
|, had indicated their desire and de-
i iimand for a full and fair investiga-
I4!tion those making the investiga-
iltion were handicapped by the Indus
4 trial Commission and their agents in
every way. Those II 8 900 who vot-
led for the Board of Auditors law
! and for the investigation are to be
!, Congratulated upon their good judg-
!, ment in starting that proceeding and
when. all the books are omen and all
Tthe facts known, they will have the
greater reason 1, for congratulating
themselves upon their foresight and
good judgment " !5 I5 \, y.,5,. .,,g
I. Honesty, Efficiency, Economy
81 lot only do the people desire TO
!, know how their business has been
conducted and how it stands, but
!, they. wish it to be managed honestly,
efficiently and economically and
they have a right not only to expect
|, but to demand that this be done. II
! the citizens Of this state desire to
! have their business managed, and If
they then discover that it has been.
dishonesty, ineffeciently or waste
fully managed and conducted they
| will if they use good judgment make
a. change of management with the
/ hope and expectation that improve
iment may result. 81
SIT is the contention Of the Inde-5
ipendent forces today that such evil
dence as they have been able to se-
cure in sworn testimony, by the adj
missions of League workers, and es-5
|pecially the evidence solicited by the
Bishop Brissman Co., and by the Leg
|islature last winter together with
such record facts as have been made
..Aceesgible to the public, that the pn b,
IHcf bGsifie iess during the past years
has been sadly minmanaged and that
the mismanage1nent has been such
as to seriously impair public credit
and bring great loss to the citizen
ship Of our state. ss Y X. b.
The facts SO far brought to light
indicate that much of the business
has not been honestly conducted.
\assume that each of the three mem-
bers of the Industrial Commission
mean we'll enough, and that in their
personal afafirs they are honest, but
when the people insist upon honesty
in the public service. they do not
merely mean that a man shall re-
frain from stealing taking money
for official acts Or helping himself
to public funds, but they do mean
honesty according to the time hon
5ored standards and meaning of that
term. ss 4$! st q ft & y n ST
'''It involves Fobed dience ito the pro-
visions. Of our constitution and the 4
laws Of our state according to the
letter and spirit thereof and 1T also
implies that he shall SO act that those
who have confidence in his state
ments and example may not be mis-
led to their injury and loss. The
chief trouble In this case Is that the
thron m orn horx,t ne IN = Tn n ,Iaf ri Cam
mission have become obsessed with
the desire for the political power
and success and that all acts ,ap-
,pointments and legislation are judg-
ed according TO their influence in
increasing and continuing this pow
r.''Ss IL II .s