The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-03

bonds now that sane government is re-
stored, but We must "sell' North Da-
kota to get the money of individual in
vestors started back toward the state.
Forum.
INDEPENDENTS GET
STATE CONTROL
Results of the state recall election
of last Friday by which three nonpar-
tisan league state officials, the COVER
nor, attorney general and the commits
sioner of agriculture and labor, were
removed, will be far reaching, so far
as the conduct of the states business
is concerned. Not only are the nom
partisans eliminated from the indus
trial commission, which controls the
Bank of North Dakota and allied in
dustries undertaken by the state at the
instance of the nonpartisan league,
but they also are Invested OF control
of many important state boards:
AS a result of the election, Nom
partisan league elected officials re-
naming in Office are the state audi
tor, the commissioner Of agriculture
and labor, the lieutenant governor,
and two members of the state railroad
commission.
The independents in office hold the
positions of governor, secretary OF
state, state treasurer, attorney gen
eral, commissioner of agriculture and
labor and one railroad commissioner
ship.
About the only important state
board which the independents will
not control is the board of administ-
tration. The election results is only
one change in that board Joseph A..
Kitchen succeeds John N. Hagan
as chairman. The board personnel
after the new officers are sworn in:
will be Mr.. Kitchen and Miss Min
ME ]. Nelson, independents, and
Robert Muir, George Totten, ST., and
J. l. Cahill, leaguers appointed by
Governor Frazier. Appointed men,
bers of this board cannot be re-
moved except for cause and there is
no vacancy until July II, 1923.
The shift in control Of the indus
trial commission gives to the indie
pendents control Of the Bank of
North Dakota, the Mill and Elevator
association and the North Dakota
Home Builders association.
Another very important change is
that affecting the board of school
and university lands. By the remov-
al of the governor and the attorney
general from office, the Independents
will have four members on the board
and the leaguers one. The indie
pendents on the board will be Gov
ernor-elect Nestos, Attorney Gen.
eral elect Sveinbjorn Johnson, and
Miss Nelson, while the Lacquer on
the board will be D. C. Poindexter:
state auditor.
The land commissioner who is sub
ject to the wishes of this board is w.
j. Prater, who is the league manager
for Burleigh county.
The auditing board, through which
the Nonpartisans have been passing
their tremendous expense accounts
incident to the promotion of the bond
sale, also goes to the control Of tn"
independents. The rev board will
be made of Governor-elect Nestos
Attorney General-elect johnson, State
Treasurer John Steen, all independ-
ents; and the commissioner of insur-
ance, S. A. Olsness and the state ex-
aminer, who at this time is O. E. Lof-
thus. The last two are leaguers.
The banking board control also
passes to the independents, when
Nestos succeeds Frazier and john
son succeeds Lemke. Thomas Hall.
the secretary of state is the other
member. The bank examiner is sub
ject to appointment by the governor.
The depositor's guarantee fund
commission membership also changes
to the extent that Nestos succeeds
Frazier as chairman, the other men,
bers being Samuel Torgerson, B. J.
Schoregge and S. G. Severtson, ap-
pointed, and the bank examiner, who
is ex-official secretary.
The board Of equalization control
also passes from the Nonpartisans
to the Independents, the new board
being made up of Nestos, Steen.
johnson and Kitchen, with Olsness
the commissioner of insurance the
only league member.
The emergency commission will be
wholly independent, Frazier being
succeeded by Nestos and Hagan by
Kitchen, with Thomas Hall is third
member.
The printing commission control
also passes to the independents
when Kitchen succeeds Hagan, the
other members being Hall, indie
pendent, and C. w. Mcdonnell, chair
man of the Board of railroad COM
In I1e workmen's compensation
commission Kitchen succeeds Hagan
as chairman, with the other members.
S. S. Mcdonald and Philip Elliott ap-
pointed, and S. A. Olsness, insurance
commissioner. The fifth member of
the board probably will be L. J. Wehe
as the supreme court has declared
Governor Frazier's action in attempt
ing to remove him illegal.
On the highway commission the in
dependents gain two places by the
removal of the governor and COM