Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-17
NORTH DAKOTA
RECALL FIGHT
OPENS MONDAY
Independents Will Start
Battle to Gust Frazier
and League Members.
Both Sides Confident
of Winning Election;
Campaign to Be Short.

Bismarck. n. D., Sept. 16.--The re-
/ call election campaign in North Da-
kota will formally open Monday, Sep
tember 10, following the issuance Fri
| day by Secretary Of State Thomas
Hall of q proclamation setting the date
| of the election as Friday. October %.
r. A. Nestos, candidate of the in
| dependent forces for governor, will
begin a speaking tour in the south
eastern part of the state on Monday.
Governor Frazier. who spent the first
| day Of the>Hunting season in the field,
,, will fill speaking dates next week.
Governor Frazier. Attorney General
William Lemke and John F. Hagan.
| commissioner of agriculture whom the
independents seek to recall and Nes-
tos. candidate for governor. s. John
son. candidate for attorney general and
Joseph Kitchen. candidate for Hagan's
office. have speaking tours outlined
that will carry them into every part
of the state.
Speakers to Cover State.
Chairman A. H. Liederbach, of the
non partisan league. announced that
80 volunteer speakers would cover
the state for the non-partisans and that
John Skelton Williams. former comp
troller of the currency, and former
Governor John Lind of Minnesota,
would speak, for thernufr =partisans.
Secretary of State Hall began work
on the necessary preliminaries to the
election. following the issuance of the
proclamation. The ballots, which carry
names OF candidates also proposed con-
stitutional amendments and initiated
measures. which are parts of the in
dependent program.
Decision as to whether or not an
appeal from Secretary Halls decision
as to the sufficiency of the petitions
will be taken to the supreme court.
rests with the investigation of the
names of signers to be conducted by
Attorney General William Lemke, who
will return to his office Monday.
Headquarters of both factions ex-
pressed confidence and charged that
the other side was desirous of block
ing the election or having it blocked.
This phase of the campaign centers
;:sout the publication by the state of
publicity pamphlets. appropriation for
which Governor Frazier has temorarily
refused. The election will be illegal
unless this pamphlet is published ne
cordng to an Interpretation of state
laws accepted by both factions.
Both Sides Confident.
Members of the league state execu-
tive committee discaim any control
over the governors actions, and ex
press hope that he will sign applica
rions allowing publication OF The
pamphlets.
I'VE want to place no obstacles in
the way of the election, said a state
ment from league headquarters Friday
night. 1--WE do not want to be too
critical in the check Of the recall peti
ton signatures which made daloing |
Of the election possible
Independent leaders said: "The in
dependents are anxious that the
pamphlets be printed so that every |
voter in the state may know the is |
sues involved. The governor and the |
league leaders are trying to block it, /
but we will see that it is published" i
Many additional signatures to recall !
petitions are arriving at the headquar-
ters, according to the statement.