Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-11-03
NEST0S ELECTED GOVERNOR /,
JOHNS0N-[K KITCHEN VICTORS
LEAGUE CARRIES The LAWS
Frazier, Lemke and Hagan Swept Out Of Office North
Dakota IN First State Recall Election in Country
Leaders Repudated After Long, Bitter
Fight People Aroused Over Msmanagement Of Public
Affairs. y5 q. H ##f$F
,ver the vote cast in the 1920 elec-

over the vote cast in the 1920 elec-.
ton. t5,5.4 Il sf45 Z 4. :.
No less imposing, however, was
the showing of such counties as
Stutsman, Cavalier, Richland, Penn
bina, Grand Forks, Ramsey, Barnes
and many others, which showed ma,
iorities Tor the independents of from
$50 to 52,2O0. l-.t
Contributing in marked degree
to the success of the independents
were the group of central North Da-
kota counties such as LaMoure, Ed
dy, Foster, Griggs, Benson, which
slashed previous league figures and
virtually destroyed the leaguers
hopes.
Even Ransom Slips
Ransom, the lone league center
in the First congressional district,
cracked under the landslide, and
Frazier came out of there with less
than 100 majority remarkable
showing when it is considered that
only few months ago the league
was carrying that county by major
tiles Of from 600 to 1000 with a
regularity that wasn't to be denied.
The three recall officials will quit
their positions when the vote is Of
fically canYassed and the result pro-
claimed by the. secretary of state. It
will require between 20 and 80 days
to accomplish that.
Immediately upon the completion
of the canvass, Governor-elect Mes
tos, and Messrs. Johnson and Kitch-
en- will be sworn into office ito serve
until Jan. /. L 923. .-
slope Situation
Only in Burleigh county, where
The Bismarck Tribune launched a
terrific attack on. the recall, and in
several adj joining; Slope counties, did
the indepand dents fail to- register
gains. s4{ "A
q First and Second District Gains
It was the landslide in the First
congressional district that determin-
ed the issue. The Independents
went out of the district with a major
ity Of 1000, contributed by the sew
:eral counties, as follows: Cass, A.
500; Cavalier, 1000; Grand Forks,
$500; Pembina, 1900; Ramsey Il
5OO;e Richland,. $3.50; Sargent, 500;
Steele, 25O:sfTrail, 6l3; Walsh, l.
600 and ToWner, 800. u
Only Ransom was with the league,
and it gave less than 100 majority
for Frazier, most remarkable, turn
over. & XII 3 ..
5R The Second congressional district
counties delivered hard blows to the
league. Stutsman, registered a tre-i
mendous increase finishing with, a
majority of about 1860, giving the
league the top vote that it can hope
for nthose precincts. That is 500,
more than the county gave O'Connor.
Barnes came thru with $50 for
the independe LaMoure cut the
leaguers hard Logan and Mcintosh
swung into the .independe scolmun;
Foster Joined the procession with q
Big increase over the 1920 o. 'Connor
majority. Pierce came back with a
heavier antileague margin; !; Benson
stepped in line with margin for.
Nestos; Griggs dropped some Of the,
unusal league ajority;; McHenry
and Bottineau, strongly league,
showed big increases U for the inde-!
pend Mclean, Wells and Sheri-ii
dan will be in the league column. e.
" Nestos Issues Statement
y Minot, N. ID, Oct. 29.------R. a.. Mes
tos, governor-elect, issued the fol-.
lowing statement today. s.
;sS Tow: that the returns definitely
stablish d victory for the ndepend-3
ent forces and program 1t Is my de-
sire az the candidate Of the inde-33
pendents for the vernorship OF
North Dakota s:ysss to express appre-
iation for the con II dence reposed in
me: w the tmen and women who by
their votes have elected me governor
of;the state and to assure them that
ingt the administration OF the office it.
shall be my constant aim and effort
TO- redeem the pied ges 0f the plat
form and the Spyo omisIes ma 2 q dc sdnring
the eSGampaign. 81 ss.s s5i,53s
!, & realize keenly the ma gnitu de of
the proglems and difficulti ties con-
fronting the new Sad dniinistr lion and
that the loyal unset fish and l:intel llt-!
gent 60 Operati ION of the citize enshtps
Of the c6mmonwealtl Il Hi be res
duired iii order to insure q satisfac-
tory luton g theses Prob e biems'.
Falling on in 3 League Vote
The totaisyote at the last election
aboutsa yearsa was Il ssO0 q. The
total vote this yea "a will pfObably be
ZIG 900 In round numbers; falling;
on #of 100 otess over. he vote sofs
last Year. SaA very ca sua II ttnapec ton;
~ the return II fferent counties
shows lastts man preclnct cast
practi ticaIly, the same number s0f yot.
esa the Ind depand lent candtdates,i
a1SWera cast Hart y4ar, ut$thateaW eaW4aS
81 gFsat faliing OIL man pIscinctel,