The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-09-15
ASK MCUMBER TO SHOW HAND IN RECALLC CAMPAIGN.
PROPOSED DNEW DATE FOR ELECTION is friday OCT. %
Independents, Announcing Cam.
paign Plans, Call on Senators
and Congressman
PETITIONS ARE RECEIVED
If Checked So They May Be OF.
ficially Filed Friday, Recall
Will Be Oct. %

Will Be Oct. %
The formal opening of the !. V. A
campaign is set for next Monday, i
was announced at headquarters ir
Fargo. r. A. NestOs, beginning Mon
day, will deliver speeches every da,
during the week. Among the places
at which he will speak are Wahpeton
Lisbon, Cakes, Ellendale, Valley City
! J. F. 7. O'C0nnor and Thomas Hal
will go on the stump for Nestos, it is
stated. The campaign committee in
statement declared that 337 pre-.
cincts in the state had turned in re.
call petitions signed by more voters
than cast their ballots for J. F. r
O'COnnor.
Ask Definite Stand
The committee in statement, call
ed upon Senator McCumber and Con
gressmen Sinclair, Burtness and
Young to take a stand for or against
the recall. In a statement the joint
campaign committee said:
We call attention to the fact that
the present contest in this state is not
political fight in the ordinary sense
Of that term. 1t Is not a contest for
the possession OF public office. Only
three out OF more than dozen state
officials are involved. !, In this recall
election the people of North Dakota
will settle the question of whether or
not such conduct on the part of pub
lie officials as the accused men are
guilty Of, shall be approved and the
peoples conception OF honesty and
faithfulness in public service be
measured by the same standard when
dealing with the people of other
states. 1t is in the words of our wor-
thy superintendent of public. instruc-
ton, Minnie J. Nelson, fight be-
tween civilization and Christianity on
the one hand and Socialism and
atheism, masquerading under the
guise of farmers program on the
other. -
All Must Give Aid
I'm contest that involves not only
the fundamental principles Of popular
government but of civilization itself,
we believe it to be the duty OF the
citizens of every profession and occu-
patton to actively take stand for
or against and noting that DR.. E. F.
Ladd, one of the members of the U. S.
senate from North Dakota has already
actively entered into the contest, We
feel free to call uDOn the other mem
hers of North Dakota's congressional
representation namely U. S. Senator
P. j. McCumber, and o. B. Burtness,
Geo. M. Young, and J. H. Sinclair,
members of congress to likewise pub
licly take a stand for or against on
the issues involved in the recall cleo
ton and thus help to get the facts to
the voters so that the uncertainty that
now prevails with reference in North
Dakota's political and economic fu-
ture may be determined by substan-
tial mapority and thus settled for
wears to come. We ask the friends OF
good government to help us in this
campaign to the end that every citi-
zen shall become personally interest
ed and that every voter will 60 to the
polls on election day and calmly and
intelligently cast ballot that shall
help to decide the fate of his or her
state"
Petitions said to bear over $4,000
names, asked for the recall OF Gov
ernor Lynn ]. Frazier, Attorney Gener-
al Lemke and Commissioner Of, Agri-
culture and Labor John Hagan are on
file in the office Of the secretary OF
state today. The petitions are being
checked by employees of the office
and will not be recorded as officially
filed until this checking is completed
Secretary of State Thomas Hall ex-
pected that the checking would be
completed by Friday.
"If the work of checking is COM
Melted the election will be called for
Friday October 2S," Mr.. Hall said.
It had been previously announced
at Independent headquarters IN
Fargo that the recall date would ne
November /. The law requires the
secretary of state to call the eiection
MT less than 40 no more than 40 days
after the firing of the petitions.
The change OF date fnom Nov 10
Oct 28. is made so as to give traVel-
ing men and school teachers petter
opportunity to vote, an Independent
announcement said
Immediately after the petitions
were received, O. B. Tewes, Of the at
tornev-generars office, made m
oniyv as TO when he could put force
of stenoeraphers to work copying the
names The Nonpartisans have an
nonnced that they will publish the
names of those signing the reca''