Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-03-24
REASONS FOR RECALL
URGED BY I.V. A.
HAVESTR0NC POINTS
Arguments Against Delay in
Efforts to Remedy Present
Evils Will Appeal to Many
Voters May Bring Regret

Evils Will Appeal to Many
Voters May Bring Regret
Fargo, Mar. 23.-Much of the
present talk against recall Is the
result of an insidious league pro-
paganda, but the most Of it is due to
incomplete and incorrect informa-
tlcn. In this statement it is intend
Cd to deal principally with the lat
ter.
1. Some say we do not need to either
recall state officials or to have the
initiated laws approved because no
more harm can be done. Let's see.
According to the records of the State
u Treasurer the present state officials
will, If. the people pay taxes nor
mally, have more than thirty mil
lion dollars, ($30,000,0 ,000) Of state
funds (not counting county, city,
village or township funds) with
which to keep the Bank of North
Dakota open during the current bien-
1iial period. BY means of the Bank
Of North Dakota they can divert
this money to most any purpose
that the members of the Industrial
{ Commission may see fit; they can
use it for political Doodle and pro-
paganda. and leave dificits for the
independents to take care of when
the Nonpartisans are finally forced
to vacate. Already they are start
ing the Home Building business
again: tax money is beginning to
come in. 1t matters little what
happens to the Bank Of North Da-
l., 1u1 c&,sSo /.
mission remains as it is with all the
powers that it has. Almost as much
I damage can be done in the next two
years as has been done In the past
two years.
Money Still Leaving State
But the millions that can be mis-
used or squandered in this way IS
not the only harm that can be done.
For every additional week that we
continue to sit in the mud the With
drawing of money from our state
will continue. Another year and a
half Of such uncertainty as now ex-
lists will bring on serious embarrass-
ment for thousands Of farmers and
businessmen who need renewals on
mortgages, extentions on notes and
credit. This will amount to more
and cost us more than the state
! funds that may Be lost. s.5 B. III !,
And what about our self-respecc
or haven't we any as state any
more? Will not the people OF every
state in the union have right to
question our conception Of honor
ana honesty if we do not make a
move at the very earliest possible
moment to dismiss discredited and
grating public officials. Will not
that hurt, North Dakota and North
Dakotans?
The Independents as a class have
more property and think more of q
good name than the Leaders of the
League do. There is therefore no
such thing as Nonpartisans frying in
their own fat without Independents
being fried crisp at the same time.
There is nothing to be gained for
either the Independents or the Nom
partisans by letting things go to
smash. There is no such thing as
the Nonpartisan League blowing up.
That movement is built on a well
manufactured prejudice, against the
!. existing order of things, which can
not be suddenly overcome with any
kind of collapse or explosion. That
must be plain by this time to every
one who has taken an active part
in opposing the rampages OF the
League leaders. Some say that Non
partisanism is a disease that must
be allowed to run its course. Dis
ease allowed to run its course re-
suits in death. 1t is only dumb
animals that do not exert every eff
fort to check a disease before it runs
it's course. To seek revenge is not
craftsmanship. Let us quit playing
ward politics with serious problems.
1t is true that we will have a mess
= on our hands if we win this sum
mer, but we will have mess when
ever we win, and the longer we
wait the worse it will be. The Soon
ers#we disconnect the League lead
ers from the public funds and the
machinery of government, both of
which they use for political cam
paigning, the sooner conditions in
our state will begin to improve. We
can do more for ourselves and the
state by being on the inside during
I, the next eighteen months than to let
the League officials be there. II
The cost of recall election will
not be drop in the bucket as COM
pared with what the state will lose
4 by permitting the guilty state Off
scials to continue in charge of public
funds and in political power. s4.
h Claims No Fear OF Result Of Recall
Il AS to the result Of q recall cleo
tion there can be no doubt. In such
I an election party lines will be signor-
X cd. a At the last general election the
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