Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-04
MAFER DENIES
Il v. A. MONEY!
CARRIED , } DAY
Gives Review Of Devils Lake
Convention as
Proof. .5. 4.
Desnounces y: i. Charge That
Will Of People Was
Overridden.

Fargo. N. d., Oct. Geo. F. Shat
erSof Watford City who was secretary
of$the Devils Lake convention where
the recall Of Frazier, L1emke and
Hagan was decided upon, has issued a
statement denying the charges pub
lished in some papers opposed to the
recall that II. Wa. money and the
manipulating Of proxies Carried the
day for the recall at Devils Lake"
Mr.. Shafer, who placed William
Langer's name in nomination for gov
ernor at the Minot convention last
s. year declares that no set of politicians
controlled. or attempted to control,
the. Devils Lake convention in proof
OF which he gives a review of what
wax done and how 1t was done. He
says:
Schafer's Statement.
my attention has been called to an
article appearing in the Courier-News
Of September ~. entitled, IT. v. A..
Money Carried day at Devils Lake,
Bismarck Tribune Declares" in which
the Tribune is quoted as saying: I.
V. A. money was used to muster
proxies from every corner in the state
to defeat the conservative wing who
opposed any further compromise with
state socialism" and again "Just be-
cause a bunch Of proxy holding poll
stripe in the state, Democrats, Repub-
licans, Bun Moosers. Prohibitionists
and Socialists decreed a recall. what
potency does the I. ". A. possess to
overrule the will Of delegates In
county conventions who protested Wig
orSusly against the recall. /"
This and similar articles by the
Frtk 80 a. 10 &,,n nv, ~ fNfa
purpose Of creating the impression
among the people that the Devils
Lake convention was dominated by a
handful Of l. W., A. politicians,
equipped with an arnful of proxies.
and the will of the delegates of such
convention. as well as the will. Of the
peonle OF the state. were overridden
and a recall election forced on an un-
willing electorate,
These assertions are so false and
misleading, and the insinuations and
conclusions so improper and unfair,
that an emphatic answer is In order
As secretary Of. that convention,
necessarily came into possession OF
some facts bearing on that subject
which nfsIy serve to enlightcn the Tri-
bune and others who lately have be-
ssSscofne so interested in misrepresenting
4hs action Of that convention.
y 81 lRetaYs nj .Qepysnfinn.
s.Tas psxils 4 fiaFs d tShsention @ f eon-
vened about Q o'clock, p. m. Of March
sotn; a temporary organization was
formed, and "a committee on pernla-
1nent ,TTganization created. which i'm
Snediotely went into session. COM
IniAt4. tbn credentials was likewise ap-
pointed and submitted it's report dur
ing the afternoon which was adopted
by. the conventioil.e This report dis
oIovaJ - 6kn de1oOo % YreSent
of wh .ch 391 were present in person
and 169 by proxy. The proxies OF
= absent. delegates were in allcases held
BY the delegates, of the district to
which the absent delegstes belonged,
and not more than half a dozen
proxies were received after the per-
manent organization was completed.
The convention proceeded to con-
slider the question of the recall, the
necessity advis&bility and mariner OF
applying the same Many speakers
were heard That the condition Of
our state government was such as to
demand drastic action all but three or
four speakers conceded at the outset.
That the recall was both necessary
and advisable shortly appeared to be
the expressed sentiment of a large
majority present. n
$.. Vote by Acclamation.
"Discussion then q rvolved
around the question OF the time
Of holding the election. the ex-
tent to which tho recall should be
employed, and the platform OF
faciemption to-be approved. After
many hours Of full and falr dis-
cussion, all difference OF opinion
disappeared and the minds Nof the
delegates reached common
ground on thoses questions. A