The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-08-18
RECALL ELECTION
NOW IS CERTAIN

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!. earnest in the next week or two.
The /. ". "A. state headquarters in
Fargo has announced that the 68,000
signers required for a recall election
at this time have been secured and
will be filed in time to hold the cleo
4 tion early in November.
With this announcement is dashed
to the ground the hope Of that ele-
ment Of the I. VA. which opposed the
recall election that the necessary
number Of signers would not be se-
cured. II has taken the 4 Y. "A. gang
@sters nearly six months to secure the
signers to the petitions and, according
to rurnors current and . number Of
authentic reports, 4 large percentage
Of the signers are not valid. Tins
phase Of the situation will be thoroly
investigated by the attorney generals
office. s
Many members Of the Nonpartisan
League have felt certain that the re-
call election would be held and have
been active in preparing for the cam
paign. Nearly half Of . $15O, 900 cam
paign fund has been raised IN the past
two months and work to raise the
remainder is being rushed as fast as
the busy harvest season will permit.
With threshing over the Victory fund
drive will be resumed with increased
vigor, according to reports received by
the. state headquarters from almost
every section.
/. Y. "A. Plans Strong Campaign
The drive for signatures to the re-
call petitions is to be continued until
enough has been secured to safeguard
against Implications and illegal sigma
lures the /. v. A. headquarters has
announced. The opponents to the
farmers program are also preparing
for one Of the strongest campaigns
ever waged in this state, according
TO reports. No expense is to be spared
and nothing that may help destroy the
Nonpartisan League will be LETT un-
done in the coming few weeks, accord
ing to orders given out by the grain
gamblers and big banker henchmen.
In view of this situation the Nom
partisan League executive committee
urges the members in every precinct
10 hurry the fund drive as fast as pos
sible. The recall campaign will re-
quire thoro preparation to meet the
onslaughts Of the enemies Of the in
dustrial program and the state admins
istration. It is therefore up to the
Leaguers to complete as soon as possi-
Bile the task Of raising the Victory
fund in order that the committee may
have the money necessary to finance
this campaign.
The ]. v. IA. leaders are going to put
m army of trained and expensive
stump speakers into North Dakota in
the next two months. These speakers
are being prepared to spread unnu-
merable lies about the state. admins
tration and the League leaders. These
lies must be refuted. One way to do SO
is to send out speakers to tell the peo-
pie the truth. Another is to prepare
and distribute literature giving the
facts about the Nonpartisan League
program, and the state administration,
while q third method is to get the
facts before the voters thru the press.
Campaign Costs Money
All Of these methods must be em-
ployed during the campaign and all
cost much money. The I. v. A. has
unlimited funds to draw on to pay all
these expenses but the source is not
made public by the anti-farmer politi-
clans. The League committee has no
way Of meeting these bills except
from funds contributed by the mem.
bers and sympathizers. The names OF
these contributors are all published IN
the Courier News and the North, Dar
kota Leader. 0
The state executive committee
strongly urges these clubs and pre-
cincts that have raised money for the
Victory fund and not as vet sent i
ii to state headquarters "a do SO q
once as the money is needed now
4 These clubs and precinct locals thai
plan to raise additional funds art
urged to take this matter up quick
w as the harvest activities Oh tht
farms will allow.
aThe winning of this election de
pends on getting this campaign FUND
I raised early" said Chairman a. 4
Iiederbach and Treasurer Ole Kal
dor. II Is up to the Leaguers to decide
what TIE outcome Of this campaign