Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-03
Defeat of Initiated LalUs Not
TO PreUet1t Clean Up of State
Affairs by the Independents
Complete Audit OF All Indus
tries Will Probably Be The
First Step; Useless En-
ployes And Other Waste
Expected To Be Eli,1lii-
mated; Will Control I'm
portant Boards.

Defeat of the initiated laws. and
constitutional amendment proposed
by the Independents in the reca II elec-
tlon last Friday will not prevent the
newly elected Independent cfficials
from cleaning up the states affairs
II. A. Nestes, Svcinbjorn johnson
and j. A. Kitchen by defeating LINN
j. Frazier William Lemke and ] NJ.
Hagan now constitute tho state indus-
trial commission, and thus fall heir to
the almost unlimited power exercised
ny the old commission under the laws
passed by the Nonpartisan league.
Whllc the newly elected candidates
have made no specific statements as
yet as to their plans. it is probable
that their first step will be to have a
thorough audit made of all the state
industries to ascertain Just what their
real condition is at the present time.
when this is done it will be possible
for the new commission to plan in
telligently for the future.
Must Continue Bank.
Under the law It will be necesssrv nv
for the Bank of North Dakota to con.
tlnue as the depository of the state
funds, but there is a strong possibility
that steps will be taken to return as
soon as possible the funds of school
posted there.
/ The main object of the Bank Of
North Dakota as operated by the new
| industrial commission will probably
be the making Of farm loans For this
purpose bonds must be sold. This will
necessitate checking up on the con-
| tract alleged to have been entered in
to by the state with the Splitter.
Rorick Co. for the sale of the state
/ bonds. Whether or not the bank Of
| ficials exceeded their powers in max
ing such a. contract which calls for the
sale of bonds at a discount of five per
cent Is an open question, which must
be decided in order to learn whether
or not the contract as whole is
valid.
| Must Sell Bonds.
i, Bonds must be sold. not only for the
making of farm loans but also for the
completion of the state mill and ele-
/ vator in Grand Forks to which the
new administration stands pledged
AS far as the Home Builders as
ISOLATION is concerned it's activities
! will probably be limited, for the pres
/ ent at least, to ethe~compietionr of ex-
ls1lng Contracts. 20
Will Control Boards.
Besides the industrial commission
the results of the recall election will
put the Independents in control or
practically all of the important state
boards.
! Chief of these is the Ba hiking board.
which consists Of the governor. secre-
tary Of state and attorney general.
This board has full control over banks
of the state and also serves as the
Blue SKY Board the approval Of
which must be obtained before stock
in any corporation may be sold in the
state.
The Independents also step into
control OF the board Of auditors. and
through this organiza tion IT will he
I possible to obtain a thorough check
UP of the finance of the various state
industries. without cncounterinE any
! of the obstacles met with a year ago
when henchmen of the Ncnpartisan
league had full control of these in
!, dustries.
| The control of the emergency com
mission which has the same persnnel
as the industrial commission also
passes to the Independents.
| Will Eliminate Waste.
One thing is pretty certain. when the
new adninistra ton takes charge there
i'will be cleanup of many Of the de-