The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-09-22
,NEsT0s STICKS TO THE ISSUES
Address Last Evening Free from Any
Hint of Personalities

r. A. Nestos, candidate for governor,
last evening delivered one Of the
|cleanest cut and most forceful polite
q speeches ever listened to by an
Cakes audience. The Legion pavilion
was filled almost to capacity by voters,
men and women alike, anxious to hear
about the true state Of affairs with
our state government and what the
recall candidate had to offer in the
way Of a practical remedy, and they
were not disappointed.
Mr.. Nestos is big man physically,
and, looks equal TO- almost any task,
but if he is elected to the highest Of
flee within the gift Of the people, he
will be confronted by a big job, and,
best Of all, he knows it.
i. Mr.. Nestos' speech was entirely free
from personalities. He dealt with the
sfseords Of Frazier, Lemke. ct d, Al
officials, pointing out many instances
where. they had dealt dishonesty, in
an official capacity as guardians Of
the public welfare, but stated that he
did not charge them with dishonesty
as private individuals.
He criticized Gov. Lynn ]. Frazier
for agadding about the country" say
ing he believed Bismarck to, be the
place where the chief executive should
spend his time, and added, "H I am
elected governor you can't get me out
of Bismarck with q crowbar." But
if he is elected and makes good Of
fetal, nobody will want to get him
out.
The speaker stated that the most
important issue before the people at
the present time is the restoration of
North Dakota's credit, which has been
in q bad way for some time. He cited
in proof an incident that happened in
Mihot. A farmer owning section Of
land had mortgage on his place and
it was foreclosed. Before the time
Of redemption had expired he called
at Nestos' Office and asked If he knew
where he could borrow money to save
his home. Mr.. Nestos told him Of a
man who had been making loans on
real estate for years, and the farmer
went to interview this gentleman. On
his return he said the man could offer
no help; that he had showed him let
ters from people outside the state who
formerly had bought his loans. Their
tone was 30 discouraging that the
farmer believed his only hope was in
an Independent victory this fall.
Mr.. Nestos showed that our pres
ent chaotic financial condition is not
caused By land imitation as is the case
in Icwa and other states, because dur
ing the present administration North
Dakota real estate has not been cen-
sidereG desirable investment by out
side buyers, hence land has not ad-
vanced appreciably. The only cases
of land. imitation the speaker had no.
ticed was where league organizers had
made loans from the Bank of North
Dakota.
He called attention to two laws
which have had great deal to do
with disrupting the financial situa-
tion here. One is the clause in the
Industrial commission law which gives
that body unlimited power, and the
other is the one that allows the COM
mission to divert funds: Unlimited
power is dangerous in the hands Of
any man OF, set Of men. no matter how
honest they may be, and Mr.. Nestos
urged the voters to see that the in
itiated law restricting these powers
be supported at all costs. He pointed
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has dealt dishonesty by serving them
selves personally and politically, and
brought this fact out very clearly and
forcibly
Inscase he. is elected governor, Mr..
Nestos promises that he will order .
most searching investigation Of all the
state industries and lay the informa-
tion before the people that they may
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