Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-11-24
STATE SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY
REJECTS LEAGUERS' CONTEST ATTEMPT
Attempt Of Faction Of Nom
partisan League to Thwart
Will Of Majority Unani-
mously Turned Down by
State Supreme Court
Leaguers Unable to Make
Good on Any Charges.

Bismarck. n. D.. Nov. 22.--i The
North Dakota supreme court late
| this afternoon unanimously denied
the application OF five tax payers for
q writ prohibiting the state canvass
ing board from canvassing the vote
cast at the recall election. October
les
Inauguration of r. A. Nestos
| Sveinbiorn Johnson and John 4.
Kitchen. elected governor, attorney
general and commissioner OF agri-
culture and labor respectively. will
occur at 3 p. N. Wednesday.
1t was announced that the cam
vassing board will meet at 10 a.
m. Wednesday TO canvass the vote.
Day Full of Excitement 49,.
The last full day OF the admin
istration OF Governor Lynn J. Fraz-
|ier, Attorney General William Lem
ke and John n. Hagan. commission
er Of agriculture and labor, the re-
called officials, was accompanied by
ripples of excitement not unlike a
Legislative session.
After hearing argument on the
tax payers petition. which lasted
until late in the afternoon. on the
suit of taxpayers to break the pres
ent bond sale contract, the supreme
court retired to chambers to delib-
crate upon the recall notification.
A large crowd awaited the announce
ment Of the courts action. 1t was
announced that the maj jority of the
court had denied the application"
without accompanying opinions. JUS,
tice Robinson said later that all fiye
judges were against granting the In
junction, which would have kept the
present officials elected with Non
partisan Endorsement. in office, at
least temporarily. He also assert
ed that affidavits Of alleged whole
sale fraud in obtaining signers to
the recall petitions were not con-
sidered true. s.
Report Big Bond Sale
The Industrial Commission. COM
posed of three recalled officials,
who relinquish office tomorrow, to-
day signed, it was ANNOUNCED, a con
tract with Splitter, Rorick G. Com
pany, of Toledo, Ohio, for sale OF
all the remaining authorized bonds
issued. This contract 1T was stated
replaced the present contract with
CAAS AA' "ulSh 1ldo ASSulLcu III
lawsuit in the supreme court and
provides that all bonds not yet is
sued be sold at par.
tract follow: $S,OOO.0OO real estate
series: $4,000 900 mill and eleva-
tor; $1.O00.OO0 home builders at par
with six per cent interest, and ST.
100000 of the Bank of North Dako-
10
at discount to make them net 5h
per cent. Selling the real estate
series at par, the Industrial Com
mission increased the rate Of inter-
est to six per cent from 5N per
cent.
Lofthus Resigns
o. +. Lofthus. state bank exami-
ner presented his resignation to
Governor Frazier today and Gilbert
Semingson chief deputy, was ap-
pointed to the position. Lofthus
gave no reason for his action.s Gov
ernor Elect Nestos had stated that
he would appoint another to the po-
sition. .z.f.,
Plans were completed last evening
for the inauguration of Nestos as the
] 9Th governor Of the state tomorrow
Il was ,asrnaa ,,ha+ Tho thaorv a.
which ~ the go court .daniaS % T tha % net;t,or o
was that the tax payers had not
tinnal snrnvision :. ynr .contest;nr ~,
Of, recall petitions before !.
the election and that the} suit waa
brought, being directed
against the state canyassing board