The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-08-18
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With t evenly thousand mark
passed s : lay recall petitions are
still be:r irculated and signed in
! every CO in the state. Even the
thresain' "t es not seem to interfere
with the -mork, volunteer circulators
having great success in signing up
the.crews in the field.
L. F. Crawford writes from Taylor
i. Stark county: Contrary to re-
ports it is easy to get signers here.
1t takes time to get to the people, but
little time is lost in explaining. This
is the best territory I have been in.
We should have had, from $500 to
5000 signatures here already as peo-
pie are closer together and easy to
find. The farmers are threshing, but
they are willing, to stop long enough
to sign the petitions"
Minot, the home city Of R. A. Nes-
tos, Independent candidate for COVER
nor, has gone over the top with more
than 100 per cent Of the O'Connor vote
signed to the recall petitions, accord
ing to The Minot Daily News. These
petitions are as yet not all returned
to the state headquarters, but are ex-
pected to arrive there in a couple Of
days.
The total O'Connor vote was 2,75O
while the recall petitions checked at
the local headquarters, according to
the News, already has 2,774 sigma
lures and the local managers expect
larger total in a few days as there
are still more petitions in circulation
Reports from southern counties are
also very encouraging. In some dis
tricts where the work was started
late the job is only half done, but the
local workers are now pushing it with
vim and vigor.
Edgar L. Richter, Of the headquar-
ter staff and former president of the
North Dakota Press association, re-
turned to Fargo Saturday from trip
to Mcintosh county where he visited
every precinct. In an interview he
stated that he was agreeably surprised
at the sentiment expressed there re-
garding the present industrial COM
mission. He says that the sentiment
is reversed from what it has been
heretofore and he believes that Nc
Intosh county will give large ma
jority for the Independent candidates
in the November election.
Mr.. Richter stated that he had talk
ed to many farmers who had formerly
been leaguers, and who are still con-
sidered leaguers by the Industrial
commission, as is proven by the CORE
spondence in the shape Of circular let
ters sent out by those who have charge
of. the sale of the state bonds. The
Bank Of North Dakota, according to
Mr.. Richter, is using state money to
scatter league propaganda among
members of the nonpartisan league
throughout the state.
In number of townships in McIn-
tosh county, as we'll as in other Ger
man. counties along the Northern Pa
cifc. the farmers are circulating re-
cali petitions. While threshing is in
full blast and everybody extremely
busy he did not find single person
who did not show willingness to take
time to talk over the political situa-
tion with him; everyone wanted to get
as much light as possible on the
issues.
Bill Lemke's state built house and
garage were general topic of dis
cussion and Mr.. Richter was repeat
edly asked for details on Lemke's pro-
fitable deal with the Home Builders
association. "Mr. Richter" he was
asked, shave you seen country
school house in Mcintosh county that
cost as much as Lemke's garage? In
reply he stated that he had not seen
nor did he have any knowledge of
either a country school house or a
country church that cost as much and
looked as fine as Lemke's garage.
Mcintosh county farmers expressed
strong disapproval of the way Cover
nor Frazier fails to tend to his duties
as chief executive; they claim that he
is absent from the state on political
missions most of the time.
Some people take this rather philos
ophically, however. One farmer ask
ed another regarding Frazier's fire.
quent trips to foreign parts: 1T is
alright" was the reply; .let the gov
ernor go out Of the state as much as
he wants to, as long as he does not
come back"
The general belief seems to be. con-
cluded Mr.. Richter, that the 1ndepend-
ent forces will win the recall election
with from $4,000 to 100000 majority.
81 never heard people begin to talk
about majority as early before" he
said.
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