The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26

protection this lawlcss element recognized by holding
their national convention at New Rockford while he
was governor.
Opposed Inspection Of Public Records
Hc opposed and attempted to defeat the initiated
]. " A law providing for the examination of the
counts and records Of the various industries which no
and his associates had established which Law was
adopted over bis protest by the voters November
:, 1920. (sce Session Laws 1921, page 254).
concca.meat Of Facts About Public Business
lie persistc.tly failed and refused to inform tn.
tax payers of the state and tho legislative
assembly Of the financial condition the enterprises
to enter he attempted to defeat legislative nvesya
t,en by issuing an order as Governor and membe.
having the records Of such enterprises in charge not
to deliver them to the Legislative Committee an.
pointed to Investigate such enterprises; he continually
represented that each Of said enterprises was sound
and successful and we'll managed whereas in fact each
of them was rotten with the graft Of his sub.rdnate
ana was operated at p great loss to the paycrs
We enumerate some Of his csncealments:
(a) The financial loss aad graft in the Werner
creamery
Q) Tho , gross nisma.aseme.t .ad losso. at tn.
Bank Of North Dakota.
.,,(O Tho inefficient Management Of the Mill anl
Elevator Association.
(e) The iaAefcasble condition Of the Home Build.
ers Association, with its shameful record Of graft ana
incompetence and less Of hundreds Of Thousands ef
dollars Of the tax payers nsaey.
(f) The transfer, vita his active participat,n Of
tho tax payers money from ito Bank Of N.rth d.
kota to the Scandinavian-AnercanB Bank to finance
League enterprises whe. he knew it was hspeessly
Of hundreds Of Thousands Of dsllars.
20. The actual condition Of the SCANDINAVIAN
It had been closed BY the Banking Department,
falsely representing it solvent, with q consequent
loss Of large sums Of money to the deposto we'll
Condened and Acqutesced in Fraud
He failed to prevent and expose, and actually
acquiesced in, the fraudulent operations Of A. &.
Townley and his associates through which they
swinded the farmers of the state Of largo sums Of
money through League enterprises, tewit:
(a) The Consumers Stores.
3. (b) The League banks.
(c) The League newspapers.
Counseled Revolution
He has coulseled revolution if his faction could not
obtain what they wanted with tho ballot. This
only mean that if they found themselves in tho
minority they attempt to override tn. wishes
the principle Of government by the people.
He has acquiesced in and encouraged the collecting
Of huge sums from the farmers of this state by an
irresponsible organization, whose real leaders are
almost without exception socialists under tho pretense
that Of developing better marketing system, while
for the spreading Of socalistic propaganda and for
political purposes and he has himself been the bene.
tion of such sums.
Candidate Under False Colors
In order to secure votes and mslead voters he and
other League leaders have posed as Republicans while
neither accepting Republican principles upholdng
RepubliGan policies nor supporting Republican caadi,
District in 1917 he supported Democrat against
the Republican candidate. In 1913 he supported
First and Third Congressional Districts. He pursued
the same course in 1920 in both Districts and in 1929
in the Third District: In 1916 he supported Demo-
Republican nominee. In 1920 he opposed number
of Republican candidates regularly nominated, and
pursuing the same course this year. In 1920 he
entered the campaign in Montana, opposing the Re-
publican candidates regularly nominated both state
and national, and urging the election Of Democrats.
the nominees Of the Republican party urging the
election Of the candidates Of tho party
This year he has campaigned in South Dakota oppos-
ing the candidates which the Republican voters in
that state had selected their nominees
in creating dscord occupationa prejudice and class
hatred and mutual suspicious among the citizens Of
this state which is the means by which socialists and
governments, and is the means adopted by the Non
partisan leaders to obtain control Of the government
friendly neighbors for forty years are not now on
speaking TERMS
Inefficient, Undeserving and Damaging
The record Of Ex-Governor Lynn J. Frazier as gov
of this state evidence that he is lacking in
Sno Ao4uAIeu VI D cAuuiudtc lor On1Ceu
States Senator. As member Of tho Industrial Com.
mission he had, because Of being governor, power
prevent all of the misdeeds that the commission
mitted while he its chairman. His political
record is evidence that he is not Republican either
in principle or practices there is no evidence that he
ever took stand for Republican principles sup
ported Republican policies that he has ever here
tofore appealed Tor the suffrage Of the citizens Of
this state tho ground that he Republican and
believer in Republican principles; in his public
addresses he has always advanced socialstic doctrines
and his associates and coworkers have almost without
exception been c2cialists and other radicals. His