The Bismarck tribune., 1922-05-04
STEGNER WILL BE CANDI
DATE FOR GOVERNOR
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in the case of the Drake mill, the
State creamery at Werner and The
Bank Of North Dakota.
"The time has come to take an
honest position on State socialism as
reflected in the platforms of both
League and I. V. A. organizations Re-
publicans should repudiate a.leader-
ship, whether League or l. V. A., which
cOuntenances a continuation of State
socialism.
Il am a Republican and opposed to
fusion with Democrats to the detri
ment of the principles of thdt great
party as promulgated by Abraham
Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Mckinley
and our beloved President, Warren G..
| Harding.
"As a Republican / am opposed to
the conspiracy to sell out the Repub-
lican party and elect Democrats to
office and to place their henchmen in
favored places under the flimsy guise
OF fighting State socialism when it is
so apparent that the l. v A. program
is as socialistic, Utopian and impossi-
BILE of successful fruition as that of
| Llle 4NOupdl IlSdu LedS uc..
Calls it Sham
.This sham should be exposed and
all Republicans who cherish the Gre
dit and fair name of this great State
should rally ITO the defeat of socialism
whether fathered by the l. V. A. boss
es or League henchmen.
II am opposed to delivering the
Gfofo IN 1,o orI1
barons of St. Paul and Minneapolis
and deplOre the recent utterances Of
Governor r. A. Nestos when, hat in
hand, he waited in the outer lobbies
of the great financial institutions Of
the Twin Cities to tell their officers
that North Dakota is not broke"
II am for North Dakota, for North
Dakotans and the settlement Of our
economic problems without interfer-
ence Or dictation on the part of the
great money brokers Of the Nation,
who willingly assist the 1. V. A. ma
chine in its mad plunge into State
socialism because that means profits
for them. Before the Recall the same
financial ring was eager to take North
Dakota bonds from the Nonpartisan
League machine. The Recall shifted
the sale of State securities from To-
ledo, to the Twin Cities.
II will challenge with all the power
at my command the incompetency of
the Nonpartisan League administra-
tion and deplore its record of malad-1
ministration. But under the l. " A.
program of State socialism the same
condition will occur unless the elect
crate check a continuation Of the
socialistic enterprises. There can be
no real progress toward normalcy in
North Dakota unless there is an end
to compromise on the issue .0f Stale
socialism.
Opposes NestOs-B Baker
Millions have been lost Or sunk in
State owned industries and neith3r
Governor Nestos or his opponent B.
F. Baker can defend the industrial
program for which they both stand
in view of the deplorable record
made and the losses incurred, all Of
which must be paid by the people Of
North Dakota.
II appeal to those who desire to
make a fight for principle rather than
for office and for political p1under. If
nominated and elected, | pledge to
work for the immediate abolition of the
State industrial program and will lend
what influence can as Governoyto the
summoning Of a constitutional con-
vention to rewrite the organic law of
this State and restore sane irepresen-
tative government and eradicate every
vestige of socialism from it's State
Constitution.
Upon these issues and pledges 1
announce my candidacy for the Re-
publican nomination for, Governor at /
the Primaries, June 2Sth."