Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-02
0'CONNOR HAS
A RIGHT TO G.
0. P. SUPPORT
Frazier Has Forfeited His
Standing AS Republican,
Says Nestos
Governor Analyses Issues
On Senatorship Ii Strong
Address

gt 3ANNA~S0
'Cathay, d, October g.
A stirring appeaIstossthe real Republi-
cans of the$stAtqsAsto rally to the sup
port of J. F. T:AO'Connor for United
States senator marked the address
Republican candidate for governor Of
North Dakota.
In support of, his position on this
point Mr. Nestos showed plainly that
Lynn j.. Frazier, who received the
Republican nomination in the primary
election had"no right to be considered
a Republican; that his record as gov
ernor was such as to, disqualify him
for holding the office of senator, and
that Mr.. O'Connor deserved. the sup
! port Of the independent Republicans
ord, but because he stands firmly for
those constitutional principles for
4 which the Republican party has al
ways stood. +
Mr.. Frazier's record ever since he
entered: public life has been a record
Of warfare against the Republican
party said Governor Nestos, who then
proceeded to cite as specific instances.
Frazier's support. Of Pm. Casey. DEM
ocat, for state treasurer in 1916: his
support. OF: two mel who had been
lifelong Democrats for congress in
1915 and his ~refusal.to support Q. B.
Burthess the Republican 2congression-
al nominee in the first district in 1920.
I'm. 1920, Mr.. Frazier though run
ming on the Republican ticket. as can
didateS for governor went into the
state of Montana, and advocated. the
election OF the entire Democratic tic
ket, state and national against the. eg-
ularly nominated Republican candf-
dates. During. the same year, and in
the same campaign he went In
posed the election of the regularly
nominated Republican, candidates for
state and national offices in that
state. r G
This. year I am informed that Mr..
Frazier, the Republican nominee for
United States senator has gone into
South Dakota, and advocated the cleo
tion not Of the regularly nominated
candidates of the Republican ticket,
hut of candidates who are endorsed
by the Nonpartisan league and not
speech in. the Twin" Cities this sum-
mer of 1922, as reported in his own
press Mt. Frazier severely and unjust
is condemned President Harding and
the Republican administration. Ills
denunciation Of h record of. the Re
publican party was fully as severe as
any Democratic criticism.
~. With a record of adherence to the
Republican party so evanescent and
unreliable, ! feel myself as a Republi-
can wholly unable to give Mr.: Frazier
my confidence >or support. He is not
Il Republican,"
mfr. Frazier has demonstrated-I
speak, plainly for the time, for plain
speaking, has come, since the peoples
interests are at stake-that he pos
sesses neither the spirit. the capacity
nor the Independence necessary to
properly discharge the duties of "a
,reat office. We have, for the past
three years, since. the inefficiency,
misconduct and corruption that mark
ell his Observation-Disclosures known,
listened to the apologies made for
Mr.. Frazier by his friends until it has
become humiliatingasIo realize that we
have had a Governors though recalled
and are now threatened with a
United States Senator-whose record
as a public servant cannot be defend
ed or. justified except by saying "he
did the best he. could or. by the fur
ther apology that he;was in the hands
of dishonest men. who advised him
corruptly for dishonest and selfish
purposes and whose advice he impli-
city followed. This apology may ex-
point, but it is scarcely a compliment
to his intelligence or his administra-
tive ability. With such a record of
hostility towards the Republican par
ty and with such q record as a public
servant nominated on the Republican
party but repudiated by our own state
he would be a liza bility to the Repub-
,.--~ ~ 49, -. HTY~S%~rJ okrt4A r>~~A~~
and a detriment to the state. I can
not support him. He Is not q Repub-
lican. IT. has been demonstrated in
our state during the past FIVE or sir
years that a man may by accident
win nomination upon the Republican
ticket although he never embrace
any Of the principles of the Republic
can party n never before even open
" professed to- adhere to it's princi-
pies.
. Sometimes Issues arise that trans
cend' mere partisan consideration.
They are beyond self interest. beyond
.Smere party interest, as that IL super
, fcially interpreted, and reach the
very fundamentals Of citizenship and
of constitutional government. On
d these issues all good citizens stand to-
eether. We rise from the lower levels
of PERSONAL Ind selfish strife. ascend
TO a plane on which upon these great
fundamentals we stand together
There is g1inE&son! inSthe United States
today, a, strYgEiessthat involves. the ex-
y istence OF the fundamental principles
OF. the constitutional of the Repub-
lican form Of government. The
forces OF ~radicalism. are masBed
against the forces of constitutional
lam. The one or the other must ca
down. We have fought the fight In
our state for i've years and are fight
ing it%today.a We won the FIRST battle
when the infamous House Bill No. IA,
which sought to- eliminate any refer
ence to patriotism and morality from
the constitution: was defeated, not.
withstanding the support given 1t by
Mr.. Frazier and Mr.. Lemke.
IT il not Simpertinent to- ask wherS
: the candidate for United States sena.
tor. who,won the nomination upon the
R%epublicaR ticket In the primaries In
mn stands, upon eseassquestions
Fortunately It Is not necessary tc
sneculate, itsisfnot necessary to Eless
T. Is not even necessary3to place oul
avn construction on the nuIneroui
stts Of his "a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In
dicate his attitude. In addressing q
labor, gathering In September. 1879
M. Frazier ssS,repoftedtS inSf his loYn
Mson forefatherrs in l77s had IL
voice tf the astaxes they hAdStosply st
they organized the revolution and
brokeSaway romgtyranny. II WIS !
inst .fsyplNtionn. ssas@. Is VI
sd hSbssto God ehsangp.,
scsnnISsA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. i