The Devils Lake world., 1922-01-18
TRUE TO FORM

The new l. " A. industrial commission is so
far running true to form and contrary to cleo
tion promises. They have removed or 'froze
OUT every official that could be replaced by
a Nestos henchman or l. V. A. lame duck.
For instance, there was L. P. McAneney
man Of rare financial genius and stability at
the head Of the credits department of the Bank
of North Dakota-record mpeccable; le;-hun-
dreds Of bankers with no political axes to grind
asked for his retention, but he was not asked
to remain However, before the I. V. A. politi-
clans had chance to apply the axe in this
case, Mr.. McAnaney was asked by the War
Finance Corporation to step up higher, and he
is now one Of the chief and trusted advisors at
Washington in the placing Of loans in the Ninth
Federal Reserve district
Then we have the case of Geo. E. Wallace,
tax commissioner for nine and a half years in
North Dakota and one of the leading authori-
ties on taxation in the United States, replaced
by c. c. Converse, a good lawyer and good
citizen, but who can't 'hold candle" to Wal
lace in that field.
Another case of l. " A. 'impartiality" has
just come to light at the little village of ST..
John up in Rolette county. There were three
candidates for the postoffice, the most COM
petent and deserving being admittedly Mr..
Hesketh, an ex-service man; but he didn't get
tit was given to the l. v A. bell-wether Of
the community who is said to be iliterate and
incompetent and must rely on his daughter to
run the office for him.
Then we have that brilliant I. V. A. talking
polnt-reducng the salary OF the new manager
of the Bank Of North Dakota from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year. This position is of greater
Importance and takes vastly more ability than
the governorshp. Any old plug can be gov
ernor, but it takes real fellow to manage a
big financial institution. We have had two
governors who would have been good managers
Of the Bank Of North Dakota-Frazier and
Hanna; the rest would only have brought to
the institution their handshakng ability, ver-
bosity or pomposity, as the case might be.
AS to Mr.. Green, the new bank manager (at
$4,000 we are sure he is not as cheap as his
salary would Indicate; the point we emphasize
is that it was cheap political trick to make
the cut. The new industrial commissioners
whose positions are not half so important, can
not very we'll reduce their own salaries as has
been suggested; but they might for dear con.
sistency's sake, hand out half of their salaries
to charity Just watch Ragnvald, Joseph and
Sveinbjorn do that!
But while we are thus criticising them for
their hypocrisy, we are more than willing to
praise them for their good acts. They brought
the home building muddle to light, which was
good thing; they showed up the pool hall Ii
censing department grafters and fired Harry
Dunbar, Lemke's personal clack-leader and
henchman, for which we are truly grateful
Also, by their partial victory they brought the
Leaguers of the state to a realization of the
fact that they have too !5ng delayed cleaning
their augean stables, and this they will now
proceed to do-at time when the l. V. A.'s
are beginning, in most scandalous way, tc
foul their own nest.