Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05

nIM 0een indicted for embexzlement,
i~afslncation5 Of records, and other
crin1es.s In Trail county with ten
oanks az the loans and $4,000 out
Er$6S,o0 re-deposited went to the
sMo League banks at Hatton and
I1lllsporo M an average Of less than
Two thousand dollars in each Of the
others. We might go on for an hour
cltlng Illustrations Of the same sort
81 political banking were II necessary,
In Ransom county with elevensbanks,
q three League banks had an aver
9 In loans and redeposits OF more
than $1,000. ,each...while the eight 9th
er banks had only slightly more than
5000 each. ~
'rheaadministration also made an
other venture. a Creamery exneri-
,ment, andas1ost $~15,2S7.S9 in about
eight months.s
League Candidates Signed Whitewash,
~ Hlns.viewsEof all the facts now made
public, the election Of the League
nominees for the Industrial Commits
sion would offer no relief. and no
change from the attitude and course
OF the old administration. These
three candidates were members Of
the last state senate, and as such, two
OF them together with Senator Leider-,
bach made the report of the Senate
Investigating committee, and all three
of them voted for the a%doption-of this
report. Before they signed this re-
port, according to their own state.
ment, they had made a most careful,
thorough. sand painstaking investiga-
ton of the testimony before the house
auditing committee, of the Industrial
Commission report, the Bishop, Brlss-
man report, and Brinton's letter tosthe
goyerhor,a and had heard all the EVIL
idence submitted to the senate. filling
some three volumes. and upon the
basis Of all Of that evidence, this COM
clusion that the state industries up
to December 81, 1920 showed an ac-
tual profit of $217,111.0s.
THAT this remarkable success in
the first ear of the esta adjustment of
the great state industries has been
made In the face Of the most terrific
concentrated. hnanci8l and political
attacks, bothssfrom the platform and
the pulpit, and the press, that the
United States has ever. seen against
any program OF progress The inves-
gtigation has merely again revealed the
fact that the opposition to-the prog
'ress OF state industries I'M North Da-
kota have noasstntention OF any fair
r VAE-INO 1tCSS, lLLdk lllClA
purpose onlyEis to gain political ad-
vantage even at the cost of misrep-
reservations inc deceit to the people
of the state of North sDakota."]ss"
And in speaking of Brinton and
Waters they say:
They enjoyed the confidence, OF
such faithful servants Of the people as
Lynn j. Frazier, William Lemke and
John Hagen.ssss j. w. Brinton wrote
a letter to the governorsssS This let
ter was written for the purpose of re-
venge for the, discharge OF Waters
and to seek to prejudice the Indus
trial Commission against MI. Cathro,
director general of the Bank Of North
Dakota. ssssJ. w. Brinton has charg-
ed Mr.. Cathro with embezzlement and
his charge has been conclusively es-
tablisf1ed to be without foundation
Tin view of what the citizens OF
this. state now knew about the con-
duct of the public business. and ths
condition Of the public funds, and In
view Of what :ke Courier-News and
many other LeaEue papers and lead
ers have admitted to be- true, and
charged against Frazier, Lemke ano
Hagen, and in view Of the furtne,
fact that the Courier-News has sc
completely retracted a great deal o.
! what they had said in discussion o.
the condition and management O.
these industrial projects during The
past years, can the people Of this stat,
upon men who have made such {
whitewashing report approving tn,
conduct of these different business
enterprises. Does it not show con
clusively that 1t would be merely 1
: change OF .nanNes and not of spirit o.
/, Of ideals and attitude in the conduc
OF. the public affairs. If they showed
such an attitude toward the publ.
business, the public funds, and tn.
public service as indicated by theil
report then they are undeserving o
the confidence Of, the state, and uni
to be trusted with the public business
now.
What Has Been Done.
But you may ask, what hav'
YOU as officials done during the fra
six months of your administration t
remedy these evils and to redeem tn
promises made in last falls cam
paign!" You have a perfect right t.
demand aP answer to this question
and a full accounting Of our steward
ship of your affairs. We are read:
and willing to render such an 40
counting at this time.
I'VE promised the people that /
we were elected to office the publ
business would be conducted honest
ly, efficiently and economically, an
it has been u aim and effort to d.
SO. and to secure for the conduct o
the bank, the management Of tn,
farm loan department, the work o
the Industrial Commission the re
ceiverships OF thegclosed banks. an
all other branches of the. publ
business. men that were thorough,
informed and experienced in> tina
particular line ofabusiness. honest an
dependable. and who would give t
the state an efficient and economical
administration. BY securing this. a
we have. succeeded in doing.Iwe vii
! not only have put the public bushes
upon a sound business basis, but W
Il will also be able to salvage some Q
the property of the state and thus re
duce the losses from the previous ad
= ministration, and we will in the fu
ture be assured that the public bust
ness will be conducted with the sam
i honesty. efficiency and economy tina
lis required in. any nriYate business 4
order to insure its success. /.
Feeling the need of create
economy in the public service, and q
doing everything possible to reduc
the tax burden which had become al
most unbearable.' the new admins
traitor not only eliminated a numbe