The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-10-26
VOTERS HEAR.
BILLS STORY

DMLO NlVnl
Recalled Attorney General of North
Dakota Presents His Argument
Wednesday Night
MRS. BAILEY ASSISTS WILLIAM
Large Audience Attends Meeting in
Woodmen Hall
It's all a mistake. The people Of
North Dakota recalled Frazier, Lemke
and Hagan just when they were be-
ginning to get the program under
way. Bill said so himself in an ad-
dress to the voters of Oakes and vi
cinity last Wednesday evening.
Mrs. E. o. Bailey, lady residing
in Dunn county, ascended the platform
first. She was introduced by James
Stevens, who got his wires crossed
and informed the crowd that she was
Miss Daley of South Dakota. Mrs.
Bailey corrected this when she began
her talk. She fiayed the present adj
ministration and urged the voters, es-
pecially the women to undo the "great
wrong" perpetrated upon the league
when the old officials were ousted.
Her speech was listened to attentively
by the entire crowd, very large pro-
portion of which was unfriendly to
the league, and Lemke's supporters
applauded her generously.
Among other statements made, Mrs.
Bailey told how the present governor
travels about the country at North
Dakota's expense telling various COM
mercial bodies how the credit Of North
Dakota is fast being restored "be-
cause am governor" attempting to
convince the voters that Nestos is as
suming most Of the credit for what
ever good he claims has been done.
The governor was scored numerically
throughout Mrs. Bailey's speech: which
lasted about twenty minutes. She
claims to be "proud that Frazier was
recalled" because he refused to bend
the knee to the Minneapolis grain
combine and other big interests. The
league program was not put into ef-
feet fully, she said, because those in
office were hampered at every point
by the opposition. The speaker does
not believe the present officials are
giving the program an honest trial
and wishes the league returned to
power that It may be in friendly hands.
/ Lemke, also, was introduced by Mr..
Stevens, and the former attorney gen
eral warmed up to his subject without
any preliminaries. He claimed that
the league has made North Dakota a
better state to live in and wishes the
business men to cooperate with the
farmers in returning the nonpartisans
to power. At present, according to
Lemke, over third of the money is
controlled by Rockefeller, who can pull
the strings and get whatever he wants.
Comparing the campaign expenses of
the two factions, the speaker claimed
that while the leaguers will spend
only about $4,000 this fall, the inde-
pendents will have over $4,000 900 at
their disposal, largely contributed by
the big interests. This was surely ex-
aggerated rs or 80 cents, at least.
4 In order that the farmers may be
prosperous it is necessary that they
be able to control the price of their
own products, according to Mr.. Lemke,
who added that this is just as possible
as it is for Ford to control the price
of his cars, Rockefeller to control the
price Of oil or the International Har-
vester company to say how much we
shall pay for machinery. Seventy
five per cent of the wheat raised in
the United States is consumed here
and all that will be necessary to set
the price will be the organization Of
a selling agency on the same plan as
that adopted by big manufacturers,
\ In paying his respects to the in
dependents, Lemke accused Nestos and
O'Connor of being the paid tools Of
big business and claimed that the pres
ent administration has cost the state
$2,000,000. The league planned to al
low the grain to remain on the farms,
insured against loss by the state, with
20 to 80% Of its value advanced to the
growers through the Bank Of North
Dakota; the grain could then be held
until the price was satisfactory.
The recall petitions, said Lemke,
contained over 5000 fictitious names,
including people who had been dead
ten years, others who were not resi-
dents, and still others yet unborn.
Nestos was criticised for allowing
his name to be used in connection with
an oil project and also for neglecting
or refusing to ask Harding to sign
the soldiers compensation bill. The
war records of O'Connor and Nestos
were also attacked bitterly.
In concluding, Lemke stated that If
he is elected governor he will see that
loans to the amount Of $50, ,O00, 900 ut
51a or 6 per cent are made by the
state, if that amount is needed.
The speech breathed dissatisfaction
with the existing order Of things from
beginning to end and, while league
.. sympathizers present clapped their
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