The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-10-10
SIMON GIVES
REASONS FOR
QUITTING RACE
Democratic Nominee for Gov.
ernor Makes Statement
Explaining Action
MUST BE BUT ONE FIGHT
Asserts that United Action Is
Necessary to Oppose Town
ley and Followers

" Charlek Simon, assistant attorney
! general, who resigned as Democratic
Hnominee for governor, in statemenS
amade public today explaining his ac-
ltion asserts that united action Of
s!Republicans and Democrats to oppose
F;radicalism is necessary.
4 According to reports from Fargo,
4 Chairman Gay Wooledge of the DEM
/ socratic state committee, has decided
1.-THE vacancies on the Democratic tic
ket will not be filled. F.. o. He'll
hstrom Of Bismarck has made demand
!. that the places be filled.
! Mr.. Simon's statement follows:
Having declined the nomination
Hfor Governor on the Democratic tic
Hket and instructed the Secretary of
/ State to omit my name from the ball
lot at the General Election on No
livember 7th, the Democrats and all
ilpersons intcreGted in good govern.
sment in the State Of North Dakota
nare entitled to know why have de-
clined the nomination at this time.
j .'The people Of the State of North
dakota are now realizing the general
| fact, which every impartial historian
Jof the future will record, that at
Hevery stage of this momentous peri.
i cd, which has continued in the state
for more than six years and during
which time the most complicated
i problems and difficulties have arisen,
4 it has taken the united effort of all
! cf the people of the state who were
interested in sound constitutional
govcrnment to fight the radical ele-
! ament dominated by Mr.. Townley and
! his followers. During all this time
\ have worked side, by side with the
j independent Democrats and ,Republi-
cans in an effort to prevent those
|, favoring radicalism from destroying
\ your Constitutional form of Govern
\ 3ment and in this action ! am sure
L l will be judged by that same spirit
4 OF fairness that always characterizes
1.-THE deliberate course of the Ameri-
can people.
" Vigilance Price Of Liberty. r.
"The people of the State Of North
Dakota can not too soon learn anew
4 tho primitive lesson that vigilance is
/ the price Of good Government as it
iif OF Liberty itself. The peo-
!! pie must devote time and energy and
ieffort to the cause of good Govern
lmcn if they would partake Of its
n fruit just as they are obliged to
swork for success in their private bus
4 mess. This policy, more noted for
its breach than its observance, would
fresult in the development of an in
Y itelligent, sound public opinion which
lis the greatest need of the state to-
day. l earnestly urge this high
\ duty upon the attention Of every pa
y atriotic citizen.
4 The Independent Voters Associa-
tion, conscious Of the integrity and
I souhdness Of its principles and proud
Of its achievements, stands today, as
| it has always stood, for the funda-
mentals upon which our system of
free and representative government
Twas founded, free from entangle
ments with all political parteis but
working for the best interests of all
\ the people Of the state.
Il "Ours is not state for class DOM
Hination or caste rule as some of the
self-appointed radical lead
ers teach, but the doctrine. of rule by
\ the people as taught by Jefferson
and Lincoln must be maintained. Mr..
: Lemke, the Nonpartisan League can
B didate for Governor, in his keynote
speech delivered at Mandan on Octo-
Der 4th, declared that our Govern.
! men is too infexible and only parti-
ally useful and must, therefore, be
|: made more flexible and humanized.
4 "From these statements and many
/. others, it is very evident that if his
organization gets control of our
|. state government, with himself in
the Governors Chair, there will b.
an attempt made TO fundamentally
alter ou< Constitution and laws so
that they will become flexible and
humanized" to suit their radical pur-
poses, just as they attempted few
. years ago to saddle upon the people
of the State of North Dakota,
through the infamous House Bill "A,
the blacklist crime against civiliza-,
tion that ever soiled the pages of our
. history.
J Lesson to Learn.
: "What, in brief, has been the les
son the people of the State have
learned as a result Of the control
of State Government through politi-
cal conspiracy of the League leaders?
"This conspiracy, together with thel
sheer incompentency of its officers
and leaders, was the chief factor in
precipitating the great financial loss
to the state through the Home Build
er's Association, the Drake Mill, the
Scandinavian American bank of Far
go, and many others in an amount
aggregating nearly a million dollars.
There is no better way of judgingl
the future than by the past.
''For the above, and for other more
personal reasons, have decided to
withdraw as a candidate for Cover.
nor on the Democratic ticket in or
der that all who are interested in
gound, sound; constitutional Govern
ment may unite in the fight against
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