Grand Forks herald., 1922-11-11
NESTOS'. Sane
PROGRAM CAN
Be CONTINUED
Majority In Both Legisla-
= tive Houses Opens Way.
For Progress
Control Of Three Important
State Boards Also
Secured


election held Tuesday has been to put
the Independents into complete con-
: troll Of the North Dakota state govern
ment, and thus to open the way for
the putting through of a program Of
state rehabilitation.
BY the election. of Independents to.
the most important state Offices by
big majorities and giving them q ma
tority in the state legislature the vDt-
ers of North Dakota have definitely
repuaiated radicaIiSm in tho goYern-.
ment of the state and expressed in
continue the sanely progressive pro-
gram OF the Nestos administration.
Summary o; Results.
: This is shown plainly by the results
of the election. III
The independents have elected by
big nlajorities. the governor, lieuten-
ant governor. attorney general: COM
missioner of agriculture and labor,
secretary of state. state treasurer; su :
perintendent of public Instruction, at
least two and possibly three supreme
court justices. ahd enough members
of the state legislature to insure work
Ing majorities in both houses Of that
body.
IHs Sta-e duQilO!, iEs4Eanco GoH1Ht!s-
sioner, and three lnemhe"s of the
state railway comm ,sissoion have been
elected by the league and 1t is pos
Eible shat the league may have elected
one member of the supreme court
Control Important Boards,
BY the recollection Of r, A, Nestos
as governor and j. A. Kitchen as co1=
missioner of agriculture and LABOR
and the election Of George shafer as
attorney general, the independents roe
tain control Of the industrial comnlis-
sion, the body which governs the
Bank of North Dakota, Mill and Ele-
vator association, and other state m-
= 'dustries.
Injection of Miss Minnie j. Nelson
. as superintendent of public instruc-
ton, and Thomas Hall as secretary
of state, also insures control of the
state banking board. and the board OF
administration which governs the
states educational, penal and ctarita-
BILE institutions.
Program Can BE Passed
Election, Of these officers with their
control of both Legislative houses
leaves the way open for the Independ-
ents to put into force comprehcn-
siye program for the rehabilitation OF
the state. This has been impossible
up to this time owing to the. league
contgel Of the senate which has ere
ated a legislative deadlock
Now for. the first time since the
a Nonpartisan League came into power
! in 1877, tho Independents find. them,
selves with a working majority in the
legislature, and the chief stnte Offices
filled with men who will work in har-
mony for a program of rehabilitation
Court Victory ImRprtant.
The independent supreme court vic.
tory is most important. The two JUS
tioes elected now will serve for the
next six years. OF >the holdovee JUS.
tees, 4. NJ. Christensen Independent
elected two years ago, has still :fpNl
years to serve, The leaguers aseN Az:
barred from Asing the court as an Nm
strument OF, state government fpr thu
!. next four years at least. II 81.
League Gets Senator.
il TO console them for the cofpplet'
loss OF control OF the state the leAg
,,ers have the election fpf Lynn J. Fra
yser as United Stated States senator
This was the only real gain made b.
: the league in the election, and give
that body both of the North Dakots
senators.
1.-THE COpEFGHatutdl 6ltyRtA0tl gSTb10s'N
unchanged, the Independents lhayin:
re-eIected o. B.Burtness and Geor...,
u Young in the first and second district
~ respectively. while the league re-Slect
I'd :. II, Sinclair In the third ,distr.c
1 : a TIE present indications arc that tn
Ian sue has reelected p. G. Potndex
,ter 'as state auditor, s. A. Olsnezs q
insaranc o. commissioner, ann at leas
twoIof It's candidates tor the stat
railway con, mission. These once
vii not. however, vitality affact IN
Indapendent control Of the sadmints
Il tration, largely because OF tho actiol
\ rnof ti,a leaguers, themselves three year
ne6 in stripping the state auditor o
hts nnwer il, order to revenge them
selves ri on carl Kositzky for his de
fection. u 4 ,3
Hylnnd Lieutenant Governor. a
4 Ind spendent control of the stat
Y. has been made dOubly sure nv sth
X aiAction Of Frank IIylan9 lndepend
ysss ss5.nt S,'fo succeed Howard WoOds leAg
/. lA ~ a lieutenant governor. Mr.. ffly
ssssSSnd thus has the deciding Yots44
IN csass of a ,t,e~ In the ssnate and voul,
succeed 10 the goSSrnor orshipe 10 th
n event Of the death q Goxernor ", q z
3 Nestos. and thus I'm the state con
= troll an SInd dependent hands 1