The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-26
The Facts

The Facts
In support of the foregoing charges we cite specific
acts and instances as follows:
conspired to Destroy Our Constitution
AS governor he conspired with A. c. Tow1ley and
his inner group Of socialists in secretly framing tho
S'Socalist Constitution" for adoption North Da-
on .
document was brought out Of caucus and intro
duced as House Bill A, urging its adoption and plac
This bin removed all restrictions upon governmental
functions and authorized the State to engage in any
kind of business, not excepting the manufacture
and sale OF Intoxicating quorsal at the tax payers
it made the sacred School Fund available for
financing the socialist program and made the sky the
out this program. In the attempted enactment Of
House Bill A the Constitutional provisions prescribing
the steps necessary in amending the Constitution
deliberately dsregarded The ubiquitous character Of
this monstrous piece of legislation was exposed to
the people of the State by the able and courageous
fight made against it by the small group Of House
members who anti-sociasts, and later the bill
met its death in the Senate at the hands Of bare
majority of that body.
Polluted Our Schools
He ,nd with paa :.
tions under socialist CONTROL with the end in view OF
having socialist teachers and instructors instin into
the receptive minds Of the young and immature
socalistic and other radical doctrines When this
opposition the part Of the State Super
most Of her powers Public Indignation and The .d.p
ton at the November 1920, election Of the law initi
ated by the Independent Voters Association restored
taken from her. (See Session Laws 1921, page ESD,
defeated their purpose and removed this menace.
Attempted t. Exterminate Independent Press
He aided in the attempt to control, suppress
destroy the independent newspapers Of the State by
establishing 'League newspapers'' in each county,
to disseminate soeialstic doctrines, and subsidizng
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law initiated by the I. v. A. and approved by the
voters at the election on November ed, 1920 (see
Session Laws of 1921, page 256).
Poisoned Our Library
With his approval the State Library Commission
placed under sociastic control. Tho Importation
and appointment of the radical socialist Stangeland
as secretary was annuled, and the attempt to use
the circulating library for the purpose Of distributing
socialist and free love literature throughout the State
was defeated by the exposure in the Legislature and
the public indignation which followed it.
,seized Coal Mines
During the coal miners strike of 1919 Governor
Frazier sent demand to the coal operators in this
State where there was no strike that they increase
was not to be paid to the miners in this State but
was to be collected as a fund and transmitted to
the striking miners in Montana. demand probably
without parallel in any country at any time. When
the coal operators refused to comply with this out
law called out the National Guard and s.zed tha
mines, in violation of the Constitution and Of his
oath of Office The courageous action Of Judge
Nuesse blocked this attempted confiscaton for the
benefit of striking miners in another state. Judge
Nuesse was upheld by. the Supreme Court Of the
State although majority of that Court had been
elected Nonpartisans
Sought to Control Courts
He has given his assistance to the League leaders
in their attempt to control of the courts Of the
State in order to be certain of judicial sanction for
their illegal and unconstitutional acts.
Tried to Bring About Public Ownership of Land by
Single Tax Method
With his assistance and approval laws have been
passed changing the basis Of taxation, result Of
which farm land which in 1918 paid less than 55 per
cent Of the general property taxes paid in 1919
assessed valuation Of farm lands 3s4 per cent, while
the assessed valuation of personal property, for
instance, increased ITO per cent. In 1918 the
erty taxes, while in 1919 they paid more than 73
per cent The action in regard to taxation taken
by the socialisic Nonpartisan leaders step to-
means of which socialists intended to bring about
naturalization (public ownership Of all land. An
amendment to the the adoption Of which
may by law exempt any all classes of personal
property from taxation and within the meaning of
this section fixtures, buildings and Improvements of
deemed personal property' This leaves the way open
for the adoption of the single tax by legislative
enactment any time that the League leaders believe
the farmers sufficiently docile to accept it.
Doubled Cost Of Government
With Governor Frazier's assistance and approval
laws passed authorizing the creation of numerous
positions State offices. In very many cases
the fixing of the salaries left the discretion
executive body, such the Industrial Commits
son with the result that such salaries and compensa
tons often fixed at exorbitan figures The result
was an immense increase in taxes. The appropria.
tions for State purposes doubled in single year
and in addition several millions were snenf nv the