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person for each 100 votes cast for
the organization candidate for gov
ernor at the preceding election, and
the person or persons so elected
would be the precinct members of
the legislative district central COM
mittee.
The state central committee
would meet on call of the chair
man or one-third of the members,
and at the time of holding of all
state conventions.
Financing would be achieved
through state committee trea-
surer and treasurers of each leg
islative district committee. Funds
would be disbursed on orders of
chairmen Of the respective execu-
tive committees. .
1t is provided that the vote
which was cast for Governor Mes
tos at the general election in 1922
shall be the basis of computation
in all units of the organization as
the organizations candidate for
Governor until the vote on the or
ganizaAion's candidate for Cover
nor has been announced after, the
next election. All officers would
serve two-yearS terms.
The number of delegates to dis
trict and state conventions would
be decided by the state executive
committee based on the vote for
Governor. Funds needed for main
tenance of the organization would
be apportioned by the state eXecu-
tive committee "as equitable as
possible among the supporters of
the organization in the several
legislative districts throughout the
state"
The plan of organization would
hold only until there is statewide
convention to form permanent
organization.
NestOs Speaks
Governor Nestos gave the meet
ing its ''keynote" in an address de-
livered after Senator w. ID. Lynch
of LaMoure had opened the meet
ing.
The Governor praised the record
of the legislature made thus far
this session and declared his be-
lief that before the week was over
the legislature would have left a
very enviable record. He said
that while the impression had gone
out that the legislature had not
accomplished much this was not
the case.
at is humanity impossible to cor
rect all the evils, all the maladmin-
Iistration, all 1.-The inefficiency of
five years in one week or one
year." said the Governor.
! He discussed the difficulty he
said was met by the legislature in
retrenchment in state expendi-
lures, and said that when boards
or other arms of the government
had been provided and special fav-
ors given to many there always
would be grumbling at taking
them away.
"There is one thing we need
now, and will need for years to
come," he said, land that is to
carry the truth to the people, to
correct misunderstanding, to lay
the work before them"
Speaking Of the league admins
tration of the last five years and
the huge expenditures of the state
the Governor said that II have
told the people from a hundred
platforms that when you dance
you must pay the fiddler. The
people have been dancing and they
must pay"
eve ought" he said, "to be able
to 60 before the people and show
them that We have made an earn
est and intelligent effort to correct
evils and to accomplish good, and
to show them what we have ac-
complished."
Signs Bill
He announced that he had sign
ed senate bill No. 233, the non
political ballot election law, at
4:3O o'clock in the afternoon, the
statement being greeted with
cheers. II
"Your legislature has just pass
ed a law which makes it possible
for the people of the state to de-
eide on state matters without the
necessity of mixing them with ma
tional issues" he said.
"This law has been severely
criticized but it seems to me that
the severest CRITICS are those who
do not know anything about the
law, otherwise they would hardly
make such statements as they are
now making. 1t is fair and rea-
sonable law and when properly ad
ministerel it will be of great bene-
fit to all the people of the state.
when it is said that this new
law will break down party lines
and national parties in the state,
it is not true. Under this law the
Republicans can build up their,
great party according to the great
principles for which it stands, and
the Democrats can build up their
great party around the principles
in which they believe.
"And when they have builded
these parties, and in spite Of the
fact that they may differ on ma
tional questions and issues, they
are still able to unite on questions
and issues pertaining to state af-
fairs on which they agree and
shoulder to shoulder work for the
best interests of the people.
Rather than break down ma
tional party lines the new law will
make the great parties stronger in
their state Organization. That is
the truth"
! When short speeches were call
ed for from the floor, A. G.. Divet,
Rep. Boyd Of Cass county, Senator
Ployhar, J. D; Bacon, J. T. Nelson
land others talked.
On motion of T.. B. Cox of Bis.