The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-07
STATE CAPITOL
y NORMAL AGAIN
.IJneasiness Felt as Fall Office
Cleaning Seems Probable
on Hill

Offices at the state capitol are
back to normally.
At least it is normally when COM
pared to tho situation which ex-
listed for six weeks or month prior
to the recent election.
In a good many offices the end
of the campaign was like home
coming to the men who had been
en- the hustings shaking the hands
which marked the ballots. In offices
controlled by both factions the sit
uation was the same, the clerks !
and executive attaches remained at
home attending to office routine
while the head Of the office was
busy himself with the business Of
winning denomination or attempt
ing to get nominated for new job.
Now all the office machinery at
the state capitol is operating in the
same manner as before the cam
paign started. Vacation time is at
hand, to be sure, and vacations are
being taken now. There were few,
if an vacations, during the siren
uous weeks Of the campaign.
There is q marked change now
compared with prediction times.
Ready to Move
Some persons in some offices are
getting ready to move.
Both factions are apparently tax
ing it for granted that George F.
Shafer will be the next governor,
since in North Dakota a Republican
candidate for that office has not
been defeated since 1910. And
Shafer's accession to the governor
ship is expected to cause changes
in numerous offices.
For one thing it will be the next
governors job to appoint a tax
Commissioners and it is not anticipat-
ed that Shafer, if elected, will re-
appoint T. H. Thoresen, his Non
partisan opponent in the late cam
paign.
Few changes are expected in other
offices which the Independents will
control by virtue Of the election Of
their candidates.
It is considered probable that
some changes will be made in the
highway department, one Of the
largest At the state capitol. The
highway department annually
spends more money and has more
employees than any other branch Of
the state government with the pos.
sible exception Of the board Of ad
ministration.
Control One Board
The Independents already have
control of the board Of administra
ton by virtue of one appointiv.
member and two who serve becaus,
they hold elective offices. Tn,
Nonpartisans now have two ap
pointive members on the board ant
this situation will be unchanged il
Shafer is elected governor, since
the appointed member whose tern
will expire next is an Independent
Shafer himself is saying nothing
regarding any plans he may have
and when he becomes governor. H
Is hopeful that he will be elected
as the Republican candidate Away
Is. In fact he is quite confident
But he is taking nothing for grant
ed. His position is known to b
that he will cross bridges when
comes to them and that cannot b
until they are actually in place.
In his present position as attorne
general Shafer has a vacancy on hi
staff due to the resignation Z
George l. Reimestad, now with tn
federal land bank at St. Paul.
Is indicated that he will announc
the name Of Reimestad's successc
in the comparatively near future.
As for the Nonpartisan offic
holders in the various department
which will be affected by tn
change, such as Thoresen in til
tax department, preparations al
being made to move.