The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-28
Heave 70 Ho, for North Dakota

HeaVe 70 no, Tor NOfCn OdkOId
Returns from the statewide primary elecuon sno" tnat
oe Ems" still are in and the outs still are out insofar
5 state offices are concerned, and that exactly the same
len will run the states affairs during the next two years
$ have directed them for the last biennium.
With the election out of the way the state can take
took of the situation.
Since the Republican nomination Is consloereo Inc
uuivalcnt of election in North Dakota, the voters OF the
ate can regard the political season" as over. 1t lasted
,ng enough to interest people In something dltlercnt
ven though nothing different came OF it.
AS the incumbent state officers head toward announcer
.rm. every one of them, beginning with Governor George
shafer and going right down the list, will have the
est wishes and the whole hearted cooperation Of every
)yal North Dakotan.
The incumbents are not all of the same so-called poll
zeal complexion. They represent different sides OF the
tate's two dominating political organizations, but they
re very much alike in one important respect-and 1t
ominates all others.
That one similarity is that they hold their offices
through the suffrage of a majority of the voters OF the
tate.
Each has been favored by the people, but at the same
ime the people accorded them the palm Of approval they
aid upon them serious obligations.
The text of the obligations will be found in the oaths
,hich each elected officer will file at the start OF his
errl. The oaths represent a pledge to perform the duties
t the respective offices to which they have been elected.
Jnouestionably, each man will do his level best to live up
o the terms of that oath. The record of each one shows
hat he will.
But it is to be hoped that each one will do more, II
nd when opportunity offers.
It is to be hoped that each state officer will keep con-
family before him the fact that the voters of the state
ave pledged hin to support the state and its interests
he people of the state and their interests.
It is to be hoped that they will always remember that
he people OF the state are not primarily interested in
,olitics but in government. That they want good gov
trnment, clean and square and sound.
It is to be hoped that all state officers will forget, at
east until the next political season. rolls around, that
hey are of different political groupings and will work
ogether tremendously SO that the greatest good may
&ome to the greatest number.
On many matters, the people of the state look to those
Ia state office for leadership. That leadership should
lot be denied them. Only by exercising it can the per-
ons in charge of the government completely fulfill their
Eluty.
I Very frequently public service, even In its best phases,
Is something of a thankless task. Men are sometimes
misunderstood and sometimes their hest efforts fail of
appreciation. But such instances. If they occur, should
not cause them to lose sight of the high aims which each
nf them professed while a candidate for denomination.
IL is to be hoped that, if the occasion demands it, each
public official will put the welfare of the state and its
people above his own personal or political interests.
To the men whom they have nominated and whom the
koters will elect. the state looks with confidence. In each
ff them it has signified pride and approval.
North Dakota is a young state, but some day 1t will
lake rank among the first in the union. The people of
she state are working toward that end.
AS never before, all parts of the state are cooperating
n the interests OF a greater North Dakota.
They will expect to hear from the officials in the state
sapitol the "heave. 20 ho' which shows that they, also,
IRE pulling together for North Dakota.