The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-27
HANSENCHARCESHE
WASOFFEREDBR|BE
TO DROP CAMPAIGN
Plans For Final Steps In Effort
to Move State Capital
Considered
THRONG CHEERS AND B00S
Organization Of jamestown For
Capital Club Completed
at Gathering
THR0NG CHEERS AND Boos
(By Staff Correspondent

by Staff Correspondent
Jamestown. N. D.. Feb 27.-James.
towns armory was packed Friday
night as the Jamestown For Capital
club completed its organization and
made plans for the final steps In the
campaign to bring North Dakotat
seat Of government to this city.
It was q crowd In q holiday mood
willing to cheer for anyone and every
one. The high school band was on!
and the audience came to see show
which to them was of more than
passing interest. They even cheered
for Bismarck newspaper man. here
to observe the gathering. Attention
was called to his presence by P. M
Hansen. publisher of the jamestown
Sun, prime mover in the effort to
bring the capital here and principal
speaker at the meeting.
Principal arguments made for the
removal movement were loyalty to
Jamestown and its interests: an al
legged saving to the taxpayers on state
mileage costs: the contention that the
capital was located wrongly In the
first place; the contention that "the
politicians" wanted the capital at
Bismarck for some dark purpose OF
their own and that Bismarck Is using
nefarious tactics in its campaign to
keep the capital.
The organization of the jamestown
For Capital club was completed by
endorsing the IL incorporators Of the
organization and selecting, 10 others,
mostly farmers. to serve with them.
New Ones Arc Listed
Those named Friday night were
Thomas Pendray. Jamestown: Emil
Frey. Homer township Herman
Knooel, Buchanan: Ed Martel, Medi-
ma; H. w. Anderberg. jamestown;
George williams. Shoarlow; M. M.
Cone, Montpelier; Lee Lusk. Eldridge;
H. j. Bon, Fried; and Albert Larson.
Sydney.
The original incorporators were
Oscar Zimmerman, Ben Gilbertson,
Mac Whipkey. DR.. T. T. Funda. J. D.
Fried, M. c. FredrickS formerly
Freerks). Oscar Berg, A. w. Kelley
E. f. Green, Rev. w. w. A. Eeller. p.
M. Hansen. end r. H. Hamm. zim-
norman presided at the meeting.
Speakers were Hansen. Fredr1cks,
Rev. Keller, Representative w. ].
Flanagan, Russell B. Chase, Suits
man county states attorney. and E.
F.. Greene, candidate for the state
senate.
Although three of the speakers are
candidates for public office, numer-
Gus sighting remarks were made
about "the politicians" and every
such reference brought cheers from
the audience.
Hansen Makes Hints
Hints which almost amounted to
charges that an effort had been made
to use money in order to induce spon-
sors of the removal movement 10
withdraw their petitions and take the
matter off tie ballot were made by
Hansen. He asserted that the WORD
was brought to him that Bismarck
must spend a great deal Of money IN
defending the capital and that ar
ranpements" might be made TO ADJUST
40 matter on q financial basis.
later. he said, q resident Of James,
town came to his office and said ne
had been commissioned by "a certain
croun" to approach Hansen with q
nronosition but that he had spent
three days trying to get up nerve
enough to do so.
The proposition, as stated by Han
sen was alleged to be this: you can
announce to the public that your wife
is III in Florida and that you have
to leave the city. When you 60. IN
meet YOU at the station or at Valley
CITY or at Chicago or any place you
name with q suitcase and the suit
case will be full Of money. was told
to ask If you will do this for $4,000
hut, II you are not willing to do 1t
for that amount am confident the
amount can be raised to four times
that amount"
Greeted With Cheers
Hansen's statement that he refused
the offer was greeted with cheers.
Hansen specified that it was 2
jamestown man who made the offer
and that he had no knowledge IS to
where the money was to come from.
Reviewing the history Of the In
ternal warfare which has divided
Jamestown on the capital removal
issue, Hansen laid 1t to the politicians
and said the initial meeting In
Jamestown at which withdrawal Of
the issue was demanded was attended
by many men who were candidates
for office or for political appoint
ment." He said he based his refusal
on the ground that he had no moral
or legal right to withdraw, asserting
that opponents Of capital removal IN
Jamestown found that political boss
rule was no longer operating and
,n.r they could not force withdrawal
Of the petition for q capital vote"
Referring to the petitions CIR
culated in jamestown last spring
asking elimination Of the issue, Han
sen asserted that many Of the sign-
ers later told him they did not know
what they were signing and that ~
represented on the original petition
asking withdrawal had now shrunk