The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-25
B0n1bast, Ballyh00
Reaching Crescend0
State Campaign Nears Close
and Voters Prepare to Give
Verdict at Polls
FRAZIER BILL IS EXCITING
Attracts More Attention From
Voters Than Any Other
Single Issue
Only few more days of bombast

Only a few more days of bombast
and ballyhoo!
Then. quietly, some 100000 North
Dakotans will 60 to the polls to vote
their convictions in what has been a
relatively colorless campaign.
Generally speaking, the political
meetings have not been well attended.
More voters have attended the rallies
under Nonpartisan league auspices
than have gathered at those staged
by the I. v. A. and Real Republicans.
The voters have not been aroused
on any of the issues propounded.
They have gotten more excited and
have shown more interest in the Fra
zier farm bill than any other single
issue. It has been hard for them to
follow Governor Skaters eulogies of
President Hoover and regular Repub-
licanism. Reports have come that
some farmers have actually bolted
Shafer meetings as the governor has
defended the policies of the white
house.
Second to the Frazier bill, the farm
ers have become deeply interested in
tax reduction. Discussion of the mil
lions of bonded indebtedness saddled
upon North Dakota by I. v. A. re-
gimes to perfect their great political
machine, has been another significant
trend of the campaign. It has not
been hard to keep the record clear
and place the responsibility for high
taxes directly where the blame be-
longs.
The campaign has most certainly
established that point beyond doubt
or cavil.
Nepotism in all it's ugly and unfair
ramifications has been developed by
the opposition to the administration
effectively. The I. v. A. orators on
the hastings have not attempted to
answer the charge and the various
members of the same families cling
to the same I. v. A. payroll.
No one can tell how far the nepotic
tendencies of the I. v. A. regime will
influence the voters. Such a situa-
ton defeated Senator Brookhart, not
the fact that he insurged against
Hoover, as those behind Skaters can
didacy for senator seek to infer. In
these days of economic Stringency and
unemployment the spectacle of pub
lie office filled with members of the
same family inks more than under
normal conditions. A few years ago,
when jobs were plentiful. little atten-
ton was paid to such a condition.
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There has been much said about
bond sales by the I. v. A. campaign
orators and strategists. Here again
no point has been made out. The
Nonpartisan insurance commissioner
has declared that the Bank of North
Dakota closed its doors to him when
he sought to buy state bonds. He
pointed also to the fact that the
workmen's compensation board, domi-
mated by the I. v. A. party, handles
it's bond transactions exactly as the
insurance commissioner does. In fact,
the League has refrained from call
ing up certain bond sales under a
former I. v. A. administration which
make present bond transactions pink
tea affairs. It is just as we'll to leave
that late unpleasantness in darkness.
r. A. Nestos has almost retired from
the political stage although he lifts
his resonant voice in behalf Of his
old allies from time to time.
On the bond issue fracas any fair
minded voter must give the round to
the Nonpartisans. They have been in
the bond market so seldom compared
to the I. v. A. that their sins OF COM
mission or omission are much less Sc
rious.
In its more general aspects, the
campaign now ending has had many
complications. These present political
factors of a puzzling nature and make
it hard for the seasoned political ex-
perts to forecast what the verdict Is
going to be.
Two contests hold the spotlight.
The one for the United States sena-
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