The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-02-24
Commercial Body
Has Bitter Fight
On Removal Issue
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Continued from page One,
Of the issue will add to the force of
capital removal opposition. Stutsman
county and JameStownS working
class, farmers and railway men are
behind the move to shift the state
house from Bismarck to Jamestown
For the jamestown chamber to
take neutral stand would be to
ALLEVIATE these same farmers, laborers
and railway men,"
The removal proponents opened the
fireworks with a resolution by Zim-
norman asking the chamber reaffirm
its 1891 position and work actively for
capital removal until March IS, date
Of election.
Kroeze Leads Defense
B. H. Kroeze, president Of James,
town college, fired the opening salvo
for the removal campaign opponents
and continued to bear the brunt Of
the attack for the committee OF 81"
through verbal tits with score or
more of removal followers.
Continue the removal efforts il
you wish.' he said. Let your James,
town for Capital club go ahead with
its plans, let it solicit funds. but keep
the chamber out Of the fight.
THE chamber in adopting its 1892
budget provided for no capital re-
moval project. Directors OF the
chamber, in session Saturday. by a
vote Of five to three determined to
make the chamber neutral.
ITO vote here tonight to throw the
chamber back into the fight would be
to repudiate those directors. to de-
mand their resignation.
Every man IS entitled to his own
opinion. I am entitled to mine. Be-
cause I signed petition asking that
the campaign be halted is no indica-
ton that myself and so other James
town business men with Jamestown's
best interests at heart should be bull
dozed.
Charges have been flying about
this very room tonight that the COM
mittee has been bought. that political
pressure has been brought to bear
Il know Of no money entering the
hands OF this group Of 81. No po-
litical pressure has been brought to
bear on me. And do not believe any
pressure has been brought to bear
against other signers.
Issues Challenge
Come out from behind the smoke
screen of allegations. Prove your
statements Of money passing hands
and political pressure" he charged
the removal group.
Friends and foes alike were agreed
on measures attempting to save the
chamber from crashing on the re-
moval issue.
With this objective Rev w. w.
Keller, one of the original committee
OF five to present the petitions calling
for initiation Of the measure at the
March Is primary. made i substitute
mittee to solicit funds for the removal
campaign.
But as speakers from the two fac
tons quibbled over meaning Of the
resolution he withdrew it.
Argument arose as to whether the
1881 decision Of the chamber to back
the capital removal proposal contin-
ued to hold in 1882.
Capital removal hackers claimed
the resolution was still in effect de-
spite the fact that the 1882 organiza-
ton meeting failed to reaffirm the
proposal. Opposed were foes Of re-
moval.
After sharp argument the chair
ruled the proposal was In effect.
Capital removal forces were In q
peculiar spot" as one Of their num-
Der persisted In the substitute pro-
pcsal for the committee to be named.
Voting on the substitute would auto
natically kill the original motion, the
chair ruled, and give removal foes
their objective "a neutral stand by
the chamber on removal.
Complaining the situation further
o. A. Amundson, against removal, re-
fused to withdraw his second to Rev
Mr.. Keller,s motion.
Amundson in his appeal to thu
sroup urged that the judgment Of the
directors Of the chamber be upheld
10 throw the chamber into the figh,
after the directors. the leaders In thu
Jamestown business body, voted for 9
neutrality policy would be tanta-
mount 70 demanding their resignA'
tim, no charged.
out Of the situation Hansen
broueht forward his proposal which
aitor argument the chair recognized
Makes hitter Charges
Herbert Lyon brought bitter charge