The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-03-10


SMALL, SPENCER, LEV1Nds
g. BREWER
Uncorporated)
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Falsifying Continues
G. 8. Buck, jamestown attorney, IN
q radio address at Fargo, Monday
afternoon, added materially to the
record Of Justification which prom
Uses to overwhelm the capital remov-
alists at the polls next Tuesday. In
the course of his address, he said:
"The point that We wish to
make ut this time is that the
people Of the territory did not
have any choice in locating the
capital ut Bismarck. When the
territory was divided and the
states Of North and South Da-
kota established the capital for
the first time became the sub
iect Of 4 vote and Bismarck was
j chosen By A SMALL MAJOR
fly"
/ We refer Mr.. Buck to the legisla-
tive manual issued by the state in
1919 which published the vote on the
adoption of the constitution which
placed the seat of government at Bis
marck and the insane asylum at
jamestown. Cast in favor of the
adoption Of the constitution locating
the capital at Bismarck were 27,44l
votes, with SLOT against 1t, or a ma
jority OF 10000 for. Bismarck out of
a total vote Of some $4,000. Whether
that was not q decisive vote Of the
people, the founders and pioneers OF
our beloved state, we willingly leave
to the voters Of this generation who
will march to the polls next Tuesday
and, we earnestly hope, affirm what
their fathers did October l. 1889.
It might be noted in passing that
there were only ~ votes cast in
Stutsman county against Bismarck
for the capital In 1889. Burleigh
county cast only TWO votes against
locating the insane asylum at James
town. October /, 1889.
Mr.. Bucks reputation as lawyer
gives credence to such utterances as
he has seen fit to make over the air
without any basis in fact. He knew
when he uttered the above statement
that he was dealing in lies and seek
ing to deceive the people of the state.
Even local pride and civic loyalty
cannot excuse such a display of de-
ception. Such statement cannot be
credited to ignorance on the part of
Mr.. Buck. He Is a lawyer and should
know better. The fact that man
Of his standing will rise before mi
crophone and utter such untruths is
amazing. It merely indicates the
desperate straits in which the pro-
ponents OF jamestown find them
selves.
The rest of his address is puerile.
He seeks to cite the removal Of the
territorial seat Of government from
Yankton to Bismarck as an issue in
this contest. This state owes a debt
to the founders of North Dakota for
bringing the territorial seat of gov
eminent to Bismarck. Citizens of this
city took leading part in that con-
test and to have a jamestown attor-
ney seek to belittle that victory is
vicious attack upon his own COM
monwealth and the founders of the
state, many Of whom have gone to
their final reward.
But there are more "Buckisnls, !"
equally as false.
He said, with a pious infection in
his voice:
"When the capitol building
burned in December, 1880.
movement was started, ALMOST
SPONTANEOUSLY and WITH
OUT ULTERIOR MOTIVE"
The jamestown removal movement
was conceived and born in a spirit
OF Interior motive and vandalism.
Mr.. Buck knows this and ignores it
Just Is smoothly as he does the cleo
ton figures Of October !, 1889. when
the people Of the sovereign state Of
North Dakota. by an overwhelming
vcte, located the seat Of government
at Bismarck and the insane asylum
1t jamestown.
Buck seeks. by insinuation and in
ueudo, 70 tell the voters Of the state
tl1at Il win be cheaper to operate the
state government ct Jamestown than
q bismarck. This Is more piffle.
IT. the cost Of operating the state
aa1rn at Jamestown. The unit cost
1or 1lhat institution i no less than
Ia GCher state institutions. and Mr.
Brnk ahou1d know that. II James
ten cannot make any better show
In 0cGn ! cost standpoint In run
ii tn great state institution II
new laas, the largest in the state
fri ~ investment standpoint. how
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