The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-19
Senators Speeches Make Start
ling Disclosures, Urge
Noodles Election


Noodles Election
With Senator Gerald p. Nye agai
on the stump In this campaign, at
lacking the record of the LANCER ad
ministration and supporting Demo
cratic Thomas H. Noodle for COVER
nor and James H. Sinclair for con
gress. 1t is interesting to note the ex
PLANTATION Of Nye,s position as con
tanned in excerpts from his speech
eS.
These excerpts, as prepared by tn
senator and distributed to North Da
kota newspapers, follow:
LANCER gave US q moratorium ant
saved many Of our homes! It i
surprising to a lot of folks to fint
that the moratorium and our home
are as secure now with LANCER on
as with LANCER in, and this withou
the national guard constantly on tn
go. Yet, great many good people
feel that Langer's moratorium over
shadows all the things which arr
leveled at the LANCER machine in tn
way Of charges. We are told that ths
charges of graft and corruption are
OF such little consequence that they
ought not be listened to.
Had $4,000 Income
So intense are some people in thei,
defense of Langerism that they rally
to the contribution Of funds to the
LANCER Defense Fund in the face Of
Mr.. hangers own testimony to the
effect that his income last year was
at least $4,000. No one pretends tt
know how much income he Is en-.
joying this year, but it is safe to esti.
mate that it is sufficient to afford the
ordinary man feeling Of great secur.
ity against bills Of grocers, lawyers ane
courts.
Part of the LANCER income of las,
year affords an interesting study
Elaborate funds are raised ostensibly
for the purpose Of supporting thu
North Dakota Leader. It developed
that at least $4,000 of these fund.
were diverted to the personal &C.
count OF Mr.. LANCER. Lars Siljan
LANCER campaign manager in May
published his explanation Of this
diversion. He said that the transfer
OF the funds was for strategic rea.
sons." Imagine his CONSERVATION
when LANCER himself, under oath, de.
clared that this was money which the
Nonpartisan League owed LANCER anc
that he had only collected a righteous
debt! Nonpartisans never knew tina,
the League owed LANCER penny. Nc
executive committee Of the League
had ever been presented bill fol
anything owing LANCER. The con.
sternation, too, Of the managers Of
the Leader must have been sight
to behold! Evidently the Leader
paid the bill wholly unmindful Of
the fact that there was a moratorium
on, which would protect them against
the forced payment Of any such bill
for $4,000. Indeed 1t required "strat-
egg" to collect this debt"
Raises Question
There Is of record testimony con.
eerning the investments Of Mr.. Ian.
ger in the grain market during that
period when he. LANCER, was moving
embargces against the shipment OF
grain from the state to increase grain
prices. Was there any relationship
between his market investments and
his embargoes?
OF course it's small stuff, but II
ought to be remembered that Lam
ger made a good fellow of himself
last year when he personally" ad-
vanoed $500 to make 1t possible fol
the North Dakota Legion to take its
crack band to the national conven-
ton. Now 1t develops that the good
fellow was not LANCER at all but the
people Of the state who contributed to
the LANCER Leader funds. More
strategy"
How much was raised by assess
ment, subscriptions. advertising and
contributions for the Leader ought
to be answered by state investi-
eating committee which at the same
time would ascertain how much OF
this was raised In direct violation, not
Of federal, but of state law. Much
Of 1t was so raised.
The assessment racket was not
confined to state employees. Bust
ness institutions which were ac-
commodated by the LANCER admin
istration were made to kick In with
their assessments too. The case OF
the Lehigh Briquetting plant is one
In point. This institution. whose sue
cuss means so much to the industrial
future Of our state. was given small
loan last fall by the Bank Of North
Dakota. The loan was amply secured
and drew profitable rate of inter-
est. But, In addition, the administra-
ton demanded and secured an assess
ment OF five per cent against the
wages OF those who were employed in
the Briquetting companys plant at
Lehigh. Such program would ulti-
mately bring the state to a point
where 1t would accommodate no one
unless they, in return. agreed to kick
in an assessment to help support q
newspaper, pay personal debts, and
do the other necessary things in
maintaining . well-oiled political
machine.
Blasts LANCER Economy
The economy practices Of the Lam
ger administration have been a sight
to behold! From April /, 1888 ia
July 20, 1884. the receipts of the state
Regulatory Department were $24l 900
During the same period the expense
Of running this department was $20l.-
600. It was quite likely that if the
administration could have had the
balance Of its term in which to oper-
ate, they could easily have balanced
this budget. Whereas So per cent OF
the funds needed to meet the relief
needs in North Dakota are required to
administer these funds, In the con-
duct Of the now abandoned office OF
Beer Commissioner the cost OF ad-
ministration and collection represent.
n per cent Of the whole income. Tt
be sure. you can't build a politica,
machine II you are going to be SC
strict in your economies that place
can't be made for twenty beer com.
missioners to do job that three meu
do In our more populous neighbo,
state Of Minnesota. This is Just q
little more Strategy" Then again
what's this compared with the mora.
torium-a moratorium 6 effective
Under Governor Nlsnsa xuifho,,t +hn -