The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-18

AOtH VIC n. OASO9ls OlIt 1STmS4 cali.
ed to the executive chair BY supreme
court action. Is not going to get ex-
cited or be stampeded. He made thia
plain Wednesday in conferences with
advisers who discussed with him var
ious phases Of executive policy.
He Is going to obey the law and
make an honest effort to restore res
pect for law and order throughout the
state by setting an example. He made
this plain, too.
For 20 years active In various farm
movements in tho state. Olson Is not
. tyro in politics. He served several
terms In the state senate from Eddy
county and Is Lieutenant governor,
presided over that body at it, last
session. He has one motto to which
he refers in times Of stress and trouble,
It Is use horse sense. It Is good
enough"
As people flocked around him Tues
day night after the courts order had
made him governor, Olson was the
coolest and calmest Of the lot. Many
offered advice, much Of 1t unsolicited.
Olson listened calmly. said little.
When he finally decided to act,
moving to take the national guard
out from under the control Of his
predecessor who still was trying to
act as chief executive, he acted quick
ly and in person. With his own hand
he handed the order to H. A. Bro
copp, acting adjutant general, telling
him to remove the troops from the
capitol building and hold them In the
armory to await his further order.
The fact that Brocopp did not do 70
worried him not one whit. Brocopp
frankly confessed that he was In
quandary as to whom to obey and
Olson made no effort to force i'm
mediate obedience. He was content
to await action by Adjutant General
Earl H. Sarles, Brocopp's superior.
Can BE Determined
But II Sarles fails to obey, It was
made clear, Olson will act quickly.
Refusal or failure by Sarles to take
orders will bring an immediate re-
moval order and Olson will appoint
some one to act In his place. For,
once committed to q course and con-
vinced he Is right, Olson Is immovable.
He proved this last winter during Z
legislative battle, one Of the first big
breaches between him and LANCER.
Twice he made rulings to which
Langerites took exceptions. Twice
appeals were taken from his decisions
and each time he was upheld. He
was pleaded with and cajoled, but he
stood pat. There was no change.
AS acting governor and probably
slated to fill out the unexpired term
to which LANCER was elected, Olson has
one ambition. He made this clear, too.
It Is to restore tranquility to North
Dakota. As q citizen Of the state
he Is sick Of strife and turmoil. He
feels that North Dakota has enough
troubles and difficulties without its
citizens fighting with each other. He
sees cooperation and cohesive action
as Z primary need and, with the de-
termination born Of years Of struggle
In wrestling q living from the soil, he
will fight for that end II necessary.
There Will be no promiscuous use
Of the militia under Olson's regime.
He doesn't favor the use Of force
where anything else viii do. Years OF
cogitation between the corn rows and
on the gang pillow have brought him
to q conviction that reason is the
correct law Of man. i, regards un-
necessary use Of force as childish.
His favoriate comparisons in such
situation are taken from the farm.
An obstreperous man is likened to
balky horse. A belli5 erent individual
Is compared to an enraged hull. Olson
believes in handling such situations
in line with his experience, limited
wholly to farming, politics and the
business Of cooperative enterprises
associated with farming.
Regrets Present Situation
In his heart, Olson makes 1t plain,
he regrets the situation which elevat-
ed him to the governors office. He
Graves no place In the limelight. He
would have preferred that hangers