The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-09-10
GOVERNOR DECLARES
ONLY INTEREST is
TO PRESENT truth
Not a Candidate for Any Office,
Executive Tells Enthusi.
astic Meeting
IS PRAISED FOR COURAGE
1000 Attend Speaking Pro-
gram; Candidates Promise
to End Graft in State
is PRAISED FOR COURAGE

Governor Ole H. Olson, lifelong
Republican, took the field for the
Democratic state ticket in an address
at political rally at the Big Bend
Of the Missouri river, in Mercer
county, Sunday afternoon.
At the same time, he emphasized
that he is not q candidate for any
office and does not expect to be,
thereby setting at rest rumors that
his name might appear in the indie
pendent column on the ballot ct the
fall election.
After making q speech outlining the
condition Of the state government,
Olson asked the privilege Of making
On announcement just as the meeting
closed. In it he asserted that some
might ask how It was that he was
appearing at Democratic meeting.
The answer, he said. Is that he Is In
terested in getting to the people the
truth about their state government
and Is glad to accept any invitations
which will enable him to do 80. II
the Republican opponents Of the
Democrats want to invite him to come
tc their meetings and tell the truth,
he will be glad to do 20, he said.
Over 1000 Attend
The Olson speech was the highlight
o. the first Democratic rally held IN
Mercer county In many years and the
biggest in the county'8 history. APP
p1oximately 1000 persons attended the
picnic, despite rain early in the day.
About $50 Of these. including women
with babies on their arms, stood for
nearly three hours to hear the speak
ing program, since there was nothing
on which they could sit except the
damp ground.
Lending interest to the occasion
were the Beulah band and the Beu-
lsh Boy Scout drum and Bugle corps.
each Of which played several numbers.
r. o. Cent?, Mercer county Demo-
cratic chairman, arranged the meet
Ing and John Moses, Hazen, Demo-
cratic candidate for attorney general,
presided. Those who spoke In addi-
ton to Olson were Henry Holt, Demo-
cratic senatorial candidate and w. y.
Lynch, candidate for congress.
Emphasizing their agreement with
Olson's acts since becoming governor.
a; the Democratic candidates praised
his courage and the manner in which
he has handled q difficult situation
and pledged that the Democrats. Il
elected, would pursue the same prin>
ciples Of fairness and honesty in gov
eminent which he has espoused, con-
tinuing the effort to drive graft and
racketeering out Of the state gov
eminent.
Olson, pointing out that he has
farmed in North Dakota for 70 years,
said he had never known times 50
discouraging Is during the last few
years when incomes were insufficient
t. keep farm families In comfort or
to pay taxes. Low prices and crop
failures have blasted hopes and wiped
out advances Of the past. he said, un-
til It Is small wonder that farmers
were willing TO grasp ct anything to
save their homes.
Explains Improved Moratorium
Asserting that the moratorium de-
clared by him Is better than the one
declared by his predecessor, Olson
emphasized that 1t Is not ION today
and off tomorrow" For illustration
he mentioned q farmer near Fessen-
den who was moved off the farm on
which he had lived for q years and
was restored to 1t by Olson and other
members Of the holiday association.
At that time, Olson said, he saw let
ter saying, II wash my hands Of the
whole deal" The letter. he inferred.
was written by LANCER and lifted the
moratorium with regard to the FORE
closure In question.
His moratorium, Olson said, protects
honest people who cannot pay their
debts and not those who have the
money but do not want to pay. It
recognizes. he said, that the creditor
can sometimes be In worse shape than
. dishonest debtor.
Seeing q CLINT Of silver through the
economic clouds. Olson said the farm
ers may not be entirely blameless for
their situation because they had not
always cooperated rs they might have
done. Instead Of uniting In their own
interests, he said, they had sometimes
permitted themselves to be misled.
His comment was maybe the depres-
sion had to come to wake Us up"
Asserting that the clique which he
succeeded In office had accused him. .
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