The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-20
CONVICTED OFFICIAL .
MAINTAINS SILENCE
But FRIENDS SPEAK
.Thofesen AssaiIs Opponent In
Speech at Mott; Raps
Economy Claim
DECLARES HIM 'ChlSELER'
Asserts Levy on Funds to Ale.
viats Human Misery Shown
IN Federal Trial
DECLARES HIM 'cHIsELER'

Conviction Of william LANCER, then
governor, on = federal felony charge
became the leading issue In the Re-
publican primary election campaign
Tuesday night.
LANCER himself was silent, saying he
could not properly discuss the case,
although he had done 50 without re-
straint prior to his trial and con-
viction.
T. H. Thoresen, Nonparttsan candi-
date for the Republican guberna-
torial nomination, raised the issue Ia
an address at Mott, however, in which
he labelled LANCER q "chiseler Of,
funds appropriated by the federal
government for the alienation Of hu-
man misery"
Asserting 1t Is q serious matter
when the governor Of . state Is
brought before the bar Of justice and
convicted after 4 fair trial, T11oreseu
said hangers candidacy Is question:
able and called upon the people Of the
state to rid themselves 'of that type
Of public Official
hangers claim. made In federal
court, that the Nonpartisan League
owed him I'll 900 and that he was
thereby justified in taking $4,000
from funds collected for ''Ihe Lead
err was declared BY Ihoresen g nc
titious."
Should Have known It
Thoresen was the Nonpartisan can
didate for governor In 1928, the year
LANCER claimed to have acquired the
mortgage" on the League which was
foreclosed In 1888.
THE man We are speaking OF has
had checkered political career and
his candidacy In 1852 was very ques-
tionable to most people," Thoreoen
said. 1T Is q matter Of record that
the endorsement he received ut that
time was just as fictitious a. the claim
he now makes that the Nonpartisan
League owes him money
This was taken Is . shot ut the
manner Of hangers endorsement by
the Nonpartisan convention In 1852
when q tie was broken by the casting
OF vote for LANCER by man who
was not legally qualified to sit In the
convention. This has often been dig
cussed In Nonpartisan circles since
that time.
Attacking hangers claims Of econ
omy, Thoresen said the taxpayers
had every right to expect economy IN
view Of conditions existing when
LANCER took office, but that LANCER
had spent lavishly Of this states
money to build for himself what he
believed to be . political machine.
designed only for the purpose Of SELF
perpetuation In office and to fitch
from state employees additional funds
with which to enrich his personal
bank account"
DO We want IN executive like that,
or do we want one who will honestly
and conscientiously guard the funds
Of this state and make the tax burden
lighter for its people?" he inquired.
Langerites Ars hitter
In contrast with LAnger's silence,
fellow candidates on the ticket With
him thrust verbal barrageg against the
tide Of public opinion, appealing TO the
electorate to withhold judgment de-
spite the verdict Of the jury.
Most outspoken Of these Was q. L.
Burdick, aspirant for o Republican
congressional nomination. IN q speech
at Grand Forks he asserted that Fed
eral Judge Andrew Miller wAs unfair
both In the conduct Of the trial and