The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-26
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Political HulabalOO!
(Glen Ullin NeWs)

These days We hear and read po-
litical bunk galore! One seems worse
than the other and out of this we
gather that the coming political "gaff"
handed out will lead to one of the
hardest fought battles between office
seekers in the history of the state.
On one side We have the officials,
elected by the voters, repudiating
Windy Bill LANCER and doing every
thing in their power to keep Bill from
|entrenching himself in the governors
chair again. Their claims are that
they realize the mistake they and
their party made when they backed
Bill in the last election and give no.
tice that it is up to them to see to
1t that it won't happen again.
On the other hand we have Gov
Bill LANCER and his long line Of per-
scnally appointed officials doing some
wild scrambling to repeat the last
elections results. LANCER and his
henchmen have been braying all over
the state. ever since Bill took office,
with view towards the ultimate per-
petuation in office OF Bill. And not
being satisfied with Just ranting to
North Dakota citizens and voters. Bill
also fitted all over these United
States telling the rest of the states
what wonderful governor he is and
mas been. Whether these out-of-state
jaunts have helped to convince North
Dakotans Of the competence Of Bill is
still to be proven.
Yes, this coming campaign is going
to be something that will call for the
continued wearing Of the proverbial
"gas mask" The continual political
stencil from now until the verdict is
rendered by the voters at the general
election, in the fall, is bound to send
many Woodworking politicians into
oblivion.
Whether our five-per-cent governor
has rendered such valuable service
to the taxpayers Of the state. that it
should merit him warming the chair
for another term will be up to the
voters to determine.
In all his speeches. Bill adroitly
always fails to mention the five per
cent extortion from state employees or
give the true facts about the deplor-
able faults Of other officials, in state
as we'll as national, but never once
admits his own shortcomings. We
all know they have been sufficient to
merit mention In many instances.
In one ranting spell over the radio
the other night he stated that he was
running the state and expected to
continue to do so. And all these years
we thought that any state official was
supposed to be representative Of his
people. But according to his rawlings
the people are only here to see to II
that he is being served. When any
state official gets to the stage where
he wants to run the state government
on his own, 1t Is time for . change
alright.
It has been the lament Of the other
elected officials that Bill has failed
to consult them on any matter ant
in many cases went over their heads
Even President Roosevelt, to whom
Windy Bill couldn't hold even the
smallest candle, has surrounded him.
self with master minds. and ct ne
time, even dropped the slightest him
that he had any idea that he wa.
running the country on his own. Bu'
here comes Windy Btu LANCER, acci'
dental governor Of our fair state
making the statement that he Is doing
the running Of North Dakota. What
about all the other men elected t<
office by the voters OF the state:
Are they not the ones selected by tn,
people to run their respective depart
ments, without interference from any
dictatorial. egoistic governor?
II Bill would only forget his ego ant
work for the people, who elected him
he would receive his due respect which
he 50 direly Graves.