The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-09

reason-for such . deplorable oondi-
ton was the fact that such state
officials rs Berta Z Baker, Robert
Byrne, 8. A. Olsness. John HUSKY, Al
fred Dale, Fay Harding, and g. w. Nc
Donnell considered It extortion and
racketeering. They told their employ.
es that they could ''chip In" II they
wanted to do 50, but that there would
be no pressure brought on them. The
Governor doesn't know Of course that
the minute he got" Wen1el out Of the
Workmen's Compensation Bureau the
employees signed up 1000 to pay their
five per cent. It didn't strike him as
peculiar that they hadn't been In the
scramble to give away part Of their
salary until Bill LANCER got control,
and that Immediately they came as
flowers In the spring, Offering their
blooms to the cause OF beauty.
Facing West, the Governor Is the
man Of onnipotent wisdom. and un-
fatlingly correct action. Has he ever
made mistake? Such q suggestion
Is not silly, but reasonable. What
happened to HUSKY, Olsness. Byrne,
Olson, and others who foolishly diff
fered with the High and Unfailing
Mighty? All at once they are not Nom
partiSans any more, but have sold out
to the railroads, telephone companies,
and big Biz. After all the years they
have stood for Nonpartisan policies
thru thick and thin, to think that
these men would fall by the wayside at
this most inopportune time. At least
they could have done 1t In q smooth,
(what shall we call this-Oh, yes)
Langerian manner. They they could
have worked underhandedly and gain
ed even better results, at the same
time pretending to fight the good old
fight with, Governor Bill. Yes, we can
only label these n1iscreants as bung-
lers. They didn't agree with the Gov
ernor and foolishly had the courage
to stand BY their guns. and now The
Leader. which the Governor hardly
knows anything about, mows them
down with . whitening fire for the
good Of dear old North Dakota. e
only regret that I cannot write North
Dakota" with the quivering emotion
that our honest Bill LANCER, Governor
Of the State Of North Dakota. can in
ject into the pronouncing Of the name
Of our glorious State.)
am for the Democrats. The other
day the. Governor said that the good
old Democrats asked him to run for
them, too. You know. sort Of an ath-
lete. All the schools are trying to get
him to run for them. It Is sort Of
funny, too, the way the Governor has
berated them. But then. Democrats
are sensible people and they just
couldn't help but see that LANCER was
the Apostle Of North Dakota. and
were glad to throw over their chances
Of electing real Democrat, to altruis-
tically put In the best man for the job.
Still. sort Of funny, for, II you talk to
any OF the Democrats you will find
that they are hoping against hope
that LANCER will be nominated on the
Republican ticket, because they don't
believe there Is any question Of their
being able to beat LANCER. OF course
theylre silly, but they believe they can
show the people Of North Dakota that
LANCER Is not all he looks like In his
photographs; that maybe he would
look IKE the Big Bad Wolf II you saw
him real close, and that he has been
talking to Little Red Riding Hood
with hts nightie on when he talks ia
you over the radio.
Il such were the case we viii have
to forgive q lot. for didn't the Cover.
nor ex{pu the virtues Of tho deas
mothers Of the State, laud the ''old
pioneers" who builded the destinies
Of our state. ETC., in every radio talk
Some old meanies even say that he
was laying 1t on pretty thick to lull
such mobiles Of nature to sleep SO they
couldn't see the Big Bad Wolf when
he jumped out Of bed to 'eat you up,
my darling"
Have you heard about Ole Lllnd the
Auditor for the State Board Of Audi
tors? Well there IS simply no ques-
ton but that he is q mighty bad in
fluence to have around among the un-
suspecting founders Of our State. He
has made friendly audits.' The
Governor says 50 himself. Now for
goodness sakes don't disagree with the
Governor or you are In for q manufac-
rured history Of your past, present, and
future, and this all to be printed In
The Leader which will hear about how
you disagreed with the Governor from
some unknown source. We know the
Governor would never tell the Leader
to castigate anyone. for that wouldn't
be nice, and then you might be q
pioneer or q mother. But anyway,
by strange coincidence, Ole Lund has
been making audits for q long time
ana this Is the first time he has been
accused Of that crime, 50 you will have
to credit Bill for thinking up . new
idea during his two-year term. Evil
IDENTIFY Ole Lund got good and scared
Of what Bill LANCER was going to do
to him. because after reading his last
report on the State Mill and Elevator,
don't believe there Is any way you
could charge Ole Lund with giving .
friendly audit. No Sir. Bill just scared
that report right out Of Ole.
OF one thing am sure, namely that
Bill LANCER Is almost the unanimous
choice Of the people for Governor to
succeed himself. Didn't the regular
conventions, precinct and county en-
dorse him almost 1000. OF course
there are those doubters and scoffers
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