The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 28, 1931, Page 3

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 193. Recommends That | Body Withdraw Its Election Petitions! t: (Continued from page one) the contest,” Mr. Carr said. “And it idea still is in the minds of the or four prime movers of the capitol removal issue. If it is not, why are they so insistent in forcing the issue to a vote, when it is ap- parent that there is practically. no sentiment for it in the state? And ‘why are they standing out, in the face of the strong demand on the part of the Jamestown citizens that they abandon the project?” Specifically listing his reasons for opposition, Governor Carr declares that ‘Jamestown owes Bismarck, as the state capital, a square deal; that Jamestown has no right to subject the People of the state to the loss that ‘would be sustained by removal of the capital to a new location; tIhat there is no sentiment for a change; that the whole scheme was fostered for political purposes and that the “net result to Jamestown would consist of & feeling of intense bitterness between our own people in Jamestown, and a feeling of bitter resentment and ill- will toward Jamestown on the part of the people of the rest of the state.” Efforts Indefensible “Under the conditions existing in this state now, and with the almost unanimous sentiment of the state ex- pressed against the idea, further ef- forts of the Jamestown group to move the capital, are indefensible.” Closing, Mr. Carr calls upon the people of the state to refrain from Placing responsibility upon James- town as a whole. Citing growing resentment and bit- terness, as expressed in many forms, Mr. Carr urges: “This is, of course, unfair to hun- dreds of Jamestown citizens, unfair to the city’s bysiness interests and in- stitutions, unfair to the city itself. Whatever the thoughts of these citi- zens may have been when the sug- gestion was first made, they have: realized for weeks that there is no sentiment over the state tor removal, and they are just as .“axious that the present situation be weared up with- out the expense and necessity of an election, as are the people over the state generally. “It being evident now that there is) little sentiment for capital removal. the blame must attach to those who are attempting to force the question to a vote for reasons of their own. ‘This group should take, and they will have to take, the full responsibility for the course they are pursuing.” The text of Carr’s statement fol- low.: ‘We are addressing this communica- tion, first, to the people of Stutsman county, and particularly to the peo- ple of Jamestown, and second, to the citizens of North Dakota generally. For nearly three months now the question of the removal of the state capital has agitated the people of this state. The question confronts the people of this state by reason of the filing with the secretary of state, at Bismarck, of certain petitions de- ; manding that the question of amend- ing the state constitution, to change the seat of government from Bis- marck to Jamestown, be submitted to | a vote of the electors of North Dako- ta at a state-wide election. Until now, the writer has largely kept out of the controversy at the re- quest of, and out of consideration for, a large number of old friends in Stutsman county, who were involved on one side or the other of the ques- tion, The writer intended to keep out of the controversy, but the sit- uation has now reached a point where silence ceases to be o virtue. It is time for some one to speak and time to call a halt. In making this statement, the writ- er fully realizes that he will pull the state's ital permanently ¢ we want to say Jamestown that side of Jamestown, and we have yet to meet the first one who expressed the belief that there is the slightest chance to move the state capital. eats being true why prolong the con- The Net Result to Date What has been accomplished to date? Here in Jamestown we have torn our city wide open. We have engendered a bitterenss among the people here, until today fifieadships SPE l 3 g F1gs i i of nearly half a century have been | and strained and broken. Residents of Jamestown are refusing to trade with business houses of which they have been customers for a gencration. Many residents of the community, who have liyed here for 40 or 50 years and who have contributed liberally of their time, money and energy, in building up the community, find themselves called yellow traitors, Benedict Arnolds, Judas Iscariots. bribe takers, and undesirable citizens. And some of these epithets are ap- | Jt plied by persons whose residence. in Saag county has been brief in- More ‘harm has been done to Jamestown in the last three months than can be repaired by all the serv- ice clubs, civic organizations, frater- nal organizations and the Chamber of Commerce, in 25 years. It has di- vided the people of Jamestown into two hostile groups, who will never again work together in the harmony of the past. And all over the state a bitterness against Jamestown has developed that will not disapepar in a generation. The city and its business interests are being boycotted and this feeling is gradually growing worse. This has been the net result tc date. Is it not time that the people of Jamestown should square themselves with the people of the state, end not permit themselves to be drawn fur- ther inio a useless contest that will cost the state of Norh Dakota ap- proximately $100,000 for an election to vote upon an issue that was lost before it was started? Such an elec- tion will cost the tax payers of Stutsman county, approximately $2,- 000, and for what? To satisfy the de- sire of a few people for publicity, and to aid a few other individuais who have personal reasons of thelr own. Why not back up, admit our mis- take and spend our time. money and energy in building up our community, | , instead of in tearing it down? Surely you people of this commun- ity, who came here 50, 60, some of you 70 years ago, and built from a wilderness a splendid community—a community proud of its schools, churches, and other educational in- stitutions, and of the. splendid citi- zenship of its ploneers—do not want to see this community torn apart by bitter internal strife that time will never entirely heal. Surely you do ‘not want the wrath and the resent- ment of the people of the rest of the state directed at you for many years to come. Petitions Should Be Withdrawn The attorney general of th's state holds that the petitions filed with the secretary of state can be with- drawn. They ought to be witndrawn. Instead of arguing that they can’t be withdrawn, an attempt to do so would soon settle the legal question If they are not withdrawn, in all probability attacks will be made in the courts against the validity of the petitions and as to the eligibility of many of the signers; and counter at- tacks will probably be made upon the capitol commission building lew and down upon his head the wrath of @!the whole matter may be tied up in few people who are still seeking to force the question to a vote for rea- sons of their own. In fact, the writ- ‘er has already in his mind a list of those who will make the attack. Well, they can make the most of it, and time will have to tell who was right Hany who was wrong. Sentiment Outside ‘This question of capital removal has received considerable attention from the press and by the people of the state during the last three months. During that period, we think, every newspaper in the state has expressed its opinion at least once and most of them many times. ‘With very few exceptions, the voice of the press of this state has con- demned the proposal in no uncer- tain terms. Thousands of the people of the state also have expressed themselves, in language no less em- phatic than that of the press. Both houses of the legislature of this state have spoken in terms that can not possibly be misunderstood. The five | ® legislative members from Stutsman county have signed a written request to the “Committee for Petitioners” asking that the petitions be with- drawn from the office of the secre- tary of state and that all further ef- fort be abandoned. All of this should indicate the sen- timent of the people of North Dako- ta. If there ever was any scattering sentiment over the state in favor of the proposal, there is practically mone today. There never was very much. And with the filing of the petitions in the office of the secre- tary of state at Bismarck, and the threat to force the issue to an elec- tion, the sentiment over the state has crystallized against the removal idea with an Cran of opinion that is remarkable. ‘The sentiment in Jamestown is far BO enthusiasm big ina ‘and there is much . There never the courts for years to come. And in the meantime more than $100,000,- 000 of investments of school and state funds, and millions of dollars worth of other important state records will have to be kept in insecure vau'ts and safes, subject always to the hazara of destruction by fire. And if this situation arises, James- town and its business and railroad in- terests will have visited upon them the wrath and ill-will of the people kind of a deal that we would have the right to expect if the situation were Teversed, (2) We owe all of the people of the state a square deal. Less than one-third, in value, of the state's property at Bismarck, was destroyed by fire. The state still owns about one million dollars worth of property at Bismarck. We have no right to subject the people of the state Joss which the state would sustain rl adlerntahresdcae g ao Aside from the considerat mentioned above, which to us sufficient in themselves, we there was no real sentiment over state for capital removal and none could be created. This, was sufficient reason for our in the matter, even if there were no other reasons, @ We knew it was originated by three or four persons for political Teasons, “nd this was enough to con- demn it. We knew that, after the fight was over and the smoke of battle had cleared away, the state capital would still be at Bismarck and that the net result to Jamestown would consist of a feeling of intense bitterness between our own people in Jamestown, and a feeling of bitter resentment and ill-will toward on the part of the people at all of the rest of the state. Under the conditions existing in this state now, and’ with the almost unanimous sentiment of the state ex- pressed against the idea, further ef- forts of the Jamestown group to move the capital are indefensible. Question of Responsibility And now we want to direct some brief remarks to the press and to the people over the state generally. ‘We have stated that the press of the state has spoken upon the subject | can and we have noticed during the past by loe- tions us were knew the that also, stand std on reauifes at oF, buslnees, these egrets in: vey times. any ips yk ae nacea, ise mills and pr are obliged to spend many idle hourk ‘Research engineers in the bt bi sxemplined by She me ta ta stainiees bull ; i Copyright by United Publishers’ iptrece of Teonontoe five or six weeks an increasing 'bit- | § terness in the editorial columns. This resentment and bitterness is being at the people of Jamestown as s. whole. This is, of course, unfair to hun- dreds of Jamestown citizens; unfair to the city’s business interests institutions; unfair to the city itself. ‘Whatever the thoughts of these citi- zens may have been when the sugges- tion was first made, they have real- ized for weeks that there was Lol ment over the state for Fre http en eyer = ent situation be cleared up “without the expense and necessity of an elec- tion as are the people over the state generally. We bead that ee papers and the le over the state are fairminded when they know the ia Many of these citizens have vigor- ously opposed the idea from the begin- TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR RENT—Desirable modern un- furnished apartment, electric re- frigerator, gas fire place, private bath, Apply 801 Fifth street. FOR RENT—Very desirable furnish- ed sleeping room in modern home, suitable for two. Phone 1198. FOR SALE—Household furniture in- cluding piano, radio, baby bed, high chair, go cart and miscellaneous articles. 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