The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 30, 1916, Page 5

J. C. MILLER, Souris For Representative Twenty-eighth District A. J. HUSO, Northwood For Representative Fifth District HESE AR THOMAS PENDRAY Jamestown, for Senator Twenty-third District THE NONPARTISAN LEADER FIVB WM. JAMES DREW, Ardock C. J. LEE, Valley City For Representative For Representative . Fourth District Fifteenth District THE ME List of Legislative Candidates Indorsed by League Conventions---They’re Nonpartisan HE LEADER herewith presents to the members of the Non- I partisan League the list, nearly complete, of the men whom their conventions have indorsed for state senators and representatives. These are the men who must make up the membership of the 1917 legislature if the people of North Dakota are to be freed from oppressive laws and government in the interest of Big Business. That is the work to which the farmers of the state have set themselves and they can not now turn back. The path lies straight ahead. ' These men must be nominated and elected through the regular process provided by the state laws, which recognize party affilia- tions and provide for party primaries. 4 The League itself is NONPARTISAN. Its purpose is to dis- regard party lines in the selection of its candidates, but it must recognize these party definitions in the nomination and election of its candidates because of the provisions of the state laws. The men in this list were not nominated on a bi-partisan or uni-partisan or tri-partisan basis, but on a NONPARTISAN BASIS. That means that the question of a man’s party affiliation DID NOT ENTER INTO HIS SELECTION AT ALL. ’ : THE LEAGUE DELEGATES, MEETING IN THE VAR- IOUS DISTRICTS, CHOSE THE MEN WHOM THEY CON- SIDERED BEST FITTED TO REPRESENT THEM IN THE LEGISLATURE, WITHOUT ASKING OR CARING WHAT THEIR PARTY STATUS WAS. : NATIONAL PARTY POLITICS HAVE NOTHING WHAT- EVER TO DO WITH STATE AFFAIRS. The question of whe- ther a man is a Republican or a Democrat or a Bull Mooser or a Socialist is of no more importance with respect to his candidacy for state office or the legislature than the question of what church. he attends or the question whether he wears whiskers or goes clean shaven. s 3 - ) The only bearing it has is that the party affiliation must be noticed in order that he may be regularly nominated-at the pri- maries according to the law of the state. Some of these men are Republicans and some Democrats. ‘No effort was made to favor either one of these two parties and no effort was made to strike a balance between them so as to play the game in a “bipartisan” way. The League members were not play- ing the old-fashioned political game. They were simply picking out - " the men whom they knew to be the best material for these offices. ' WHAT DID THEY LOOK FOR IN THEIR CANDIDATES? THEY. LOOKED FOR HONESTY, FIRST OF ALL. THEY NAMED MEN THEY COULD TRUST. THEY LOOKED FOR SINCERE DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE OF THE MEN WHO DO THE WORK AND PAY THE ; 4-CHRIST LEVAG, ‘Adams FRANK RIBA, Geneseo CHAS. F. SCHICK, Lark = JOHN N. HAGAN, Deering CHAS. A. BELL, Medina A . et % For Representative - Thirtieth District . For Representative resentative : AR g ‘Thirteenth District . Third District - TAXES OF THE STATE. THEY ARE TIRED OF THE SLIP- PERY TRICKS OF PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS. THEY LOOKED FOR GOOD, HARD, COMMON SENSE. THEY NAMED MEN WHO KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN AFFAIRS AND HAVE THE BALANCE AND BRAINS NOT TO BE CHEATED AND TO MAKE COSTLY BLUNDERS WHEN THEY GET DOWN TO BISMARCK. These delegates did their work faithfully and well, as you will recognize simply by reading the names of the men who were nom- inated in your community. These arc good men. They are more than good men; they are excellent men. IN THE CHARACTER AND STANDING OF THE MEN NOMINATED. THIS IS A BETTER LIST OF NOMINATIONS THAN HAS EVER BEEN PUT FORWARD BY ANY POLIT- ICAL PARTY OR ANY FACTION IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. ; THEY ARE YOUR MEN. THE LIST IS THE WORK OF YOUR DELEGATES. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE PROUD OF THEM. Here is what a paper which has been hostile to the League (no doubt from misunderstanding its purpose) said of the candidates named in its district: : - “THEIR REPUTATIONS ARE SUCH THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ELECTED ANY TIME THEY CHOSE TO SEEK THE OFFICE, WHETHER THEY WERE INDORSED BY ANY LEAGUE OR NOT.” That’s the kind of men who have been DRAFTED FOR THE PEOPLE’S SERVICE by this great movement of the people of North Dakota which has crystallized in the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political league. They are the kind of men who would scorn to take public office for private gain. THE CONVENTIONS HAVE DONE THEIR PART. THE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE NOW MUST DO THEIRS. THESE CANDIDATES MUST BE PLACED UPON THE OF- FICIAL BALLOTS THROUGH NOMINATION BY THE MEM- BERS OF THE PARTIES IN WHICH THEY HAVE REGIS- TERED. : e Here is the list. It is submitted with pride in a duty well done by faithful and conscientious members of the League. (Note:. The political affiliation of EISTR{;CT 1, l;;maina cfiuntyl.t-— the candidates, the office sought and enry (eiger, K., Rep,, Hamilton. the candidate’s address are given be- 3y - Q'Connor, D., Rep., Neche. R Wm. Pleasant, D., Rep., Akra. low. The abbreviations mean: DISTRICT 2, part of Ward co“myé ; : S : isti f townships 154, 155 = “S”, Socialist; “Rep.”, representative; ship 157 of ranges 84, 85, 86 and 87; “Sen.” senator.) - - township 158 of range 87; town- - For Representative s For Representative «Thirty-fourth District Twenty-third District