The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 27, 1916, Page 2

—_— 9 SYKESTON RESENTS SLURS | We have moticed lately ‘that the | Fargo Courier-News has devoted much time and attention to | knocking the Farmers’ ‘Nonpar- ' | | | tisan League. We wish to em- phatically call their attention to the fact that Sykeston had rep- resentatives @t ‘the ‘convention and all of them -are highly re- spected citizens of this vicinity, and are not'a bunch of “Grafters” as they are called ‘by the ‘Courier- | News. The League is:composed | of good honest, farsighted men i | and as whole the League is the best friend the farmer has.— SYKESTON NEWS. : r——---u-—oo0 R. H. GRACE PRAISED The Nonpartisan convention at Fargo nominated séme mighty clean and able men on their ticket, and among them is R.H. Grace of Mohal] who was nominated for the supreme bench of the state of North Dakota. Mr. Grace is-a lawyer of exceptional ability, is a great student ‘and reader, and is an orator of note—MINOT MESSENGER. FOES ARE INCONSISTENT The enemies of the Nonpartisan League accuse the organization of every crime in the catalogue of course, byt also make the one charge that seems strange. These big-interest papers accuse the League of lining up - with the liquor element, notwith- standing the fact that the League has endorsed for attorney general Wm. Langer of Mandan, who has jumped "~ .—into_state fame through his activity in prosecutmg the violators of the liquor laws in Morton county, of which county he is state’s attorney. —CAR- RINGTON RECORD. WHY POLITICIANS HOWL In 2ll the mewspaper “clash” the writers see to it that the farmers are given a gentle pat on the back for wanting to get laws enacted that be of benefit to them but they are told that they must not organize-in ‘'order to-do so. We recall a few of the politi- cians looking for honors in ‘the state who thought that the League was all’ right until they found out that they could not get control, and then the howl went up that it was all wrong. ‘Whether right or wrong, the prin- ciples of the League look good ‘to the farmer and it is results he wants rather than the controel of a state po- litliflc\?VlS machine—DUNN - COUNTY The Nonpartisan League meeting at Minot last Friday was well attend- ed by a large gathering of farmers and .also many business nien. The interest was heightened by the fact that the League now has reached the point where it is -an active factor in - politics. Among the speakers were some “of ‘the candidates for state offic- ers who are nominated or indorsed by the League. Lynn Frazier, the candi- date for ‘governor, was one of the speakers and seemed to-make a very favorable impression. te tone of the address was plain and business like ‘throughout. —DONNYBROOK COURIER. I LEAGUE NOW FACTOR g 2 r———y ‘BEST POSSIBLE TIMBER | . 'The Neonpartisan League con- | vention was held at Fazgo ‘on Friday aomd Snmdqy 81 and Ap¥il 1. The de ~€lest- el & complete . stfle m‘ket and oo S ot o ‘the gestitns for most of ‘the pocrfixms they. spared o . paing to ‘Semire the best possible 'amber ior “the various offices. Thewe | : 3 | hckétb}emllmfleétedof hwith the | possible -ex on ‘of ‘the'govern- - or, and ‘thére may be one or two -other offices “that the . Leagwe . ticket will not be able ‘to fill, The reason _for ‘this is ‘mot . thst the men. selected by the Lespue are not, conipetent sill wiorthy. of the office, but lies chiZfly i the fact that they are not Enown to | the majority of the voters of the | state like some of the otherican- | didates - for theSe offices. How- /| ever, if the League ~members l stick together and work for their candidates they may . be able to- l elect the entire ticket for it wild certainly be to their interest to. | do so and we hope they may see I .| the importance of . sticking to- ;| gather. --DAZF'Y CO‘\IMERCIAL | —_— 'thew:cytmns of ‘this Scorqs of honest ‘and independent newspapers all ‘over the state have in- dorsed ‘the Lieague and are supporting its candidates. ¥You wouldn’t know ‘it if you read only the ‘Gang press, which is ‘doing its best ‘to credte the impression that the country ‘papers all ‘echo ‘the machinesmade contmentsof the few daily pitblications which have been hired to oppose the League. The Leader staff has been reading the comment on the League in all the state papers and finds those which sympathize with the League and are friendly to its candidates = heavily ‘in the majority. The favorable conrment ‘of ‘the country press, among the editors who are closest ‘to the people and whose personal views :are least apt to be swayed by, selfish interests, is so general:and abundant that it is possible to print only a . fraction of it in the Leader, which is a weekly ‘publication and has not space ‘to perntit 'the amount ‘of reprint from other papers that can be published by those dailies ‘whose revenue -comes from attacking the League. Friendliness to the farirers ‘and their League iis ‘the rule among thé courtry ‘editors; ‘the’ menfiun ‘beinrg in mearly all cases ‘those editors ‘who mix politics with their etlitorial duties and are either themselves. candidates for office ‘or are controlled by can- -didates who have ‘been rébuifed by the League. find it advisable to:list some of the publications which are: opposing the Leader - In ' later issue'the Lieader may and to show just what are the political strings controlling them.” For the. .present Wwe content ourselves with reprintihrg on this and:another page the com- ~ - ments:of some of the INDEPENDENT ‘editors, the men ‘who -express ‘théir .own honest ‘epinions ‘without the bias caused by disappoinited personal wmbition— FIVE THCUSAND like that of “Froggy” Smith of Plaza—or the -domination -of selfish - men wnth axes to grind. LIKE LEAGUE CANDIDATE The League’s indorsement of Rob- ert Byrne of Arnegard seems to meet with the approval of the majority of the voters in this part of the county. —SCHAFER RECORDER. FARMERS ENTHUSIASTIC Mr.-G. W. McDonnell substituted as delegate for Mr. George Benson at the Nonpartisan League meeting held in Rolette March 25th. Most of the farmers are = very - enthusiastic over the organization—ROLETTE RECORD. WHY ALL THIS “HOLLER”? " Why all this holler about the farm- ers putting their money into the Non- partisan League’ Isn’t it their money, and haven’t they a right to put it where they please? -We can’t see why they have not just as much -right to spend their money joining different organizations as anyone else has.—FINLEY BEACON, MADDOCK WILL WIN Walter' J. Maddock of Plaza has been indorsed by the Farmer’s Non- partisan League as a candidate for representative from the 44th district. Mr. Maddock will run on the Repub- lican ticket. He has served one term in this office already. He willbe elected again this year without any doubt.—STANLEY SUN. THEY BANQUET FRAZIER number of citizens of Hoople tendered a banquet to L. J. Frazier last week on his return from Fargo where he was nominated for govern- or by the Nonpartisan League. Among the speakers at the event were George Hoople, 0. A. Fedje, J.. Moellers, N. C. Olson, -Alexander Skeen and R. H. Woods. Mr. Fra- zier thanked the people for their kind- negs in publicly acknowledging their faith in him—WALSH COUNTY NEWS. THE FARMERS ARE SATISFIED The much-talked-of Nonpartisan convention is now over, and many sur- prises are the result. There were many good. men apparently slighted, but we trust this can be satisfactorily explained. We conclude that the can- didates were selected by the delegates and after due deliberation. As we ‘consider ourselves in the same class' ‘a8 ‘the farmers and as they are ap- .. parently satisfred, and as we ‘are in umtedtosxtaswflgesover are not going ‘to criticite ‘the g ~ments* as made.—-— AN BUDGET. ndrcnle ‘the Farmers’ Nor people should assume ‘a ‘hostile dfmcsl ‘liota has been conducted: miess and 1ot in the . the League is without any of the ‘biggest. T CHARACTER OF MEMBERS 1S A GUARANTEE The editor of the Tree Press his noticed thut there m-afdhpflfiron t‘hepan-tofsomwofll!aufiwfie*fiuéhflfi “toeriticise und ] 1 movement ‘at this time we mm a lmrfib cntlcs ‘believe with the members-of the W‘flfit«pfl ‘herétofore strietly in ‘interests of the farmers. ‘gpparent by the feeble efforts of gang writers in some sta.te papers, princt ally the Bismarck Tribune and Grand Forks Herald, the former owned% C. B. Little and Alex McKenzie and the latter. managed y J. D, Bacon, three fig politicians in the state. s ‘e ‘amd-strenuous opposition is shown the League, its ofiicers- ; ¥ and candidates by business men generally, such opposition will only fur- “ther convitics the farmers of the necessity of sticking together politically. One Bgifi‘:ng we do ltmos:h andt thaitl::e that when 311: rank and file of -8 mwmuan such:as they done in Wi county it means he-éharacter of the # ahtee that they nor those whom ‘they may elect wfll do nothmg to hurt No;'t.h. Dakota.——-WELLS COUNTY FREE PRE BOOSTS HAIL INSURANCE State hail insurance should afford the farmers of North Dakota the best protection against hail, and that at.a great saving of money. I believe that if this insurance were well distributed . . over the state it would pay out in full every year, and the farmers would have charged them by stock compameq— D. MCPHERSON, in Sargent County Teller. WILL SAVE FARMERS MONEY One thing 'the Nonpartisan Leader advocates, meets with our hearty ap- proval, and that is the compulsory hail insurance law, based upon the Canadian plan. If this law once gets into our statutes there willi’be no getting away from the fact that grain . raisers will be able to get their crops insured against hail much lower than they are at present. —RUGBY TRIBUNE. PRINCIPLES ARE COR!ECT “The Journal feels that if there is any class of people on the face of God’s green earth who have a right to dictate the state government it is the farmer. They are the ones who have paid their fee and who have investi- gated the League and are entitled to their opinion :and the right of giving their support to their own candidates. The principles as advoeated by ‘the League are positively correct and will prove bencficial. The ‘business man- agement of the organization belongs to the members, and them. only, and we feel that mo individual ‘or party organization has the right to censure their acts any more than ‘a Pemoerat has the right to censure the Repub- lican conventions or vice versa.— LEONARD JOURNAL. > MERELY INDORSED Several papers are ‘“hollering their heads off”’ at the Nonpartisan League and show much solicitude over that $6 and 39 fee which the farmers 'have paid to support the TLeague. financial report given out-at the Non- partisan meeting gave mo figures— merely a general statement. T ‘it was satisfaetory to League memnbers we bélieve 1t hardly ‘the ‘place ‘of non- farmers ‘and mon-members to loller. Much has been said -about the mom- t:mg coiivention. As a mateer ‘of was merely a convention ‘to m}?)& SE ‘men for office. But the h sfi&' 3 e meimbers is a ‘gnar. insurance much below that A e e L gy .| BEACH SUPPORTS TOWNLEY The first political gathering to be held in the city of Beach this r was that-of the Nonpartisan ieague last Monday afternoon and evening. About 200 local - people, practically all farmers, at- while over 300 from both city and | country attended the evening | meeting. It was one of the most ‘ enthusiastic gatherings ever held in the city and is evident that the | much praised and denounced or- | ganization has its full share of supporters in this locality. en President- Townley ap- peared on the platform at the | _| ‘evening meeting, the cheering and | .| hendclapping was so prolonged. | |that it | me embarrassing for | the . former ‘Golden “Villey | resident.—GOLDEN VALLEY | CHRON'ICLE. | 0 “HAYSEEDS” ..J. H. Wenger returned home Mon- day from Fargo where he attended : 'the Nonpartisan League meeting. He .- . reported there were about 5000 “hay- seeds” in attendance and everyone having a dandy time and much en- . thusiasm -NEWS. WHO EVER HEARD? | They holler thieves and rogues | and want a strict accounting of { | all the moneys collected in by | League organizers. Who ever ! heard of a chairman of the state | central committee or even the | ‘ chairman of a county political or- | ganization ever being asked to | make an accounting of any money entrusted with them.. We never did.—SHELPON PROGRESS. | L —————————) IS ALWAYS PROGRESSIVE year ago we expressed -the thought that the forum of the Mec- Kinley Farmers’ club wotild one day be represented in our legislative body. Today the hi is being realized for Clark W. McDonnell has been -named as'a‘candidate to our state legislature - from Eddy and Foster counties. Clean cut, educated, progressive—a man among men—Clark McDormell mgke a farmer-representative who will be an important factor in this step ‘toward pom ‘government. Mr. McDonnell has aligned with ve meastre.—KEN- SAT PROGRESS, DID SHITHY FLOP? It ‘appears ‘that there were many side episodes at ‘the N e converition that made ‘it more or less of a circus. One in iodlar we note is that Brother'S: of Plaza gimflatk undredimoér f;pi“ iof his STHrard attacking P ley,;rlgmt ‘League. In rejoinder Townley mad a ‘circalar let- ter sent by ‘Smith to the ‘bankers ‘of the state asking for support for his Bismarck paper ‘on ‘the ids it ‘was going to go down the! inst the League.” is 1i Smi y in the has « past as ‘thieves, robbers, pi!fm usarérs and lnghwazymen “times out mum- ber, and in inverse aftitade has de- the poor Farmers as ‘being Tob- ‘and downtrodden. Now he ap- 'puisto the%mfics ‘o he}p*him fight fwmpasd “ he’lflumzmhstummll mm;;. [ »sm ‘Yeprét ‘that or think he is ot ‘getting’ his money’s worth? The Leader has printed hundreds of letters from | the “$6 suckers” stating that th | feel- tha.t thrfi; l:i.ve got *fl’k ‘money’s Wwo one: ‘in ! Leader. ol s snnply a case of cer D e%aers being afraid of the | | i | 3 -tended the afternoon gathering, l : | | | | | | | | shown. '— SYKESTO\I” H