The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 8, 1916, Page 3

PR O N ’&L’ VOL. 2, NO. 23 FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1916 BT o I ———= R memmmmmfi\\“,m : A newspaper that dares to print the truth Rader ' Official Paper of the Farmers® Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota WHOLE NO. 38 Couhtingv the Petitions of the League’s State Candidates The office of the secretary of state has never before been so busy as it had been since the: ‘petitions of the League candxdates for state offices, carrying in several cases more than 20,000 names, were filed for checking and record.: The pigture above, taken especially for the Nonpartisan Leader by the Butler studios, Bismarck, shows Secre- t':i‘y of State Tom Hall (at the lefl) and three of his assistants busily at work checkmg and counting one of the petitions represented in the packages piled up on the “I have scarcely time to be l:lVll just now,” said ‘H. L. Van Benschoten, receiving clerk in the secretary of state’s office, shown at the adding machine at the right,. . “I can’t even find time to solve the problem of finding how many combinations can e made out of the initials of the Nonpartrsnn League, but every tlme J.look over my shoulder at the bundles of petitions I realize that it means for me, personally, ‘Now Push Lively.’ ” The Ansvver to That Questlon Have you heard anybody asking that question lately? The noisy Old Gangsters don’t seem to have so much to say about that right now. Do you hear them talking much about “hand-picking” by the “Big F1ve 77 Not very much The question seems to have lost its point lately. The reason is that the-question has been answered—answered fully and completely. You answered it—you members of the Nonpartisan “'WHO named these Nonpartisan League candldates‘?” League and your fellow farmers all over the state.. The answer, part of it, is on file in the office of Secretary of State Tom Hall at Bismarck. Some of the answer is shown in the picture above. It is written on . 'many thousands of sheets of paper containing in all the 81gnatures of some thirty thousand farmers of North Dakota. “Who names this man Lynn Frazier for ‘governor. of North Da- kota ?” asks the state of North Dakota. “T do,” says Farmer-Jones, Republican, of Cass county, “I do,” says Farmer Schmidt, Republican, of Morton county; “I do,” says " Farmer Johnson, Republican, of McKenzie county; “I do,” says Farmer . McDonald, Republican, of Grand Forks county; “We do,’ » say THIRTY THOUSAND OTHER FARMER REPUBLICANS, c1t1zens of every county in the state. - : Has the Republican party been “captured” by the Nonpartlsan League? Oh,- no. The REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BEEN CAP- TURED BY THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF THE STATE. That's all. It’s been TAKEN AWAY FROM THE BOSSES, The “men who cast the votes and who make the governors and all other state They. - haye chosen them and they—thirty thousand of them—have with due “officials have said “We will choose our own candidates this time.” formahty certified the choice and put it on record thh therr mgnatures in the office 6f the secretary of state. If anybody now asks you “Who picked these men?” refer him to ‘the secretary of state and the thirty thousand names on file there. Refer him to the ‘county auditor of your county, who has on file the legal ' Yimit of names certifying the wishes of the voters of YOUR: DISTRICT~. 3 _‘that YOUR CANDIDATES for the legmlature should be elected : “"I‘he Couner-News gave an entirely false report- of our dmtriet conven- e -tmn at New Rockford and I was anxious to know. whether they wonld do the " same at Fargo. They. did,” writes Mec i Couner-Newa It nover does the square thing. THE Old Gang never. gives up. . That is its one admlrable quahty. : ‘ }vfll it lie down? Not by any means! or. Youeanrelyonthe,' - ‘PAGETHR'EE VERYBODY who has his eyes open now admits that THE FARM- ERS’ CANDIDATES CAN'T BE BEATEN IF THE FARMERS STICK . TOGETHER AND VOTE TOGETHER. Now there isn’t anybody that knows the facts that has any doubt whatever about the LOYALTY of the farmers to theii cause. - The farmers KNOW the justice of -their cause.: state is to STICK TOGETHER. - They KNOW that the politicians have - always DECEIVED them in the past and would like to DECEIVE them now. - They ‘know that the effort of the pohtlclans now is to SPLIT UP THE FARMERS’ VOTES by trotting out one man and another, NOT INDORSED BY THE LEAGUE, as FRIENDS OF THE FARMER, so that the GANG CANDIDATES may win. : They KNOW ALL THIS and are prepared for it. THEY KNOWJ BE’I'I‘ER tham to SPLIT UP their support. These things have lost their, CHIEF DANGER now that the farmers KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. But there is ONE GREAT DANGER. That danger is OVER-. CONFIDENCE: Remember those old sayings of the plain people—' the practical common sense of human experience: “Don’t ‘halloa until you are out of the woods;” “Pride goeth before . destructlon. -The dangerous tlme is when you thmk you are safe. Right now everything is serene.’ There is nothlng in the world to be alarmed about, BUT—— DON’T SHOUT TILL THE BA'I'I‘LE IS OVER. THE ENEMY "HOPES TO CATCH YOU NAPPING. HE HOPES YOU WILL THINK YOU ARE SECURE AND WILL FORGET OR NEGLECT TO DO . “YOUR PART. : DON’T NEGLECT TO DO YOUR DUTY; FIGHT ON! - WORK! Don’t rest satisfidd till you are sure of every vote. Get out among your neighbors.. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE HARDEST BLOWS. MAKE IT A CLEAN SWEEP : THE OLD GANG NEVER SLEEPS Its wateh’ word is “efiicleney.’ I ¢ Tt works on this principle: “Get. you can.’ If it knows it is defeated in the governorship fight There are other-things to fight IF THERE IS ANY OFFICE THE FARMERS ARE NOT FIGHT They KNOW the only way to a better governed - R