The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 15, 1916, Page 11

ARGER audlences and: gneater enthusiasm “than have - ‘éver . be- fore marked political - gathenn " in North Dakota, ‘have made Nonpartlsan League campaign pxcmcs ' during the. past week - the ‘chief topic:of !onversatwn thronghout all- parts: of: the tate.where they have been held. ‘With* ¢ eek now well advanced and cs a day in progress, prac- Jentiré state"has for the time oppéd “other things to “discuss North Da.kota ‘politics, That this will increase 'in intensity ‘as the primary election, June 28, approaches is amply proven by the growing enthusiasm shown byg fiarmers, - who are traveling’ many milesbytrmnandautotoreazhthe strategic points. from which speakets and candidates of the Nonparhsan League ¢ can ad " them. The opening affair at Hoople was an ovation' for Lynn J.’ Frazxer, and ‘scarce- ly less so for the entire corps of' speak= ‘June 7 nrpon the casion of the first Non'pafl _'of»the crowd with:the:Conway: Concert ban “We’ll Stlck and We'll Win,” Leaguers g5 Assure Fraz1er and Pres1dent erowded about lmn, called to him, reached over each others-heads to give him a hand- ahake, and surged about him as he made hxs way:slowly to:the street where they_ ll:si ted:that he ‘head the parade. 5 ightened out, and the next governor, accompanied by citizens of Walsh and ]';’er,nbina.’ counties, picked his way on foot up the street to the hotel, where an American flag had been hoisted, and where the place of honor at the tables had been reserved for him. .. The party dined in the hotel as did a.s many others who had féared the threat- ening weather “would - interfere .with a basket picnic in the park and so did not come . prepared. The lowermg clouds which threatened ' rain all- day, the tangle’ of humanity . got 1tself i ers’who addressed the 1500 eager people. plus the backwardness - of the planting. At Niagara 99 farmers, all members season, combined to cut down the attend- of the League, with their families "ance at this big opening affair, but at gathered for an outing and lunch and that, there were 1500 people there, and cheered the League speaker, 'N. S. Ran- from one place 185 automobiles were dall, who spoke upon the progress the: counted. There were other cars on other League is making. Only one non-mem- streets, and throughout the afternoon, ber attended here, and ore leaving as the sun began to come out, addmonal the grounds, he .too Jomed the League; partxes arrived. making just: 100 farmer-members by ‘When Mr. Frazier got back to town, count. . .. after a short automobile drive out to his At Langdon, a large audience, of- farm, which he made immediately after farmers met in the county seat and. dinner, the streets were filled with- peo- devoted both' afternoon-and evening to a - ple, who" were awditing the opéning “of -spirited discussion of their needs and the :the program. A picture of the ‘eérowd way to meet them, while at Bisbee in 2’ was taken, and then with the bzmd lead- territory flooded with anti-League news- .ing the way, everyone marched~to “the papers, 600: Leaguers and their friends ‘-park. Here sll .arrangements had been turned out to welcome Mr. Frazier and..-made for 'an -afterrioon outing.” ‘Con- several other Nonpartlsan League: - fectionery, cigar and soft drink stands orators. ° had - been ‘erected; -and all the fam:liar Townley many years, “Three things make this year. a mo- mentous “‘one for the farmers of North Dakota. = This is the first time that you, as farmers, have had your eyes riveted upon a program of legislation: Always heretofore you have been divided on partisan lines that ‘meant nothing to your welfare as North Dakota farmers. This is the first time in your lives that you have ever been united as farmers. And third, you stand with the eyes of the entire northwest watching you mtently, while farmers both east and west, in Montana, anesota and South Dakota, are wondering what you will do _for yourselves—whether you will achieve ‘your own hberty as you'can do by main- taining faith in each other, or whether you will scatter your votes in half a dozen different directions, as you have always done heretofore, and lose- this great opportunity.” Referring to criticism directed by some business men against farmers for patronizing catalogue houses, Mr. Bowen struck a responsive chord, when he said: “Mr. Business Man, if the farmers had that $1000 per family of which they are now robbed of eévery year, they would be able to spend more of it over your counters, and if they did, then your wife wouldn’t have “to send away to the National Cloak and Suit company for her clothes, either.” for the applause and laughter to “cease, before continuing his remarks-to the business men. ‘He declared that their cooperation would help the -farmers get Jnstxce and prospenty and. would - result isan League pienlc ‘to hear Lynn J. Frazier and: other ' L the: foregtound, gronped at’ the princlp‘ ' rent .away from them. He had to wait Fessendale, Carrington, the primaries the stufl‘ is all ofi for them. | They have been fattening off your Jabors { for many years, and now they face th§ fact that this great bonanza may bfi . “Listen to. this,” and he read from thq ‘ folder: : “Our present opportunitxes ‘arg too great, our needs are.too pressing,’¥ and then the laughter began,. growingt to a roar, @s-he continuéd, turning M language " of. the clrcular agamst 11;; | writers. | B “There is but one way in wl:uch this ]E "j’""s'%“fiw“dk 3 — = -5 disaster can with certainty be preventeds That way. is for the voters of. the statq’ to attend the primary election withouf ! fail, and there to register their voteg {4 against all candidates who are known fo | be cooperating with.the:central commit« tee of the League, and to be:in: ‘synipal with its management and ‘its methods." Mr. Townley declared this was the truth —that the only way the League can ba. made to fail is for the farmers thems selves to vote against its candidates in the primaries, June 28.° The cheering that greeted Mr. Towns ley’s closing ‘words was prolonged and ° as he “took his seat again beside Mn Frazier,” ‘the ‘farmers in' the " audlenee shouted back to him, “We're going to D ; stick,” “We'll be there June 28.” A MANAHAN TO SPEAK AT PAIGE PICNIC Among xmporta.nt Nonpartisan Ieague R Y picnics to be held during thé next. week = 13 will be those at Juanita lake, Maddock, . b Cooperstown, Fort. Rice, New Roeckford,.. iF Kensal;: Paige, - b and Walle. _These are not all, ‘and 1;110't : announcement of many others is made on ., | the last page of the Leader this week, but at these there will be the best ' speakers that can be had in the state’or U This was one of the: Best meetings of . forms. 6f" fun-malnng known« at* the the first week;-but reports from several : county fairs and at North Dakota: pic- other places.showed that enthusiasm was . rics were. -ready. ‘Everyone was in‘-a rising, and that the determination of the. -~holiday inood. Some farmers‘ ~had farmers to win at all* hazards in the: .brought their families: and there was a in an increase in all lines of business,, out of it, the leading candidates of ‘the with cash payments supplantmg credxt League, and other events that will maka accounts. ; each picnic_a memorable afialr. ; RE AL BUSINESS MEN James Mana.han of .St. "Paul, former primaries is-being strengthened by this: - “Frazier Special” on. its 1000-m11e journey -over-the ‘state" -the- last week before the pnmary electlon. A BIG PICNIC AT HOOPLE AN OVATION FOR FRAZI.ER The big plcmc at Hoop, _Was an ova: - tion for Hoople’s foremost «citizen, Lynn ‘3. Frazier, 0. arrived: there on noon train to preslde at. t}xe opemng 0 the picnic campaign and’ introducé’ the. speakers to his. fellow. farmers. 'All the way up the main line from Grand’ Forks, Mr. Frazier was meeting friend As the train’ 2ssed through Walsh county, people a the _sfatlons gave lnm was filled with people There was. é._}xon, broken at frequent intervals by conslderable delay here, and as Mr. Fra zier stood in front of the station, friends ‘recognized him and pus'hed forward to. © ask about his campaign.” ‘Many of them' to attend the picmc. e ‘Wheh. Hoople was reached, the wel~ - come that gréeted the next governor was given by ‘several hundred people in holiday. attire who thronged the station " platform, and by the Conway concert band, which struck-up a hvely air as he’ = came dowfn the steps of the car. People slarge-sprinkling of women and children; final roundupy which -is' to precede-the - ‘but three-fourths of the audierice’ wis composed of farmers: * The business'rien “were also present, and a commefrcial -traveler who had not taken account ‘of - the festive occasion; wént back to? Grafid -Forks in the "evening without having Mr. I«‘mner dlscussed the need that compelled the farmers to. organize in . self defense, but used only a few minutes -.,of time, in mtroducmg the first’ spea r, -A. E. Bowen. - & - As he: introduced the speakers, 'Mr. Frazrer “took occasionl to touch “upon . other features of the League program. r. Bowen was listened to with -atten- applause; ‘He first. .mentioned~ the fact that June 7 was-the date of Norwegian - independence, and drew a parallel be- 'tween ‘June 7, July 4, and June 28." boarded the train and went on to Hoople : . “June 28,” he said, “will live in the - memory - of every person who. goés “through this campaign, and will ' mean as ° much to the men and women of North " Dakota, as the Fourth of July does to us ‘Americans or as.the seventh of June means to the Scandinavians.. On that ‘date you will sever the bonds with which 'the polihdans haye bound you. for so been able 'bo find merchants “at home."' NEXT GOVERNOR CHAIRMAN ; < OF PICNIC MEETING WORK- WITH FARMERS R.‘H. Grace of Mohall, indorsed” by the League for the supreme court; was intro- duced, ‘and spoke. His rémarks’ were brief, but were received with ‘applause. He said the “eampaign -of prejudice” which enemies of the League’ have ‘been waging‘was rapidly collapsing ‘4% &peak- ers ‘teached c¢ommunities afd’* talked directly” to the people. He de&afeif the busineéss men of no North Dakéta~town have'anything to fear from the"Nonpar- | tisan League, and that on the othér hand it has become apparent from the most recent campaign developments; that the - “real- business” men want. just_what the farmers want.”. He warned his. hearers that they may lpok .for all ‘manner of unusnal attacks upon their leaders dur- ing the last week before the _primaries but urged them not to waver m support of their own candidates. The climax of applause. was reashed when President Townley, concluding the program of speeches, held. aloft.-a copy of the folder being printed by. the Grand Forks Herald and circulated _anony-. _mously by the skulking enemies of the League. ; PRESIDENT TOWNLEY READS FROM BLACK: BAND FOLDER “They. are desperate,” he said, ._‘,‘Th,ey lmow if you fanners mck together at congressman, and a. lawyer who hag won fame throughout the length’ and breadth i of North Dakota by his hard .fight for 4 the Equity, will be one of the orators at’ the Paige affair, June 21. Mr. Manahan is an entertaining speaker, and will come with a special message to the North Dakota ““farmers.. Lynn Fr;mer, @q Fate League’s ‘¢hoice for govemor, and other - League speakers will also. defiver ad« dreésges. A Awo day raclng ). i and” athletie events will add vane%y i The Farmers’ club ‘6t Walle witl" hold 'its own picnic June 17, where by spécial _ request’ representatives of the- League 3 will ~deliver addresses. Thi§ promxses to be oné of the best ‘attended ; picnics i’ 5 all the eastern part’ ‘of ‘the state. The place is “at the Knadi on farm si mlles | 1 east and two mile rth of Thompson, =~~~ = or one’ mfle nortb_, the ‘Bast Walle : church. = - R Z Indxans, Indian 1 hl;ers, a.nd will join in’ the picnic and flag raxsmg to be held at old’ Fort Rice in s ~ county, June 24, when Nonpartisa gue speakers and candidates will address ' an audience made up of patriotic and "~ . pioneer " society’ members, Th ; committee has’ done its thls an “attractiv partisan League quarters its utmost to furmsh spea.lt