The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 22, 1916, Page 6

One of the biggest crowds of the series to hear the next governor of North Dakota and to shake him by the hand. Grace, candidate for the supreme court, and N. S. Randall; one of the League speakers, Picnics Prove Motto Is ONSPICUOUS evidence that the Nonpartisan League is gaining strength. as the primary election approaches has been brought out at many picnics during the last week, where thousands of farmers have heard campaign addresses and have given assurances- of strong sentiment in their home localities. At some of.these visitors have trav- eled 25 to 50 miles to hear the League speakers. Everywhere it' was the same. At the conclusion of the speaking pro- gram the voters crowded about the can- didates and speakers discussing with them the situation on state and legis- lative candidates, and struggling for a chance to speak to. Lynn J. Frazier, and the other candidates who happened to be present. BANNER PICNIC OF SERIES IS HELD AT BOTTINEAU At Bottineau Monday, June 12, Mr. Frazier was kept busy from early _morning- until late afternoon, when he and his party left town for the next ‘place, acknowledging the offered support of the thousands who shook his hand. Local business men estimated that at least 6000 people attended this picnic, and the sentiment was solidly for Fra- ‘zier and the League. They had come from all over Bottineau county (some from as far as Antler) from McHenry, Pierce and Rolette counties. This was, up to the time of writing, the banner picnic of the series, and showed the thorough cooperation that exists between the farmers and the busi- ness men in favor of the Nonpartisan League. The commercial club had en- gaged a military band, and its president, J. J. Weeks, weleomed the League can- didates. The business men prepared and stretched large banners' across. the - streets bearing words of welcome to the League, and two of the banks remained ‘open to provide rest rooms for the “women and. children.. No hall or space . in the city was large enough to hold the .crowds that thronged the streets and the . addresses’ were all delivered at the fair grounds. ‘. The city gave itself up to the gala occasion, and business was_ practic- glly suspended. A ;l&r.B‘raiter, R. H. Grace, i.eme ‘can- A Lt PRI Mr. Frazier is of picnics. was that which gathered at Bottineau. The picture shows only a portion of those who came out th indicated by the arrow. He is seated in the automobile with R. H. League Ticket Will Sweep State, Say Farmers Who Attend Campaign Rallies didate for the supreme court, N. S. Randall and A. E. Bowen, League rep- resentatives, John N. Hagan; League can- didate for commissioner of agriculture and labor, all spoke and. were received with universal applause. This was de- clared by people who have lived years in Bottineau to have been the largest . and the most enthusiastic audience that ever gathered there. Likewise at the St. John picnic held the Saturday previous, local people had made every arrangement. for the enter- taining - of a large crowd, and 400 attended. Plans- for a. picnic in the- grove, where grand stand, tqbles for lunches, and seats had been arranged, had to be abandoned, as rain‘began to fall about noon, and the meeting was’ held in a hall in'town provided by the manager of the Anthony- elevator, who- supplied it with planks for benches. - OVATION FOR GRACE IN HIS HOME TOWN From Bottineau the party drove to Mohall, where a big picnic was held Tuesday, June 138, and 1000 people full of campaign enthusiasm listened to the speeches. This is the home town of R. H. Grace, and he was givén an ovation by his fellow townsmen that rivalled that tendered to Lynn J. Frazier at Hoople. Many who had attended the¥Bottineau picnic drove to Mohall, and people were there from 50 miles away. Mr. Fra- zier, although this was his first visit to Mohall, was in constant demand, and was A} pledged the' support of hundreds of , voters, who gave the additional assur- ance that many of their neighbors who could not attend will stand by the League ticket June 28, Coulee, in - Mountrail- county, was reached by auto by the same party, but heavy. rains made the roads bad; and the automobiles .did not: arrive at Coulee until '8:80, but an audience of :300 which gathered had waited throughout the late aftern and cheered Frazier for- goyern: party rolled in covered with mud.. Every available hitching post held a team and the curb was lined with automobiles. The indignation of the farmers in that section of Mountrail, Ward, Renville and Burke counties, over what was termed by some of them -the “insulting circular of the so-called good government league” which was “stuffed into our mail boxes,” was amply manifested. These circulars had just reached Coulee that day, and some of the recipients brought copies to the speakers, thinking the League rep- resentatives might not yet know of it. Commenting on- the title of these cir- culars, “North Dakota Facing a Crisis,” one of the farmers declared “the only part of North Dakota facing a crisis is the politicians’ part.” Eight hundred farmers and their families joined in the. picnic at Stanton, June 13, and heard J. W. Brinton, League speaker, who defeated Sherman Hickle in the-second debate on the merits of the Nonpartisan League. Members of the audience complimented Brinton and declared that Oliver, Mercer and .Dunn - counties will “give strong support to the entire League ticket. Other gatherings in this part of the state were well attended and equally as pronoynced “in favor of the League. ; BIG AUDIENCE AT LISBON PROMISES SOLID VOTE » N\ One of the best picnics thus far held was that at Lisbon, June 12, where 2500 people.attended and chered the speaker, 0. M. Thomason of the Leader staff, for ‘nearly two hours throughout a drizzling rain. . It was held at Idlewild park four miles north-of the city.: People for many miles “around came by team:and' auto- mobile, the Lisbon-Metropolitan: orches- . -tra furnished music, and there was a- large sprinkling of the business men. -Mr; Thomason was told that there will be an overwhelming vote in favor of .that the determination of the farmers, | PAGESIX : WAV HDAG - both members of the -Yeague and non- T members, is strong to stick to the ticket . at the primaries. : Several thousand of the League:but« tons were distributed ' here, for use throughout that part of the country and farmers who were not members appeared equally desirous of making their polit- ical -intentions -known by wearing them. The picnic at Grand Rapids, LaMoure county, was an equally rousing affair. Peopl:ll came é:on_) tth:I\dfoure and Berlin as well as m arming coun around those three towns. Mr. Thotg ason addressed 2000 people and was applauded -and cheered. Here as at Lisbon- and several other picnics .- since the League buttons have arraived, the’ ‘butons were handed out by the hundred, and were at once displayed by the farm- ers on their coats. ) LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES SPEAK AT HILLSBORO More than fifteen hundred _persons | gathered: in the beautiful park at Hills- boro, Wednesday, June 14, to hear the League speakers. The audience was ‘mainly of farmers, who came from every ;:orner of Traill county, but there was a arge .representation of the people of - Hillsboro, which has many fr?engs and loyal’ supporters of the Nonpartisan L_eague. One hundred-and fifty automo- Elxlleg v::;e p'arkedd.under the trees near e speakers’ stand. ‘The Hillshoro band furnished music.’ , m The -audience listened: with undivided attention to a long program of: speeches arranged by the local committes, and including addresses by A. E, Bowen snd R. B. Martin from League headquarters and by D. C. Coates, managing editor of. the. Leader. The three legislative can- didates”of the district, Henry Strom of . Hillsboro, J. 'E. Quam of Portland and Albert Moen of Mayville were a.u present and’' made brief talks, pro Caf. elected their best efforts in the legisla- ture for the good of the: farmers aid the prosperity of the whole state. =~ The audience ‘enjoyed a laugh when . ~Mr. Bowen referred: to the efforts of Former Governor E. Y. Sarles; whose home is in Hillsboro, to assist in the _formation of the ‘so-called “Good Goy out * that rue the. ex-governor had joimed