The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 6, 1916, Page 3

VOL. 3, NO. 1 Oflmal Paper of the mem Nonparman Political League of North Dakota FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1916 WHOLE NO. 42 THEY STUCK AND THEY WON! Frazier and Entire League Ticket Nommated by Tremendous Vote in Statewide Primaries---Frazier Gets Absolute Majority Over All HlS Opponents---League Enemies Are Confounded Lynn J Frazxer, farmers candldate for governor, and the entn'e tlcket for state offices indorsed by the Nonpartisan Leag-ue, swept the state at the June 28 primaries, rolling up majorities and -pluralities that mark the balloting as the greatest victory ever won in'North Dakota for Zood government and clean politics. The farmers stuck together as a unit, and for the first time in this state or any other state won- an election from the top to the bottom of the hcket :.Lynn-J. Frazier is the Repubhcan nominee for governor by a plurality of probably 15,000 over U. L. Burdick, his nearest rival. < With ‘three-fourths of the vote tabulated at this writing he has. 594 votes more than all his rivals for the nomination put together. All ‘the ‘city and town vote is accounted for in the precincts so-far tabulated, and the fourth of the state yet to hear from is all country, dxstmcts where Frazier is running three and four votes to every oné for all the other candidates for governor put together. that the final count will give him a clear majority of all votes cast in a race in which four were in the field. With all the city and town vote in and a fourth of the country precincts yet to report the figures on the Republican g‘ovemorshlp nomination are: Frazier, 29,510; Burdick, 18,731; Fraine, 8,095; Smith, 1,495. The remaining. vote, when counted, will give Frazier at least 15,000 tead ‘over Burdick and a clear majority of about 2,500 votes over allothers. ENTIRE STATE TICKET GOES ON" THE BALLOT < The farmers' tlcket for ltate ofllces won without exception from. the top to the bottom of the ballot, sweeping into the. political discard ‘every politician and _office holder who opposed the men the farmers backed . with their solid: battle lines. : Much less of the vote is tabulated on‘ the other state- offices, but all the cities and towns which were the strongholds of Big Business and the - politicians are accounted for and the combined oppo- sition against the League.candidates in these localities ‘is' overcome by a wide margin in the quarter to a half of the country districts ' which ~have. reported. All the farmers’ candidates are leading and when the parts of the state as yet unheard from report the other League candidates’ will_be as great in many instances as Frazier's. Frazier and the balance of the farmers’ ticket are running as high as five ‘to one in the districts yet to hear from.‘ KRAABEL EASY VICTOR. LANGER, KOSITZKY WIN With ‘about half of the country to hear from and all the cities and big - owns accounted for Kraabel has 22,489 votes to 11,249 for Sorlie, 'the antx- League candidate ' for - lieutenant governor. - With about the same number - of “'precincts tabulated Hall, for secre- tary -of state, indorsed by the League, has 27,119 votes to 7536 for Hjort. ‘With a little over half of the country precmcts in, infamous personal property ‘schedule, is defeated for state auditor on the Répub- ° can ballot by Kositzky, the ' League amdidate. Jorgenson, 17,639; Kosntzky, . 20;,980. La.ngef, fightmg state’s attorney of Morton county, mdorsed by the farmers for attorney general, 'has ‘beaten Linde, stalwart ‘candidate, badly. A little -over - half the precincts of the state, including the cxty vote; give nger 24,061 and Lmde ‘17,168, " follows: - maJonhes and pluralities - Jorgenson, author of the - present incumbent .md ‘rival © for_ the Republican momination, by a majority that will likely. reach 8000 when all the vote is in. A little over a third of the . precinc¢ts of the state, with nothing*but strong League’ districts to hear from, give Hagan 18,776 and Flint 13,267. - BLEICK, JOHNSON, AANDAHL DEFEAT PRESENT COMMISSION Less than a half of the state precincts have been tabulated on railroad commis- sioner, but the city vote is all in and the League candidates are well in the lead. They ought to have big majorities when the -rest of the country districts are reported. To‘ date the figures are as Johnson, - League candidate, Bleick, - League = candidate, Aandahl, - League candidate, Mann, present incumbent, 13,175; 11,335; 10,733; ...Q.......O‘...‘.O.......Q.....0................‘......‘ Congratulations to Candidates When it became known at League headquarters that the farm- “ers’ candidates had swept the state in the primary election Presi- dent A. C. Townley sent telegrams to all candidates, :.hich are The first of the telegrams is to the farmi«rs’ nom- The second is the one sent to all the s.. printed below. inee for governor. state candidates. Lynn J. Frazier, Hoople, N. D. combined. m_a]orities. TO THE NEXT GOVERNOR Sufficient election returns are now at hendquarters from alk counties in the state to assure your nomination as the Republican candidate for governor. You will likely have more votes than all the other candldates for governor ; The entire - state, judicial and practlcally all of the legislative candidates indorsed by» the Fa.rmers Nonplrtlsan League ‘are nominated by large This magnificent start for better government for the people of North Da- 10,4‘)..' 10,1053 9,604. The majorities of the League candi- dates for the supremé court likely will be large. Only about a third of the state vote.is .compiled today .and that shows Robinson of Fargo, veteran Junst and lawyer, indorsed by the farmers, is in the lead with 10,994 votes. The balance of the vote on this partial tabu- lation is: Burke, 10,625; Fisk, 10,295; Birdzell, 10,172; Grace, 9,784; Spauld- ing, 8,413; Goss, 7,888; Adamson, = -07. SUPREME COURT TICKET IS SURE OF VICTORY The League’s candidates, Birdzell and Grace, are getting a two to one vote in the country precincts and as two-thirds of the vote, practically Anderson, present incumbent, Stutsman, present ipcumbent, .:3ssful Fargo, N D., June 39, 1916 Robinson, | O.....QC‘............0..........‘......0..,.... mdorsed by the League luve been nomin *:hongratulatmna and appreciati kota proves that the 40,000 organized farmers and workingmen were true .to themselves at the primaries.: This would indicate - that -the vfarmets candi- ‘dates_will receive a larger vote at the commg electlon and win over all opposition. The people of this state will then have in their possession the full legls- 'lntlve, judicial and administrative forces of the state and political corruption and misrule will'end. It will mean safe; sane and clean government by and for the people: for their welfare and the ‘prosperity of the ‘state. . " °On behalf of the Farmers’ Neonpartisan League and for myself personally .!O..‘.......‘...............Q..........'O..... I congratul.ue vou on this splendid vietory and express lppreclahon of your_ splendnd services: alrcuh rs.-ndered the: people for a better state, . A, C. TOWNLEY. i 2 TO OTHER CAN DIDATES - Flectnm returns lmve arrived at ‘League headquarters in sufliclent numbers from all parts of the state to make certain that you and each of the candidates ed by luge majorities.. in this: sttte and assures your el t on ‘at the polls‘iin No f of the League and myself I cony, lnd, h tln adv ;000 organized farmers udthiu‘ rier Traill ‘county voters. So it is evident all in the country, is to be heard from. there is no doubt that the farmers’ supreme court candidates will lead the ticket. THe six highest of the eight running for nomination will run for election this fall and indicationg are that the two who will drop out of the: race by the primary ehmmahon are Goss, present incumbent, and Adamson; ' The other two mcumbents are Fisk afd Burke. Spaulding used to be supreme judge but was retired by the people two years ago and is running again this year. Macdonald, farmers’ candidate for state superintendent, got a splendid in~ dorsement at the polls. With only a fraction of the vote on this office counted his lead over Hoover is over 3000, Macdonald, 9759; Hoover, 6488. Final and accurate returns on the - Leagues leglslatxve ticket are slow coming in, but it is practlcally certain from the "precincts in the various counties counted that the farmers’ can- didates for the legislature in practically every. instance, whether on the Repub- lican. or Democratic ticket, have been nominated. The only exceptions re- ported to League headquarters are C. J, - Lee of Valley City, candidate for the state senate " against “Ployhar, S. E. Harper, also running in Barnes county, and two of the League candidates in Ramsey. county, W. P. Faulk for the senate and Fjalstad for the house. Roscoe Beighle may also be beaten in Ward: county. SWAMPING OF BURNETT TRAILL COUNTY FEATURE In Traill county,” “the “returns’ were featured by the overwhelming defeat of Burnett, a member of the League who ongmally got the League indorsement but refused it and broke into the gang papers with letters against the farmers’ organization. - This traitor to the farm- ers’cause was soundly rebuked- by ‘the The vote was two to” one " against “him. - This county is also the home of O. J. Sorlie, who wanted the League indorsement for the legislature ‘and didn’t ‘get it and who, like Burnett, attempted to . disrupt the farmers’ . organization. Traxll ~county: . gave Sorlie, who decided tu- oppose ‘the: League candidate for lieutenant-govern~ “or, a bad beatmg, as dul the rest: of tmo, s state. Another of the most vicious