The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 6, 1916, Page 4

T ARG £ its sweep around the state. form in front of the Valiey hotel. many. Mr. Smith sought the indorse- for the farmers’ movement until the farmers turmed him down. Then he became a violent opponent. . 4° ' ONLY THREE COUNTIES i o5 FAIL TO GO FOR FRAZIER So far as returns show to date 3 Frazier and the other farmers’ candi- } dates failed to carry only three counties, A e Richland, Cass and Stark, though Wil- = i Liams, Burdick’s home county, may have g LK, gone against the farmers’ ticket. ~Ngtiiih Fraine carried Stark county only. g Grand Forks county, despite the big ; 'l'hisiis a view of the gathering that heard Mr. 1 ment of the League and had great praise . vote in the city of Grand Forks in oppo- sition' to- the League, went for Frazier and the League ticket. Grand Forks city went for -Fraine by a big margin. The big vote against the farmers in Bismarck failed to = throw Burleigh county away from the- League ticket. The farmers g¢arried the county by. a wide mmargin. Ward county and Ram- . sey county, containing the=cities of Minot: and Devils' Lake ; respectively, - went !strong. for the farmers! Cass- county and the city of Fargo gave Bur- dick his heaviest vote. Fargo gave him a big. majority and the country precincts of Cass failed to overcome this lead. LATEST RETURNS ON (?_OVERNORS:HIP arted ‘B 3 3 £ Ul Rk 5 5[ 2| 8% 6 [ = m = <) 3 3211 i 545 1337 33 748 656 i 29 811 RREBRE BN |Precincts rep citizens of the state; the fall election and I shall do my best to merit the confidence in me shown by the people of the state.” Some of: the smaller cities and towns were loyal © to 'the 'farmers, giving Frazierasmanyasormomvotesthah Burdick. 'Among those were ' New Rockford. * Frazier got -a nice vote also in Jamestown and Minot. - The labor unions and working men. of Fargo and Grand Forks voted ‘the farmers’ ticket solidly but in both these cities the farmers’ ticket lost heavily. When the avalanche of country votes began coming in men of all political beliefs and experiences marveled. The farmers “stuck” in a way that politicians have declared for decades was impos- sible. In. the ‘strictly rural townships - Frazier and the entire farmers’ ticket got practically every vote. It ran 20, 80, 40 and even 60 and 70 votes in each precinct for the League to one, two or three for' all other 'candidates put .Yogether. This was sufficient, counting ~in the smaller towns and villages, to make the rural districts s a whole run s two, three or four to one for the entire -~ farmers' ticket. ‘And of course this -xural vote swung the state heavily for the . big city vote FARMERS’ GREAT VICTORY INTERESTS WHQLE .NATION - The June 28 primaries in North Da- wve attracted ‘nation-wide. atten- .. Lynn J. Frazier, Republican nominee for governor, made the following statement over the long distance telephone from his home at Hoople after being notified of the result of the election: . “I want to express my appreciation of the loyalty of the farmers of the state to their cause as shown by the vote in ‘the primary election. The rural vote shows beyond a question. that the farmers of the state are deeply interested in the issues of this campaign and that they can stick together. - ! #-“I feel grateful also for the support of the working-men and others. in the cities, who helped materially by their votes to bring about the splendid result that has beéen achieved: “The result is a plain expression of.the will of the Republican voters of North Dakota and we who have been nominated by the rank and file of the party owe no duty to any but the common “It shall be our aim to make effective the wishes of the people- ¢ of the state, in harmony with: the principles to which the party ¢ owes its birth and in harmony with its historic ideals of equal rights o and the political liberty of all citizens, ; - “I feel sure that we shall go forward to a sweeping victory in [ J ° [ J £ J Ahe'" League and its candidates. It : “‘easily ' overcome Frazier and Vother speakers at Valley City the day before election on the return of the Frazier special to Fargo The train was welcomed at Valley City by a band anid by a large throng of citizens of the town. ' The farmers and producers. It has proved the farmers can.stick together 'and win, overcoming Big Business, controlled newspapers, politicians of every com- plexion and all the other forces that combine to keep: the gové'nment out of the hands of the people. 3 This victory assures the farmers a complete ticket for the fali election of clean and able men, practically every one a farmer and the rest at heart: gen- uinely-with the farmers and their cause, It is the first instance anywhere of the _ farmers having a complete ticket of . their own men, of their own i tosf.andsolidlybackofata ral election, as they. will stand back of these candidates next November Aside from the contests for the offi for which the Nonpartisan League in- dorsed men the chief interest of the pri- margoentexedintheraeefortheRe— publican -nomination for United States ber, Hanna and three-quarters of the state shows ag -~ folows: McCumber, 19,478; H 11,385; Nestos, 11,552; Mid ' McCul;ber likeiy will: o th"l'xrklf 1: :pe Dem%cratic‘ ticket ‘at the fail el lon, as Burke is leading Hellstrom by a8 wide margin for'the Demoopatio o 2 bt £ € Democratic nomi- will go to McArth, 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ec< . states, notably~ for governor likely e