The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 2

) 2N ki PR - {52 ALMOST A SURPRISE ' 'After recovering his breath Parson Guild says “it is not a, surprise.” Maybe ¢ not, but it was mighty near it— DEVILS LAKE JOURNAL. : (* FRIENDS IN OFFICE § ' Not a man supported by the Forum t] or the Courier-News or the Grand Forks ¢ Herald landed in a state berth, while Y13 the State Center has a number of, i friends who will be public officials.— NEW ROCKFORD STATE CENTER. A NO NEED TO WORRY The Omemee Herald shéuld not worry over the Courant having lost prestige as a result .of treating the Nonpartisan League with fairness. The Courant has added to its subscription list to the tune of about fifty a week for the last month—and a considerable number of these are from the immediate vicinity of Omemee.—BOTTINEAU. .COURANT. NOT ALL IN TWO CITIES The election will say to Fargo and Grand Forks that there are a few voters in the state that do not live in the limits of the two big towns of the common- wealth—NEW ROCKFORD STATE CENTER. g JESSERN . ' FRAZIER FOR GOVERNOR X ere is every reason to believe that Lynn *J. Frazier, indorsed by the Non- partisan League, has received the nom- ination as. Republican esndidate for governor . 'of North ~ Dakota. The Pioneer supported Usher L. Burdick for this office, but now, if the returns show that Mr. Frazier has received the Republican nomination, it is the. duty of The Pioneer and every Republican of o, % ’ office. The people have said in no uncertain { terms that they want Lynn J. Frazier | for governor. Now it is up to every i Republican, whether he supported Bur- . Kiiid ___dick, Fraine or Smith, to ‘mow=upport; i 3 —_the. nominee of the Republican party. -+ s m_1....cdNNUT 40Tt to agdin make the mistake mada i b and elect a Democratic governor and put the state in the hands of the Democratic is especially so this machine. This year, when the indications point to a Republican landslide for Hughes for 1 president. Senator McCumber has been +74 re-nominated and with united Repub- ] lican party of North Dakota, he will be re-elected. This is also true of our i ; congressmen. Every Republican should { ° support the national and state ticket, i ; f and The Pioneer is going to do it.,“We i believe it to be for the best interést of i all the people.—BOWMAN/ ~COUNTY ! PIONEER. niid OBVIOUSLY -FALSE . __One of the lies peddled about the Nonpartisan-League ‘was that if elected | governor Frazier meant to appoint ! ; Grant Youmans state ' bank examiner. | " This was an obvious lie, in that Mr. § Frazier had previously made announce- i peesee f - iy ment he had not dickered or at this time even contemplated ‘appointments to be i made. It is possible such lies had their : effect with the unthinking or those who ¢ by inclination wanted to find ground [ on which to belittle the League : movement. ..\ The attacks made on the League have i largely - been on the ground that its { | president,. Townley, had failed in busi- o lf» ness and was largely in debt, as if that !! * were a crime. If a crime Mr. Townley b 1 > cmmots - i has lots of company in this state, both i cocon.... farmers and. business men—newspaper men in particular—PARSHALL LEADER. i ;# THEY STUCK. . The farmers of North Dakota have at - Jast demonstrated their ability to “stick” “and in' the act of doing so have suc- ‘ ceeded in placing in nomination an entire Republican state ticket and fully 80 per cent of the legislative candidates. They paid their money, and they have taken their choice. In other words, .. they backed wup their judgment with “~ their votes, and, as a result, they have - ‘swept the state. : North .Dakota is essentially. an agri- “cultural state, fully sevepty-five per . “farming, and there is no reason in the - world why the laws should not be o ..0!?(‘“.'!.'».0.....0....‘00..00.0.............‘......’...0 = North Dakota to support him for that n_years gone by . . . cent of the population being engaged in- framed and the state governed by farm- ers. Of 'course, if the fatmers are Txd =Z he other states are watching. Z ORTH DAKOTA ' STAND Q o+ taxation candidates. ; rights and turn the law-making and.the governmental function over to the politicians ‘of the cities, all well and good—for the politicians. But when the farmers decide that they have been governed long enough and desire to govern—that is all well and good, also— but not for the politicians. ! The farmers of North Dakota have at last grown weary of being jobbed and lied to, and have come to the conclusion that it'js time for them -to look after, Y/ 90the” 285Ut it must be remem- bered that the organization had indorsed all these men, in good faith, we believe, and if the members of the League had ever begun the process of weeding out, the organization would have lost its punch -and the farmer would have lost his “oppoctunity. After all, it was not a cqucstion of individuality; it was a question of organizing and sticking by the organ- ization. And the farmers hav: proved their ability to “stick.”—BISMARCK PALLADIUM. NO FURTHER OBJECTION We wish to say at this time, that if the people of the state decide by a majority of Republican votes cast, that execute the laws of the country titled to some credit.: selves they will government. angles, all, however, for cal regime, is the best evidence 00060000800000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 600,0030ooo;'ofiooooo;oc;"o000‘5‘00'90;"00;'0."';?0906"0.;-.;' THEY’RE WATCHING YOU! (Editorial in Bowman Citizen)' The eyes of the nation are focused on North Dakota! The estern states especially are watching the farmers of North Da- ota to see whether they will stand together with the progressive usiness men to get control of the government. Montana is watching North Dakota! Minnesota is watching orth Dakota!' South Dakota’ is watching the- state! ' And all° The question they are asking is, “WILL THE FARMERS OF TOGETHER TO- WREST THE OVERNMENT FROM THE SPOILERS?” If the farmers of the state will show to the world that they ave learned the secret of sticking together to get political con-° rol of the state, such a political revolution will sweep this coun- ry as the world has never witnessed before. The spoilers and grafters are trembling in their shoes right now. They know that if the common people win this ; year it’s good-bye to special privilege, and: they are working with might and main to try to divide the farmers. . - e Are you a.farmer? Do.you want freedom from Vi Do you want terminal elevators that will save the far- mers tens of thousands of dollars a year? Do you want a-market- for your livestock here in North Dakota, thus saving freight charges to St. Paul? Do you want to abolish graft that fattens millionaires who live outside of the state? blish just conditinos for yourselves and your children after you? Then stand with your fellow farmers and-all progressive men to elect Lynn J. Frazier for Governor and the rest of the N. P. League OOOS00..0..’......0...........'..........O...O..‘..,...Q.. COUNTY TRIBUNE. on “Weédes 5 Farmers at least have come to realiie that thé'y,m'ugtf use their only weapon of defense, the ballot, or submit to economic conditions that are made for the advantage of the other fellow. & " If the example set in this state is successful, and it bids fair o to be successful, it will spread far and wide until the professional . politician will be out of a-job in many states. When farmers only realize their strenght and what they may accomplish for them- not hesitate to share in the responsibilities of - The fierce fight-madtfl gg'éii)étf'fthei,it organizatidxéflfrbfi mfiny the purpose of maintaining the old politi- ) hat the farmers are in the right and have a cause worth fighting for. .=~ . 7 : ooo‘o‘b.qfoooooo;oooo,goo’.od'-ogg;tsg, PAGETWO state this pxcessive & 0090 0000000000000000000000000%39000000063 Do you want to esta- they want Mr. Frazier, The Tribune will have no: ‘further objection to offer against his election this fall—PIERCE STAY WITH THE TICKET Now that the nominations are made we ‘intend to stay with the ticket to the end. We never deserted the ship yet and don’t expect to. We may get licked in the primaries but Républicans have a_common cause at.the general election, %ldlfl enc m,.fibe 1aid aside how® badly we're ries we can take it. b ety pu 5 / presidential chair. United effort shoul be employed to make his &lection sure. . —BOTTINEAU COUNTY NEWS. * THE “COMMON HERD” Thank God for the “common herd”! For the men and women to whom the tircus, with its pink lemonade and pea- nuts, with its bearded lady and ossified man, still makes an appeal; for the men who are strangers to blackened boots and “boiled shirts,” and who would be as muck out of place in a swallowtail coat and a silk hat as a gang politician would be in a Nonpartisan League con- ference; for the men to whom profanity still has its uses and who sometimes squirt tobacco juice into a cuspidor or ‘a coal-scuttle; for the men and women who would “disgrace” the company of ° ..Q.O.........Q.....................O..........C........." : AGRICULTURE IN POLITICS. s (Editorial by John H. Worst in~New Rockford State Center.)’ Agriculture has finally crept into politics. - The farmers of the country have for many decades depended upon lawyers, bank- ers, manufacturers and other kinds of middlemen to make and with the result that farmers gen- erally are not only dissatisfied, but disgusted with the manner in which many of ther servants have acquitted themselves. They realize that if Congress would spend less money for “pork barrel” legislation in order to make votes for themselves in their respective districts and give more attention to really constructive measures, such as passing a national law providing. for uniform system of grading and inspection of grain, making it unlawful to gamble with wheat or other farm produce, ‘establish ‘a system of rural credits satisfactory to farmers rather than to traffickers in money, and a law to secure to the government control of water power and coal oil lands not yet stolen from the people, they would then be en- 08060000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ‘ooo‘qx-’o'oioooooo_ooéb'owoooo ' ~ will " Editors Who Rejoice With the Farmers the “best %ociety," and whose manners it would . not pass muster in the parlors | of some “society queen.” : There is inspiration in the “common herd,” for here you can witness more sincerity in one hour than a Diogenes: could find in ‘twelve months’ sedrch among the “cultured classes.” If you want to find men and women who are | real, men and women whose lives are not an empty sham, whose every act is not affectation, and -whose every other utterance is not a polite lie, your search end with the great ; people,” who compose the bulk of the ! nation. © : Thank God for the ‘“common herd”! They are the salt of the earth, the leaven of humanity, the true metal in the cracible of the world, beneath which ! sink the dregs and upon which floats the light and frothy .scum. They are! the backbone of a nation, the hope of | the world and the glory of humanity,: ; ‘. Thank -God. for, the' great'‘“common peqple"!—BOW,_lMAN.. CITIZEN. = - 7 b A CLEAN SWEEP . (Editorial. in Devils Lake Journal) ', Returns from the state show that the - Nenpartisan' League ticket has won.a . slashing victory, 'carrying: every Non=- : partisan state ‘candidate in by ‘a:sub- stantial * majority. Apparently' " the < farmers “stuck.” ‘Through; the rain and the mud they- went to the polls and voted ’er - straight. And it’ all happened despite the strenuous efforts and the ‘strong . predictions ‘of the Grang Forks Herald, the Fargo Courier-News, the Bismarck Tribune, and last and least, our own diminutive blatter for the gang —the Devils Lake World. For the first time in the history of the Republican party the -people of the state have actually smashed the machine and smashed it a plenty. Into the scrap heap have gone Hanna, the idol of the Twin City-North Dakota political finan- cial machine, and Fraine, the tool of the Personal Liberty league, and Linde, the errand boy for the- Minneapolis .Chamber mg‘al election thig...of Commerce, _.and some -lesser lights ican 19 moeded i € , whose future absence in state politics will' be less noticed, though equall : ‘ fortunate. HELs PR The truth is that North Dakota has just gone through the biggest campaign of education we have ever seen. More citizens of the state have been thinking about our state government than was' ever the case before. More men have' taken a conscientious interest in oue state government than ever before and the ‘result has been the death of the machine. Hanna has existed thus far by right of his money and the. indiffer~ ence of the people of the state. Fraine has succeeded in the past because the conscience of the state was asleep. Linde was elected first time because the liquor-corporation machine caught the voters of North Dakota off their guard.. But such things are past. The old time smoothy politician, servant of the machine. that made him by its money and its influence, is today the most unpopular figure in the state. AT The people of North Dakota have demonstrated that they have 'sufficient intelligence, patriotism and sound sense to take their affairs into their own hands. = Their success in the campaign just past will give the individual voter of the state a new sense of power. It will' demonstrate that after all the com- mon people of the state can do things if they ‘will but organize and be loyal to their own interests. : ! ¥ . If you would know what progress we are making in North Dakota COMPARE THE POLITICAL INTEREST AND INFORMATION POSSESSED BY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FARM- ERS THROUGH THE STATE TODAY - OWL OF ' POLITICAL CONDITIONS SOME TEN YEARS AGO WHEN THE FIGHT FOR A /PRIMARY ELECTION LAW WAS ON. i The best ipart of it all, irrespective of who has won or lost is the fact that tens of thousands of citizens are today inking about their government and doing their share to make it better. In ! the end tha‘:l;s ‘a great thing. When all ‘ ment that will mete out justice to every government ‘and . organize intelligently to make it a better state government we . are absolutely sure to have a govern- ment that will meet out justice to every man in the state, rich or poor, big or little, powerful or weak. - =~ L. “common ! °