The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 4

s P S S I L st S A S e o e % |ql\ They Flocked to Stu _p Lake to.] e et lb- }' Iie together with respect to all candniames on the Repubhcan state hcket save that of treasurer. As to that office the League’s interests will lie : W1th the Democratic organization becauise 1ts members beheve Mr. Casey ! a better man for the office.. * x s ABOVE PARTY CONSIDERATIONS . - The League’s indorsements have been made for reasons above party i !Sonmderatxons They ‘are Nonpartisan. The -League’s - legislative mdorsements include both Republicans and Democrats and even a few [ Soc1ahsts It may be supposed that the League’s Republican candidates | adhere to the general principles of the Republican party, the Democrats L,to the principles of the Democratic party and,the Soma.hsts to the prin- flples of the Socialist party. ) R i of North Dakota. It is a program dealing solely with stafe affairs, ' It " has indorsed men who agree to that program and whoiwill make good "public servants. It will support every one of the successful candxdates m the primaries whom 1t had’ prewously indorsed. = LJ ,", . A NEWSPAPER MISTAKE U _ The statement was made in the Fargo Forum of Saturday, July 1, that “in every legislative district in North Dakota where the Nonpar- 1 tisan League is organized and in which the League failed to nominate lts candidgte for the legislature, independent candidates will be drafted ! to oppose the regularly nominated candidates in the general election.” | It was added that “this plan of action was announced from the League . headquarters in.this city today.” ( tie 'These statements are not true. 'No such policy has been announced | ¥from League headquarters” or by anyone authorized to declare the pohcy of the Nonpartisan League. {4g. “Official announcements” of the Leag'ue ‘will always be given out - by the proper officers of the League and accurate information concern- ing League matters of public interest may be obtained from the League offices. jst* No policy has been declared with respect to those few districts where League eandidates were unsuccessful. If anything. ig done toward bringing out new candidates in place of candidates defeated or ' indorsing one or another of the regular nominees it is certain to be done by the members of the League w1thm the dlstncts afiecte& i ?,-’ ot A DECEITFUL OPPONENT b ’/ The farmers in the primary election have shown that they are true i " patriots. They have responded to an appeal for service to ‘the state. They are men of ideals, of strong faith in their fellow men, and of . » ‘courage to stay with a cause they kmow to be right. They have met opposition which they no longer fear, The oppo- gition is convicted out of its own motith. ' The intemperance, the malice and the insincerity of ¢he oppomtlon to the farmers Leag'ue has been plainly shown. \.* An instance 'of this is the so-called “Good Govemment League,”- the show ndme of a small group of reactionaries and servants of big - pusiness interests who are fig'htmg' a bltter but masked fight ag'amst {he farmers, s l This sham orgamzatlon is still keepmg up its deceitful exlstence. Though its backers: announced boldly ‘at the start that the purpose of the enterprise 'was to fight the farmers’ ‘organization it ‘has now revised its’ program 'to conceal its real purpese under & masg of hlgh-soundmg ‘and misleading phrasés, such as this statement from the “R is a. most reeent cn'cuiar issued byxtshitedpubhcitymagm . 3 Nelson county farmers turned out to the numbecr of six hundred or more at the League picnic held on the shoree of Stnmp hke on- June 24. Tlle mam shows a anull flortion of the crowd which gnthered to hell' the issues- of the umpaign an& the Leagnes rplm mcussed. i The League does not subscnbe to any of these pohtlcal p]atforms.‘ £ F‘t has its own program of political and economic relief for the people . . purpeses of this so-called “league.” * organization. ‘which were sent out by certain Fargo business firms: for-support for the “Good Government League,” and state plainly that: 5 £l z \ constructlve, educatlona:l movement seek:mg to recogmze everythmg that is good, regardless of the source from which it emanates.” Its real purpose, which is to “fight the Nonpartisan League, is passed ~ around to the faithful by word of mouth, Its only meetings are clan< destine councils, of whmh thé public knows nothing . until the smug announcement 'is' made in one of the papers that it controls that “a - meeting of the Good Government League was held” and 2 wholly, fictitious statement’ is made- of the number of persons present at the “meeting.” So far as the publi¢ knows there are just two members of the “Good 2 Government League”—only one, in fact, for the second is the hired sec<' retary and publicity manager; a man notorious in the state as a lobbyist and - political manipulator. It has-a head but no body. It is well fina.nced but its financlal support is not visible. ‘ ; & ¥ % ITS REAL PURPOSE PLAIN There is no reason why.any man should be ignorant of the real Y The announcement of its organi- zation came from the Fargo Courier-News, the daily publication selected by the interests it represents to make the chief fight on the farmers’ That official medium of Big Business announced that the purpose of the “Goed Government” aggregation was to fight the farmers’ League and the only reports printed of the doings of its sub- sequent meetings have been accounts of bitter and untrue attacks upon the farmers’ organization. - If this were not enough letters have been recelved by the Leader These appeal it is organized to fight the Nonpartisan League, and do not credit it with ANY OTHER REASON FOR EXISTENCE, The firms or individuals, which, to the knowledge of the Leader, have sent out such letters, are the North Dakota Harness company, the Lewis-Vidger company, wholesale fruit dealers, and F. A. Bristol. ‘The Leader has heretofore asked farmers who know merchants with whom these firms deal to call on them and endeavor to counteract the influence which may have been exerted by these letters. Very likely the country, merchants will appreciate being set right on the ‘matter, though many, of them have promptly responded that :their sympathy 1s w1th the farmers. - * x @ Bocal. ¢ REBUKE TO ALL TRAITORS The result. of the primary election has been a rebuke to every man who betrayed the farmers’ cause. Newspapers and candidates: who, in the: service of their own: interests, deserted the ranks or fought the interests of the producers, have been soundly defeated. - The farmers have adniinistered a striking lesson. They have shown how strongly. they realize the absolute necessity of sticking together and as a feature of that they consider that an example must-be made of every man, who, having thrown in his lot with their cause, for selfish Yeasons afterward : attacks the orgamzatmn. A L2 R e % | SWE’LL STICK” STILL THE MOTTO - On the principle of unity: and with the motto “We'll Stack” the _farmers went forward to victory. The same principle will win them victory in the fall election and will solve the greatest of the state's problems. Let us look forward to the fall campaign and what lies beyond it thh never\a change in purpose and wfl:h tlns resolve‘above alls ‘ “we'u Sticks wen Wm:-