The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 8

1 - This is a view looking south 6n Fourth street, T;argo, during the present unprecedented summer floods of the Red river. A Fourth street. i '\ > . OW extensive was the 4success Excessive rains throughout the Red River valley have swollen the stream ‘to near the high-yvater stage of 'ln.st spring, i ¢ gardens are inundated and scores of people in Fargo and Moorhead and other cities and towns along the stréeam have been driven from their hom of the farmers. in :nominating , One HundredF():ur Lefigue Ca,ndidates . . their candidates: for the legis- lature on June 28 is only just ‘being realized, as belated returns from remote legislative districts are coming in. The Nonpartisan League members in 44 out of the 49 legislative districts in .the state held conventions and indorsed men for senators and -repres- entatives. A total of 98 candidates were indorsed for the lower house and 22 candidates were indorsed for the senate. These ran in some districts on the ,Republican _ballot, in some on the 'Democratic and in a few. on the Socialist ballot: In many districts there were League candidates on two, or all of the different party ballots, demonstrating the true nonpartisanism of the League. The result of the June 28 primary was as follows: Of the 98 candidates for the house indorsed -in the 44 -districts the farmers suéceeded . in nominating 87. Of the 22 candidates for the senate indorsed in ‘the 44 districts the farmers succeeded in nominat- ing 17. L This sweeping success has retired scores of political warhorses who have served in many legislatures and has put on the ballot for the fall election almost a complete farmers’ ticket for the legislature, enabling. the farmers to unite . this fall on candidates: of thei own choosing. { It 'will be the first- general -election’ in the state where ‘such a' condition has . preyailed. In the past the farmers have had to choose between candidates put up by self-constituted party leaders or by Big Business-and the special inter- “ests. ‘Next fall, however, the farmers can’ vote for their own men and: choose a-legislature to serve the best interests of- themselves and of the state. WELL-KNOWN FIGURES IN POLITICS RETIRED The fight in the variouslegislative districts on June 28 was not without its _interesting- features. Among: the many prominent politicians who have had no " difficulty in the past in béing elected to “~the legislature but whom the farmers vetired to private life are P. H. MecMillan of Pembina county, who voted against’ the ~terminal elevator bill in: ~ the last legislature; O..T: Loftsgaard of s ‘county, who served 'in the last © “senate ‘and helped kill insurance regu- - for the Legislature lation; H:. A. Bfonson, who Served .in the- ‘last senate from Grand- Forks county and who voted -against state hail insurance; William S. Dean of Grand Forks county, who served in the. last house:but who failed to- get the farmers’ " indorsement this - time, and W. J. Burnett and Mons- Johnson of Traill county, both retired as representatives in favor of the men the farmers chose. ‘Other’ prominent: political figures in past legislatures who went down to defeat before the farmers onslaught were Herman Boyce of District 11, Cass county, who voted against the terminal elevator bill; J. S. Bixby -of Ransom county, who voted to repeal the terminal elevator tax; R. A. Lathrup of District 16, Steele and. Griggs counties, who wvoted against the terminal elevator:- bill and who was chairman of the famous Lathrup committee in-the last legisla- ture; R. J. Gardiner of Nelson county, who- went down before C. 1. Morkrid, the farmers’ candidate; John Balsdon and J. H. Morgan of Cavalier. county, both of whom opposed the farmers’ terminal elevator bill at the last ‘session; - W. L. ° Noyes of Towner . county, who voted against the terminal elevator bill; S. O. terminal -elevator bill. NEW PERSONNEL IN NEXT LEGISLATURE e The next legislature will have almost an entirely new personnel. In almost -every district the former members failed to get nominated. = For once the people through ‘organization; were able to make - their ' disapproval. of past legislative acts effective. - Other former members who went down to defeat were L. S. Langedahl and G. H. Naramore of Dis- trict 26, Emnions ‘and ' Kidder: counties; €. B. Little,-John Holman and -‘E. A. " Williams _of Burleigh county; E. O. Haraldson and Walter Master ‘of Bot- tineau county; Charles A. Grow-and B. A. Dickinson 'of ‘Ward county; €. H. Reimers of District 32, Eddy and Foster counties;: T. -O. . Roble of Wells county; * Robert: J List of Districts.89;. W, .E. Burgett of District 40, and m# too | numerous to mention. : _.-vote, one 1o be nominated, was as fol- * lows: Dret, 208; Phelphs, 109; Tallack Win Nominations “were retired by the farmers a& a'com- plete demonstration: of the people’s dis-: - satisfaction with the acts of past legislatures. \ .'An account of the result of the primaries in the various legislative dis- tricts follows: ; _DISTRICT 1, PEMBINA COUNTY—: All" League candidates nominated. For senator, - the League indorsed Walter Welford, running on the . Demoeratic ticket, and he was nominated June 28 unopposed. - He will- run "against A. J. McFadden, nominated on the . Republi- can_ ticket. For ‘the house the League indorsed one Republican,. Henry Geiger, who won out by an overwhelming vote* ~at the primary. William Pleasance and J. J. O’Connor were the other two men “-who had the League indorsement for the house. Both ran on the Democratic ° ticket and were nominated June 28 un- opposed. - The Republican vote for the house was as follows: Henry Geiger (League candidate), 936; F. M. King, 645;° William N. Husband, 723; P. H. McMillan, 683. The high three of these will run on the Republican ticket for - eléction this fall, only Geiger, however, * Allen and Fred Wolfer of Stutsman:. county, both of whom voted against the ‘having the League indorsement. DISTRICT 2,- PART OF WARD COUNTY—AIll League candidates nom- inated. S. S. Petry was' indorsed by the League for the house and got on the Socialist ticket unopposed. DISTRICT 38, PART OF WALSH COUNTY—AIl League candidates rio- minated. For the senate Christ Levang, League candidate, got 433 votes.against 362 for Loftsgaard, his opponent, on the Republican ballot. The two League can- didates for the house were nominated unopposed, Henning Gunhus on the Re- " publican and Alex Ferguson on the De- mocratic ballot. o DISTRICT 4, PART OF WALSH COUNTY — The League candidate for the house in -this district,"W. 'J. Drew, was defeated for the Republican nom- ination . by Sever Tallack,” a politician ‘who served in .the last legislature. 'The man is eliio}ing canoeing in the middle of b reds of farms and market @ Hund es,- ck Will See New Faces "= DISTRICT. 5, mingsen, indorsed by the League, de- feated E. L. Richter for the senate on the Republican ticket and A. J. Huso, indorsed: by the League, defeated Han= son for the house on the Republican ti- cket, according the latest advices. DISTRICT 6, PART OF GRAND FORKS COUNTY—The League had no candidates in this district. 3 DISTRICT 7, PART OF GRAND . FORKS COUNTY—AIl League candi< . dates nominated,’ For the senate, on the Republican’- Ticket" the vote on partial returns’ was: - Albert- Stemmo, indorsed: by the League, 387; H. A. Bronson, 3786; J. D. Taylor, 290. For the house, ‘one to nominate, the vote on partial returns was: 0. K. Lageson, indorsed by the League, 434; Dean, 319; Miller, 273. Final returns will not change the rela- to . tive standings.’ DEFEAT OF BURNETT TRAILL COUNTY FEATURE DISTRICT 8, TRAILL COUNTY — All League candidates nominated. The - - feature of ‘this legislative fight was the - overwhelming defeat of W. J. Burnett, - who originally got the indorsement of == the farmers and refused it. He thought. - he could win without the farmer vote: - ° and was widely quoted in the gang press . ‘ defouncing the League. The vote was . - as follows, three to be nominated: Al- bert G. Moen, League candidate, 1106; J. E. Quam, League candidate, 860; _League candidate, 956; . W. J. Burnett, 512; Edward Colton, 470; Sven -N. 'Heskin, 520; Mons Johnson, - . Henry ' Strom, 468. 7 » DISTRICT 9, PART . OF CASS COUNTY—The League bad o candic - dates in- this district. [ DISTRICT 10, PART OF COUNTY—-The League had one. ] PART OF. GRAND . FORKS COUNTY—Latest reports. from . this, district indicate that all League - candidates: are mominated. J. P. Hem=" T RN .date in this district for the house, ' H ran on the Republican ticket and: £a to be nominated. 'The ‘vote: 7o /Brainard, League candidate; 451;, Storstad, 583; Bernt N. Sandbec < The 'high two. of the above a; . publican nominees in