The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 20, 1916, Page 17

D. C. Coates, Managing Editor. Advertising rates on application. Subscnption, one-year, in advance, Farmers. vertised, we will take it as a favor should th Diseri and up-to-date farmers. il WRITING IN NAMES Suppose that a Democrat had regis- fered as such with the assessor and then voted in the primaries by writing in the names of a Republican on the Democratic ballot. Should such a vote be counted by the judges and inspector of election? Is a man disfranchised by Tegistering in one party of the right to vote for a person on another ticket if he chooses to write in the name and make a cross opposite same in a primary election? What is the mean- ing of the primary law if it is not to weed out and purify the candidates who are running for office?’—E. J. BURNS. ! A voter at a primary election may, if he chooses, vote for anybody he wants to, whether in his own party or not, by writing in the name of the person he desires to vote for, if the name is not on the party ballot the voter receives. Thus, as to the first ques- tion, ‘a Democrat, registering as such and receiving the Democratic ballot at the primaries, may write in the names of a Republican or anyone else he may desire to nominate for any office, and the judges of election, under the law, are compelled to count such votes. The primary is held for the purpose of choosing the nominees of the various political parties to run in the fall « election. In the case of nonpartisan offices, like judges and superintendents of schools, the primary is for the pur- pose of eliminating all but two ecandi- dates for each vacancy, the twd remaining to be voted upon in the general election. BEWARE SEWING MACHINE ‘MAN Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Do you know anything about the ........ sewing machine. Several farmers in this- vicin- ity have signed contracts for them: and now believe they were swindled.—J. K. Several complaints have been receiv- ed by the Leader of the operations of a squad of sewing machine agents in - the central part of the state who have been hooking a large number of farmers - with their bait. Extravagant claims are made for this machine, which is said to’ have' revolutionized the sewing ma- chine industry and to be inmimensely faster, better and ea$ier to operate any of the standard makes. £ Farmers are bullied into signing a’ contract on the old line of talk: “You buy the latest improved machinery for your farm but you want your wife to slave . her life-away without any of the modern conveniences.” e : : ‘When the machine arrives the far- mer’s wife discovers that it is in no way superior and probably not the equal of standard makes selling for from $40 to $60 though the farmer has paid or agreed to pay $80 for it. e ‘The agent who sells the “machine talks glibly of a “fifty year” guarantee and tells the victim he does not have to. aecept the machine unless he wants it~ affer seeing it. But the man who del- The Nonpartisan Leader N PUBLISHED WEEKLY—EVERY THURSDAY Official Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota Entered as second-class matter September 3, 1915, at the postoffice. at Fargo, North Dakota, under the Act of March 3, 1879. KR - : Communications intended for the paper should be partisan Leader, Box 941, Fargo, North Dakota, and not to any individual. S e e T Y B R e o G O The Leader solicits advertisements of meritorious articles negded...l‘:r“y uack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly ) ey have occasion to doubt or question the reliability of any which patronizes our advertising columns. minating advertisers recognize the Nonpartisan Leader-as the best medium in the state of North Dakota'tllrough whicheto reach the wideawake ASKED and ANSWERED The Leader will be glad to answer the questions of ‘any of its'1c::rs seeking information within its ability to give. It is especially glad to answer the questions on the legislative record of candidates. Herbert Gaston, Editor. $1.50; six months, $1.00. u@ addressed to the Non- if any readers will advise us promgtly rm binding, iron-clad agremenlt in the form of a promissory note, with no mention of a guarantee and no specifications re- garding the nature of the machine he is to receive. Farmers who- signed contracts for the purchase of these machines are prepa- ring in some sections to resist payment on the ground of fraud. But they are anxious to warn other farmers against the game. It is a good thing to remember this: Don’t believe an ‘agent when he tells you that “This paper is only a matter of . form; we will not hold you to it; it’s just a business formality.” Your own word of what the agent TOLD you will not weigh in court as against YOUR SIGNATURE to a written contract. Be careful of what you sign. If a man has an honest piece of goods to sell you HE ‘WILL .NOT REQUIRE YOUR SIGNATURE TO A CGON- TRACT BEFORE HE DELIVERS YOU THE GOODS.- . You owe a duty to your wife to give her the best equipment you can afford— certainly you do. But also owe her the duty of using your own and her own best business sense in . buying that equipment. » If you want to buy your wife a new sewing machine think the matter over carefully, get some information about the leading makes—dealers will be glad to show them to you—and then buy as your business judgment dictates. Don’t be “hooked” by a fly-by-night agent with' a trick contract.. MUST WIN JUDGES SURE Editor' Nonpartisan Leader: Apropos of your article in: the Leader of June 29, on the state supreme | court, I wish to say it seems strange to me that anyone at this day, should wonder that such things could happen. The only pity is that it could happen and the facts in. the case be so .nearly effectually suppressed. There is nature to magnify the virtues of a just judge, say such a one'as Ben Lindsey of the juvenile court of Denver, and . to some such things as the 1914 bar asso- - ciation investigation brought out are a shock to many. “But this is ne surprise to one who' has lived a half century or more, and has noted the far-reaching effect of some of our noted decisions, that haye made history. = And the pity of it is the indifference of the people to the many evidences of the fallibility of some of our judges. ; Master minds ‘questioneéd the infalli- bility of judges says there are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant -operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practic-' ally humorous as that which supposes every man to . be of equal value in the impartial eye, ‘and the benefit of all’ laws to - be equally - attainable ' by all men without the smallest reference . to the furnitare of their pocket bo This book was M&? the pub! an inclination in human. long ago. Charles: Dickens in Nicholas Nickelby, page 600, Do Business With the North Dakota Farmers by Adver- - tising in the Farmers’ Great Paper, the Leader The result getting qualities~of. The Nonpartisan Leader appeal to successful business men. The Leader gives them opportunity each week to talk directly to more than 40,000 North Dakota ‘farmers and their families. Its columns are - carefully and-thoroughly read, because it is the. farmer’s paper, expressing -his ideas and fostering his interests, both economically and polifica“y. , P g ‘l-‘».. o e . SORT - el - The Leader Reaches More North Dakota Farm Homes Than All Other Papers Combined. Brings Greatest Results to Advertisers N e O e S T M A T e ¥ S S KT ES ........_.............‘.“.Q“......................'..... 3 come of this discussion and hope it will arouse enough interest to emphasize the fact that League members ought to support to a man our candidates, Birdzell, Grace and Robinson. 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