The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 20, 1916, Page 8

Reporis from cc~munities on the route of the second successful picnic tour of Lynn J. Frazier, the farmers’ candidate for governor who was nommated by a majority of : it i all votes in the Republican primaries, shows that he is speaking to even larger crowds than in his series of addresses before the primaries. The keen intellectual ability, 5 & ! J 4 $ the energy and the industry which caused Lynn Frazier to excel in sports, in college, as a school teacher and as a farmer have developed him in the course of a few weeks ! into an able and forceful speaker. at Wildrose by the Wildrose studio, ARMERS, newspapers, and can- didates joined last week in ma- 3 king the several league picnics i held in the southern part of the § state, a reflection of the sentiment of primary election day. | 2 Lynn J. Frazier and James Manahan spoke at a number of places to large crowds that had assembled from long distances, and their meetings were not only buoyantly enthusiastic, but the re- ports of them in the papers were gene- rous and reflected sentiments of the audiences. Mr. Frazier was praised as : a speaker of dignified bearing and sound - § argument, free from all tricks of: poli- . tlcal speech, and stra.lghtforward in pre- sentmg the issues. /Candidates were present - at some of the meetings and lent local color to thé - . senate in that ‘district, who presided. Mr. Zieman was a delegate to the state - i RE welcome extended the visiting orators. I ' ‘The : Ellendale band was. procured for | the meeting at Oakes, and everywhere there was cooperation with .those who . twere seeking to bring the next governor into the towns. or nearby groves where he could address farmers and business o : men. In all his addresses Mr. Frazier i | ig. made concise presentation | lustory to show its trend, and assured his hearers that the Nonpartlsan move- ment in North- Dakota is.the peoples movement. | . IMPRESSIVE TALK MADE _ BY FRAZIER AT OAKES. at_hered from many miles around and came in more than 200 automobxles, listened to Mr Frazier in a picnic ad- nmary election, June 28 was no nse to him; as he had known from of . the : Leagues program, gave: enough of its Between 1000 and 1200 persons, who. " ~‘dress at Oakes, Dickey county, Tuesday afternoon. He told his audience that enthus:asm, and " the large.- * Frazier Makes New Votes Da";s‘ffl Enthusiasm Is Redoubled Since Primaries Showed People of State Want Him Elected people, who saw their own servants be- traying . them, he said. He wanted to ‘see better conditions for ‘the country people, and this' was what moved the farmers to remedy their hard conditions by taking an effective part in the ad- ministration of state affairs. He paid a ‘tribute to A. C.. Townley, president of the Nonpartlsan League, for the success of the orgamzatlon, and recommended ;h«lal league nommees for election next al Mr. Frazxer's address here ‘was pre- -faced by a short tdlk by William Zie- man; nominee of ‘- the League for the convention and . told his hearers there never was a more fair ‘and free conven- tion, and he said he marveled at the magnitude of the League’s success in its first encounter, the primary . election. . Three meetings were held Wednesday,* at Verona in the- forenoon, at Edgeley in the evening, and a picnic. at LaMoure - in/ the ‘afternoon. 'The same ' interest and large crowds attended these, and also ‘the meetmg' Thurday at Norton- ville. To a large audience of farmers “from Editor Nonp&;ttisan Leader' ; and I must say that it is'a fine paper. you in the oooooooooooooooooo' CAN”I.‘ BLUFF LEAGUE, HE SAYS 1 read your paper a good deal through the courtesy of A now working for, I can assure you success of the best km “See the farmers are now beginning to realize what m'wrong i It seems so. pleasant to think that someone who kno grafters, keep it a gom ’—you have our suppork. . - The: small. weekly. newspapers who. think, _they know: mething, and’ who' . think they bluff the League and its members, remind me of the fiy’ that fell in the pudding dish: %Give me a toothpick, a fly fell into my puddmg and I wish to remove it.”; A toothpick will remove all:these small country newspapers: off our shoulders “just as.sure as it did the fiy in the pudding dish. WOITY, you buddmg ‘capitalists; the farmer is most merciful ‘and. wxll forgw ! end. However, don’t get too fresh ’round fere, the vicinity of La Moure, and of busi- .ness ‘men and residents of La Moure, Mr. Frazier on Wednesday, July 12, set forth the hopes and purposes of the Non- partisan league.” He thanked the voters for the strong: support they gave the League ticket, and promlsed them that . if ‘the league nominees :are ‘put into office this fall, the people of North Da- kota need feel no fears that the state will be -overturned. No wild experi< ments will be attempted, he said, despite the charges of newspapers like the Courier-News, Normanden, Grand Forks Herald, and others that have fought the league fromits beginning. ‘He referred to the fact that 60 per cent. of the wealth of the United staates is controlled by two percent of the pop- ulation_ and. said this was an unequal distribution, ‘which should be regulated by legislation that would curb the power of big interests over the common peo- ple. He reviewed briefly the history of North Dakota’s struggle for freedom from the grain monopoly of Minneapo- lis and Chicago, the passage by legis- latures and by two votes of the people of a constitutional. amendment to. per- mit the state to enter into the ‘owner- If you stick to the prin ‘But don’! His evident sincerity and the justice of the cause of the farmers are eonstantly wmnmg him mecre fnends. This picture was taken " 'ship and operation of terminal eleva- tors, and said that the treachery of the legislature, servants of the people, to provide this' after being so instructed was one of the direct causes of the g formation of the Nonpartisan league. : ENEMIES OF LEAGUE SEEKING CLASS DIVISION ‘He scored the grain gamblers for their methods of manipulation and laid: at, their door many of the hardships of - the farmers. He pointed out that the ' farmers have always supported the. | towns by their patronage, and that the - growing sympathy of the small busi=: ness men of North Dakota for the far- mers, as shown by their receptlon of « league speakers and joining: of the : Vo i league,-is a fair exchange. As to the A i league arraying one class against an- ; other, Mr. Frazier said it has done nothing of the kind, but that the mal- - icious -attacks of the Normanden, Con- : rier-News and their associate papers, have done this, and have caused a good many residents of cities to vote against S gy § the farmers under mxsapprehenslon of et (i tl_neu- real. purpose. ‘The' only way con- ¥« < n as to the grain' ceived with’ mtg--..[ everywhere. These ; _continue until Auy, 12 practically every d;y, and a suce