The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 14, 1916, Page 13

~ ' lasy and unfaithful it couldn’t stop. £5% WHERE HE STANDS - " Lynn J. Frazier, Republican candidate for governor of North Dakota, will stand Republican state central committee when that-body meets in Bismarck Sept. 6 - In an intervi - They had been advised of that by two successive votes, - projeet.:. The people thought their instruction to the 1 : - will'of‘the people and it did defy it. It put difficulties and ob ' employe would act when asked to do som = mere pretense of starting action and then quit.. . put.into effect. ' Then the people learned that it 1 i - Shoul lone. ture and a state administration which believed in this project, which was not tied up with in mined to_hire such a‘legislature and such an admini by the Nonpartisan Leagtie platform, irrespective ‘of action taken by the © the Nonpartisan platform. - LD 0N Fee iy oy - .. Two years-ago-the legislature of the state of North Dakota knew that the peo in' the last of which_ four-fifths of the people ‘had expressed themselves in favor of the .- The legislature had.the power to defy the: carrying out the will of the people. It acted just as any “We ean’t; we don’t want to.” pectfully asked that the will of the, ) It was necessary“also to put'into office a legisla- terests hostile to the people. rent edition of the Nonpartisan Leader; Mr. Frazier declares that he will stand by the 'League program from start to finish—and. he ‘also maintains: that it is up-to the Republican committee to form- ulate a program that is in accord with that the Mr. Frazier takes the position SLATURE egislature would be enough. But. it wasn’t structions in the way of ething he didn’t- want to-do. It said: Finally-it defied a delegation of farmers which res ‘wasn’t enough to decide What should be done. stration. That was “how thé whole dern Republicafi voters of the state, when they nominated him by a majority over. all rival candidates, accepted his personal filatform——which;is the platform of the: . Nonpartisan League. In view of that fact, he maintains it is up to the Repuh- lican ‘committee to take cognizance ‘of the primary election vote and abide by people be The people deter- thing started.” The legislature started something “the result, both as relates to the ‘candi- .dates; and as to the platform: ; For some time it has been reported ‘ that an attempt-might be made to istic to the League's platform.—BEA( R AR AR It made a' s TSR g g 4