The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 3

= -\~ ... Official Paper of e Farmers .Noapartisan Political League of North Dakote .~ - .FARGO,-NORTH -DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 /// HE ONLY MWANTS : %//// TO' BE. ENCOURA > e ” e i o i . The cartoon above illustrates what has hap- ~ . 'Thisis no pened to the political parties in North Dakota. It oD RS T tells the story about as aceurately as it can be told platform— . There has been a lot of misunderstanding of p atf,o : < the real political situation in this state—a lot of S : There.AS_ -TOOM . doubt and bewilderment among some.- To those SRS -5, forall s . .~ 'The Nonpartisan League has erécted a strong ~and substantial platform. It is composed of good and desirable planks ; . <-matters vital to the welfare of the people of North Dakota.: -The cai- PR - didates indorsed by the Nonpartisan League stand squarely on the plat- . Standing on the platform 'the candidates indorsed by the League, - including both Republicans and Democrats, were approved and nominat- - “ed by the voters of the state in the primaries. The Republican voters _ of the st_z{t%’:'f‘espeg:ially,“;s_fiowed their strong approval ‘of the League’s - %+ platform by nominating the candidates standing upon it and defeating b those running upon other issues and claims. .The program of . the 4 Lengye thus became the platform of the Republican party. . The League f : had ngt been “swallowed by:the Republican party;” ‘as’sorne nervous De- g mocrats have put it.-- The Republican party had mérely ‘comeé over itito e g e - The next scene of the play was the seizure by Theeiephant . the real Republicans, the actual yoters, of the state s - machinery and organization of the party, repre- : ; nflxumis mmlyn’ A Rt TR G 3Py e ha?fiéfljedatBlsmarc arck Sep gently urged up the plank trong people’s platform. He because he is used to associat- judlcxously ~ Taming the Wild Elephant - who are in doubt we recommend the study of this *_ - League’s purposes. ‘Bond's real political affection.” Soon realize 8o will the other Democrats wh // DON'T FORGET CASEY, CANDIDATE R STATE TREASURER DEMOCRATIC TICKET! 5 ) 5 2 and" League ‘principles. There. are lots of staunch Democrats in the League. ey R These Democrats are going to vote for Frazier for governor and for all the other Republican candidates indorsed by the League—because ‘they stand on the League platform and are committed. to.the work of carrying out the farmers’ dims and proposals. In like manner the Republican members of:the League will vote for - P. M. Casey, the Democratic candidate for state treasurer, Casey is the ONLY CANDIDATE FOR STATE TREASURER: in sympathy with the League and committed to' its principles. He is the ONLY CANDI- DATE FOR TREASURER who, if elected, will work in sympathy and . harmony with: the other 'members of the Frazier administration. form, at their head Lynn J: Frazier, the people’s candidate for governor. - He is a Democrat, but Republicans and Democrats alike who_ want to-see the farmers’ administration succeed will vote for him and work - for him. “ He is oppased by John Steen, the present state treasurer, who ‘is not in sympathy with the League and who is antagonistic to the [ ue It will be a SERIOUS CALAMITY IF STEEN IS RE-ELECTED. - He can do much to embarrass and hamper the farmers’ qu_rgi_r«xist{g}:_i‘pn_;_ip its efforts to give the pegp]e 'of_ j:he state a square deal, . * 0k ko 'Wa d cotmty -+ has “been swallowed by.the Republican party” are o EEeE e o likely to be answered pretty fully before election, thrOWS -light The case of Bond of Ward county, discussed more . ‘onthe- - -in detail elsewhere in this issue, throws light on the matter. : L , on of the party, repre- " - vital - S s';-"‘)}‘oiiifis a Republicaifi,' é]so one ‘of. the Old migniestion v n Ang ';“In1915, beginning to notice how the wind RSt et"m -+ :-of publicisentiment was, veering;.he, had. begun to ' 3. » 7 trim ‘hig’sadls a little. But-his 1913 record shows n, He was a friend of the usurer, against direct legislation and in general opposed to anything which would tend to tht’gn‘ ’thg people’s burdensor to permit them to run their own state, League members in Ward county can’t stomach Bond. They don’t -have to. There is a real friend of the common people running in the personi of Thorwald Mostad, .the Democratic candidate. He has been indorsed by a meeting of League members in the district. = He is entitled - fo the solid support of the friends of good government. He will get it. . have been indorsed by the League, e e PR A semnre | ! i } | i