The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 7

el e - & 7 7 7 e M A Aol T 14 Control of the Legislature by the Farmers Depends on the Result in Eight Districts Which Are Closely Contested November 7. The senate is composed of 49 members, 24 of them being holdovers and not up for election this year; so that the S § , - senators to be elected this year constitute a bare majority of one in the senate. : : . It ean be seen, therefore, that the farmers, to eontrel the eoming senate, must put over every man they have indorsed for a senatorship to be absolutely sure that . their legislation will not be blecked in the upper house. i g ; To be sure, a number df_ the holdover. senators are favorable to the farmers’ program, but to make up for that the League has no eandidates for the senate in twe districts, the distriets in which Farge and Valley City are located. In the former the League never had a candidate and in~ the latter the League nominee lost out in the primaries. ‘ This shows how narrow the margin is on the control of the senate e THERE ARE 25 state senatoré to be elected in North Dakota they have indorsed and whe are in the race November 7. The election of the greaf .majority of these League candidates.for the senate is > 5 DISTRICT NO. 1, PEMBINA COUNTY A 3 For the senate: < i Walter Welford, Democrat. . .. . e Walter Welford is the candidate for state senator in the first legislative district indorsed by the league. He is a successful farmer with censiderable business interests in Pembina county and is at present president of the Pembina Farmers’ Grain and Elevator Co. and vice president of the Merchants Bank. He has had legislative experience, being a member of the house of representatives in the 1907 and 1909 sessions and has all the necessary qualifications of a good senator. Mr. Welford distinguished himself em his first trip to Bis- marck by paying his own railroad fare" and returning the three free passes sent him by the different railroad companies of the state, having. been elected on a plat- form pledged to eliminate this means of pelitical cor- ruption from the state. His pledge, therefore, that he will support the legislative program of the League can be depended upon and it was the wide spread trust in 2 his sincerity that made him the choice of the farmers of Pembina County as their candidate for state senator. > and the necessity of the farmers putting over every-one of the 23 senators practically assured, but a hard fight is being put up against the League men in a number of districts, notably where the League has a Democrat or Independent candidate running, the gang believing that the farmers will overlook their candidates in the Democratic and Independent columns and that the “We’ll Stick” slogan will fall flat. Therefore it is of utmost importance that members and friends of the League in these contested senatorial districts become alive to the issues, know their candidate and work hard for him as well as vote for him. In this rests the hope of the farmers in controlling the next senate. s ‘ . s " For the benefit of the League members and their friends in these senatorial distriets where the hardest fight against the League is being made and where the old gang by no means has quit, the Leader herewith presents a summary of the conditions. Read over the situation in these districts as presented here and see if your district is concerned and if your candidate is among those given here. This does not mean that League members should not be alive to the situation and vote for their senate candiddte in all districts, but that in these eight districts the stuation needs especial attention. DISTRICT NO. 11, PART OF CASS COUNTY For the senate: ! Charles E. Drown, Democrat_....._.._.. Mr. Drown, a farmer of Page, is the League can- didate for state senator from the eleventh district, embracing western Cass County. Though running on the Demoeratic ticket Mr. Drown is indorsed by the farmers of his district, Republicans and Democrats alike. He was unanimously chosen as the farmers’ candidate for the senate from the eleventh district in a convention in which there were four Republican farm- ers te every single Democrat, a fact which tells some- thing of the esteem in which Mr. Drown is held by his neighbors. ; Mr. Drown is a man of unusual ability and force of character. He has taken an active part in the cam- paign throughout the state for the League ticket and is in demand for his ability as a platform speaker and a rough and ready campaigner. In his youth' Mr. Drown studied for the bar and though.never admitted A. J. McFadden, the Republican candi- date, is a peolitician who has served in the legislature. He fought in committee wmgainst state hail insurance, part of the farmers’ program, and voted against it, and he voted to repeal the tax to build * terminal elevators. DISTRICT NO. 13, SARGENT COUNTY For the senate: Richard MeCarten, Democrat Mr. Me€arten is the farmers’ candi- date, indorsed by the Nonpartisan League, selected by his fellow farmers in the convention of this district because he is in sympathy with the great farmers’ movement, is for the League program and is a man of honesty and candidate, is a politician who has served in the farmers’ interests there. He voted to repeal the tax to build terminal elevators at the last session and voted with the gang to prevenk regulation of insurance company rates, which are robbing the people - of hundreds of thousands ‘of ability. Framk W. Vail, the Republican dollars. S -5 DISTRICT NO. 21, RAMSEY COUNTY - For the senate - 3 : -3 Myron King, Independent___.__._ - AR AR S S P O =~ Mr. King is the farmers’ man, indorsed by the Nonpartisan League and running strictly as a nonpartisan, without any He was chosen to oppose the Republican and Demecratic candi- dates in this district at a convention of League members after the - primaries, and was selected.because of his staunch loyalty te the farmers’ cause and the party banner. program of the League. F. W. Hyland, the Republican candi- date, is a gang politician who has served DISTRICT NO. 31, STARK COUNTY , after the primaries, when they asked . Mr. Gregg to be their candidate and to _ For the senate : S. D. Gregg, Independent..____ The farmers of this district did, not indorse a camdidate for the senate until in past legislature; he fought state hail insurance in committee and voted against it on the floor of the senate. He voted for placing investigation of the terminal elevator propesiten in the hands of Hanna’s board of control, known to be prejudiced against this farmers’ propo- sitien, and he voted to repeal the tax to build terminal elevators. W. A. Fulkerson is the Demoératic eandidate. He does not have the League indorse- ment. . : run independently, without any party tag on him. Gregg is indorsed by the League and is the farmers’ candidate. M. L. McBride,: Republican, .is.a gang... politician who has served in the legis- lature before, where he sold out the ° He voted against a - farmers’ interests. bill providing .procedure for the .recall of public officials, against the bill for reducing the interest rate from 12 to 10 _per cent, in the 1913 legislature, and, . in the 1916 legislature, he failed to vote on the important rollcall regarding regu-- lation of insurance rates when his vote - alone would have decided the matter, and - he voted for the repeal of the terminal’ elevater tax = legislature and betrayed the =~ ~ has kept up his interest in the law. He has frequently appeared as counsel in justice court cases and in many years of such practice, per- formed in many cases for his brother farmers without fee, he lost only one case, though frequently pitted against skilled attorneys from the cities. 3 Mr. Drown’s opponent, W. E. Clark, running on the Republican ticket, is a coal and wood and implement dealer who has in the past often expressed hostility to the causes for which the farmers are working. Mr. Clark’s business buildings are loca:teq on rallroad_ right of way and he enjoys relations with the railroads and other big interests which would make his election dangerous to the farmers of the state. : - “For the senate A. D. Hansen, Democrat - The League did not have any eandi- dates in this district til after the primaries, when a éonvention was called -and the farmers asked Mr. Hansen, run- "ning on the Democratic ticket, to accept the momination, whick he did. He is therefore the farmers’ candidate and is in sympathy with the farmers’ program, which he will suppert. His opponent; . DISTRICT NO. 37, PART OF RICHLAND COUNTY C. W. Carey, Republican, served in the last house, where he voted against the terminal elevator bill and for the repeal of the terminal elevator tax, showing he is mot in favor of farmers’ legislation. He does not have the support of the farmers and is not bound to favor their measures if elected. DISTRICT NO. 49, SIOUX, HETTINGER AND ADAMS COWT]ES For the senate 0. H. Opland, Independent.. ... _____ Mr. Opland is the farmers’ candidate, In the primaries he came within a'few votes of getting the Republican nomina- tion and after the primaries the League convention in his' district insisted that -he run independently for the office. - He indorsed by the Nonpartisan -League. ..-rate. P2 G SN favors the League program and has been a hard worker for the farmers’ meovement. H. P. Jacobson, his opponent running as a Republican, has served in the legis- lature before. He shawed his opposition to the terminal elevator when he vated to let Hanna’s board .of eonmtrol, known to be prejudiced against the propasition, have charge of the investigation of the elevator proposition, instead of ‘the impartial railroad commissien. Also he voted with the gang to repeal the ter- minal elevator tax. As chairman of the ways. and-means committee he brought in a report unfavorable to one of the hills in the 1915 session reducing the interest In the. 1913 - session he voted against reducing the interest rate from 12 to 10 per cent, against the recall of public officials -and generally with the politicians against the best interests of the people, DISTRICT NO. 29, PART OF WARD COUNTY " For the senate | Thorwald Mostad, Democrat............_.._.. ... . . " Mr. Mostad is the farmers’ candidate, thoroughly in sympathy with the indorsed by the Nonpartisan League. farmers” program as expressed by the He is a farmer, progressive in ideas and SEVEN (Continued on page 24)