The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 6

A K R B S LT St i 4 e e W SN O South Dakota has plenty of money to “develop” the mining industry and to pay for extravagances in state government. The money, as is usual ‘in an agmcnltural : * state, comes from the earnings of farms such as that shown above. The farmers pay the bills, but they have little to say in the control of the state’s affairs, They are " tired of ‘that situation, just as the North Dakota farmers were tired of it. They have already started to organize to elect men chosen by them to office s0 as_to remedy some of the injustices which are a burden on the farmers. ; . Party ° WarhorSes ave Fallen Capture of Leg:slature by North Dakota Farmers * The Nonpartisan League has won the 1917 North Dakota legislature by one of the most sweeping political victories on recqrd.’ The lower house, except for representatives from a few scattering districts, will be composed almost entirely of Nonparhsan League farmers. The League has elected 19 state senators-and Jost only four senate candidates it indorsed. In two districts it. had no penate candidates. The farmers need only six favorable senators out of the 24 holdovers to assure a majority in the Bpper house for the League progam. The Nonpartisan League farmers elim- inated scores of old-time political war- horses in the primaries, but it remained for the election just held to finish the job. Well-known and hitherto unbeat- able members of the legislature who went . down to defeat November 7 included Harty of Bottineau, Bond of Ward,' McMillan, Husband and McFadden of - Pembina, Tallack of Walsh, Watt of ass, and dozens of others, The big feature of the results in the legislative districts was the fact that party banners did not seem to make any difference to the farmers. All they looked for was the League indorsement, and whena candidate had that he usually went over regardless of whether a Dem~ ocrat or Republican. Four League Democratic candidates for the senate were elected in normally Republican dis- tricts, and the League only lost one Democrat indorsed for the senate. For the house it was the same. 'All the League’s Republican candidates went ¢ ‘over and four out of every ‘five of the “Democrats; have candidates for the legislature both on the :Republican and’ ' Democratic tickets «in the same district, and the voters would pick the League candidates from both pa.rt.xes and defeat all others. This was true in Bottineau, Ward Cass, Pembina and other counties.- . FEW DEFEATS It is frue the League sufi red total: defeat or gained only.a i in a few districts out of the were 50 few they can not affect the : general result. - The farmers’ candidates’ running for the leglslature in the inde- pendent, or ' “individual’ nominations”. / column, the 1ast one on the ballot, did not’ succeed in Stark and Ramsey counties ties in the indorsed by the . failed, th they The will- * house: Henry:Geiger, Republican, League: ” high three for the house elected.- - district had one seat to fill in the lower Often the League would “Democrat (League), 1032' Hedalen, Re-- ut these - Is Big Achlevement of the Flection tlus issue the returns from all the leg'm- 1616, W 1 Bnmett, Demoerat, 365, latxve districts, but over half the districts © Mons Johnson, Demacrat, 313. are’ given herewith, - including ' most™ of District 12, part of Richland county-— the contested districts, where. the League The League had no candidates in this ‘won its most brilliant victories. League: district, no ‘convention having been held; _wmeémbers ‘are finding ‘keen satisfaction . but two members of the League ran on over. the results where they elected - the Democratic ticket against two Re- Democrats - in" strongly Republican dis-~ publicans; and one member of the League tricts. Other districts wxlI be reported was elected. The vote was as follows: next week. £ : A. 'G. Divet, Republican, 897; Paul - VICTORY IN PEMBINA Meyer, member of the League, Democrat District 1, Pembina county — The - 886; C. Ness, Republican, 852; M. P' - Schmitt, member of the League 835. League won a brilliant victory ' in . this 2 district. * The voté; sbowmg both Repub- Divet and Meyer elected. : This - ‘gives the licans and Democrats indorsed by the fi%fl; ?e member. ¢f the loyer hoose League elected, follows: Senate, Walter OF; expecks Welford, Democrat: (League), 1466; Mc- McCARTEN IS ELECTED i Fadden, Republican, 1239.. - For - the - District 113, Sargent county—Richard McCarten, Democrat, -indorsed by the candidate, 1609; J. J. O’Connor, Demo- League, won a splendxd victory over Vail crat, League candidate, 1233; William -for.the senate. Vail is an.old war horse Pleasance, Democrat, League candidate, —in the senate and:a Republican but fell 1409; W. N. Husband, Repubhcan " before the League man. The vote was: 1192; P. H: McMillan, Republican, 1129; McCarten, 992; Vail, 862.. The League’s .7 two canidates for the ‘house were both District 2, part of Ward connty—Th_m Democrats also, Frank Riba and Stock- “stad, ~ Riba was elected and Stockstad house, for which - the League indorsed defeated. - The vote was: Riba, 996; S. S. Petry, a Socialist, who was beaten 'Petterson, Republican, 932; Stockstad, by the following vote: Petry, Socialist, -888; Thompson, Republican, 847, 431; Sinclair, Democrat, 557, Jo,lms'on, District 14, Ransom County — The Republican, 362. v m elected I:su two cl:;ndldates for - e use, a8~ follows: artin Larson, _ ANOTHER SENATOR _ 'Republican (League), 1514; Fred Nims, District No. 8, part'of Walsh county— ‘Republican (League), 1542; = Allison, ‘The League elected Xs two members of Democrat, 417. ‘High two elected. the house and 'a senator. . Vote on 4 MIKLETHUN DEFEATED senator: Christ Levang, Republican Ll sttnct 16 Steele and Gnggs counties (League), 1372; Fletcher, Democrat, 448, —The 'e & 1 two of its ,Ewll: ::t:lg‘; thnee,h;::; vé::,hx nggzm _candidates for the house. The vote in can (League), 1185; 'Alex Ferguson, ‘both ‘counties’ was: Porter Kimball, Re- publican (League); 1732; B. W. Everson, ‘Republican (Leggue), 1711; Lathrop, Re- - 1283; Mlkleth\m, ‘Ipdependent’ 3 912;° Kimball, Everson and pub.xc'\u, 820, Vorachelt, CHRISTENSON BEA house, both running on tlie’Democratle_ ticket. - The vote was: F. J.-Martz, Deme ocrat (League), 713; Charles P. "Petere Democrat. (League), 839; Noyes,. . ' son, .. :Republican, 538; Siple, Reyubhcan, 546 District 23, Stutaman county. — The: Leagueelectedasenatorandtworep— 8 resentatives but lost two representa- - tives in this county.. Thomas Pendray, Republican (League), was elected unop- posed to the senate. The vote on the thouse was as follows: L. H. Larson, Re-"" ‘publican’ (League), 2280; N. E. Whipple, Republican (League), 2279, Wright, Re-" publican, 2091; Allen, Republican, 17843 Joos, Democrat (League), - 1475; Bell, - Democrat - (League), 1370. elected. DEMOCRAT WINS I.N DICKEY ,;- ‘ sttrxct 25, Dickey county — William = Zieman, League ‘candidate for 'senator, - .was elected unopposed. ~ For the house: the League indorsed ‘A:'S. Marshall, Re-' publican, and Robert Krause, Democrat. The vote was as follows, two-to elect: M:;r;hau ;§g5 ~Krause, 868, Knox, Re- ‘publican, While Krause, League candidate, seems to' be defeated on the face of these returns, the ofidal unt .- ml)ym put-him over, = . trict 27, Burleigh eoun —All League candxdntes successful. - Thtz yote was as follows: = State senate, Carrol D. King, Republican (League), 1773; Jack ‘son, Democrat, 522 Lower house, D. Bailey, - Republican (League), ; Frank G. Prater, Republican ( (League %882- Gf"ffi&, N. Vamum epublican 9; Bertsch Jr., Ikmocrat, 478 Democrat, 426, District: 28, Bothn lative _candidates; regardl ‘party bgvniner? won H:gh tour B