The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, May 27, 1918, Page 2

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The state-wide Minnesota primaries are June 17, and the Nonpartisan league has practically a complete state and legisla- cause there has been not the slightest attempt by the opponents of the League and of organjzed labor, which is co-operating with the farmers, to discuss the issues raised by the League. : The League has a written, definite program of political and economic re- forms, about which there can be no misunderstanding or doubt. There are no candidates in the Minnesota field with a definite program or definite issues, ex- cept the candidates indorsed by the farmers and labor unions. And the oppo- sition to the candidates indorsed by the League has to date refused to discuss these issues. They have no issues of their own, and they refuse to discuss the issues raised by several hundred thousand organized workers and farmers. Instead of discussing the issues, the League’s opposition has raised the ery | of disloyalty and is indulging in a gross ‘campaign of name-calling. For this reason, the Daily News, the big evening paper of St. Paul, sees the defeat of the League opposition, unless that opposition between now and June 17 comes out with a platform of its own, or consents to discuss the League platform. The News, which has been and is neutral in the campaign, under the signature of James A. Peterson, its political writer, says: The League is the only political organization in the field with a specific program. This is not said as an argument for the League or any of the candidates. It is said because it is a fact, and if the League benefits by a statement of the fact, those parties which have no definite program are alone to blame. 7z Mr. Lindbergh has started his campaign on the League platform. There is plenty of room for argument as to the soundness of govern- mental principles he advocates, but so far none of those opposing him or the League have sought to argue the right or wrong of the League program. A fair campaign would be one in ‘which the issues as set forth by the League, since it is the only organization which has .set forth any issues, would be openly and squarely debated.’ But this isn’t going to be a fair campaign by any means. Every effort is being made by the interests opposed to Mr. Lindbergh and the League to avoid the issues they have promulgated, while on the other hand every effort is being made by the same interests to distract the . attention of the public from those issues. FE . ; The same thing was'done in the St. Paul primary campaign, but it didn’t work. The same room for argument existed then on the sound- ness or unsoundness of political doctrine, but there was no argument. The result, so far in the state campaign, is that Mr. Lindbergh has all the advantage in discussing his issues because he is doing the dis- cussing single-hanided. Nobody is attempting to debate with him. This again is but the statement of a political fact, and if Mr. Lindbergh benefits by the statement, he does so because his opponents have failed to state their arguments, if they have' any. Governor Burnquist has said he will make no political speeches and will confine his campaign to the making of patriotic addresses when called upon. Nobody can criticize the governor for making patriotic - addresses, but he can be criticized for not fairly stating his position on campaign issues. " If the governor is willing to leave his fortunes to what the public knows of his record, all political indications are that the governor will be among the unfortunate about June 18. That is the opinion of an independent, neutral political observer. On the same day the Pioneer Press-Dispatch, the anti-labor, anti-farmer organ of the Twin Cities, had a review of the Minnesota political situation. Unlike-the neu- tral point of view adopted by the News, the Press-Dispatch of course had a bit- terly partisan article on the campaign, but the following very significant state- ment crept in: AR i L Those who claimed early in the campaign that Governor Burnquist would walk away with the Republican nomination have changed their minds, . They now admit the governor and his friends are in for a real fight. 7 That is the concession of the enemy that the cause of the organized farmers and labor unions of Minnesota is making progress. It is an admission that what was a “walkaway” for Burnquist and the anti-League crowd, has become a close race. And the bigipoint is that THIS TREND TO THE LEAGUE CANDI- DATES HAS NOT STOPPED. It is continuing and it will continue, until the primaries pile up huge majorities for them. tive ticket in the field. The contest is particularly interesting be- . Toston, Mont, | Editor Nonpértisan Leader: The big dailies in this state are try- - ing everything they can to poison the farmers against the League.- They well know what will be the result at this fall’s election. prostituted and kept press, are vitu- perating and lying more and’ more each issue. The Helena Independent, Butte Miner, Anaconda Standard and others of their stripe are each trying which can gslander, abuse and vilify the League most and then there are some little two-by-four sheets through:the state that are probably under the control of the commercial clubs, which are generally an auxiliary to Big Biz. I look soon for the farmers that are members of the Ledague to cut out the patronizing of the kept press. That’s what they should do and let them de- Their tools, the - pend on the commercial clubs and. business parasites that live off of the farmer and continually knock him, if he wants to assert his political rights without dictation from them. Just _now ‘the kept press of Minneapolis is being circulated through this state and distributed out'dmong the farm- ers since the farmers’ congress at ‘Great Falls a short time ago. .They and the hireling press of this state are going the limit with their slander and abuse of the League and Townley, but they have but little ef- fect on the members. that read the Leader, for they know they get the truth in the Leader. have a daily Leader for the campaign this year to head off the lies as fast as they manufacture them against the League. Big Biz, his assistants and lickspittles are worried over the rapid growth of the League here. ; B A. D. PEUGH. e o e e R O S T N e e T e S I wish we could" ADVERTISEMENTS THE ‘ —n SHORTCUT o R AT R =z % Kept Out of the Stack is Worth 10 Bushels that poor separation puts i_n. When a Red River Special makesmoneybyre-threshmg‘ i the straw that other makes are through with, it shows just the kind of work it does when first on the job. 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