The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 15, 1918, Page 3

In the interest of a square deal for the farmers VOL. 7, NO. 2 E Nonpartisan league farmers’ administration of North Da- kota, at the state-wide pri- maries June 26, was swept back into power for another two years by a vote which shows a growth in League strength in every county of X the state. Every state and congressional candidate indorsed by the Nonpar- tisan league won renomination by in- creased majorities, and practxcally every candidate for the state legis- lature’ backed by the farmers won sweeping victories. Not only have the organized farm- ers recaptured the state, but they have done so by much blgger maJormes than they obtained in the primaries of 1916. After two years’ trial of a Nonpartisan farmers’ administration, the people of the state have remdorsed it by bigger majorities. This is the first test at the polls of whether farmer rule can suc- ceed and whether it has tke con- fidence of the people. The people of North Dakota want two years more of administration by the farmers. They want it after a two years’ trial, and they are . more decidedly in favor of it after that trial than they were two years ago, when they first put the League in power. THREE NONPARTISANS TO CONGRESS - Instead of one League man in con- - gress, the entire congressional dele- ~gation from North Dakota will be Nonpartlsan as a result of the recent state primaries. 'The organized farm- ers succeeded in nominating ‘on the Republican ticket. all three congress- men which the state has, and this has assured ‘their election in the fall by ‘overwhelming majorities. One of the outstandmg features of the primary election is the fact that the farmers have at last captured the state senate. Half the members ‘of the senate are.elected every two years, so that half of the senate is always “hold-over.” - Two' years ago, the farmers captured the half of the senate then up for election, but this failed to give them a majority by several votes in the senate, because most of the hold-over senators stood: out against the principal League ‘measures.. - : ; At the recent primary, however, the organized farmers captured: ot the other half of the senate, and this gives the League a majority ““both in the upper and’ lower : - branches of the’ legislature, and assures the enactment of the en- - * tire League program. i s ~ Governor. Lynn J. Frazler, dorsed: by the League, was renom- “majority , that will” probably reach’ close to 20 ,000, when the final returns - ‘treasurer, who‘was the candidate of © ingted on the Republican ticket by a :Lynn J. Frazier, . ceived a majori Official Magazine of the National Nonpartisan League ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, JULY 15, 1918 ficeholder belonging. to the old gang who was not retired to private life two years ‘ago by the farm- ers. His elimination from North Dakota politics by the primary vote abolishes the last vestige of the old political gang from the statehouse. Two years ago in the Republican primaries, Gov- ernor Frazier received-40,001 votes. There were cast against him in that primary election 35,912 votes. His majority in the recent- primary wxll probably reach 20,000. It is now over 17,000, with armer govemor of North Dakota. overwhelmmg reindorsement by the people of North Dakota of ' * state administration, made poesxble through he Nonpartisan - League farmers in various ways afte fter th : : yyernor Frazler on . him ‘and put him.over in 1916. 'As: June 26 won the Republican nomination for another two-year term. ‘He re- lieutenant - governor, ' however; he ¢ of '20,000. votes, four times the majority he received in the double—crossed the League fa.rmera'_ are in. He defeated John Steen, state ‘1916 primaries; and ‘he polled nearly- 60,000 votes, as against 40,000 two years 'WHOLE NUMBER 147 LANDSLIDE IN NORTH DAKOTA Three Nonpartisan Congressmen, a Governor and a Full State Ticket Nominated by League Farmers —And Nomination Means Election many rural precincts, where the vote is going three to one for the League, to be heard from. Governor Frazier not only got a FOUR TIMES BIGGER MAJORITY than he got in 1916, but he | received A TOTAL VOTE WHICH WILL PROB- ABLY REACH 60,0000 AGAINST A TOTAL VOTE IN 1916 OF ONLY 40,000. In the first congressional district of North Da- kota, Congressman John M. Baer has won nomina- tion on the Republican’ ticket by a substantial majority. Congressman Baer was elected by the Nonpartisan league at a special election last year, to fill a vacancy in congress caused by death. At that time he ran as an independent - against the Republican and Demo- cratic candidates, and won easily in the three-cornered fight. This year Congressman Baer sought the Repub- lican nomination at the regular state primaries. His district includes the cities of Grand Forks and Fargo, the two largest cities of the state and the strongholds of League opposition. The enemies of the farmers, therefore, felt certain that Baer would be de- feated in the prlmarles Due to the big antl-League vote in the first dis- § trict, it is the most difficult district in the state to carry for farmers’ candidates and farmers” measures, but Baer won the Republican nomination i easily, and his election in the fall by ¥ an overwhelming meJorlty is thus i assured. LOYAL FARMER AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In the second North Dakota dis- trict, the League indorsed Congress- 2 man-George M. Young for re-election. Young has served several terms in congress, and was eleeted again two years ago when the League took no . part in congressional elections. How- ever, he has been a strong advocate of League principles and the farmers indorsed him this year as their man. He won by a vote of three or four to one. In the third congressional district, the Nonpartisan league beat Con- gressman . Norton, nominating James H. Sinclair for congress. Sinclair was a_member of the North Dakota legislature, elected by the farmers b two years ago. In the 1916 campaign - | Congressman Norton took a position hostile to the League, and the farm- ers did not-consider him a safe man to. indorse. ~They therefore. defeated him. = Sinclair’s. majority = promises . to be several thousand when the final ; returns are in. Another spectacular vxctoty for the farmers was in the race for the Re- publican . nomination for .lieutenant . governor. Two years ago the farm- ers indorsed and elected as lieutenant. governor A. T. Kraabel. Kraabel had been . lieutenant. governor . formerly. and, as ‘he professed.advocacy of the: - League program, the farmers accepted by organizing the state senate against; - them and by openly defying the . he was elected. The farmers, ther