The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 15, 1918, Page 5

y- ) 2 " participated in the Repub- '_ put itself on record about the Non- child. Take a ‘good look at the election returns and - satisfy yourself of that. Not only was Governor Frazier nominated by a vote 20,000 greater than he got two years ago, but every state and national officer indorsed by the League was nominated. The League indorsed for congress from the third district of Nogth Dakota a young farmer unknown in politics until he was elected to.the lower house of the state legislature two years ago. That man defeated for renomina- tion P.’' D. Norton, now ‘congressman from the- same district. The League again nominated against a concentrated opposition John M. Baer, the first League congressman to take a place in the lower house. The League renominated George M. Young, the congressman from the second district who has worked for the farmers’ interests and stands on - the League program. The League candidates have been nominated in the Republican primaries, all, without exception running on that ticket. ¢ Nomination is the same as election. Democrats freely lican primaries. ' Frazier’s vote is more than a majority of all the votes that can be cast in the state in the gen- eral election. THE ANSWER TO LYING ATTACKS Thus North Dakota has spoken. Thus North Dakota again has partisan league. . North Dakota, which has so quickly oversubscribed so many patriotic funds, has again come forward with an over- subscription to democracy—many times there is a difference in North Dakota. North Da- kota has a state government—run on the Amer- ican plan. North: Dakota is not a little Germany. Hun methods don’t work in North Dakota. There is a farmer .governor, an attorney general chosen by the farmers and a farmer state council of de- " fense in North Dakota. So we have law and order in the state; we have respect for the government; we have freedom of speech and freedom to vote according to one’s con- victions. ) When men violate the law in North Dakota they dre punished for it. A HUNDRED MILES TO HEAR TOWNLEY The 10 days preceding the vote in the North Dakota primaries constituted one of the most dra- matic and interesting campaigns ever seen in any state. On Monday, June 17, President A. C. Townley of the National Nonpartisan league came into the state and opened a speaking tour. A big series of picnics and public meetings had been arranged throughout the state. In addition to President Townley the speakers included Congressman John M. Baer, J. H. Sinclair, candidate for congress, Governor Frazier and' Attorney General Langer of North Dakota, ‘Assistant Attorney General Harry A. Bronson, a candidate for the supreme court (who led his opponent by many thousand votes in the primaries), Secretary of State Thomas Hall, State Auditor Carl R. Kositzky, Commissioner of Agriculture John N. Hagan, Tax Commissioners Packard and Wallace, appointed by a previous ad- ministration but whole-hearted supporters of the farmers’ governmeént, practically all the candidates for the state senate and house and several of the League’s regular staff of lecturers. The route of President Townley throughout the state was one great scene of triumph. No such remarkable gatherings were ever seen in any state at any time. It was estimated that in one week’s time President Townley spoke to more than 60,000 people. In nearly every au- dience to which he spoke, farm- ers came from dis- tances as great as 100 miles. Thou- sands came 50 miles in a day to hear him. Never in the history of h a s enthusi- asm run so high. At Pem- bina an out- - park where the meeting was * house was held in the park the League - more than enough to make it safe. The votes received for Frazier are just about the equivalent of the vote of the ENTIRE FARM POPULATION OF THE STATE. : 3 This was the answer of North Dakota to the charges that have been made against the Nonpartisan league. This was the answer to the character of the -~ campaign that has been:carried on in the state, a campaign in which the Minnesota tactics were repeated. There : was the appeal to ‘the prejudice. of townspeople against the League; there were -the repetition of the baseless charges eof disloyalty against officers ° of the Leaguse, an appeal to the “loyalty - - vote” te rally around the gang candi- - date, and finally there were open at- tempts to stir up mob violence. agailt;:: - Leaguers and League speakers. These are the three men the Nonpar- tisan league will ‘send to congress from North Dakota as a result 'of the sweeping victory of the farmers in the state primaries June 26. This . will give the League three congress- men from North Dakota instead of one. The top picture is George M. Young, nominated by an overwhelm- ing majority as the Republican can- didate in the second North Dakota congressional district. The middlé picture is John: M. Baer, nominated by_a big majority as the Republican candidate for congress in the first district. Baer wds elected to congress. at a spécial election last year by the League farmers. The bottom picture~ is James H. Sinclair, nominated by several thousand majority as the Re- publican candidate for congress in the third district, ' PAGE FIVE. .. door meeting was held, at- tended by nearly 4,000 per- sons. There were 600 auto- mobiles -lined up at the held. At Grafton in the evening a meeting origin- ally fixed for the opera because, the crowd couldn’t get into the building. The story was the same everywhere. A three- day picnic was arranged at Lake Williams, in the central part of the state, not a town but a picnic ground ‘and summer resort. Here there were 5,000 people to hear President Townley, many of them crossing two counties to reach the place. While the farmers thus were gathering in en- thusiastic crowds out on the prairies under the open sky to hear the League speakers, a furious effort to stir prejudice against the League ticket was being made in the towns. THE INSULTING TOUR OF GOVERNOR ‘BURNQUIST " A feature of this was the coming into North Da- kota of Governor J. A. A. Burnquist of Minnesota, the state official who has actually promoted dis- order and disrespect for the law in his own state instead .of abiding by his oath to protect the law, and other speakers sent by the interests which rule Minnesota and always in the past have sought to dominate North Dakota. The coming of Burnquist and the other speakers understood to represent the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and the steel trust aroused the re- sentment of many North Dakotans, but Burnquist and his fellows were treated courteously and no effort made to eject them or to make any trouble. Governor Frazier gave out an interview in which he asked that the governor of Minnesota be treated with the courtesy that that official himself had de- nied speakers coming into his state and that he be shown-the difference between a state in which the people rule and Minnesota, where selfish business interests are permitted to dictate the character and personnel of the state government. “We want Mr. Burnquist as well as others to know that all citizens are secure in the exercise of their constitutional rights in North Dakota,” said Governor Frazier. quist has not protected citizens in the exercise of these rights in his state, but has apparently winked at their violation, should make no difference to the law-abiding people of our state.” Governor Burnquist spoke to small crowds in the cities of North Dakota, where he could find a sympathetic audience. He was not molested nor heckled. At Grand Forks Burnquist held a meeting in the auditorium the night before the primaries. It had been advertised well in advance. Learning that Governor Frazier was speaking in his home town 9f. Hoople that day arrangements were made dur- ing the day to get him to come to Grand Forks. }:Iandbills were circulated, announcing a meeting in _th‘e public park. Frazier was late in arriving and it was raining heavily at the time. Yet he spoke in the rain and 1,500 people heard him, more than gathered under the dry roof of the audito- rium to hear the governor of Min- nesota attack the loyalty of North Dakota. DUPED GOOD WOMEN OF DEVILS LAKE The desperation of the old gang ter of their attack was evidenced by instances that occurred during the campaign. . In two instances petitions were circulated among the wives, moth- ers and sisters of young men in the army and their signatures ob- tained to petitions asking that . League and Frazier speakers be forbidden by. local authorities to speak. These signatures were ob- tained by representing that League speakers were disloyal and pres- women to force them to permit their patriotism and that of their ‘husbands and brothers to be used as. a political weapon, Small boys were hired to tear banners from League cars and others. were ‘.employed_to create disturbances, yet in spite of: this order was maintained throughout the state and every League meet- . (Continued on page 21) “The fact that Mr. Burn- ~ in North Dakota and the charac- | sure was brought to bear on the- 5 [ #