The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 16, 1918, Page 13

¢ [ counted. He may win on the final count. better than THREE TO ONE. And when he filed the Elgin banker laughed and said it Was a joke. ~ A recount may determine something different. Sheets could not get the figures on the elec- tion for more than a week. AND METCALFE WENT ; DOWN IN DEFEAT o And so it was throughout the state. Despite the organized opposition of : the gangsters the farmers won. They helped defeat R. L. Metcalfe for the United States senate by more than 15,000 majority. Metcalfe was for- merly chairman of the secret service committee of the state council of de- fense and was the principal opponent of the League on that body. Willis E. Reed, present attorney general, who fought the League and 'issued an of- ficial opinion stating the organizers were not “usefully employed,” was low man in the race for the United States senate. Reed also fought union labor in 1917 and he got a'little more than 6,000 votes and was beaten by 19,000. He carried his own precinct - Western Workers Own Newspapers Seattle'and Butte Now Have Thriving Publications Giving the Organized Producers’ Point of View HEN the people are really | free, they will have their own press. The news will be true, and big busi- ness will have no power to deceive the public as Two papers that mark to the facts: the progress toward a free press are the Seattle Union Record and the Butte Bulletin. The Union Record is owned by union members of the state of Wash- ington, most of them in the city of ‘Seattle. | The Central Labor -council of Seattle and vicinity owns 51 per cent of the $100,000 worth of stock of the company publishing the paper. The rest is being rapidly sold to local unions and organized workers throughout the state. All the local, national and world news is printed without suppression or distortion. The editorial policy is independent. The Michigan Grange Watches League Farmers who are in the thick of the League movement often do not realize how remarkable a movement they are in, or how their activities are being watched by farmers everywhere. The fol- lowing article from the Michigan Patron of Adrian, Mich., the of- ficial organ of the Michigan state Grange, shows how interested the- great farm organization of that state is in League affairs: ° prominent . in both bat- tles, the results have more than a local interest. The first WO western states have held primaries since our last issue and as the Nonpartxssn league was primary was in Minnesota, where a— bitter class conflict was staged. The “plan of the Nonpartisan league is to combine the farmers in one organi- zation, adopt a ticket and platform and then go into the primary of the dominant party and endeavor to nominate their man, These contests were, therefore, in the Republican pri- maries. The total vote in_ the Re- publican Minnesota primaries for the past 10 years has averaged 170,000. The highest vote ever cast in the pri- maries was 190,000. This year the enormous total of 350,000 votes was cast. The Nonpartisan league polled 165,000 and its opponents 195,000. Australian Labor Party and the Farmer BY GEORGE MACDONNELL USTRALIAN-farmers ‘have only been able to become members of the Labor party by Jmmng the local league in their district, -~ which ' league would be composed of small store- keepers and others as well as farm- ers. The farmers were not able to affiliate with the Labor party in an organization of their own. However, according -to a-recent isspe of the Brisbane Worker, the weekly organ of the Labor party of the state of Queensland, the executive of ‘the in- dustrial council of Brisbane, at its. meeting on May 22, 1918, dlscussed, a ‘proposition for the formatxon of a . farmers’ industrial union and it was finally resolved that if ‘the farmers _draft & constituuon for a farmers Only 30,000 votes were polled in the Democratlc primary. - The League nominated a majority of the candi- dates for the legislature. Elated by their success, opponents of the League, headed by the success- ful candidate for governor, at once invaded North Dakota, where the pri- maries were held two weeks later, and endeavored to defeat the League in its stronghold. North Dakota has been governed the last two years by League officials and the people of that state had the advantage of know- ing just what League government would do. The result was a decided victory for the League. Two years ago Governor Frazier received a ma- jority of 3,000 in the primaries, re- ceiving a total vote of 40,000. This year he was renominated by a major- ity of nearly 20,000, receiving a total vote of 60,000. The League also nominated all of its candidates for congress, three in number, by sub- stantial majorities, and nominated " three-fourths of its candidates for the legislature and its entire state ticket. Bitter contests are yet to be’ fought in which the League is interested in Montana, Idaho, Coloxado, Washing- ton and some other western states. Under local laws the League was not_ -permitted to hold meetings in 19 Min- nesota counties. The League carried 30 counties in Minnesota. the Labor party by joining the farm- ers’ union and it.will then be possible - for farmers as such to be affiliated with the Labor party, just as it is possible for trade unionists .now. LEAGUE HAS COME TO STAY : Lakeruen, Texas. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: === I am_a Texan by birth, but am al- - most ashamed to acknowledge it for the reason that graft has- .got so. . strong at Mineola and other places that farmers can not attempt to or- ganize to keep starvation from their homes. I was a charter member of .the Alliance and when it went down: I became a member of the Farmers’ union. . When the Nonpartisan league came, 1 was one of the first to join. It seems to me that the majority of®our b‘nsmess and professional men - believe in slavery ' But, thank God, . the labori men and women look .- forward to t paper grew out-of the Weekly Union Record, which was started by union- ists-subscribing to the number of 20,- 000 for the first two months. The paper is now three months old and has paid its own way from the start, and is now issuing daily. The Union Record at all times has defended the Nonpartisan league against its ene- mies, which it feels are also the ene- mies of union labor. The Butte Bulletin, similarly, was started as a weekly and is now a daily. It, too, has stuck up for the organized farmer as well as the or- ganized city worker. THE WORLD MOVES - Printers thought typesetting ma- chines were not practical. But the world moved on. The wire manufacturers wagged their heads and said wireless teleg- raphy was impossible. But the world moved on. Corporations said government ownership or control of railroads and ~. monopolies would be unprofitable and a failure. But the world moves on. Germany said that America was not ready and would count but very little in this war. But the Yankees have changed their _opinion and the allies move on toward Berlin. 2 Politicians say the "Nonpartisan league is wrong. But the League is moving on to, DEMOCRACY. = 3 H. J. TAYLOR. Sha_mrock, Texas. A WOMAN TO THE DISPATCH Minot, N. D. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Am inclosing copy of a letter I mailed to the Farmers’ Dispatch. We do not want the paper and hope the . Leaguers over the entire Northwest will take time to - do the same. They don’t deserve the farmers’ support. . Farmers’ Dispatch: We never sub- scribed for your paper, but some friend (?) sent us a paid-up subscrip- tion. If you had been neutral, at the present time especially, or helped the farmers, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING YOU, you would not have been criticized. We already have proof that the so- -called Townley store is a benefit. As for Maxwell’s information, no doubt - he is well paid. Our $16 can do dou- ble the work of the bankers’ $25. Kindly show your patriotism and at least be neutral. We are liberal. MRS. O. R. BROWN. A WISCONSIN CONVERT 7 Boyd, Wis. Editor Nonpartlsan Leader: I wish to become a subscriber for -your best newspaper and wish you would send .me a sample paper. I am interested in a farmers’ or- ganization which will nge the farmer a chance to make the price on what he produces as well as any other pro- -.ducer. I have been readmg the St. Paul Pioneer Press all summer and I judge from ‘the means of attack, their ox will be badly gored or your opponents will lose the pap they have from the farmer. It's’ time the farmer’ woke up and organized so he can get what ‘belongs to him for his produce. The only -way he will ever get it is by organizing, and not leave it to the " other’ fellow’s generosity. I would think the farmers could ser from the mode of attacks that tb town fellows were getting a good de out of them or. they never would tvy ;ueh dirty methods to prevent them Yo ; ADVERTISEMENTS Why RuN-pownN Pacs ExHAUSTED WOMEN SHouLD TAKE IRON with most._surprising resulu.” Ferdinand King, M.D., wellknown New York Pbyslcim and medical author. (Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded=0On sale at all good druggists.) NuxaTep IroN WANT CREAM WOOL BEANS Live Poultry, Squab, Veal, Saled Cattle des, Horse Hides, Dry Hides, Pelts, Skins, Tallow, Furs, ete. Prices are high and market booming. 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