The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 23, 1918, Page 3

“ feat and the victory of - - election, and the delayed. . .state, but these were ap- .-parently lost to the state- ‘ congress were safely put - latest - tabulations - that office. “was James H. Hawley, s : trfist for the office.” : 'Umted States Senator © William E. Borah, the ‘the Republican ticket, - was_ assured from the o opponitlon, his record be- - o mg above gi;_tack by even In the interest of a square deal for the farmers onariifén Teader (= Official Magazine of the National Nonpartisan League A magazine that dares to print the truth VOL.7,NO. 12 - -ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 157 The Smashmg League Vlctory in Idado Clean Sweep of the Primary Election on the Democratic Ticket—State Officers, the Two Congressmen and Two Senators Nominated by Farmers and Workers The farmers and clty workers of another state have stuck and won. This time it is Idaho. They had made all but two. of their nominations on the Democratic ticket because it was the strongest party in the state, and in the primaries on Sep- tember 3 they set up such a barrage fire of votes" that the old gang could not get within sight of a state or national office. - The vote on the state legislators is not yet in but the showing on that would probably be even better than that for the important state offices. 2 Here is what the Idaho voters have done for fundamental democracy in their,/state: STATE OFFICE- Governor. ..... et eeevess..H. F. Samuels Lieutenant governor........e..... 0.-G. Zuck Secretary of state......c.s. .lellam A. Fife State auditor...... % SOARE SR W. P. Rice Attorney general............ B. A. Cummings Mine inspector........... William J. J. Smith CONGRESS . Senator—Short term........... J. F. Nugent Congressman—North district....L. I. Purcell “Congressman—South district. ..C. R. Jeppesen In addition to this showing Senator Borah, in- dorsed for renomination by the League, was un- opposed, and by electing most of the precinct com- mitteemen in the various counties, the League and labor has control- of the Democratic party, which for years has beén carried . around in the vest pockets of the water- power and lumber trust interests. LEAGUE VICTORY CONCEDED ‘Anti-League candi- dates conceded their de- the League men on the Wednesday following the rural- returns are ex- pected only to widen the gap.. . The only two of- fices for which there had been any misgivings were” those of attorney general and secretary of house ring by Wednes- day- night. A ‘The two candidates for on the ticket, and the League's: big fight' for United ~States = Senator- John: Nugent put ‘him: “over. by a vote of 15,199 to 7,663, according to the for ‘Against him the. choice ‘of the power Thenomlnatlonof Leag'ue candidate, on - ‘start,” as Borah had no" John Eagleson for state treasurer and Miss Ethel Redfield for state superintendent of public instruc- tion, were also nominated without a fight. SURPRISING CITY -‘VOTE FOR LEAGUE ‘For the legislaturé, the League had apparently swept nearly’ every county. Its victory in Ada county, where the League candidates received an average of 1,245 against amr-average of 1,011 for- their opponents, was one of the big surprises of the ‘election, and indicated that the people of the cities are anxious to free themselves from the - yoke of the old-line politicians, just as well as are the farmers. Ada county, the most populous county in the state, home of the state capitol and citadel of the statehouse ring, went to Samuels and nearly all the rest of the ticket. It was at Boise, the big city of this county, that the now defunct and no- torious Ada County Council of Defense played every possible card against the Nonpartisan league. A week prior to the primaries occurred the vicious but unsuccessful attempt to mob Mr. Townley to prevent his- addressing an audience. A day later occurred the attempt to implicate recruiting of- ficers in an attack on the League and the bombastic speech against the League by the bogus marine ' corps man, coached in his acting by-the Boise Com- mercial club, Sheriff Pfost, who prevented the What huppened in Idaho on September 8 is well ahown here by Cnrtoonist Bielmese. ‘ g 8 i gangs have been trampling on democracy in the state for years and they were so cocksure that they - idea is in almost every - - fai to note the dynamite which the League had put under the old-gang stand. ¥ fil\o ‘gang hasn’t enough left to make a'decent appearance at the fall elections. ' The noise of the . a8 ‘heard' in Washing D; C,, and speeial interests are walling for - another “lost” staee. attack on Mr. Townley by swearing in several hun- dred deputies, earried Ada county by a flattering majority. The latest count was 1,963 to 750 for his opponent. Twin Falls, another urban county, made a simi- lar showing. Seventeen precincts (including the city of Twin Falls) out of 26 precincts in the county, gave Samuels 242 votes over the combined vote of his two opponents. Nugent received 1,418 to 563 for the special-interest candidate. The in- dications are that the other League candidates hayve carried/ Twin Falls county by three to one. SAMUELS ACROSS IN SPLENDID SHAPE The hopes of Martin and Van Sicklin, the two men running against Samuels, that he would fall below 40 per cent of the total Democratic primary vote and thus give them a chance to count the second choice votes and beat him were shattered. On the face of the available returns it appeared that ‘Samuels would have from 55 to 60 per cent of the total first choice votes, the remainder being divided up among his two opponents. Out of the 22,568 early votes counted Samuels had 10,768, Martin 6,289 and Van Sicklin® 5,611, and this included the larger towns of the state, wpere League support was the least likely. It omitted the rural vote and especlally the strong League counties, ‘naturally slow in reporting. The old-line Repub- lican leaders who are’as much under the domina- tion of the waterpower bosses, made a big effort- to throw their strength in the Democratic pri- maries against Samuels, but their efforts were of no avail. The biparti- san harmony of the anti- farmer gang was ex- pected and more than " discounted by the wide- awake voters. They are Republicans or Demo- crats only so long as they have friends on both party tickets. . Thgre will be another clear line-up of the gang in the fall elections with the ‘same results. Strip- ped of their partisan camouflage the Idaho gang can not win. COLORADO Burlington, .Col. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I need not tell you how Colorado is coming, but it is safe to say that most of the farmers here are joining the League. I am glad to say that.I am a member. have a local Grange. The - farmers have to stick to- gether or Big: Biz ‘will _have our scalps together, The ‘anti-farmer ' The Nonpartisan league As in North Dakota, : think it -will ‘grow; LG GOLL GER. and lumber . trust inter- - ests as the Democratic” We also farmer’s. home ‘and l-'f*