The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 23, 1918, Page 7

~ natiop' for g'ovemor, beat two opponents with a vote equal to theirs combined. The Democratic-is the dominant party in Idsho. were carried for the League ticket. (5 ; . The League’s Idaho victory is the first sweeping state-wide victory at the polls had by that organization outside of North Da- kota. Idaho, therefore,is the “second League state.”. The Idaho “farmers still have to pass through the fire of the fall election. They now that a victory in November will not come easy and that to win they must not let up in their work, but the primary landslide in their favor means certain victory at the election, if the farmers do not weaken—and they give no signs of weakening. ; . The splendid ‘primary victories this year in legislative dis- tricts in Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana gave the League in TALK ABOUT YOUR BARBECUES! de. c"o,inhiiséion has fiofle ‘the fiackififi monopoly up to a liice brown. Ts the American nation able to eat the dish? The . i v ] Or- ganized labor gave splendid support in the cities, many of which -those states tremendous impetus, and in Minnesota will give the League the balance of power in the legislaiure, if not a clear ma- jority. - And the Minnesota farmers have reorganized for the fall campaign, with. every chance of electing a governor indorsed as an independent and running in opposition to both the Republican 1 - and Democratic candidates. The League has a full ticket in South Dakota, also opposing both old-party tickets, and, of course, North ~ Dakota, following the tremendous primary victory last June, will return the League administration and legislature to power by an overwhelming vote. ’ But Idaho is the first state outside North Dakota where the farmers have won a complete state-wide victory at the polls. The news from Idaho is cheering, but not to profiteers, monopolists and politicians. ; TR \[ el . 5 ) e | e governitient acquire’ the marketing end of the packers’ business.’ This had a double aim—to give the farmer the benefit ' to give the consumer: efficient l:idistijbu_tion;vat lower ' prices by. eliminating the profiteering. - These are the proposala n and congress. These ar roggss!‘q that have led the profiteers of the chamber, of commerce = 8 who made the investigation. = o oo 4