The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 19, 1920, Page 5

"8, A, Olsness, v for utedm ‘enom| & : doner _/tenant’ governor. & - ple as farm and home owners in'place of i velopment' of any form of destructive so- _cialism 'so much harped upon by the oppo- ‘nents of forwarddookmg leg'xslatxon and "VIVID PICTURE OF by Mrs. A. A. Tingvall, president of " 'Women’s Nonpartisan club No. 6% of Slope : ‘nual picnic at'the H, T. ranch i in that coun- ranch Sunday, June 27, 1920. ‘Over’ 500 3 "~ .bars drove into the picnic area, many came. ~in wagons, buggies and on horseback. “the big dsy's doings. It is not too much to ‘counties that could get there in his'own or . his neighbor’s .car was theré. ' One man, - “with his family, drove 80 miles to Bowman, ‘the remaining 30-odd miles' the next morn- ; ,ing' ‘There were many similar instances. . 7 *shade-ngmg trees and springs of spark " ling water, //the trees the greenest, flowers the gayest, ~and sky the bluest of all the year. ; " looking the little valley ‘at the west was a : 'vtall, grassy butbe from whose sumuut we 4 ».League trcket,", saxd Governor ' Frazier, . “I do not’ take the aplendxd . kota want the industrial pro-: that évent they had no other _choice than to put in office an “ administration whose sole aim -is'to carry out that program’ to -a successful conclusion, “The majority aiforded my colleagues and: myself is re- ‘markahle for many. reasons. I.- “ do not believe that there has" . been ‘a more bitter ‘campaign *'waged in the state at any time. The 'bitterness was the result of the activities of the special - interests: opposed to our pro- gram. for. . cu of inlnnnce ! ®These mterests send pald “agents among the people to ./ spread. poisonous propaganda ' to cause them to distrust their neighbors * and ‘ their govern- - ment. Their agents and the™ . servile press lied ‘about the de- ‘partments of state government and when all arguments against the principle of pub- lic ownership failed, the grossest: mxstepresentatlon : against the state industries were resorted to. “y am- deeply gratxfied by the results of the Dpri- “‘mary. I believe itisa deciszve blow to spec:al priv- *ilege.” . Doctor Ladd relterated his- stand for the League ; ~ program in his statement after election, whxch was as follows: “Fellow Citizens: 1 thank the voters of North ' ‘Dakota for the splendxd indorsement. accorded me at the June primaries in my' candxdacy for United® States senator. 'If elected in November I assure you I shall do everything in my power to aid in - carrying out the Nonpartisan agricultural and in- dustrial program for bettering the cenditions of the farmer and the laborer of thxs state and of the en- ‘tire. United States, “With' the splendid mdorsement glven the state administration at the’ pnmanes B2 D the industrial ‘commission will have an op- portunity to go forward with the’ agricul- *“tural and industrial program which means ' re 50 much in the future development of this state and the making of a great common- wealth of industrious and PIOSperous. peo- farm tenants and city renters. :Suth a con- structive program and conditions develop- ing in the state is not conduclve to the de- progress.” CAMPAIGN IS GIVEN A vmd pen picture of- the campaxgn of the: Leaguers which preceded the triumph of June 80 is given in a letter to the Leader: ‘county, N.°D. It is-an account of the an- ty and is as follows:' ¢ “The greatest concourse of people ever f.‘assembled in the Slope country gathered s at the Nonpartisan picnic at the H. T.. ‘Some came a hundred miles to be in'on say that every Nonpartisan m the .three stopped at the hotel over night and drove ““The, picnic grounds’ were ideal with “Nature was at he? loveliest, Over- majazity as & personal tribute, | “for I know that it only means - | . that the people of North Da- a0 b Anti gram given an honest trial, In " LIRS NORTH DAKOTA VOTE OF 1920 : (Companson with 1918 and 1919 vot:e) - League vote in 1918: - Frazier' (Republican pnmnnes) -League vote 1918 Steen (Repubhun primaries) - . Doyle (Democratic. primaries) “Wil nson (Democratic prlmnnu) o Tota.l anti-League vote in 1918 primaries: Leagne ma:ority 1918 nrimafles League: vote in 19 Low bill in reterendnm electnon‘ ,tx-Lazue voteiin 1919: 5 Low: bill- ‘in referendum electwn‘ League mn.!ority 1919 referendum League vote in 1920 “Frazier (] Republican prunanes) ti-League vote 1920: Langer' (Republican’ primaries) 0O'Connor (Democratic primaries) o 248,587 +55,900 I..easne majority 1020/ DFImMATies Ls.seeSesnssess 4,600 *There were seven League bills voted upon in the ' referendum_and' the vate on the one that had the least - majority’ for the League must of course be’ taken to show the League's actual str ##The total vote in the 1920 primaries is estimated on . the basis of reports from all but 146 of 2,064 preemm in the state. The Democratic primary vote is' almost nil, due'to the fact that most of the 11,000 Democrats “who 'voted in their awn' primary in 1918, voted in the Republican primaries in 1920, as there was- no Demo- - cratic contest and the anti-Leagueé forces urged Demo- ~crats to call for Repubhcnn ballots to “beat the League.” Total antl-League vote in 1920 primaries. . 'had one of the most magmficent views of our ex- The major portion of ‘the crowd came - < ‘about noon and at once all was bustle over the busi- - perience. ness. of dinner. Picnic partiés spread out on every available space and it seemed that, verily, standing “room would be'at a premium. ‘All ‘was happy con- fusion, " jollity, merriment, laughter, ‘the fnendly\ - give-and-take of all such gatherings. "-“The speakers for the afternoon, M. Walker and Mr. Bames, ‘due %o arrive from Williston, did not ~appear, so county candidates, district ocandidates and :any one with a message to deliver was given a- * chance to be heard. About 15 avaxled themselves of " the privilege. " “One of the noteworthy addresses was made by Harnson French, the fightmg editor of the Farmels fit + Leader of Bowman, who. gave . after 4 o’clock a tiny speck was . broke into -transports of de- . rostrum from which he would s —Drawn express!y for the Leader by W C. Morns. North Dakota llkes Lynn J. Frazier and ‘the peoples government, of | Whlch he, as governor, is head.. It has rewarded his faithfulness to the farmers and workers”. program with a third nomination, and in Novem- ber will elect him to a. third term, thus assuring admmlstratlon < of the “New. ‘,Day program by one who beheves in it PAGEFIVB S e O a masterly analysis of the po- litical and economic situation in. the country today. Mnr French is widely known for his fluent and picturesque English and his word pictures are mar- vels of art and color,’ #After the speechmaking, interest centered in the coming of the airplane and at a little seen‘in the south. As the speck grew larger; the multitude = " oty poer Domi- nated for state treasurer. light and hats.and arms waved - Wlldly in welcome. The plane alighted-on the flats above the - picnic valley and soon several cars were speeding up the trail to bring in the farmers’ hero. “The crowd rushed to meet him -and on being -shown the speak, sought comfortable and ° advantageous ‘roosts.’ 5 “In ‘& few moments Mr. Townley himself, escorted by the ‘rabble’ and mounted on a sorry old cayuse, even as the Nazarene of old, came riding down_the bridle path. Every throat grew hoarse ahd husky with’ shouting. “The speakers from Williston arrived about the Frank Milhollan, labor champion, nominated for railroad and ware- house commissioner by the farmers and workers. same time.. They had encountered many difficulties” in their trip across country and had spent another strenuons day for the people of their state. I V. A.S RIVAL PICNIC: FAILS TO DETRACT CROWD . “The master of ceremonies introduced as the first / speaker, ‘Dad’ ‘Walker, the farmers’ candidate for state treasurer. He made a happy speech,’and the crowd was with him, heart and ‘soul; from the first jump. During none of the speechmaking was there much applause, but demohstrations were not need- ed, every speaker felt that he was in friendly com- pany and consequently seintillated at his best. “Among 'other good things ‘Dad’ Walker told us how the I. V. A’s had proved he was a So- - cialist, but we strongly suspect that all this ev1dence was manufactured by the gemal ‘Dad’ himself, it was so. ingenious. “Mr, Barnes, business manager from St. Paul headquarters, gave us a brief talk on financial aspects of the situation and at its conclusion called for an old-fashioned . collection. Hats were soon weighted down, and this in spite of the fact that it was the end of the day’s festivities; and in spite of the faet that our people are poor and all but bankrupt, “Mr. Townley mnow ‘took the platform.. of us'still.. 'We know his face as well as ,~¢1red his nerves have become ragged and ‘jumpy’. One could see that he was giving had. He knows his psychology. He knows ‘people like to see him in the flesh, the one ‘responsible for the world’s greatest revolt against capitalism.’ ‘He is a veritable em- “hodiment of all the prmcxples for whxch we are fighting. ' political history of the Dakotas. When it * became known that he was to be at the H. T. ranch on Sunday, ‘the enterprising {_races and all, to wind up with an all-night dance. It was hoped in this way to kill the i Nonparhsan pxcm.c the next day. But Non- .. partisans are wise; they are stickers. They “didn’t go Saturday. Not that youn’d notice. A pitiful handful of half-hearted, languid, ~would-be revelers appeared, by actual . ‘count’less than 200 in number. “On Sunday. the farmers came. They . were ‘no half-hearted pwmckers " They it is safe to say that 3,000 persons. visited .the H. T. on Nonpartxsans’ day, June 27. ‘This is the more wonderful when one rea- _ lizes-that the population of the Slope coun- tr;; is less tha.n one-half person per square mile, A He needed no introduction to us; he is one we know our own. He was tired, so very: to his people every ounce of strength he - MMy, Townley has ever proved the strongest drawing card in the annals of the - | L V. As engineered a picnic for the pre- . ceding day with speakers, bands, barbecue, - v-ha.ve the courage of their convictipns and R A U RS 09 25 A YW 5440