The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 4, 1920, Page 4

Giving the Nation’s News the Once Over of Congressman Esch of Wisconsin by Joseph Beck, League candidate, in the recent Republican primary, stating that Esch was defeated by only about 800 votes. The fact is that Mr. Beck’s majority will approximate 8,000. And Senator Harding, we notice, is still trying to defend the Esch-Cummins bill, stating that : it is the greatest and grandest bill ever passed by congress relating to the railroads. Forget it, senator. The people have spoken, plainly enough. The Esch-Cummins bill was the main issue in the Wisconsin election. The vot- ers at their first opportunity repudiated Esch because he was an author of this infamous measure. They haven’t REACTIONARY newspapers have tried to minimize the defeat Esch—Cun;mins Bill Vetoed by the People had a chance to retire Senator Cummins to private life yet, but his time is coming. It may be that the desire of the country to get rid of the Dem- ocrats is so strong that Senator Harding will be elected, whatever he may say or do. But he is losing thousands of votes when he at- tempts to place his own opinion of the Esch-Cummins bill ahead of the decision of the people, as expressed in the Wisconsin primary. little item in the Nebraska news notes, two issues ago,which told of the upholding of the Nebraska hog serum plant in the courts of that state? -The ground on which the decision ‘was WE WONDER how many readers of the Leader noticed a- based, holding that the state of Nebraska had authority to manu- : -facture hog serum for the benefit of the farmers, was the case of Green et al. versus Frazier et al., as decided Results of North bV the supreme court of the United States. pakOta Victory North Dakota industrial program case, in in Other States hich the supreme court decided that the state of North Dakota had full authority to build terminal elevators and flour mills, establish a bank, operate a Home Building association, and carry out any and all other features of the League program. Meanwhile Nebraska farmers had been attempting to get a hog serum plant, to save their hogs from cholera. Private profiteers, engaged in manufacturing serum at ex- orbitant profits, objected and carried their opposition into the courts. But the Nebraska court has at last decided that the action of the supreme court of the-United States, in the North Dakota industrial commission case, is binding upon them. ; fe By winning a victory for them- selves, the farmers of North Dakota have won a victory for farmers every- where.- The Nebraska case is only the first of many examples of what the common people of the country are gain- ing as the result of the pioneering work of the Nonpartisan league. partisan league is organized, the anti-Leaguers—business magnates, politicians and -editors—tell the farm- ers they ought to keep out of politics and remedy their economic ills through co-operation. If they IN THE 13 states in which the Non- Anti-Farmer Will only throwhthe x League over, these Cr O“Zd Shgws gentry tell the farm- No Slncel‘lty ers, co-operation is bound to solve all their problems and- be an unqualified . . success. There is opportunity to test the sincerity of this sort of talk by notic- ing what is happening in Oregon today. Milk producers have organized: the Oregon Dairymen’s Co-Operative league in an effort to solve their eco- nomic problems and get a fair price for their products. Immediately the large papers and politicians attack this enterprise. Efforts are made to have the city prosecutor of Portland and the federal district attorney bring criminal action. Individual farmers are urged "-through the columns of the press to break their contracts with the co-oper- ative league and as this is written the organization is involved in costly law- This is the legal title of the famous: == HOW IT WORKS | - VoS~ —Drawn expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris. In most states the Republican and Democratic machines are put- ting up a great fight against each other—or prétend to be. But it is worth while noticing that in the states where the Nonparti- san league is a factor the two parties are uniting to make com- mon cause against the organized farmer. instance, where the organized farmers have nominated their can- didates on the Republican ticket, the reactionary Republicans are supporting the Democratic candidates. farmers and workers have nominated their candidates on the Democratic ticket, the copper trust Democrats are support- ing the Republican candidates. that big business is always nonpartisan. suits. The Nonpartisan league has not yet entered Oregon to or- ganize that state, in spite of repeated requests from influential farmers. But the attack that is being made on the farmers’ co- operative enterprises offers the same opportunity for the farmers to turn to a political organization as a means of protest that the farmers took in North Dakota. . Co-operative organizations are safe in League states today. They can be made just as safe in Oregon through political action. ITH the Colorado primary election over the Nonpartisan / league has completed its last primary campaign of the year. The League participated in primary elections in five states this year, in co-operation with labor forces. Here is the record of achievement: : : Minnesota—Two congressmen'nominated on Republican ticket; one on Democratic. - Nonpartisan legislators nominated in 78 of the 6 counties of the state. Candidate for supreme court nominated. Candidate for governor car- ried 54 counties, but lost by small margin. One of the congressional candidates later disqualified in a disgraceful court action. North Dakota—Governor Frazier ‘and entire membership industrial commission nominated on Republican ticket. League nominates its first United States senator—Doctor E. F. Ladd. All other state candidates nominated with exception of three offices. : : Montana—Entire League ticket, state and congressional, nomi- nated in Democratic primaries; with state pluralities of from 10,000 Leaguers Win Big Victories in Primaries to 21,000. Wisconsin—Governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and three congressmen nominated in Republican primaries, with state pluralities of 10,000 upwards. : Colorado—Governor and entire state ticket, with one possible exception, nominated in Democratic primaries, with majority for governor of 10,000. : ] % ‘ In other states—Washington, Idaho, South Dakota and Ne- braska—it was decided to put up independent candidates at the November election instead of going into the old party primaries. In Minnesota, owing to the defeat of . Doctor Shipstead, League candidate for governor, in a light primary vote, he also has been put up as an independent candidate. THE record of achievement in the list set forth above is a notable one. Two years ago the League nominated candidates for governor in just two states—North Dakota and Idaho—and lost Idaho later in the gen- eral election. This “We’ll Stick” Yef;-l‘ Lfeague candi- £ie - es for governor Sp.lr i Wl.ll have won in four Win Again gtates in the primary and ought to win in © as many more at the general election. But it won’t do for Leaguers to be- come too confident. Already in North Dakota and Wisconsin, where Leaguers won on the Republican ticket, standpat Republicans are preparing to throw their votes to the Democratic candi- date. And in Montana and Colorado, where the League indorsed ‘candidates on the Democratic ticket, the anti- Leaguers are preparing to vote Re- publican. Big business is nonpartisan, as it ' always is. Every League and labor ° vote in these four states is going to be needed to win. And in other states, where League candidates are running as independents, every vote must be cast to beat the well-financed old-line candidates. - The primaries are over now. The next thing is the big election of No- vember 2. The Leader hopes, after the November election, to be able to tell of victories, not only in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wisconsin and Colo- rado, but in other states as well. . It is up to you Leaguers to deter- mine whether you win or not. The “we’ll stick” spirit will do it, In North Dakota, for In Montana, where the It goes to prove PAGE FOUR e R TR A