The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 10

Farmers United Behind Their Own Candidates: Attacks i)y Politicians Idaho Samuels Withdraws—Nugent Indorsed for United States Senator =10 AVOID dividing the progressive vote of Idaho, H. F. Samuels, Independent candidate indorsed by the Nonparti- san league, has withdrawn from the race for United States senator, throw- Sng 'his. support to 7 Senator John F. Nugent, Democrat. Senator Nugent was elected two- years ago with League indorse- ment. He has made a satisfactory record in Washington. When the League convention met to select candidates it was not known, how- ever, whether Nugent would bé in- dorsed by the Democrats for re- election. In order that the League might have some assurance that a progressive would be in the field, Mr. Samuels was nominated with the understanding that he would withdraw if Senator Nugent should again be chosen by the Democrats. Anxious to win the support of the Leaguers the Democrats indorsed Nugent, requesting Mr. Samuels to *withdraw, which he did in accord- - ance with his promise. . The Republican candidate for United States senator is former Governor Frank R. Gooding. Good- ing, two years ago, tried unsuccess- fully to get the League indorse- ment. Failing in securing it he “discovered” that the League was dlsloyal He made a bitter cam- _ paign against the organized farmers, but Senator Nugent, who had the League indorsement, beat him by 1,000 votes. A similar result is expected from the race this year. The campaign in behalf of Sherman D. Fair- child, League candidate for governor, and other Independent candidates, is going ahead with a big rush. Everywhere that the League speak- ers are appearing they are greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds. At St. Maries, a town controlled by the timber trust, city authorities refused to allow Walter Thomas Mills permission to speak within the city limits. The mayor of St. Maries told a committee of farmers that Mr. Mills was a “Bolsheviki.,” Mills, followed by a big crowd of farmers and workers, went out- side the city limits, where a big bonfire was .built and the speech delivered. Seven teams of two speakers each are tour- ing the state. In contrast with the big attendance at the League meetings it is feported that Mr. Good- ing had no more than 90 persons at his largest meetings in the last week. Some. of the meet- ings scheduled have been abandoned, Good- ing’s ill health being given as an excuse. Montana Senator Myers Betrays Party in Spite Against League After Senator Walsh, Congressman Evans and other leading Democrats had indorsed the League nominees successful at the recent pri- mary, it has remained for Senator H. L. Myers to announce his repudiation of the Democratic nominees. Senator Myers an- nounced recently that he would vote the Re- publican ticket, although admitting that B. K. Wheeler, League nominee for governor, had good record as a Democrat, In view of Senator Myers’ own record, the announcement that he will support the Re- publican ticket is expected to help the League candidates, rather than hurt them. _ The opposition to the League is digging up all the old and wornout campaign lies. A hired woman lecturer is talking about “free love”: and “nationalization of women.” ' However, J. M. Dixon, the opposition candidate for Sherman D. Fairchild, farmer candidate for governor of Idaho. Mr. Fairchild is 6 feet 4, weighs 260 pounds; and is putting every pound into the farmers’ fight. dorsed by the League and has filed as an Independent. LEAGUE STATE NEWS governor, is being kept busy defendmg' his own po- litical record. North Dakota ‘Dockage Law Saves Farmers Nearly $4 > 000,000 in One Year <5 { Dockage on the 1919 North Dakota crop amount- ed to 4,636 915 bushels, valued at $3,949,440, Doctor E. F. Ladd, head of the state grain inspection department, reports. Under the North Dakota grain laws buyers of grain must pay the farmer for all valuable dockage, less the cost of separating, or else return the dockage. This means that in one year the farmers of North Dakota saved nearly $4,000,- 000 under this one law alone. and congressional offices in North paigns and everywhere are being greeted by large crowds. Speakers everywhere are impressing it upon the farmers that the women vote this year will decide the election. . In the cities, where it will be easier for women to vote, the vote will be largely anti-League. farmer sees that his wife votes the farmers will get only half the vote to which they are entitled. : The Republican national commit- tee -has issued a statement in which the election of Doctor E. F. Ladd, president of the North Dakota Agricultural college, as United States senator is said to be certain. He was in- It is apparent that 'the 1. V. A. opposition to the - League in North Dakota has not impressed Republi- can national authorities very senously with their chances of beating the League. “With the harvest over League reorgamzatlonv work is promising to break all records. - —Drawn.expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris. - Europe is swept by famine-and revolution hecause governments have ceased to represent the common people. We do not want famme and mob violence, the acconipaniments of revolution, in America. To’give the people fair representation in government by constitutional and lawful means is the object of the Nonpar- -tisan league platform. Whatathe people can get by " legal means they will not seize by violence. - ' PAGE TEN League candidates for all state - Dakota are making active cam- Unless every Arouse True Leaguers Wisconsin . Politicians Seek to Defeat League-Indorsed Candidates o FFICIAL figures on the Repubhcan | primaries show that John J. Blame, League candidate for governor, receiv- ed 113,001 votes, compared with 102,- 199 for Wilcox, his closest competitor. Blaine’s plurality was 10,802 George F. Comings, League candidate for lieutenant gover- nor, who had only two opposing candidates, received a plurality-of 41,475, and -Hall, League candidate for secretary of state, won by a plurality of 76,198. The official figures also show how badly Congress-~ man Esch, joint author of the notorious Esch-Cum- mins bill, \was beaten by J. D. Beck, Leaguer, for congress. Beck had 20,904 votes to 17,198 for Esch, a plurality of 38,706. In the third congressional district Nelson, League candidate, won by 2,315. In the second district Voight, indorsed by the League, had no opposition. “¥n spite of the splendid indorsement given the Nonpartisan league candidates by the Republican voters of Wisconsin the Republican state convention adopted a platform intended as an insult to these candidates, attacking the Nonpartisan league as a disloyal organization and linking it with the Com- mynist party and I. W. W. ‘When the convention, controlled by anti-League politicians, adopted this platform, Mr. Blaine an- nounced, in behalf of himself and other League can- didates on the state ticket, that they could not stand on the Repubhcan state platform, but would make the race in November on thelr platforms used in the primary fight. The anti-League action of the Repubhcan conven- tion has aroused Leaguers as nothing else could have done. It was inspired principally by the forces favorable to Senator Lenroot, who won renomina- tion because of a divided opposition. James Thompson, defeated by less than 20,000 votes by Lenroot in the primary, has announced that he will run again at the November election as an In- -.dependent, He will receive.the League suport. - ] OUR SAFEGUARD | Minfiesota . Progressives United Behind Shlpstead‘ for Governor The lines have been drawn for a deci- sive issue between the farmer and worker forces and the opposition to reform by the withdrawal of Cyrus M. King as a can- didate for governor. . Mr. Xing was filed by -friends of the Nonpartisan league ‘as a can- didate for governor on the state Farmer- LTabor party ticket before the recent pri- maries. There was no contest in the primary on the ticket of this party, which was legally created two years ago when the Nonpartisan league candidates ran under that banner. Doctor Shipstead is the Nonpartisan league - convention-indorsed candidate for governor, filed as an Independent. The League opposi- tion made a desperate effort to get Mr. King . to remain on the ballot to split the farmer- labor vote. He has, however, not only with- * drawn but announced he will stump the state " for Doctor Shipstead. The official ballot now has Independent, Socialist, Democratic and Republican candidates for governor, the latter ‘being the steel trust candidate and the chief opponent of the League man, who is on the ballot as an Independent. The Minnesota Dally‘Sta.r, the new farmer- labor paper at aneapohs, is provmg a great asset to the progresswe campaign. It was - started since the primaries, which were very nearly captured by the.farmer-labor forces, ~ and may prove the determining factor in'the - fall campaign. The Star circulation is grow- .ing by leaps and bounds, but it is being boy- cotted by advertisers, on whom the steel trust and grain and mill combine have brought pressure. Miss Lily Anderson .of Franklin, indorsed by the League state convention_ last April but .unable to file then, has been chosen Farmer- ¢ Labor party candidate for secretary of state. i