The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 3

D & 5 VRN FRewEs % T & L8 _terests of the people, a Pal- . ~ed to the front to undo all #°- * the good that has been " - started. i ‘tions Mr. Harding and Mr. IN THE INTEREST OF A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE FARMERS Entered as second-class matter ‘at the postoffice at Minneapolis, Mihn., under the act of March 3, 1879. Publication address, 427 Sixth avenue 8., Minneapolis, nn. Address all remittances to The Nonpartisan Leader, Box 2075, Minneapolis, Minn, VOL. 11, NO. 10 Official Magazine of the National Nonpartisan League—Every Two Weeks OLIVER S. MORRIS, Editor. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, OCTOBER 18, 1920 Tonpartisén Teader One year; in advance, $2.50; six months, $1.50. Clas- sified rates on classified page; other advertising rates on application. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. . C. Beckwith Special Agency, advertising represen- tatives, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City. WHOLE NUMBER 257 Let’s Get Ready for Business on November 2! " better man, Harding or Cox?” The best answer is along the old Yankee line of answering one question with another: “What difference does it make?” ; So far as we can ascertain both Mr. Harding and Mr. Cox pay their bills regularly, keep sober and have no trouble with the police authorities. We might go even further, still keep- Harding or ing within the truth, and say that both men have Cox—Which gained hosts of friends because of their high per- ? sonal qualities. A Shall It Be? But have either of these men shown, by any of their campaign speeches, the slighest grasp of the problems confronting the United States today? Mr. Harding has ventured the suggestion that it probably would be all right to allow farmers to co-operate—a right they have had for years. Mr. Cox has proposed that in some cases the government might buy sugar or other foods, to prevent violent price fluctuations. This is about as far as either candidate has gone toward solving the prob- lem of the day—how the farmer is to get enough for his product to live and how the worker is to get enough food for his money to live. Q QUESTION frequently asked these days is: “Which is the NDER the present condition of the Republican and Demo- cratic parties it is doubtful if either Mr. Harding or Mr. Cox could do much if they did understand the problems of the day and were anxious to solve them. Eight years ago and four years ago Mr. Wilson’s speeches indicated much more familiarity with the needs of the country than either Mr. Harding or Mr. Cox have shown. . Mr. Wilson was elected twice Old Parties }c)ficause of Controlled e sympa- thetic under- by Bosses standing that he seemed to show. ~ Yet Mr. Wilson has been a disappointment to his best friends. Whenever the ad- ministration has seemed about to function in the in- mer or a Burleson has jump- From all surface indica- Cox are more closely aligned with the bosses of their re- spective parties than Mr. Wilson ever was. Then what is there to hope from either . of them? HE answer is that the people must dethrone the bosses of both par- ties. It is humanly certain that either Mr. Harding or Mr. Cox will be the next president of “Qrganize,” t h e United States. Im- That Is the "4 iately Watchword ;fter the election the people must ‘make their voice heard. They must raise their voice loud enough to be heard above the voices of the po- litical bosses, if that is pos- sible. ' they must begin to take steps either to control the T e (L : —Drawn expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris. ang I?Olorado League Ii‘l{el(i Leaguers have no quarrel with the iparty of Jefferson when it follows the spirit of Jeffer- - %n theagu% WOl‘r(!len WO:O e . ) son. We have no quarrel with the party of Lincoln when it follows the spirit of Lincoln. ogether owar victory. What is more important, But we have a very definite quarrel with the bosses who have seized these parties. We League men of other states have given these bosses considerable of a jolt already. But watch them jump when returns come in from League states after the November 2 election. old parties or to unite on a,party stronger than either of the old par- ties, so that the president to be elected in 1924 shall be a people’s president, and not the creature of the political bosses. It can only be done by organization. The bosses won this year, in both old party conventions, because they were well organized. The common people must organize too. ON’T think that this election isn’t an important one. It is. D But the chief importance doesn’t lie in who is elected presi- dent of the United States. The chief importance lies in who is elected governor in the various League states.. Ever since the League has won the Wisconsin and Colorado primaries there has been a constant stream of investigators from New York newspapers and political scouts from Let’s Show both parties moving westward. They want to see Result “what the farmers are up to.” gt S on On November 2 the farmers ean show them. Election Day The election of League governors in four or five states will do more to wake the country up than anything else within the realm of reason. It will serve notice on the political bosses that the people of the country are getting tired of them. It will show whoever is elected president that he will have to be careful. It will encourage the liberal forces everywhere to follow the example set by the farmers of North Dakota four years ago. And in another four years we can set up a real people’s gov- ernment at Washington. The labor men and women are going to do their share. In Mon- . g tana it was the labor vote, - even more than the farmer | WATCH ’EM JUMP I L ofe. HhaE siade Hhe et landslide possible. In Colo- : [ rado League candidates car- ried the city ®f Denver through labor support. It is up to the farmers to show, November 2, that their ranks are as solid as those of labor. OMAN suffrage means added respon- sibilities for Lea- guers, both men and women. Perhaps the most serious re- sponsibility rests with the . men. They must see that , I their wives Will You get to the ' Lose Half polls. There is no doubt women will be there. With both hus- band and wife voting in the cities, each family will have two votes. If only the hus- band votes in the country, the farm family will have only half the vote to which it is entitled. It is up to every Leaguer to see that his fam- ily gets the full voting rep- resentation it deserves. In many cases it will be difficult for League women to get to the polls. But League mem- bers have a way of overcom- A ing difficulties. They can and Y/ - will overcome this one. oReer In Wisconsin, Montana must see that just as good a record is made November 2. PAGE THREE 2