The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-22

demand as a speaker for the indie
| pendent ticket.
Today Theodore Nelson announced
that Governor Burnquist would speak
ten minutes at Steele, county seat of
| Kidder county, from the rear plat
form Of Grain No. OF the Northern
Pacific, and that he also would speak
| for 10 minutes from the rear Of the
same train at jamestown on Monday
afternoon.
Otherwise Governor Burnquist's
engagements are unchanged. He
speaks in Mandan. Steele, jamestown
and Valley City on Monday. and in
Fargo, Hillsboro and Grand Forks
Tuesday.
Minot Ready for Them.
Loyal voters Of Minot today pre-
pared for the coming to that city on
Monday Of Governor Lynn J. Frazier
and Attorney General LANCER, in be-
half or the Townley- Frazier ticket.
A banner stretched across main
street, bears these inscriptions:
Frazier said we can't be hungry
and patriotic at the same time. Real
Americans can"
LANCER was single and claimed
exemption. Our boys didn't"
Outside Interest Keen.
An indication of the outside in
terest in the North Dakota election
Is found in a telegram received in
Fargo Friday afternoon by J. A.
Meyer, Fargo manager of The Nor
manden. from Peter Norbeck, gov
ernor Of South Dakota. Here it is:
Pierre. S. D.. June 81. 1918.
]. A. Meyer, Fargo, N. D.:
Have wired 5000 to you at First
National. My contribution to the
90 he
didate for governor, who caters
not to disloyaI men for support.
PETER NORBECK,
Governor South Dakota
Attack on Steen Fails.
The desperate situation into which
the Townley campaign has fallen is
indicated by the attacks being made
on John Steen, in connection with
the suit involving Insurance money,
brought at his own request.
Fhe North Dakota Leader now has
gone so far as to lay the charge that
Steen was attempting the theft Of
the money.
The Leader says LANCER has
brought suit to recover 1t.
John Stems own statement, ignor-
ed by the league organs, and which
they have declined to publish in any
form whatsoever, shows clearly the
fact that the suit was brought at the
instance of Mr.. Steen; that LANCER
came into 1t only as the attorney Of
the defendant state.
LANCER himself, despite the record, |
Is permitting the Townley SANDER of
Steen to stand. and has himself in
dustriously aided in its circulation.
The people of North Dakota are
quite we'll supplied with information
on that point, and the charges against
Steen are operating against the men
who have been making them" said |
Theodore Nelson. Steen campaign |
manager, today.
schmahl Getting Results.
Julius A. Schmahl, secretary Of |
state Of Minnesota. who has come to |
North Dakota to fight Townleyism at
the place of its birth. is getting big |
results in the campaign west of the |
Missouri river. where he attracted |
large crowds.
Tonight, Secretary Schmahl will
speak in jamestown. and Sunday he |
will speak in Bismarck.
A group of about Is to 20 men
working under Secretary Of State |
Hall, travelling about for some time |
for the purpose Of enforcing the auto |
registry act. have been thrown off |
the work by a supreme court decis- |
Jon.
This group, which has cost the |
state about $4,000 already, was OPP
posed by John Steen as treasurer, |
who insisted that the secretary had |
no authority to engage such agents. |
The men, in the main, have been
Nonpartisan picked. and have been
quite valuable as workers in the |
campaign.