The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-24
1900 LEAD FOR
STEEN TICKET is
NELSON'S BELIEF: !:
TOWNLEY LOSING.
Peoples Ticket, Headed By
John Steen, Assured
OF Nomination
Wick, Too, Developing Ire
mendous Strength In
The First District ..

Confident prediction that Nortl
Dakota will swing into the loyalt.
column with a majority of at Ieas
$4,000 for the Peoples ticket, headed
by John Steen and Henry G. Wick
candidates for governor and fol
congress in the First district, re.
specttvely, was made today by Theo,
dore Nelson. campaign manager ot
the Independent Voters association
Mr.. Steen and the ticket will
get a majority vote in 80 coun-
ties" said Mr.. Nelson to The
Forum today, in a long distance
communication.
THE strength Of the Peoples
ticket in every section OF the
state Is remarkable. The
momentum with which the
Steen movement is progressing
at the present time assures us of
a splendid majority on Wednes-
day. Another weeks time in
which to. campaign, and the
be the worst defeated ticket
AL t44Cl 4446Gl1 III lie ELdC6..
AS it is, the people OF North Da-.
kota are going to awaken
Thursday morning to find their
state back in the loyalty column
with both feet. 1t will be greats
news for the boys over there"
Elements that have combined to
give the Steen movement such. great
momentum in the past few days
are:
The Townley Lindbergh defeat. in
Minnesota.
Revelation that the pro-German
vote is solidly back Of the Towrley
propaganda, as evidenced by the
vote in Minnesota prof. German CON-
munities.
The fact the Frazier and Baer.
ToWnley candidates for governor
and congressman, went into Mime
sofa to campaign for Lindbergh,
author of Why Your Country Is at
War"
Nonpartisan attempts at stirring
up trouble in North Dakota, and in
trying to arouse people OF this
state to riot as they succeeded in
doing in several Minnesota counties.
Action taken by the mothers of
soldiers" at Devils Lake and Penn
pina, asking that Townley and his
kind be barred from the state.
The eleventh -hour attack on John
Stems honesty, which has proved a
boomerang.
Call Lindbergh OF.
Evidence that the Lindbergh
speechmaking campaign in North
Dakota proved losing proposition
for the .ToWnley Frazier ticket is
found In the fact that they sent him
out Of the state at the end of last
week. He went home, announcing
that his son was sick. and he failed
to fill his weekend engagements in
the Missouri slope district.
President Townley's own speech
making tour has also been disap-
pointment to the. league leaders,
nesota defeat, has been in bad hui
from Hiusboro, Pen1bina and Tow
indicate that he has been a liability
for the ticket.
Tremendous Vote Anticipated.
That the Republican primaries
will attract vote Of better than.
$4,000, is confidently anticipated In
all quarters.
Two years. ago, Frazier received
about $4,000 votes in the primaries,
while Steen, in the fall election, re-
ceived $1,000. Those two figures, it
is pointed out by some political
prophets, indicate the relative
strength OF the men as shown by
figures. Frazier must get more
votes than he received two years
ago, while Steen can afford to lose
from 5000 to 1000 and
still be assured the nomination.
First District Situation.
In the First district the outlook
for the nomination of Henry Wick
Cor congress also is very good.
Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Fargo
Hillsboro, Grafton, Park
River, Isangdon, Cavalier, Pembina.
Iakota, Mayville, Larinore, Han
kinson, Casselton, Cando, are among
the cities In the district, and in the
cities 1t is expected that ViclS's vote
wiII be at least four to one against
The First district has a greater
city and town vote than any other
district in the state, while the rural
support that will be accorded Wick
will be especially heavy.
Factors that make FOR VtclEs
strength are his own personality,
the fact that the league members
are not satisfied with a carboonist
representative In congress, the fact
that Baer, q Democrat, is running
on the Republican ticket; his obedi-
ence to Townley's rule; his sup
port OF Lindbergh in the Minnesota
ag -. 49,. A.. gsF..
vote on the declaration for war on
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