The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-09-26
PLAZA PIONEER
FAv0RS FRAZIER
Former Administration 0ppon.
ont Says the People Want
Governor Reelected.

ont Says the People Want
Governor Reelected.
George ]. Smith, publisher Of the
Plaza Pioneer and formerly a bitter
foe Of the Nonpartisan League, has N.
nounced that he intends to support the
Frazier administration for reelection.
Mr.. Smiths attitude is typical Of the
majority Of the Republican papers
throughout the state. Many Of these
papers were opposed 10 Frazier prior
to the primarteA, but they cannot
stomach the tactics of the opposition
and particularly resent the efforts Of
the Doyle crowd to capitalize patriot
ism for political purposes when the
wal program has united support
Dsnounoes Democratic DssIoNa
Mr.. Smith announces his decision %
support Governor Frazier In q front
page article In his issue Of ssptembse
II which h headed: no Room for
Politics Now-Patriotie Duty the Para.
mount Issue"
MI. Smiths announcement follows -
full:
. Democrat forces In The state are
planning on carrying on q heated cam
paisn to wrest the control Of the state
from the Republican, This at q time
when the public sense demands that
politics be adjourned. This sentiment
IL shared by Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike. It seems to Us that n
order to do that, normal majorittes IN
the several states should not be inter.
fered with. North Dakota Is 4 normal
Republican state; this fact should b
conceded by the Democrats. In normal
Democratic states, Republicans should
make the same concession.
"There IL no such a thing as carry
ing on a heated campaign in North Da~
kota this fall without costing thou-
sands of dollars, consuming thousands
Of individual days work and detractinR
thousands Of mind from the one great
issue-winning the war. 1t Is not 50
important who holds the offices in the
state as it is who wins the war. II We
lose in the war, we won't have any.
thing to say about the government.
Vast Majority Want Frazier.
There is no great crisis of life and
death in North Dakota; nothing that
involves u existence as a state or
threatens our prosperity. The only
issue that there will be fought out,
II the battle goes on, is whether Mr..
Frazier will be governor or whether
Mr.. Doyle will. Knowing both Of
these two men fairly we'll, we would
not care to exercise much to elect or
defeat either one, but being a Republi.
can, we would naturally support the
Republican nominee In our feeble way.
The last primary election ought to be
sufficient evidence to convince any
thoughtful man that Governor Frazier
has q vast majority Of supporters who
will stick to him, and enough of these
to elect him. Hope springs eternal in
the human breast and particularly the
Democratic breast. Democrats have
starved for 20 years without losing
that hope. They are in the trough
now, nationally, and ought to be salts.
fed T.
"For the past two years Mr.. Frazier
has been governor and the boundary
lines remain about the same. He has
acted just about the same, and been
just about as human as any patriotic
citizen Of the state could have acted
and been, even though they might have
had Democratic training.
Bows to Peoples viii. '
Governor Frazier is a great big
Scotch farmer, and the Scotch are not
much for foolishness; they don't get in
prisons or asylums. He is just az
sound mentally as any one we might
elect, but the great big thing that
stands out biggest of all, and that is
likely to have something to do with his
election is the fact that the majority
of the people Of the state want him re-
elected. However individuals may dis
agree personally, it is well to have
that quality Of being able to bow to
the will 0 fthe majority. That Is what
we are doing. We are willing to take
our chance with all the farmers of the
state who seem to be decided on elect
ing Mr.. Frazier. He can be elected
with less friction and less effort than
any n we know of, and this will give
us all the nor time to devote to Lib
erty Loans and Red Cross drives"
buy Liberty Bonds-
DEMOCRACY Is REAL ISSUE.
"DiaInetrical differences Of every
day outlook and political opinion ara
involved in the present campaign.
Fundamentally the issue is one of de.
mocracy. We believe that the people