The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1918-05-09
LINCOLN LEAGUE
ENDORSES TICKET
STEEN PITTED AGAINST FRAZIER
FOR GOVERNOR
Loyalty to Be Paramount Issue
Resolutions Adopted in Full
by Convention

Ticket Recommended
For Governor-John Steen of Pierce.
For Lieutenant Governor-A. r.
Kraabel of Trail. =,
For Justice Supreme Court-C. ].
Fisk of Ward
For Secretary of State--J. M. Still
of Golden Valley.
For Attorney General-Geo. p.
Homnes of Divide.
For States Auditor-John l.. George
of Burleigh.
For State Treasurer-L. T. Ely of
Grand Forks
For Commissioner of Insurance
Adolph Walker of Mclean.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor-Alex. Mcdonald of Emmons.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction-Minnie ]. Nielsen of
Barnes.
Commissioners of Railroads.&c.. p.
johnson of Renville. John Taylor of
Towner, Joseph Gackle of Logan.
Congress-First District-H. G..
Wick of Cavalier, John O. Hanchett of
Wells, P. d. Norton of Hettinger.
The conference of the Lincoln Re-
publican League, held at Minot last
week, put a full ticket in the field in
opposition to the one endorsed by the
Nonpartisan League held at Fargo in
March.
1t is planned to stage warm cam
paign between now and date of the
primaries, June Goth, in an effort to
GUST the men who stole bag and bag
gage two years ago the republican
state organization. The newspaper
accounts say the mass convention was
enthusiastic and largely attended by
farmers and former members of the
Nonpartisan League.
Resolutions Adopted
"We, the citizens of North Dakota
from various sections of the state and
of'.a. iuus political par .ses and fdc-
tions representing the sentiments of
large numbers of people in our respec-
tive communities, assembled in mass
meeting at Minot, N. d., this first day
of May, 1918, having the welfare Of
our state and it's people at heart deem
it our duty, in view of the deplorable
political and economical condition in
the state and nation to appeal to the
people to be committed to the follow
ing political and economic program
until the ends sought have been SUBJ
stantially obtained.
"First and foremost there must be
unconditional loyalty. Our federal
government must be given most un-
qualified and vigorous support in the
prosecution of the war, every citizen
responding promptly and generously
to every call for aid. service and sac
rifice. No consideration of business,
partisan politics, personal friendship
or other individual interest must be al
lowed to divert our attention or con-
contribute in any way to the prolong-
ing of the war a single hour longer
than is necessary to gain complete
victory for world democracy. The
solution of all secondary problems of
local and state government, econom-
ical or social, are of secondary inn
portance to the matter of now de-
termining by armed force the right of
civilized nations to solve their own
problems in their own way.
I'VE condemn H. B. A and all eff
forts to amend our state constitution
without fair submission of each
amendment separately to the voters
of the state or by the regular process
of constitutional convention to be pro-
vidcd for by the legislature at the
proper time.
I'VE recommend that an effort be
made by the legislature to provide
means by which all American citizens
in government service in foreign
countries be given an opportunity to
vote on all matters to be voted upon
at the general elections.
1--WE favor regulations for grading
grain on a basis of the milling value
of wheat and that prices be based on
the same and be regulated from time
to time according to the varying cost
of production so as to insure to the
farmer the fair return proportionate
to the cost of production.
I'VE urge the most careful consider
alton of propositions to initiate, fos-
ter and support such political action,
legislative enactment and constitu-
tional revision as may be required to
produce government that will, at all
I. <r< <H,r
will of the majority; provide for a
non-partisan ballot for the election of
all county, state and legislative Of
ficers; practical workable initiative,
referendum and recall; state hail in
surance by means of an average tax;
exemntion of farm imnroYements from