The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-06
MINNESOTA POLITICS
1N AND POLITICIANS


this stage, under the primary law.
There is talk of county conven-
tons in various rural counties to
nominate candidates for the legfs-
lature and possibly for other offices
/ in opposition to the Nonpartisan
league" says Charles B. Cheney in
| The Minneapolis Journal THE
Litchfield News-Leader PROPOSES
such q convention for Meeker coun-
W Inc league Is playing politics
4 win county officers. and has a more
eHectlVe club on them because of its
| policy not to make nominations out
right The tip to county officers is
/ mat they must not antagonize the
league, or candidates will be brought
! out against them, but there are no
outright endorsements. The Litchfield
ldea Is to draw the line and make
every candidate toe the mark"
It looks as though there wou1d he
no contest for supreme court places
this year. Chief Justice Calvin II.
BroWn and Associate Justices
Andrew Holt and Oscar Hallam are
up for reelection to six year terms.
30 far no one has come out AGAINST
them, and the Endorsement voted by
the democratic conference the ether
DAY TO the three judges indicates that
they nave public sentiment behind
mem. All three were originally Re-
publicans, but by the nonpartisan law
We're taken out OF the partisan
column years ago.
Scott county Democrats. meeting at |
Jordan took a strong stand against
the Nonpartisan league and |
unanimously ian passed this resolution:
resolved that we emphatically !
disapprove and condemn the activi- Z
ties and propaganda, Of that poIitiraI
party, commonly called the Nom
partisan league, and declare that the
proceedings and speeches of the con-
Vention at st. Paul in September.
1917 reek with sedition
We further declare that the aIlee-
ed political party is a menace to SOL.
cletys an enemy to the United States.
a supporter Of the kaiser and his
actiVe agents in this country, and we
90 hereby condemn it, its agents and
us propaganda and we assert that
we will Loyalty fight it to the end SO
that class shall not be arrayed
against class, and that the bows at
the front who are fighting our battles.
and protecting our homes and liber-
ties and defending our country shall
not De attacked from behind and that
our country and what it stands for
may remain secure to posterity."
The Windon Citizen reports that
he Nonpartisan league sent an ennis I
sary recently to District Judge L. S.
Nelson of Slayton, asking him to run
Tor congress in the second district
against Frank i. Ellsworth. Judge
Nelson, it says. told his callers that
ne could serve his country as well ;
IN the bench as IN congress. |
Contrary to the general policy an
bounced, in some counties the Nom !
PARTISAN league conventions put up
for county officials. In J
Renville county, for instance. they
tut up a full ticket.
A rumor that United States Sena-
or Knute Nelson does not intend to I
lie for reelection seems to have had I
Is much as anything else to do with J I
he failure Of the Democratic state l
to indorse him, and the
same rumor is said to have been
argely responsible for the form Of ]
he resolution authorizing the state c
central committee to select candi- S
iates for any places on the ticket un- 7
lied
In the old convention days 1t was '
to give the state commit {