The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-20
LINDBERGH'S DEFEAT

LINDBERGH'S DEFEAT
The Minnesota press is unit in approving
the defeat of C. A. Lindbergh Scattered re-
turns indicate that Mr.. Burnquist has proved
Minnesota's loyalty, to his own satisfaction at
least-by narrow squeak" says the St. Paul
News, which has been pro-league.
The News sees great comfort" to the poll
ticians and editorial writer's who have trothed at
the mouth over the bare thought of what the wild
wires might be carrying to the uttermost parts
Of the earth to see Minnesotas 10y
atty demonstrated by few thousand votes :"
It was we'll that Mr.. Lindbergh was de-
feated. His defeat, however, is cold comfort Tor
Mr.. Burnquist It was we'll that Mr.. Lindbergh
was repudiated. It is WE'LL also, that MIR. Burn
ouist achieves his nomination by vote that IS
in fact repudiation - Now we can pro-
coed to the real business with which Minnesota,
politically speaking, is chiefly concerned the cleo
ton of real governor ''.* This man IS
Judge Comstock." =: So So 1902, '
The News is a paper with democratic lean
ings which denounced Lindbergh just prior to the
primaries. 1t always has been antagonlstlc to
Burnquist, and has espoused Judge Comstocks
candidacy from the beginning. ri: >s.
"There never was, there never should have
BEEN doubt as to the outcome says the st.
Paul Dispatch. ITO doubt was to reflect upon the
large patriotism and intelligence of people VINO
have upon every occasion given abundant EVIL
dence. of their national and civic loyalty. Spasms
of falterng may have shaken scattered and mis-
taken sections, but the people in the large never
wavered *&++ The nomination Of Burn
quist as the republican and Comstock as the demo-
cratic candidate eliminates the issue Of copper
headism. The people have set their heel upon
the head of the serpent. In the final contest no
disturbing question of loyalty will district and
embitter the citizenship of Minnesota. With un-
doubted loyalty confirmed, the voters may make
up their final ballots with personal qualifications
and state issues as the determining factor. 1t
will be an all-American contest throughout"
q Says the Duluth Herald (democratic): Min
nesota votes as she shoots. The forces of sedl-
ton and dissenson got cold comfort out Of today s
election returns. Governor Burnquist in contest
where loyalty was virtually the only issue, de-
spite strong efforts, supported by large slush
fund, to make it something else, has won out by
an overwhelming majority over c. A. Lindbergh,
author of why Your Country Is at War More
over, the loyal governor of Minnesota was strong
ly Endorsed in all parts of the state. Apparently,
he has carried every congressional district nclud-
ing those in which the strength of Townleyism had
been represented as overwhelming. The result is
tribute to Governor Burnquist's loyalty and a
heart-warming evidence of the states fidelity to
the nations cause" s@' ~
The Minneapolis Journal finds that "the one
great outstanding fact shown by yesterdays pri-
mary voting is that the vast majority of the peo-
pie of Minnesota and of Minneapolis are true blue
loyalists Wherever the challenge was made, the
answer has come back clear and unmistakable. It
is heard not alone in the denomination of Governor
Burnqust, loyalist, over Mr.. Lindbergh, author
of a disloyal book and nominee of the disloyal
Nonpartisan league junta. It is heard also in the
three-to-one vote given Senator Knute Nelson
over James A. Peterson, convicted of pro-Ger-
manism. 1t is heard in the nomination of loyal
lists straight through the state ticket-except
possibly in two instances where the loyalist vote
was split between two candidates.
''The response of the people to the Nonpart-
isan League plot to seize control of the State
Government has been decisive Despite the per
sistent campaign of Misrepresentation among the
farmers, despite the open alliance with the So
cialists of the Cities despite the heavy expendi-
ture of money collected from misled farmers Mr..
Townley's League has failed completely. It stands
discredited in Minnesota And it is not unlikely