The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-02
DOYLE WOULD
BE GOVERNOR
Not Content With Being Reappointed
United States Marshal Mr.. Doyle
is Ambitious to Become Governor of
North Dakota.
HE'S A LOYALTY" CANDIDATE.
He Secured the Democratic NOmina-
tion to Further His Marshalship
Candidacy, But Now Thinks He
Can Really Land the GOvernOrship.

Fargo, May 1.-Deferring his action
until after he has been reappointed
United States marshal, S. J. Doyle
yesterday announced that he would be-
come candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor in acceptance
of the Endorsement of the party's
state central committee, rendered him
a month ago.
Members Of his own party who did
not favor his reappointment to the
marshalship point out that his ac-
ceptance of the Endorsement for gov
ernor might have been a strong fac
tor against the reappointment had it
been prior thereto. They are frank
in saying that Mr.. Doyle doubtless
employed the Endorsement very thrift
| lily as an argument for reappointment.
... Is "Loyalty" Candidate.
| The honor of Endorsement for the
governorship came after Mr. Doyle
had addressed the meeting of the
state central committee in a distinct
ly patriotic vein. His Endorsement
was heralded by papers friendly to
him as recognition of his loyalty.
Mr.. Doyle seeks nomination and
election as governor of North Dakota
as "loyalty" candidate.
His announcement is contained in a
letter to w. E. Byerly, chairman of
the state central committee in which
the candidate claims that loyalty is
the only issue in this campaign. He
insists that the republican party in
! this state is in control of "small
coterie of socialists" whose loyalty he
doubts. He also expresses his belief
that the majority of the people of the
state are loyal.
Anti Nonpartisan.
Doyle's acceptance of the nomina-
tion on the eve of the meeting Of the
state Lincoln Republican league at
Minot led political observers to pre-
dict that he would receive tacit in
dorsement of that organization today.
It was recalled that at the time of
the democratic meeting at Fargo,
April 2, Secretary Percy M. Clark of
the Lincoln league met with demo-
cratic leaders and made overtures for
all old line politicians to make a unit
ed stand against the Nonpartisan
league.
Nearly every speaker at the demo-
cratic meeting in Fargo urged the
members of that party to forget par
ty lines and affiliate with the republi-
cans in the hope that such coalition
would bring Nonpartisan defeat.
Republican Skeptical.
It was pointed out by leading re-
publicans yesterday that their party
would experience great difficulty in
inducing a representative man to take
the field with the Endorsement of the
Lincoln Republican league, an organ
ization representing the disgruntled
minority in the party. Defeat at the
primary would look bad, they say, and
it would be much better not to name
any candidate for governor at the
Minot meeting but enter into an agree
ment to support Doyle, the democrat
ic nominee at the general election in
the fall.
That the old line politicians intend
to center their battle on the governor.
ship in the coming campaign has beer
admitted by several of them recently
With a governor over which they
could maintain control it would b.
possible for them to defeat the viii
of the people in almost every in
stance, they believe. Any Legislation
passed by legislature that does no
suit the old gang could be put out O.
the way by the governors veto. Thi
is the hope Of the most sanguine O
the old line politicians, but majorit!
Of them zee certain defeat at the poll
| n spite q any action thsy may taxa