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man, together with his known honesty,
will make him an ideal executive.
These are matters of public record
Reference to the House journal of the
1909 and 1911 sessions will prove or
disprove my statements.
Knowing MI. Doyle's record as 1 do,
it was a great surprise to me to read
in the Nonpartisan papers before the
primaries and since, that the reac-
tionaries in the Democratic party and
Republican party were supporting
Doyle. If this statement is true that
the reactionaries in the two old par
ties have selected MI. Doyle as a can
didate for governor. The last legis-
they elect him believing he will be a
reactionary governor.
The farmers of North Dakota have
a grievance, but not against the DEM
ocratic party as a state organization
in North Dakota, o against it's can
didate for governor. The last lyeeis-
iative assembly passed an appropri-
alton for the building of a terminal
elevator and Governor Frazier vetoed
the bill. 1t might be we'll for the farm
ers of the state to ask why it was
vetoed, and I understand that the rea-
son was given that a terminal ele-
vator would be of no use without
packing houses, flour mills, etc., but
surely it would have been a start a
beginning. A half a loaf is better
than no bread. The world was not
made in a day. The farmer might
also ask if the reasons given for We
toing the bill were the real reasons or
if there are others. Of course, if the
elevator proved a solution of the
farmers problem, they would no
longer need the Nonpartisan league.
THE same would be true if it proved
a failure.
North Dakota is a great agricultur-
al state and the agricultural interests
should receive fair treatment, but ev-
erything is now subordinated to the
winning of the war in which we are
engaged and in the election of men
who will uphold the administration In
the prosecution of the war. Then
again, according to the Nonpartisan
papers: when we became involved in
the war, Governor Frazier did not sup
port the administration in the prose-
cution Of the war. The Courier-N News
of Fargo, North Dakota published
speeches of Mr. Townley and Governor
Frazier in which it is reported that
Governor Frazier said: ut requires
no patriotism to buy Liberty Bonds.
Buying bonds is all right, but there is
a better way. Conscript the rich
mans money" Mr.. Townley spoke
along the same line, and, as l under
stand, this is the position of the pa
cifist, the I. w. w. and the Socialist.
mention the Courier-News because
1t is 9. Nonpartisan paper and, of
course, would not ~misrepresent either
Mr.. Townley or Governor Frazier. If
the people had taken the same posi-
ton as these, we would be unable to
raise the money necessary to win the
war. Fortunately, however, the peo-
pie of this country and the people of
North pakotaano not agree with either
:EMr. ,Townley: or Governor Frazier on
the prosecution of this war, and it is
much safer to elect men who have
been with the administration all the
way along the line. It seems to me
that the one question that a good citi-
zen deed ask himself: "Is Mr.. Doyle
qualified. Is he honest and sincere
and will he make a good governor if
elected?"
JOHN BURKE.