Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-03
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FIRE HiEFIRlSI
GUNS TODAY
Campaign Will Be One Of
the LiveliestsPrirnaries
Held in.the State q

Today, Monday. WILL witness the
0penipEss Of the campaign gaan North
Dakota sfors the nqpnhinatio&a Of ! John
s s1sasiana. the fo = 8 \ q Primary 4 "a
The campaign aafha YodaGyv at Dew
Ills Lake and another big affair while
plans aresbeingEw worked outs,ins Rraet-
1cally every county in the state 8 q
campaign Of the schoolhouse tyne.
The filings for the state legislature
have revealed that there IL a thor
ough-golng o~reanization >lna-a each
Legislative district prepared to battle
the nominees chosen by the Nom
partisan leaders, and they are. gin-
variably, making their campaign. on
the basis of being independent Of
the control Of A. G.:Townley,y the
Socialist leader Of the .Nonpartisan
league, who recently vent on. the
stand. before ,sthe military AFFAIRS
committee OF the United States sem
ate and swore that he didn't know
whether. ,Arthur>. LeSeuer.. former
tSocialist mayor Of Minot, Socialist Sine
structor in a Socialist college in Kan
sas, and attorney for. the Industrial
Workers of the World, is or is not a
Socialist. LeSeuer is Townley's right
hand man in lt~hesdictations Of league
policies as relate to political and
economic problems.
Reports Optimistic.
Reports from various sections t
the state relative to the candidacy*of
John Steen and the Independent
ticket are uniformly optimistic.
lin the rural districts where the
Townley ticket was strong two years
ago, there is this year every indica-
ton of great reflections from the
League strength. This is notably true
in numerous dfstrictssthatEwere vfr-
tually solid two years ago. such as
Bottineau county.
The action OF L. Il. Stair Of Bot
Itineau county in taking the place,
without protest, Of N. G.. Randall on
the leagues speaking staff, when the
league found it wise to- withdraw
Randall after he had been billed for
a series of talks, following his con-
viction of espionage, has. not set par
lticularly we'll with farmers Of Bot
|tineau county, while the Randall in
cident, as an issue in itself. served to
open the eyes Of a great many people
to the brazen attempts Of the league
leadership to continue on the plat
form convicted of seditious utter
Iances.
T Margin Was Slight j.
In the election two years: ago. Fra.
zier had-a margin over the combined
votes Of Burdick. Frame and Smith
of about $500. The vote accorded
the. three rival candidates will 60 to
Steen almost in a mass this year. In
addition. the rural vote for Steen will
be, greatly heavier. this yea than ii
was for the three candidates two
years ago, while the Nonpartisan
leaders, in raising the loyalty issue
and in their attempts toIwipe out the
states business interests through the
agency Sof the Consumers, store. they
have united the people Of the villages
and towns against" themselves as they
were not united"two. years age.
: Socialist Feature Counts. ~
The: fact that the league Leadership
is socialistic,. almost to- q .s man. Z III
having its effect on the North Dakota
situatton North Dakota people arr
loyal,s and they. know that Socialists
loyal to their party, cannot at tbs
same time be loyal to. the govern:
ment, particularly view Of the st
Louis resolutions 1890