Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-04
SPLIT VOTE MAY
\. ELECT EVANS
Townley's Wet Candidate
May Have Chance if
Wheaton Polls 100000. )

St Paul, Sept. 4.-Jyst because the
eighteen members Of the Democratic
party. who met in Minneapolis Tues
day afternoon to try. and harmonic
the warning factions had a pleasant
visit, come. people concluded that the
full strength at the November cleo
ton, and that there might be a real
chance for the Democratic candidate.
Maybe there. will be. Anything in
politics may happen within two
months, but the conversation OF
Democratic workers after the meet
ing didn't indicate 1t. The workers
did not take part in the conference
and they didn't seem to take much
stock in it. Organization workers
growled. at the volunteers and the vol
ton men,. Only the c%onferees looked
pleasant. The others vie with each
other in placing q high estimate up
on the number of Democrats who will
vote the Republican ticket this fall.
Conditions May Change.
Conditions may change, however.
If the committee should succeed in
formulating a real harmony program,
the outsiders might be persuaded to
fall into line. In that event the cleo
ton will not be the walkaway for the
Republicans that they have been
anticipating, especially If the Non
partisan league and Labor combtna-
ton, known as the Working Peoples
Political league, should poll anything
like the 10000 Of votes polled by
maries. The vote at the general cleo
tfon is estimated at approximately
100000. This would leave 100000
votes to be divided between the Re
publicans. Democrats. Nationalist
and Socialists. Burnquist polled
1873, 1876 votes at the primaries but
these votes included thousands ri
Democrats along with those Of the
Nationalist, who had no. contest OF
their own. The Democrats polled on
" 5 2,64e votes in the. primaries
whereas Tom Dwyer. their can e. aao
for. governor In 1916. polled $4,000
and D. w. Lawler, their candidate TOR
United States senator. polled 117,ooo'
Third Mans Chance.
The Democratic strength in Mime.
sofa. them. is approximately 1Oo.o0o
If Wheaton. the Democratic candi.
date for governor, can poll. 100000
votes he might easily bring about The
defeat of. Burnquist and the election
Of Evans. the league candidate, grant
ing that the league polls as many
votes in November as 1t polled ir
June, for 1t may be assumed that Al
the November election the Ma
tionalists will cast their 10000 votes
for their own candidate. instead Of
casting them for Burnquist, as the,
did in June. This would give the op'
position a total Of 10000 votes. leav'
ing 1906 00 votes to be divided be
tween Burnquist and the Socialist.
,t HN-,~~. Nav Ia . u
That il what statistics show. 5u
statistics are more than likely to ~
wrong. in politics especially, ant
forecasts Of those actively engaged !,
political work indicate that they ar
wrong in this case. 1T is admitted OF
all sides that thousands Of Democrat
intend to vote for BurnQuist In No
vember. and they care nothing at al
about the action of Democratic har
monizins committees. In the secon'
place, the Nonpartisan league vote q
the primaries was approximately
three times the actual membership @
the league. and there is no proof tina
non-members will vote with tn
league this fall. Good work,son tn
part Of the Republican and Demo
cratic campaign committees may. an
probably will, make figures based o.
previous elections look like kinder
garten calculations after Novembe
g..
Day is F1abergasted.
Frank A. Day of the Fairmon
Sentinel, former Democratic boss O
Minnesota, declares he is plum
fabergasted because veteran Demo
cratic leaders. like c. E. Macdonal
Of the st. Cloud Times. and A. C.SWete
of the Duluth Herald r supportin
Governor Burpquist in this campaign
Captain Macdonald says the littl
bronze button he years on his Goa
lapel is his explanation. He is stand
Ing by the government now as he di
In 1861. Maybe. now, Day will ofe
that fabergasted state of mind as 6
explanation Of his own support q
Burnquist.
Going After Evans. :
The Democratic as we'll al, .Repuh