The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-26
FIGHT THELEACUE
In North Dakota the Battle
Grows Bitter.
NOnpartisan League Fought by
Good Citizens.
Two TICKETS IN THE FIELD
The League Worked Thru Both
Tickets in State.
Full Congressional and State
Officers Chosen.
TWO TICKETS IN THE FIELD

Bismarck, N, D., Oct. 26.-The poll
teal battle between the Nonpartisan
league and it's opponents increases in
bitterness as time draws near for the
general election in which voters Will
name full congressional and state tick
cts in North Dakota.
In the guhernatorial contest. Gov.
Lynn j.. Frazier seeks reelection on
the Republican ticket and Is opposed
by s. A. Doyle on the Democrat ticket.
The Republican ticket was nominated
at the primaries by the Nonpartfsan
league. Independent Republicans OPP
posed to the league had a hand In
framing the Democrat ticket.
The candidates for congress on the
Republican, ticket are John NJ. Baer
in the First district, who was sent to
congress by the league; George M.
Young in the Second district and John
H. Sinclair in the third. On the Demo-
GRAFT side, Fred Bartholomew is can
didate in the First district. ]. N. Tor
son in the Second and Halvor Halvor-
son in the Third.
There will be but two state tickets
in the field, the developments of the
Nonpartisan league having marked
the passing of the Socialist state party.
For the first time in many years. the
prohibitionists have no candidates for
STATE OfE4CS ana the Progressive party,
active in the last three elections. has
dissolved. -
The league has renominated on its
state ticket all but two of the officers
1t elected two years ago. They are
M p johnson and Charles w. Bleick,
members of the railway commission.
A majority of the Republican can
didates for the state legislature have
been Nominated by the Nonpartisan
leo Tn, CT w II
failed to get candidates on the Repub-
-lican ballot. the league nominated
men on the Democrat ticket, or in
dependently by individual nominating
petitions. In the last house of rep
resentatives the league had a clear
majority of about sixty. Il also elect
ed a majority of the senators, but be-
cause of twenty-five holdovers was un-
able to control the senate. If it elects
less than half of the present candi-
dates for the state senate. the league
will have working majority in that
body. Control of the lower house is
conceded the league.
At the primaries, Frazier was OPP
posed by John Steen, state treasurer,
who was supported by the anti-leasue
Republicans. Frazier received a ma
jority of more than $4,000 out of ap-
proximately 10000 votes.
The Republicans then amalgamated
with the Democrats under the name
Of the Independent Voters association
in support of S. j. Doyle, United States
marshal at Fargo. who was nominated
by the Democrats over G. w. Wilkin
son, recently deposed as postmaster of
Fargo. Wilkinson sought the Demo-
cratic nomination with the support of
the league.
Doyle has waged an energetic cam
paign, vigorously attacking the econ
omic program of the league as en-
bodied in ten proposed constitutional
amendments to be voted on this fall.
These amendments include a single
tax, increase of the state bonded debt
limit from 100000 to $10,0oe.o0a in
the instance of any single bond issue:
a smaller number of signatures re-
quired on initiative and referendum
petitions. and the investment of state
funds and the operation by the state
of any industries not denied a private
individual or corporation.