Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-22
NORTH DAKOTA
NONPARTISAN
FIGHT IS BITTER
Republican State Ticket is
Named by League and the
Election Campaign is
Energetic.

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 2l.-The po-
fiscal battle between the nonparti-
san league and its opponents in
creases in bitterness as the time
draws near for the general election
in which voters will name full con-
gressional and state tickets in
North Dakota.
In the gubernatorial contest, Gov
crnor Lynn J. Frazier seeks re-elec-
ton on the republican ticket and is
opposed by S. A. Doyle on the DEM
ocratic ticket. The republican tick
ct was nominated at the primaries
by the nonpartisan league. indie
pendent republicans opposed to the
league had a hand in framing the
democratic ticket.
But Two Tickets.
The candidates for congress on
The republican ticket are John M.
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 democratic side, Fred
Bartholomew is candidate in the
First district, |. N. Torson in the
Second and Halvor Halvorson in
the Third.
There will be but two state tick
cts in the field, the development 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 the state Office,
and the progressive party, active in
the last three elections, has dis
solved.
The league has renominated on
its state ticket all but two of the
Offices it elected two years ago.
They are M. P. Johnson and Charles
Bleick, members of the railway
commission.
Controls Lower House.
A majority of the republican can
didates for the state legislature have
been nominated by the nonpartisan
league. In some districts where it
failed to get candidates on the re-
publican ballot, the league nomi-
mated men on the democratic ticket,
or independently by individual NOM
mating petitions. In the last house
of representatives the league had
clear majority of about sixty. 1t
also elected majority of the sena-
tors, but because of Is holdovers
was unable to control the senate.
If it elects less than half of the pres
ent candidates for the state senate
the league will have a working ma
jority in that body. Control of the
lower house is conceded the league.
At the primaries, Frazier was OPP
posed by John Steen, state treasur-
er, who was supported by the anti
league republicans. Frazier re-
ceived a majority of more than
$1,000 out of 10000 votes.
Amendments Attacked.
The republicans then amalga-
mated with the democrats under the
name of the Independent Voters
association in support of S. A.
Doyle, United States marshal at
Fargo, who was nominated by the
democrats over G. w. Wilkinson,
recently deposed as postmaster
of Fargo. Wilkinson. sought the
democratic nomination with support
of the league.
Doyle has waged an energetic
campaign, vigorously attacking the
economic program OF the league as
embodied in ten proposed constitu-
tional amendments to be voted on
this fall.
These amendments include a sim
gle tax, increase of the state bonded
debt limit from 100000 to $4,000
600 in the instance OF any single bond
issue; a smaller number Of sigma
lures required on initiative and ref
csendum petitions and the invest
rent of state funds and the opera
ton by the state OF any industries
not denied private individual or
CORPORATION.