Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-07
NORTH DAKOTA MIKES
HER POLITICS BADLY
Republican Sentiment for Wood.
But Non-Partisans Remain
in Saddle.

BISMARCK, N. D.. December 6
lSpeciaD.-'Tis wise child POLITICAL
~ speaking. that knows it's own
rather in North Dakota these DAYS
ana. by the same token. the political
party which can identify and index
us offspring is more than intelligent
North Dakota has been through all
the fffty-seven varieties of known
political maladies, and it is starting
IN again at the beginning
From being solidly republican North
Dakota has graduated into a fluid
state which is as tricky as auicksand,
and for this reason: In spite of it's
meager 10000 votes, it is receiving
complimentary attention now from
| national leaders who never gave it a
thought few years ago, when North
Dakota was regular
Frazier Goes Into EcIip.e.
Inc presidential aspirations of Gov.
Lynn j. Frazier, native son. seem
10 nave gone into eclipse. Frazier is
non partisan. and his nresidentia1
boom was launched by members of
MS party in Minnesota and North
Dakota. Mr.. Frazier seemed to take
1t seriously, and he was given ma
tlonal advertising, together with
Johnson. Frank Walsh, Plumb and
o.hers, as a possible candidate of the
ne" labor party. Then came the ma
tional convention of the labor party
IN Chicago and the introduction of a
plank for the naturalization of
land. which hit 80 per cent of the
members of the National Non-Par-
tisan League. who are members.
League delegates to the convention
Withdrew; their leader announced
that the league was not yet prepared
TO sacrifice its identity; Frazier, who
mad been on the program for a key
note speech. did not show up at all.
There is much sympathy with SEN
ator Hiram Johnson among the rank
and file of the league. They like his
radlcallsm. his stand during the war
and his attitude toward the peace
treaty. But the leaders of the league
they are not expected to. because
they are said to feel that the Califor-
MAN is stealing their natinal thunder
Wood Sentiment Strong.
Maj: Gen. Leonard Wood is unques-
tlonaoly at this moment the choice
Of the conservative republicans of
North Dakota. Whether the sentiment
toward Wood, SO apparent in the
cities, extends to the farms cannot be
determined, but it is believed that
If the presidential primaries were to
be held tomorrow, instead of next
March. Wood would be North Dakota's
nominee.
Although North Dakota has twice
helped elect President Wilson, there
! is a surprising lack of interest in the
democratic national choice. McAdoo is
not immensely popular in the state
because of his Is per cent boost in
freight rates as director general of
railways. North Dakota carried its
fight against these rates to the
United States Supreme Court. where
it lost There was some third-term
sentiment for Wilson. but this has
faded away. OF other democratic pos
sibilities nothing is heard. The dem
ocrats are vastly in the minority in
North Dakota ordinarily. although
in this campaign whether the state
goes democratic or republican will
depend upon whether the candidate,
Of either party is acceptable to Presi-
dent Townley of the Non-Partisan
League, with the probability that
neither will be satisfactory to the
league leader. and that. although he
recognizes danger in the labor party's
proposal to .nationalize lands, he will
indorse the candidate Of that party.
3d. GEORGE LOGAN PRICE.