The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-25
LOCAL POLI'I'LCIANSyx,
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ARE MEjV|'ll'l0Ns :

Congressman George NJ. You = jof
the Second North Dakota distr7 s al
t2Guyn reelected year ago w s the
en,o senlenr or the league, naI ever
oE.4...J uapu used tue league cal g and
- .--5 (. .---oA ,.-vil t4e NON 8 t!san
e,.s S s29icusly IN his oppq$ On to
tie Plumb plan. The league .ss Of
t. SIZE Aas severely tlclSed
\ ln :, & id, u1less there sto d be &.
ci2- CT tleaIt en- ore side Or the
CT 81, il row seems probable that
\ c-:--s, " II have opposition for the
. =, 4y- Gal rcminatlon at the next
I:.-.la.i2:. Young originally was 9
j. -cg.ts1ive, better known in the early
Gays, II The movement in this state
a., . ''dynanl ter" and he and the off
.oct CT the republican party which
elected him were the ancestors politl-
cal!y of the present nonpartisan
league. The league, However, has
moved so rapidly that it has left
many of the progressives of yester-
year in the shoes of standpatters to-
day. There is no i1lkling as to Young's
probable opponent in the Second con-
gressional district. There are a
number of league legislators in this
territory who would appreciate an op-
portunity to go to Washington and sit
there with John M. Baer of the First
and j. H. Sinclair Of the Third, who
are out-and-out nonpartisans.
Should the old-time republicans, in
cooperation with the insurgent nom
partisans, succeed in nominating at
the primaries Attorney General Lam
ger or someone else regarded equally
capable of composing the difficulties
of the various factions within the ma
jority, it is probable that the demo-
cratic old guard, which is much in
the minority, would not seriously con-
slider candidate for the governor
ship. Because it is a national cam
paign year, however, the organization
would not be likely to remain out OF
the field with state ticket, alto
gether, and this fact might conlplicate
matters for foes of the ToWnley fac
ton Of the league.
Aside from LANCER, who IS not an
avowed candidate for governor at this
time, little is heard OF possible repub-
lican wheel-horses. There has been
more or less idle talk Of the possibil-
ity of Judge W. l.. Nuessle Of Bis
marck, being persuaded to become q
candidate for the republican nominal
tion, but Nuessle is not q politician,
and he seems we'll satisfied with the
judiciary. He unquestionably would
command strong support from sec
tions Of the state in which he IS
known because of the high record
which he has made On the bench.
Senator Hans T. jacobson, OF Mott,
progressive minority leader in the
senate, and Senator Frank E. Ployhar
of Valley City, another pioneer prog
ressive and one Of the oldest and
ablest members of the senate, in The
estimation Of his supporters, are also
mentioned, and there is some talk q
Col. John II. Frame of Grafton, Eor-
mer lieutenant governor and veteran
commander Of the Fighting First
North Dakota, which he led in the
Philippines and in France, and OF
Col. Frank White, former governor,
for some years a member Of the state
board OF regents, and organizer and
commander Of the Second North Da-
hota national guard, which was raised
for the worlds war.
All of this, however, is purely con-
lecture. The one concrete fact seems
to be q growing sentiment that Ian
ger could be governor if he wanted
to be, and an inclination on the part
Of old guard republicans long antago--
nistic to the young attorney general
to accent him as inevitable.