Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-11-11
TURN DOWN LEAGUE !;
IS PROVEN BY
VOTE ANALYSIS
Independents Won Initiated
Measures and House Ma
jority = Republican Year
Alone Saved Frazier.

ia Is now at mana 10 NlcIu d uoaA-
mite conclusion in regard to the
strength of the opposing forces. The
results shows that names of all the
candidates of the Nonpartlsan
League who were elected, as well as
the candidates of the Independents
on the general ballot, who were
elected, were in the republican
column, and that the names of the
Independent candidates who were in
the democratic column, were not
elected, and that none Of the league
candidates in the column headed in
dividual nominations or on the Nom
partisan ballot were elected.
The candidates elected in the re-
publican column were both league
and independents. The League can,
didates were: DR.. Ladd, Lynn j..
Frazier, Howard Wood, William
Lemke, S. A. ,Olsness, John N. Hagen
and two railroad commissioners, G..
w. Mcdonnell and Frank Milhol-
land.
In the same column the independ-
emit candidates elected were George
M. Young, Thomas Hall and John
Steen and w. III. Stutsman.
The vote for president, for Hard
ing. republican, shows four to one
over the vote for Cox, democratic
candidate. Notwithstanding the
handicap of O'Connor, in the demo-
cratic column, he ran within about
four thousand votes Of governor
Frazier whose name was in the re-
publican column.
= Another result of the election
where there was a real test between
the Nonpartisans and the 1ndepend-
ents was the election Of the inde-
pendent legislature. The house
turned from Nonpartisan League to
independents, and the senate is al
90 turned from Nonpartisan major
ity. to what is claimed an independ-
ent majority with one seat in con-
test and charge of fraud In con-
nection with the League candidate
in Billings county.
u another result Of the election
showed that on the Nonpartisan bal
lot where no party politics interven-
ed to influence the voters every in"
dependent candidate on the state
ticket was elected, namely Judge
Christensen. Judges Coney and
Nuessle In this district, and Minnie
J. Nelson. On the Nonpartisan Bal
lot Judge Christiansen's majority
will be about 5000 and Miss Mel
sons about 10000.
another result Of the election
shows that the initiated laws. where
there was no political party support
to influence the voters, were all car
ried against the league fght to de-
feat these laws.
In the Arst congressional district
O. B. Burtness wins over Baer. the
Nonpartisan candidate. The vote
for Harding. presidential candidate
shows he will have a majority OF
nearly 100000.
In other words the voters were so
anxious to get rid of a democratic ad-
ministration at Washington, that
they voted the republican ticket and
kept out of the democratic column.
This fact, was the main cause of the
election Of Frazier over O'Connor,
also with possible additional cause
In the decline in the price of wheat
influencing many, League members
to still vote with the league, as &
matter of resentment and protest
over losses which they attributed to
their opponents. An unfortunate
religious prejudice also intervened.
4 In every test vote between the in
dependents and the Nonpartisans.
where the party politics did not in
stervene the independents won by
good majorities. and this demonsz
trates that the League as going
concern in North Dakota has been
turned down. ., -
Tho Independents have made such
gains that they can really claim the
victory in the election. This is
specially seen in the vote on the
laws, where the majority for the
law requiring an examination of tho
Bank Of North Dakota, will exceed
815 900, and the majority for re-
turn Of the public funds to counties
and cities and leaving the bank with
only state funds, will have major
5ity Of 10000 and the other three
laws advocated by the Independents
carried with large majortties: All
sof these laws were fought hard by
the Nonpartisan League, who urged
every member to vote mo" for Il
the laws carried it would bring the
League industrial program to an
end. y 81. 81
The independents have i'm reality
won q big victory and the election
returns prove that II 1t had not been
! republican year and the League
candidates for the principal Offices
had not been IN the repub blican
column on the state ballot the sinde-
pend dentsa would have elected q 'consl