Morris tribune., 1920-06-04
WITHIN THREE WEEKS

The greatest political battle for many years is to
be decided Monday June 81, less than three weeks
away
The effect of the primary law in this state has been
transfer the real clash of political the
general election to the primary.
The Tribune is of the opinion election
fall will only ratfy the decision which the voters will
make at the primary We believe that the Non-Parti
Lacquer who thinks he defeat the prim-
airy and then win with Farmer-Labor ticket in
November, and the citizen opposed to socialism who
thinks he let the Non-Partisans win out in the
Republican primary and then find safety for the state
by electing a Democrat at the November election
both mistaken and have not properly read Minnesota
political history since the state primary law has been
the statute books.
Everybody is going to vote in the Republican prim-
aries. Everyone did two years ago to the
100000 and they will do again. The Democratic
leaders might wish their people to stay their
camp but there is way to make them stay the
Republicans certainly desire the 10000 Farmer-Lab
ores to stay of the Republican primary
effective way of keeping them
So the truth lies here. Everybody is going vote
June Fl. The socialists and their numerous and
various allies, the Farmers NonPartsan League the
Working Peoples League, ETC., will be out in full
strength and they will muster for Shipstead
than they will for King just they mustered
votes two years for Lindberg than they did for
Evans. And by the token, if the regular Repub
cannot muster enough to nominate Preus,
then the Democrats fall will
enough votes to defeat Shpstead If the people the
state are not this SutC1ently aroused at the
Townley menace to bury their differences and unite be-
hind man, then there probability of enough
light being thrown the issues by next fall to
the people rally behind Democratic
inee of Indifferent ability
We have heard it said that if Shipstead is nomin-
ated then the Republicans in large numbers will next
fall vote for the Democratic nominee and the Democrat
will be elected We expect nothing of the kind The
Republican voter who cannot today that socialism
is the and only issue to be decided and that that
vital the webeng of the that every
ant-socalist must get behind Preus will be just
blind to the real issue next fall when the contest
tween Shpsead and Democrat and will be led off into
mounting something about "OConnorism,' religion
in politics. prohibition" something equally
foreign to the real ISSUE
TOWnleyism pretty thOrOly aired two years ago,
and in the intervening time many evidences of weak
in it's program have been disclosed and so
work has been done by it's adherents that the
must know what he wants to do about it whether
he wants to do anything. There is doubt but the
adherens of TOwneyism will be out in force. If the
other voters not sufficiently aroused to the
to get behind Preus, then next falls campaign will
just be old stuff and they will not be sufficiently
terested to get behind the opponent of Townleyism
then.
No, the election next fall will be backstop
voters mistakes at the primary If Shipstead nomin-
ated he will be elected next fall and if Preus
is nominated he will be elected next fall The
governor will be either Shipstead and the
tween societism Americansm be decided
June Fl, and not at latter date.
1t is perhaps unnecessary to add but lest of
good Democratic friends misunderstood the drift
of argument will add that in sovetism wins