The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-10-05
BIZ DG ID Laurence.

TIE Moat important ctttce curing
fhe Iast thirty days.i
BIZ DG id Laurence.
(spsoial Correspondent Of The Eve.
ming World.
CHICAGO, oct. s. Copyright is2o)
-Radioallsm which the average East
onor mag have thought was on the
wane has penetrated the politics Of
the West 10 such an extent that Il Ia
hardly an oxaggerution TO say most
folks in the majority Of the Western
states hardly realize there IL Presi-
Dental election this year.
Far moro important to the people
% Mcatana Colorado, Idaho. North
Dakota and Washington are the local
issues introduced by the Non-Par-
tiaan League or a coalition OF the
narmer and iaboring elements. Party
lines have been broken The busi-
ness men Of a community. the
bankers. the merchants. the prufes-
nionai classes generally. are forget
ting that they were originally Demo-
Gratis and Republicans and uniting 10
beat the enort OF the agricultural
proletariat 70 gain control Of the reina
OF State Governments.
FARMERS AND LAsoRERs JOIN
HANDS IN POLITICS.
Similarly the farmers and the
laboring classes have forgotten their
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the, Non Partisan League candidates
are listed az Democrats. tho farmer
and labor strength Il mustered for
me Democratic State ticket. a. In
Montana and Colorado; whereas In
North Dakota. where the machinery
Of the Republican State organization
10 In the hands OF the Non Partisan
League. the vote OF the farmers Il for
tho regular Republican State ticket.
All OF whose candidates. as a rule.
have succeeded in getting their names
on the ballots az the regular
nominees In the primaries.
heretofore whenever reforms have
been desired people who thought In
political terms imagined that the
third party idea was the best means
10 their end. Wei. Il went to tho
other kind OF an end. Tho third party
movement OF 1919 nationally has gone
by the board. Three oornered fights
even In the States have proved futile.
The aaverus.ng gwen the old party
labels, Democratic and Republican,
has made them precious. The Nom
Partisan League hasn't tried third
party tickets IL has gone into the
primaries and captured the regular
Democratic or Republican organiza-
ton. ThatS why there's 40 much
agitation In the West 70 abolish the
primary system and go back to con-
vontloRs. where the choice OF candi-
dates can be moro easily e0ntrolied
ana party machinery preserved. But
aho Non Partisan League has enough
strength for the present az least "a
keep ethe primary system, lis most
Washable asset.
s now NEW ALioNMENTs MAY
AFFECT NATIONAL CONTEST.
ID can easily be seen. however
what the onect on a Presidential con-
test can DE when the absorbing In
terest In so many States il whether
the Non-Partisan League candidate,
can be beaten by a coalition OF an
other bipartisan character be.
tween conservative Democrats Anc
Republicans. or course one hear
the Nom Partisan League leader
called Reds" and ''BolBhevlsts" anc
Radicals" In the sense that thei
methods are radically different from
what has been the usual course o
political AFFAIRS In the past. the Who'll,
thing may be called rndicalism, bu
even the most ardent foes OF the Non
Partisan League no longer call IN,
average farmer or laborer who vote
for the Non Partisan League tlcke
"Bolshevists" or Reds" The epl
thets are reserved for the organizer
and leaders.
Il is amusing In some states 10 so
how the Non Partisan League. whicl
denounceH the kept press" and IN
plutocratic Interests" for controllin,
the newspapers, turns around an
establishes newspapers OF It's own an
eolors the nOws along lines favorabl
20 the Non Partisan League. c. A
Townley head OF the Nom Partisa
League, Is as dominant figure In IN
movement as Panrose ia In the Re
publican Party. Opinions may var
az 10 the types OF men or their bgntn
20 the community. but fundamental
each has his lieutenants and gives or
dgra and controls his organizatio
just az efaciently as the other
cox HAS SOUGHT TO cAPTURI
"NoN.PARTisAH" VOTE.
Gov. Cox has encountered the Non
Partisan League movement on nj
travca ems b9v sour e. e7vfUra 20
vnta far nranffenf TTa has aua1vra