The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-04-22
OPPOSITION SPLIT BY
GREED AND AMBITION
BIG BUSINESS SPOKESMEN
CLAIM REWARD AND WOR-
RY ''TWO-BIT" NELSON

Harmony" and "Self Sacrifice" are
the favorite words of I. v. A. politi-
clans these days. Despite the frequen-
cy with which they appear in the Big
Business press the political articles of
the kept papers betray the strife and
Jealousy which prevails in the anti
Townley camp. The itching palms of
the professional politicians may be
seen daily in their search for the oint-
ment which only Special Privilege can
furnish. Attorneys and bankers who
have blown the trumpet of the Twin
City interests are hungrily looking for
reward and scarcely day passes with
Eout the announcement of a candidacy
or two for the seat of Governor Fra
zier. Pleas for Harmony" are met
with charges of *'packing conventions" !,
stacking cards. etc. from those who
feel that they are. Disseminated
against by the custodians of the Doodle
of Big Business.
1t looks as if Bill Langer's betray-
al Of the farmers is to be for naught.
Despite his sabotaging the League ad-
ministration, his tireless wanderings
about the state in the interest of his
candidacy and the opposition to the
League he is being attacked by rivals
for the favor Of Big Business and his
chances for the nomination become
Simmer and Simmer as new knights
of privilege enter the fray. Bill is saw
ing wood daily and his friends are bat
tling desperately for him but it is a
losing game.
Nestos Raps LANCER Program
Last week R. A. Nestos, following in
the lead of John Steen, made an at
tack on LANCER in the Fargo Forum
and rather took the Forum to task
fer its indiscretion in smiling upon
Langer's candidacy. L. F. Crawford,
the Sentinel Butte Banker, in launch
ing his boom for governor also took a
slap at LANCER in the form of opposing
any compromise on the matter of state
industries. ave lose even when we
win" with a candidate who favors the
industries is Crawford's position.
There are those who believe that the
l. V. A. are deliberately pushing can
didates into the field in order to rid
,, themselves of LANCER. L. A. Barnaas
Of st. Thomas has been mentioned as
another candidate and Judge Young
is reported to be strongly backing
Minnie Nelson against all comers.
The I. v. A. in the effort to bring
about unity" among the anti Town
leyites developed body which it calls
the committee of 21" (seven Repub-
licans, seven Democrats and seven I.
V. A.'s). The one bond of unity for
this body is hatred of the farmer
movement and a desire to return to
the good old days when Big Business
reigned supreme. The. sessions of the
committee in Fargo last week were
not entirely harmonious but the I. v.
A. succeeded in engineering things so
that the Republican and Democratic
conferences for the nomination of can
didates in the June Primaries will be
held simultaneously in Minot May IL
and 13. ..s.s
Drop Party Lines in Campaign
Should the "21ers" realize their
plans all anti-League voters will unite
on a single ticket of legislative can
didates in opposition to Nonpartisan
candidates; there will be joint indorse-
ment of a candidate for supreme court
justice and for the Is district court
judgeships to be filled this year as
well as for superintendent of public
instruction. In order that the voters
may not forget that there are such
things as Republican and Democratic
party organizations each party will
submit congressional candidates. The
committee" suggests anti-League
county conventions SO as to select can
didates for county offices.
Fargo political circles have it that
Judge Young, the N. P. lawyer who
bosses North Dakota reactionary pol
itics, intends to force both the Repub-
lican and Democratic conventions to
nominate Miss Nelson ct Minot. They
count on Louisiana to ratify the suf-
| frage amendment by May u in which