The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-04-22

event Miss Nelson will be eligible for
the office. Langer's friends insist that
this is a big gamble and that Miss
Nelson if eligible could not win the
Scandinavian and German vote but
Judge Young put them to rout in the
committee" meetings.
LANCER Scores l. V. A. Bosses
LANCER was not long in declaring
his opposition to the Young Twitch-
ell methods. Frank Packard expressed
his views in an editorial in the Bis
marck Tribune. He openly charges
that Twitchell is "packing the con-
vention in behalf of some certain can
didate" and protests against Theodore
Nelson's delegates being wished on the
Republicans. Another article in the
Tribune claims that Twitchell insulted
Bismarck Republicans in much the
same fashion he told the farmers to
slop the hogs and walls about the dis
regard of the frank and file"
It is by no means certain that the
Democrats will abide by the wishes
of the "21ers". J. F, r. O'Connor of
Grand Forks announced his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination the
very day of the "21" plan was reveal
ed and his law partner, Sveinbjorn
Johnson, chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, announced
that there will be no action to carry
out the recommendations of the "21-
ers". Moreover he said the Democrats
will put up a full state ticket and
advised all Democrats to register as
such and not to take hand in the
Republican primaries. The game would
seem to be the winning Of the solid
I. v. A. vote for the Democrats in the
general election in the fall.
Democrats Have Trouble Too
The O'Connor candidacy is not well
come to all the Democratic bosses for
some had hopes of quietly naming
Wesley G.. Mcdowell as a white hope
and getting a big fund to aid them in
"ridding the state Of Townleyism."
Now that "Jefty" is in the race they'll
have to split the Doodle if there is any
and things aren't nearly so rosy.
Harmony" there is not, either in
Republican or Democratic circles.
Aside from the personal ambition and
the itching palms there is involved a
difference of opinion as to the way to
carry the election against the farmer
candidate. Some aspirants feel that
the one hope lies in pretending to ia
vor a mild industrial program as they
know that the majority of the people
of the state are for state industries.
Others are so sensitive to the whims
of Big Business that they will make
no concessions whatever to public
opinion and declare against even the
mildest of state activities.
The task of the opponents of the
Nonpartisan League is stated thus by
the Courier News.
"Some way, therefore, must be
found for getting those who favor
state industries and those who oppose
them together on the same platform.
And we know how that will be done.
The platform will profess to favor a
certain number of Experiments" in
public ownership. But the candidates
and the politicians who will nomin-
ate them will thoroly understand that
these "experiments" in case of vic
tory for the anti-League forces, will
be given no chance to succeed. They
will be advocated merely for the pur-
pose of catching votes. And in spite
of the pretended differences in prin-
ciple between LANCER and Steen and
Nestos, any one Of them would make
the race on such a platform-and such
a secret y....<>,, standing as to its real
meaning"