Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-04-01

race for the governorship, but he can
not in the face Of the present condi-
tions do anything more than gum the
cards and delay the game Of ridding
North Dakota of the carpetbagging
politicians.
"Playing practical politics has
taught me few things: Don't run
your nose against buzz-saw or blood
will be spilled;' When the other fell
low has. a chance to put over what
you personally want, let him do it be-
cause you both win
"Langer will lose the election if
Nestos runs for governor, but LANCER
will poll twice the vote of Nestos at
that. Nestos has listened to some
of his Ward county optimistic friends,
but he hasn't considered reason nor
practical politics. N'estos has made
an excellent record in the public Of
fees he has held, but he hasn't the
stahina facts, figures, nor basic po1it-
ical arguments that LANCER has; nor
has he the same statewide record.
The issue in this campaign has just
two sides, Townley and anti -Townley,
or American and Bolshevik. There
can be no third issue in this campaign.
"Pershing was general and soldier
enough in the big fight over across
the pond to say, "Here, Foch, is our
army and yours to command; we'll do
what you want" He recognized the
fact that Foch had been leading the
fight and knew the battlefronts.
"Langer has been direcintg the fight
against the enemies to North Dakota's
fulre. There is no need for change
in the chief. He should be given
unied supper as the sole candidate
against the Townley puppet. :"
The old fellow shrugged his shoul-
ders and went on his way.
A petition to R. A. Nestos to withdraw
his candidacy for governor circulated
in various sections of the state has
been forwarded to the Minot man.
Beach, Mandan and other places have
protested against a three-cornered
fight as follows:
eve, the undersigned voters, citi-
zens and taxpayers, who nave suffered
from the machinations of the Townley
machine, and who are unalterably op-
posed to the present autocratic dom,
ination of the state, believe that not
since the seizure of the state admins
tration by the Socialists, had prospects
been SO bright for Kidding ourselves Of
Townleyism until the announcement
of the candidacy of R. A. Nestos.
of Minot, for Governor. We are
firmly convinced that North Dakota
is facing crisis in it's affairs in the
June primaries which can lead to but
one of two consequences-the riddance
of TIE safe of Socialism by a victory
for the real Republicans headed by
LANCER, or else the plunging of the
state into three-cornered fight and
an inevitable victory for Bolshevism.
We believe that Nestos should follow
the example Of Pershing, who said to
Foch, "We are here, our army is yours
to command" and resign himself and
his political influence to aid William
1 LANCER in the fight which the iattor-
ney General has SO ably conducted
and which he and he alone can carry
on to victory for Americanism and
tos withdraw his candidacy for the
Republican principles. We petition,
request and demand that R. A. Mes.
tos withdraw his candidacy for the
good of the state and Of the Repub-
lican party, thus providing for a unit
ed effort to defeat Townleyism and
avert another political catastrophe -
a delay in the decision by the SUI
preme court in the suit brought by
THE North Dakota Press Association
to test the constitutionality of the
Brinton Grab Newspaper law is oc>