Evening star., 1921-11-11
Editorial Digest
North Dakota'S Recall.


A touch Of irony. perhaps, lies IN
the circumstance BY which that sharp
instrument OF radicalism, the recall.
makes its first noteworthy inciston In
the field OF radicalism itself. The
Non-Partisan League OF North Da-
kota, by the successful recall election
just held there. is "hoist By Its own
petard." az a number Of writer's note.
This defeat Of the state Officers elect
ed BY the league is hailed by two pa-
pers out OF three A. q victory Of
"cohmon sense" over ''marxism" and
''bolshevism.". and rs bringing 70 an
end what tho Peoria Transcript (inde.
pendent) speaks OF as a disastrous
|, reign Of fiatistn. socialism ana soviet.
writer's see in the election results the
certain death Of the Non-Partisan
League. and an unmistakable repuole"
tion of its policies and :pro4am:
However. as the Christian science
Monitor Boston. independently says
kota recall election is perhaps more
Eager to hail the result as q complete
overthrow Of the Non:Partisan
League and its policy Of state.con-
trolled activities than the facta war.
which q substantial number OF editors
subject the returns develops quite an
other Interpretation OF the actual OUT
como.
Independent republican, explains.
has been sttsmpanE = Pr Ratcs,Sst xssy az. IL
ferent. except for the class OF people
on whom It depended, from Russian
bolsheyism About every
thing, except the farms. was state
owned" And whether In Russia
after the Lenin idea. or In Nortn "a pa
kota after the Townley idea-" this
+ theory in practice always. according
to the Springfield Union (republican)
runs on into failure" defeating IT.
self, the Memphis Commercial Appeal
| (democratic) explains. through It's
inability to make performance meas
grs W te prom'sss;. for the fniia, sdas
Economic laws and human nature
assert their dominance In the long
run" It was the people Of North pa
kota, the New York Herald (fnde-
pendent) remarks. who went tnto
this program Of socialism, ina9stIls!: IN,
went in deliberately. temperately
and legally at the polls" Then they
"labored at it diligently and patient
iy, put their best intelligence
into, it and made large sacrinces Tor
it." But it failed. and now the people
selves out Of it. and "as the Non.
Partisan League was born, SO it dies.
the New York Times independent
democratic) finds. "of popular dtscon-
tent
unsettled state Of political opinion
in the community" the Balttnnore Sun
HAYnnNPRNtnl he1eVe0.
that the decision has been deter.
the defeat Of the league was
achieved by 50 narrow Q margin
strikes the Johnstown Democrat
fdemocrauc) as "remarkable. in
rayed against them.' which were 50
powerful that the very fact that the
league escaped complete extermina-
tion is a tribute to its staying powers.
which may we'll sober the victors."
The Houston Chronicle independently
explains the small majority by "the
natural disinclination Of all people to
them" While, as the Now Orleans
Times-Picayune Independent demo-
cratic) says the league was beaten
by a much smaller majority than its
opponents expected" nevertheless. re-
marks the Boston Transcript dnde-
pendent republican). "'tis enough
twill serve"
Although both. the Topeka Capital
(republican) and the Fort Worth Star
Telegram independent democrattc)
state that on the face Of the returns
q majority of the farmers voted for
the league. the St. Paul: Pioneer
Press Independently nnds that North
Dakota farmers have decided that So
cialism is not the tmeans Of redress
for their just grievances" 1t was
given every conceivable opportunity
to prove ITSELF" the Saginaw News-
Courier Gndependent) is convinced.
but ut failed SO dismally that the
same voters who authorised it have
found themselves obliged to repudiate
it., and this they have done unmis-
takably." The result Of the election
indicates quite clearly" to the Okla
homa City Oklahoman (democratic)
that the voters Of North Dakota have
tired of the chimerical schemes and
the disastrous policies Of the Non.
Partisan League; in short, as the
Wheeling Intelligencer (republican)
expresses 1t. the state has legally de-
socialized ITSELF"