Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-18
STRONG LEAGUE
COUNTIES WON'T
ACCEPT LEhIKE
One Storm Center Il n
Oliver; Many Admit That
Game Is Up =
tEy stan Correspondent,

Bismarck. n. D., Oct. 18.-That the
.N~cnparttsan league a put itself into
. bad~lOle Is generally conceded wen
by e~1sfatg:sst:c leaxuers around the
capital which Is the clearing house
for state politics.
The whole story may be told IT,
two words. "WIlliam Lemke."
l. Lemke's nomination for governor
at the time OF the meeting Of the
raised a storm Of protest which ap-
pears to be increasing instead Of sub
siding.
Large numbers of loyal Ieaguers
Ttil not vote for governor and m.ny
OF them Will stay away from the pole
entirely as q result Of ths.r disgust.
One Of the storm centers - Oliver
county, one Of he strongest league
counties OF the state. The league
leaders there = bitterly hostile to
!. Lenke. and will do practically poth-
ing to assist his campaign. Thisscon-
t!t!on has been reflected throughout
the southwest part Of the state by
the very slim audiences that have
sr~efed I.ssnke at many OF his speech
- in league territory.
Others Disguised
! Ward county leaguer.. are also dis
sIested with the endorsement Of
1emke, and, the directors Of the
league organ in that county passed
resolutions setting forth their feeling
in inst matter. !,
AS a result Of this condition many
Of the league leaders are openly a y
Ing that the game Is up 80 far as
The governorship is concerned, al
though they still hope to put Lynn
J. FRAZIER across for United States
senator.
incidentally the senatorial situa-
ton Is understood to have brought
about another row in the league camp.
The so-called Republican state cen
trial committee" Of which Roy Fra
zier is chairman In chiefly tnterexted
In the election of Frazier.
The Townley-Lcmke element on the
other hand which Is at present in con-
trol OF .he league organization work
and the Courier.Ncws It is claimed
demonstrating its efforts on the 1gh,
orsthe election of Lemke.
AZ 1t is this element which is in
control of the league funds the Fra.
zier element is finding money to con-
quot n senatorial battle very much
lacking.
One cause Of this phase Of the sit
uation 1t Is reported lies in the fact
INA a large percentage of the on.
tr1butionS which the league organiz-
erS are taking in at the prssent time
10 IN the form of post dated checks
which are difficult to realize on under
present conditions.
Bcscrting Frazier.
As a consequence the Frazier com.
mittee u feeling the pinch Of poverty
TO an unpleasant extent.
IT has even been suggested By soma
caguers that the Townley-Lenkc
element have been Intentionally lying
down as far AS Frazier is concerned.
with the IDEA that his defeat will be
the surest method OF bringing ths
rank and hle Of the league to accept
the balance of power plan" IN
which the league chief sees hone Of
keeping the league together Cor an
other two years ut leas- and thus 20;
cnring his meal ticket FOR that length
Of time.
While this is not generally believed
IN the lsas:c rinl;s there can be no
u that q very large percentage OF
the lenders orc dis; listed ovcr Lemke's
n~onlratlon, II that this disgust viii
react strongly on the league vote for
~ offices from Cnited States senator
down. *