The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-12
CAMPAIGN TO BE
CLEAN CUT CONTEST

CLEAN CUl CUNlEl'
The action taken last Saturday by
/ the Democratic nominees for Cover
nor, lieutenant governor, secretary OF
state, state treasurer, and for con-
gressman in the First and Second Dis
trict, in withdrawing their names from
the balloet, means a clean cut contest
! in this campaign between the 1ndepen-
dent and Nonpartisan forces for prac-
tically every place on the ticket. D. j..
O'Connell, Democratic nominee for at
torney general, had withdrawn pre-
viously, and the name of Nick Mel:
son, nominee for commissioner of ag-
riculture and labor, went off automati-
,cally on account of his failure to file
his expense account. The nonpartisans
have placed candidate in nomination
by petition for every office for which
their candidates were defeated in the
primaries, except for Congress in the
First District.
w. J.. Porterfield, of Fargo, who
was nominated by the Democrats for
lieutenant governor, today issued the
following statement relative to his ac-
ton in withdrawing from the race:
81 withdraw my name because of
the situation created when the Non
partisans placed third candidate in
the field. The Nomination by the
League Leaders of f. A. Bowmon for
lieutenant governor, after their candi-
date had been defeated in the Repub-
/ lican primaries, again presented in
connection with this office the ques-
ton of whether or not the people of
North Dakota wish to have their state
offices filled by men who are under
the complete control of few selfish
and unprincipled League leaders. If
/ both candidates who are opposed to
the principles for which those leaders
stand remained in the field, we should
split the independent vote between us:
with the possibility that minority
: candidate, who does not preeend to
represent the people of the state and
! would feel no responsibility to them
if elected, but owes allegiance to
Townley and few other League lead
ers and would consider himself res
ponsible to them and to them alone,
might receive a sufficient number of
votes to be elected, and thus aid in
continuing the intolerable situation
which we have had for the past six
years. Rather than have my candi-
dacy contribute in any way to such a
,, result l decided to withdraw, and I
hope that all who would have voted
for me if my name had remained on
the ballot will support the Republican
candidate Mr.. Hyland. We must
stamp out once and for all the nox-
ious and dangerous doctrines that the
League leaders have been SO indus
triously disseminating, and the way
to do it is to elect only candidates
who are opposed to these principles"
| Mrs. Florence Gammons said in
connection with her withdrawal from
the race:
| 81 believe that we vino are opposed
to the League should stand together
in this election. With three candidates
i'm the field and Mr.. Ball and split
ting the Independent vote between US,
! the result might have been the cleo
ton of the League candidate. We do
not want another League administra-
ton in this state. We do not want
the state offices and the schools again
placed under the control of unprinci.
pied League leaders who would use
them to spread socialistic and other
racial doctrines, and especially to in
culcate them into the minds of the
young boys and girls. Democrats and
Republicans alike are opposed to this
And since the League has formed q
combination of the socialists and part
of the Republicans and part of the
Democrats, who vote for the candi.
dates selected by the League leaders
without regard to their previous par
ty affiliations, believe that in cases
IT, IL ~
Republican candidates for an office
one or the other should withdraw ir
order that the other may receive The
votes of all citizens who are opposed