The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-23
DR. LADD|' ] |
WEEKLY LETTER

WEEKLY letter
Washington, D. g. Nov. III, 1922. u
want to avail myself of the op-
portunity to congratulate the people
of the country in general and North
Dakota iii particular or. the splendid
victory of the farmers supported BY
labor and the independent forces Of
the state on November the 7th. It is
certainly encouraging to see how
tenaciously the farmers fought all
these years. No cause had supporters
more brave, earnest and devoted, than
those who espoused the cause of the
agricult lturists Of North Dakota. They
/ have fought from conviction and with
all the zeal that conviction inspires.
Their contests have been waged under
great embarrassment and against
terrible odds. With open hostility from
the Democratic organization national
and state and the failure Of the Repub-
lican national organization to lend
moral or financial support with the
trusts and corporations parading fear
of laWlessness while they themselves
have been defying the law; with the
American financiers boasting that
they are the custodians of national
honor in face of the fact that they de-.
liberately brought about the wreck of
the nations financial independence;
with the threats Of money loaners; in
spite of enormous campaign funds; in
spite of the hostility of the press and
in many instances with even the ele-I
nneIts of nature in the form of rain
and snow against them, the farmers
and their friends have triumphed.
Their program was met with such.
signal success that their sister states
Of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ne.
braska, Michigan, Montana, Washing
ton, California, Wyoming, have Joined
hands with the farmers movement.
Their cause has prospered most where
their program has been longest dis
cussed among the people. During the
next two years it will be studied all
over the nation and thousands who are
now luke-warm will become militant
supporters. .*.s Il s7sS 3S.T
y desire to commend the work Of the
Republican and Nonpartisan commit
tees of the state which joined in the
management Of the campaign. Inter
est in great principle has reduced
friction to minimum. congratulate
Governor Frazier on his intelligent
and fair representation of the issues
Of the campaign. His presence in the
Senate will mean much to the COM
mon cause :. Mr.. Townley ard Mr..
Lemke will always occupy a promin,-
ent place in the future history OF the
country as the pioneers in this great
movement-they have laid founda-
tion Of movement that is destined to
sweep the country. No words OF praise
are too strong to commend the work
done by the progressiye papers dur
ing the campaign. The Courier News
so ably edited stands second to none
in the list of dailies, that reach the
Capitol City. Long may it. live and
more strength to it's arm! During my
experience have learned to appre-
ciate the tremendous and salutary in
fluence of the weekly papers as mould
ers of public .opinion-and also as a
means of giving expression to popu-
lar thought. They are valiant fight
ers and splendid allies and to them be-
longs a great deal Of the praise OF
victory. r. - -. -
J There lis also another important
element to be congratulated in our
success and that is the element COM
posed Of those conscientious men and
women who held no grievance OF their
own, but considered the interests OF
their state as of prime Importance
and were unafraid to take their stand
and demand a square deal. But while
we are flush in victory let us not for
get those. privates in the ranks, scat
tered over the plains Of North Dako-
ia, who contributed such solid sup
port TO the common cause. The press,
reports of the state indicate that Sem
ator McCumber and his friends could
not be drawn away from the support
Of the nominees Of the regular Repub-
lican. ticket by the propaganda OF the
unholy alliance. 5.# Ii a. . Il
Viewing the election results from
d national standpoint and the specific
registering Of public opinion, there is
little out Of the whole situation Tor
the leaders Of either the Democratic
or Republican parties, TO obtain much
satisfaction. It was simply q rising
up and protest Of the masses against INST
the continuation Of the present eco
nomic order and condition OF things.
Wherever the voters had q fair oppor-
tunity to clearly register their opin-
ion there was clear-cut disapprovals
of the Harding administration and an
emphatic stand against wisconsin.
Let US note 4 few Of the results: II .ln \
Ohio the people had = chance to pass
-, hath Hardinp and Wilson. Carma