Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-02
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The primary election in Juae result
Cd in the Republican nomination Of
ticket composed partly Of Independent
Republicans and partly Of Leagusrs.
Tho opposition have now put up COM
plets League ticket replacing those In
dependents who were nominated in the
June primary by such as belong to
their own organization and are in SYM
pathy with their political ideals and
administration practices. 1t was re-
liably reported as early as July that
Mr.. Frazier and other League nominees
as well as many of the League leaders
were in favor thus nga1n following
their usual practice and to indorse a
complete League ticket for the fall
election, and that this would be done.
The portion Of the League press
which is inspired by the League lead
ership, shortly thereafter commenced
to ask me to declare far in advance of
tho campaign whom 1 was going to
support for Senator when their own
Mr.. Frazier, and other League NOM
inees ON the Republican ticket refrain
ed from making any public declaration
Of their purposes, but were neverthe-
less known to be in favor Of full
League ticket.
Their purpose in asking me to make
such statement was plain. They were
confident that with my knowledge of
Mr.. Frazier's party record, his record
as Governor of the state, and chairman
of the Industrial Commission, and his
attitude on certain fundamental doc
trines of Republicanism, that I could
not possibly support him for the Sen
htorship, and that by making such a
statement in July or August, they
would then use it as an excuse for do
ing exactly what they had already de-
cided to do; to ignore the primary re-
suits and to put full League ticket
in the field.
FRAZIER HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
In this attitude neither the League
leaders nor Mr.. Frazier are inconsist-
ent with their political or party record
They have supported in any state in
each election whatever party the time
best served their selfish or factional
purposes, and know no party fealty, or
loyalty to party principle and ideals
Ever since Mr.. Frazier came into prom.
lnence in public lifo he has refused to
abide by the results OF the republican
primaries, unless those results were as
he personally wished them to be. He
has never by word or deed recognized
that the verdict Of our Republican
primaries had any binding affect upon
him or was entitled to any weight. In
stead of announcing his support of the
entire ticket nominated and urging all
Republicans, regardless of faction, to
abide by the result, he permits the
former Attorney General, recalled in
October, 1921, the man who during all
the administration of Mr.. Frazier as
Governor. according to the Courier
News controlled the administration, to
name himself as candidate for Cover
nor and to fill the other places upon
the ticket which were not already filled
by persons satisfactory to him, by men
of his own selection. l am not refer
ring to these things in spirit of COM
plaining; I am simply reciting facts.
1t is perhaps just as we'll that Mr..
Frazier and Mr.. Lcmke did those
things. Mr.. Frazier's record ever since
he entered public life is, in the main,
a record Of warfare and hostility to.
wards the Republican party.
In 1916, when he first became candi-
date for state Office with the endorse
ment of the Non-P Partisan League, but
upon the Republican ballot, he refused
to abide by the verdict of the Repub-
aican primaries and supported a Demo
crat for State Treasurer against the
caa9didate, Mr.. John steen, who was
regularly nominated by the Republicans
in June at the same time when MI.
Frazier himself was nominated. In
1913, he supported two men for Con-
C-css in the first and in the Third Con.
gressional Districts who he and his
friends induced to certify themselves
into the Republican column, who had
been life long Democrats. The first
M. Baer, was appointed by President
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