Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-10
LEAGUE PRESS
NOW STRIVING
TO VAMP DENIS
But Plea For Party Regu-
larity Evidently Applies
Only To Opponents

Although the Balance. OF Power
PLAN has been rejected by the Nom
partlsan league, an effort 10 being made
oy eague press to revive the idea
WIN the hope of preventing the North
DaRota democrats from uniting with
y independent Republicans to pre-
vent the state administration from
again falling into the hands of the
league.
I Inc Courier-News, for example, car
ries q fearful appeal to the Democrats
10 be true to h principles of party
solidarity and ays that II the league
tails to nominate its ticket in the Re-
publican primaries the league support
VIII be thrown to Yhe Democratic
icket providing said ticket is accept
able to the league.
AS a matter of fact there is nj rea-
son to suppose tina any such throwing
: q support would take place unless in
Seed the dems should nominate a
punch OF out and out leasuere. Sever
NJ OF the league candidates failed of
; nomination in the Republican prin-
aries OF 1920, out the leaguers did not
support the Democrats who were nom
mated for these positions.
The Double Gross
Instead they ran their own candi-
dates in an independent column of
the ballot, and did their best to elect
them. There can be no doubt that the
same plan would he followed this year.
If the Democrats should follow any
suggestions to the contrary contained
In the league press they would simply
find themselves decorated with the
order Of the double cross.
This is plainly shown by the appeal
made in the Fargo Courier-News to
/. all leaSuers to register as Republicans
IN TIM vNtvo ~, n1NotS~~ Anvn ainnr re
what their real political affiliation may
be.
The evident idea of the league is to
urge party regularity on its opponents
but not to monkey with 1t 80 far as the
leaguers are concerned. The advant-
ages Of such a scheme-for tho league
ARE obvious.
Mr.. Bloom Active
John Bloom of Devils Lake, is re-
ported to have been given the man
%agership of the Fargo Courier-News,
which perhaps explains to some extent
the great interest taken by that organ
in the Democratic party. II. will be in
teresting to know however whether or
not Mr.. Bloom will practice what he
) is preaching to, his fellow leaguers and
will register as a Republican in the
primaries. If he does we may just as
logically expect to SEQ Woodrow VIII
o a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination.
MI. Frazier Stalking
The political writer of tho st. Paul
Dispatch gravely assures his readers
= that Frazier Is stalking both Nc
Cumber and Gronna, particularly the
former because six years ago 1t is al
legged that McCumbed's forces disar1n-
ed the league by purchasing the Fargo
(0,,vso~-N Ior,c thn o1uf An fuan<io1 NO
per in the state with funds that were
said to have come from the Republi-
can national committee"
This will be news to most people
in North Dakota. White it has been
reported, that McCumber managed to
have about $4,000 Of Republican Ma
,,tional committee funds turned over to
! the Nonpartisan league, and that part
Of this money went into the purchase
Of the Courier News 1t is rather diff
flcult to see just why the fact that
McCumber in this way aided the
league very materially to win the
1916 state election, and make Lynn
Frazier governor of North Dakota
McCumber.
Made Frazier Governor.
According to what seems to be the
most authentic reports the deal en-
tered into in 1916, was that in returr
for the financial help secured for thu
Nonpartisan League by the McCum'
ber- McKenzie element the league re
Trained from fighting McCumber fol
the senatorship but trained its muc
batteries on his opponents. r, A
Nestos and L.. b. Hanna. "A few
leaguefs, j.. w. Rrinton for example
openly supported McCumber. McCum,
her profted to the extent that he wol
the senatorship, while the league
profted by securing complete contro
OF the state government. Not muci
reason then for Frazier to stalk
the man who helped him into th'
gubernatorial chair it would seen.
Further Fhvors.
Then came the election of 1920 il
which McCumber and Mckenzie b!
getting Frank White of Valley Cit.
= into the senatorial race helped to. en-
sure the election of the league car
didate, Or. E.@F. Iadd over A. ]
Gronna, his chief opponent.
In the recall; election of 1921 Nc
Cumber openly opposed the e~lectio,
laws initiated by the Independents am
was largely instrumental in securing