The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-18
JOHNSON MEN
SORE" AFTER
VOTE BATTLE
claim North Dakota NOnpar-
tiSan Refused to Publish
Advertisement in Issue
FRAZIER is ASSAILED
Handled LaFollette Sucker
Campaign, Statement of
r. c. ID. King in Letter

North Dakota Nonpartisan. John
Bloom. declined to run an ADVERTISE
ment for Hiram Johnson in the state
presidential primary campaign and
allegations that one Of the members
OIL the league state executive commit
tee tRoy FraZierl sent out LaFollette
"stlckers" without the consent of the
other members of the committee were
made by former State Senator G.. d.
King of Menoken, Nonpartisan and
Hiram johnson follower, IN a form
letter broadcast to league precil ct
workers throughout the state.
The letter was answered by +. A..
Nogel of Coleharbor. league repre-
sentative in the legislature in tel
cgram to many county league cha IL
man, which assailed the King letter
as a clever deception.
The close of the primary campaign
-Tound many Lacquer leaders divided
ON the question of the states pre- 81
Dental choice. A. e. Sorlie, league
candidate for Governor, was john
son man, the latter's supporters
claimed
King, in his form letter. decla' ed
that:
"One Of the members of our exc
cntlve committee, ii Coolidge suprt 1T.
er. without the consent of the other
members of the committee, is con-
Quoting sticker campaign. He is
sending out from his office stickers
and literature under Mr.. Vogers
name" King referred to Roy Frazier.
- Without Authority
Continuing he said:
"Ihe article on the first page of
the Dakota Nonpartisan this week
urging voters to write in the nrme
of LaFollettc was published without
the corsent, knowledge or authority
of the League executive committee,
which committee Immediately met
and condemned the publication of
said article, and S. s. Mcdonald, the
secrctary-treasurer of the Nonparti-
san League, issued the follow ing
statement:
The executive committee of the
Nonpartsan League, in accordance
with the action and the instruction
of the state convention has taken no
action in the presidential primary
election in sending out literature or
IN any other manner supporting any
presidential candidate.
The only activity of the commit
tee in connection with the presiden-
'tial primary has been in urging the
defeat of the election laws and the
bank tax BILL"
Mcdonald and Ole Knutson, two of
the three members Of the league state
executive committee, were understood
to be Johnson supporters. :. =. :.
King letter, which was sent March
II, also included the advertisement
which he said the North Dakota Non
parti san declined to run. The North
Dakota Nonpartsan isue referred
to contained as 4 political advertise
ment the ticket of the Wooledge
Perry Democrats and pleas for the
candidates, and carried the LaFoliette
ticket
FOrcwOrd Given
The foreword of King to the adj
vertisement for Hiram Johnson fol-
iOWS. HIS is inc advertisements
which the editor of the North Dakota
Nonpartisan, after he had accepted it
refused to run, despite the fact that
he had been given instructions by the
League Executive Committee to be
absolutely fair to all presidential
candidates. The committee immcdi
ately called the editor on the carpet
and the editor had no explanation to
make for his refusal to run it. The
advertisement, as you will note, re-
fcrred principally to the McNary-
Haugen export corporation bill to put
the farmers of North Dakota on their
feet and which bill has the endorse
ment of Senators Frazier and Norris
and Congressman Sinclair No other
! newspaper in North Dakota refused
), to run Johnson ADVERTISING"
F. A. Vogel. in his telegram to
workers after the King letter went
out, said: "Carrol King with ship
ping board Lasker's money trying to
steal LaFollette supporters votes for
Hiram Johnson. Notify all your pre-
cinct committeeman at once to see
that every voter has LaFollettc stick
crs and uses them. Kings lette. Of
twelfth most clever deception ever
written and lie from top to bot
TOM"