The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-15
Charges Nonpartisans and
Nv. AS Sign Secret Truce
Democratic Chairman Says
League officehoIders Try
ing to Protect Jobs

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 14.-(P1-A state
ment in which he charges Nonparti-
san league leaders with making a
secret truce" with the Independent
Voters association in an effort to
carry North Dakota for President
Hoover in the November election was
issued from Democratic state head
quarters Saturday by Fred w. Nc
Lean, chairman of the state Demo-
cratic committee.
ITO protect their petty federal
jobs" Mclean said, "leaguers hold
ing federal offices have signed a Sc
cret truce with the Independent Vot-
ers association that North Dakota
may be wooed back to the Republic
can ranks"
Orders came down from Washing
ton to William Stern, Republican ma
tional committeeman, Senator Ger
aid P. Nye and the other diverse Re-
publican elements that they must
bury the Ratchet or suffer the pen
atty of lost jobs if Governor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt continues on his VIC
torious way.
witness Senator Lynn j. Frazier's
fall off the Roosevelt bandwagon
He's not for Roosevelt now and he's
not against Hoover. Who is he for?
Cites Lynner Stand
witness Mayor A. T. Lynner of
Fargo calling upon the voters of the
Northwood area to support the ma
tional ticket Than Mayor Lynner
the Independents have had no more
bitter enemy up until the last four
weeks.
Witness the predicament in which
Senator Nye finds himself. Vitriolic
he has been in his announcement of
Hoover and the administration. What
the next 30 days portend for him only
Senator Nye knows. His political
acrobatics will be watched with in
terest. Will he take the side of his
henchmen or will he take the side of
the people?
"Nye doesn't relish the idea of his
North Dakota henchmen being ousted
from their postoffices and other fed
eral jobs. He's willing to let bygones
be bygones with Bill Stern, L. L.
Twichell, and the other steersmen of
the Independent ship now sadly in
need of repair.
What of Langer?'
"And what of William LANCER? Is
he party to the deal? On this point
LANCER keeps strangely silent What
will he do between now and Nov. 8?
Senator Frazier knows which way
the political weather vane is point
ing. He knows his chance OF push
ing his farm relief bill through con-
gress has faded with his colleagues
alignment with Hoover who is very
much against refinancing the farm
ers' Indebtedness at such terms as
Frazier favors.
Frazier also knows that Roose-
welt is the farmers friend, hence Fra
tiers reluctance to come out flat
footed for Hoover in spite Of orders
to the contrary.
THAT the leaguers realize there is
something wrong is evidenced by the
demand of Williams county Republic
cans that o. E. Erickson resign his
post Of chairman Of the Republican
central committee.
What the Independents have not
been able to do for 20 years, league
leaders are doing themselves. The
league leaders have committed po-
litical suicide. They are ringing their
own death knell. The leaders have
sold out to Hoover and the Independ-
ents for paltry political offices. The
office holding crowd has put politics
above party and destroyed the ideals
for which they have fought for 20
years."