The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-07-30

time. he gives facetious touch to the
situation in the following article, re-
printed from the Journal:
North Dakota's gay political bur-
lesque, attracting nearly as much at
tention In eastern newspapers as the
San Francisco and Minneapolis
strikes, poses one question in official
Washington: What effect will 1t have
on the fortunes Of Senator Gerald
p. Nye?
"Mr. Nye's term still has four years
to run, and much can happen in that
time to change the situation. II he
were seeking Endorsement from q
Nonpartisan League convention to-
day, doubtless he would be hurled out
by the scruff Of the neck, for Langer's
forces are in control for the aonce,
and LANCER has no use at all for Nye.
'The junior senator from North
Dakota has no more use for LANCER,
and the two of them simply could
not get along on the same ticket.
They profited jointly two years ago,
but that was because they both cared
little for Hoover and his program,
and each kept discreetly silent about
the other.
Silence about each other no long
er Is possible, and things being as
they are, Nye is at the ebb of Nom
partisan League tides. It Is his good
fortune that the senior senator, Lynn
j. Frazier, heads the ticket this year.
Frazier has not incurred Langer's en-
nifty, and will not incur it, for Frazier
says nothing critical about anybody
or anything but Wall Street and the
Big Interests, which have been hor-
rendous DOGGY men to North Dakota s
husbandmen for many years.
Nye Needs Better Times
But Nye, who went to North Da-
kota in the closing days Of the pri-
mary campaign to oppose LANCER, Is
In ba . with all save the anti-Langer
crowd in the League ranks.
Senator Nye's fortunes, then, de-
pend on better times in North Da-
kota, or an awakening Of the rank
and file Of the League farmer men,
hers. II things improve, the farm
ers will have little stomach for the
sort Of stuff LANCER has been preach
ing. II they do not, they will con-
tinue to believe that Langer's con-
viction by a federal grand jury was
q rank miscarriage Of justice.
william, the Chameleon, whose
political color can change more ra-
pidly than that Of any other office
seeker, win continue to be q martyr.
And Senator Nye might Just as well
look for q soft spot on which to
squat, when election time rolls around
again. OF course, he might rally his
supporters within the league and car
~ them into the independent camp
as its andidate-which was what
LANCER once tried with no conspicu-
Gus success.
Nye Knows His Onions
Senator Nye has always been bit
terly objected to by some Nonparti-
san League leaders, one Of whom Is
william Lemke, now q representative
In congress. Nye WIS chosen by the
late Governor Sorlie to fill Senator
Ladds unexpired term, and this was
bitter pill for the Leaguers to take.
The day he was chosen, some twenty
leaguers, among them Mr.. Lemke,
conferred with Governor Sorlie, each
one firmly Of the opinion that he
should be appointed. When It came
time for the League convention to
indorse q senatorial candidate on the
occasion Of Mr.. Nye's appearance be-
fore the voters, there always was
more or less talk about rejecting him
But he always came through the
convention and the election success
fully. In 1896, however, the fight
against him will be on in earnest,
and his success depends on q return
Of better times.
"Nye has been q pretty good sena-
tor, too. Certainly, he fooled nearly
everyone in the state. He was not
exactly public figure when he came
to Washington. but he has developed
remarkably. No one familiar with
things will say that he has not been q
far better senator than Frazier. He
has far more ability, and accomplish
es more. He Is much more effective
at keeping on the front page and
doing q satisfactory job 1T his task.
that puts him there. There are
times when he is demagoeic, but that
fits in well with h.i position as Z
North Dakota senator, and It brings
him the enthusiastic applause Of the
tso-called liberals. It assures him
columns Of favorable publicity In the
6cripps-H0ward newspapers, which
lately even suggested that he would
make good presidential timber In
1886.
HE was the darling Of the George
w. Norrises and Robert N. Il roll
lettes In 1880. when he was chair
man Of the senatorial elections in
quiry committee. At the moment. he
Is the darling OF those who believe
I'll wars are due to the munitions max
ers. for he Is rushing back to WASH
ington to begin an inquiry into the
nefsrious activities Of these same
munitions makers.
And he certainly cut himself Z
huge slice Of cake when he shouted
10 high heaven about the evils which
the MIRA codes had heaped upon the
heads Of the small business men. He
made 90 much Of that little political
Item, that General Hugh johnson let
him name the committee to make 4
survey Of the codes involving the lit
tie fellow. Not much came Of the
survey (the one made By Darrows
board) but lot Of ugly noises from
Johnson and Riohberg. but that did
not harm Nye bit.
There = no getting away from IT.:
Nye knows his political onions. de-
spite the fact that North DakotaA
present farce seems to refute this
statement. Time may prove that he
knew his onions when he stood UP
against LANCER, but time will have
to do the proving.
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