The nonpartisan leader. [volume], September 23, 1918, Image 7

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nation for governor, beat two opponents with a vote equal to theirs
[combined. The Democratic is the dominant party in Idaho. Or
ganized labor gave splendid support in the cities, many of which
were carried for the League ticket.
victory is the first sweeping state-wide
victory at the polls had by that organization outside of North Da
kota. Idaho, therefore, is the "second League state." The Idaho
farmers still have to pass through the fire of the fall election. They
know that a victory in November will not come easy and that to
win thejc must not let up in their work, but the primary landslide
their favor means certain victory at the election, if the farmers
do not weaken—and they give no signs of weakening.
The splendid primary victories this year in legislative dis
tricts Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana gave the League in
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commission has done the packing monopoly up to a nice Brown. Is the American nation able to eat the dish? The
hll acaai«-e the marketing end of .the packers' business. This had a doable aim—to give the farmer the benefit
of competition selhng consum^ efficient distribution at lower prteea byeliminating the profiteering. These are the proposals
bwtted I^.J^id^Wdson tod congress. These are the proposals that have'led the i^oliteers of the chamber., of commerce
demand the discharge of the trade commissioners who made the investigation.
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those states tremendous impetus, and in Minnesota will give the
League the balance of power in the legislature, if not a clear ma
jority. And the Minnesota farmers have reorganized for the fall
campaign, with, every chance of electing a governor indorsed as
an independent and running in opposition to both the Republican
and Democratic candidates. The League has a full ticket in South
Dakota, also opposing both old-party tickets, and, of course, North
Dakota, following the tremendous primary victory last June, will
return the League administration and legislature to power by ari
overwhelming vote.
But Idaho is the first state outside North Dakota where the
farmers have won a complete state-wide victory at thp polls. The
news from Idaho is cheering, but not to profiteers, monopolists
and politicians.