The nonpartisan leader. [volume], March 29, 1920, Image 9

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The board of regents of the Univer
sity of Minnesota is urging an imme
diate special session of the legislature
to provide additional funds for the
university next year. Governor Burn
quist hesitates to call a special session,
which would probably pass a tonnage
tax bill. The governor would also
have to explain why an additional tax
burden is necessary when taxes at
present are far higher than at any
previous time.
The Sound Government association,
with a $1,000,000 campaign fund to
oppose the Nonpartisan league, is
mailing out free copies of its. official
organ, "Minnesota Issues," to every
farmer in the state. The paper con
tains the usual lies, half truths and
misrepresentations about the farmers'
organization. State headquarters of
the S. G. A. have been established in
the Exchange Bank building, St. Paul.
Organized labor in Minneapolis is
promoting a co-operative creamery
company to distribute pure milk to its
members. This step was taken sifter
the conviction of four of the biggest
milk companies in Minneapolis for
watering milk.
News Notes From Everywhere
MINNESOTA
HE- Working People's
Nonpartisan Political
league of Minnesota won
a sweeping victory in its
firgf contest ofl920, the
St. Paul city primaries
William Mahoney, labor candidate for
mayor, received 10,903 votes, as
against 8,995 for Hodgson,, tlie present
mayor. Guttersen, candidate of the
St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch)^
ran last. The Working People's Non
partisan Political league indorsed four
candidates for the city council. These
four candidates were the four high
men in afield of 25 candidates, of
which the high 12 were nominated.
The victory was won despite every at
tempt to split the labor forces, false
accusations that Mahoney and other
labor candidates were Socialists, etc.
Mahoney's victory in the primaries
means almost certain victory for
farmer-labor forces throughout the
state, because it shows that labor men
will "stick" as well as farmers.
The strength of the labor movement
was demonstrated in the city election
at Rochester, Minn., the labor league
making practically a clean sweep.
NEBRASKA
Edwin W. Reed, prominent farmer
and stockman of southwestern Nebras
ka, was indorsed for congress by the
Nonpartisan league fifth district con
gressional convention. The sixth dis
trict convention indorsed James Elliott
of Scotts Bluff for congress, but as he
was unable to make the race J. D.
Ream of Custer county was chosen.
George C. Porter, attorney and farmer
of Morrill, who was indorsed by the
Nonpartisan league state convention
for attorney general and who has filed
on the Republican ticket, has decided
not to withdraw from the primary
race but to "stick."
The decision by the state supreme
court holding that the administrative
code bill passed by the last legislature
must be submitted to the voters under
the referendum has thrown the entire
governmental machinery of the state
in turmoil. Governor McKelvie put
the code bill into effect as soon as a
district judge held the Referendum
petitions void. The cost to the state
of the referendum and temporary
operation of the code bill will not be
much short of $500,000.
Nebraska farmers are up in arms
over the proposed increase in the tax
able values of farm land. In some
counties the increase value wiH be
mare than 200 per cent and some
county assessors say they will' ignore
the ordersof t&e state autijorities.
O. Bfc Thornason, League lecturer,
has held some splendftt meetings the
last two wedra. At Gothenburg^ DfLw
son county, Leaguers had a band, out,
a hall decorated and more than 500
persons present.
G. W. Reed of Ottawa, 111., former
ly of Nebraska, writes that he is 93
years of age and that as he is too old
to work he has nothing to do but "talk
Nonpartisan league."
Nonpartisan league members in
dorsed candidates for the legislature
in more than half the counties of the
state and also entered county politics
in several counties.
NORTH DAKOTA
Throughout the state Leaguers are
taking advantage of the new county
organization plan and are also indors
ing tickets of candidates for county
offices. In counties in which organ
ized labor is represented these in
dorsements are being made by joint
action of the farmers and labor men.
It is apparent that a large majority
of the counties will have county tickets
which will prevent any future jug
gling with county taxes in an effort to
reflect discredit upon the League.
The state immigration department
is preparing films showing North Da
kota wheat from the time it is sown,
through the Drake mill into bakeries
and cracker factories. Similar films
will tell the story of North Dakota
cattle.
E. E. Wands of Lisbon, N. D., veter
an of the World war, has been ap
pointed by Governor Frazier on the
board of trustees of the state soldiers'
home.
National banks of Fargo have start
ed suit to enjoin state officials from
collecting special taxes provided by
the 1919 legislature.
Immigration officials of the North
ern Pacific railroad report an increas
ed movement pf eastern farmers to
North Dakota.
Carload lots of flour from the state
owned mill at Drake were put in by 15
different cities and towns within the
last week.
IDAHO
The Idaho Power company is at
tempting to raise its rates for pump
ing irrigation water 60 per cent. The
hearing is before the public utilities
commission and has developed some
startling facts, among them being that
the Idaho Power company bought sev
eral thousand dollars' worth of Liber
ty bonds which they later sold at a dis
count. This discount has been charg
ed up to "maintenance" and now high
er rates are asked because mainte
nance, charges have increased.
The Mountain States Telephone &
Telegraph company^ which admitted
defrauding the state*out of thousands
of dollars. in taxes, at the time the
government took over the wires, has
now brought suit against the state in
an effort to have the taxes cut down.
Li the meantime, although, the matter
has been brought to the attention of
the attorney general and other au
thorities, there has been no attempt
Whatever to force the phone company
to pay these baek taxes.
Farmer-labor massmeetings con
tinue to attract thousands. At a re
cent meeting held in Idaho Falls more
than 1,800 people crowded into a hall,
while several hundred stood outside
clamoring for admission. The enthu
siasm manifest at these meetings pre
sages victory, for democracy this year.
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