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Show IITICS BADLY -SC1IE0 III DAKOTAVOTIIIG Nonpartisan League Draw Desperate Combination Fight of Republicans and Democrats for June 28 j B1HMARCK, N. D June 14. Wltai nsrtr llass brekea anal dlaravnrtfsd. North Dakota Is approaching; its statewide state-wide primary, XUna tt, with the Inter-rat Inter-rat centered In the struggls betweeesi the present administration aad the Nonpariiaaa tragus for the eoalrel o( the state vevaramant. Oerernor R.'A, Kestos, the first governor la the history his-tory of the Valtsd tat so to ba electee) In a recall ram pa ten. la heading the) combination of Repubtrcaaa and Demo, crate allgnsd against the laoerao. The lattsr la marshal line; Its forces under the name of Republican, the Wmew era tie members of the loaa;us atanlnei up as Republicans for the purposes, of the prlmnrr. The primary Is strictly a North Ha-kota Ha-kota affair. U hlle a candldata for I n 114 0tatB senator la to bs eloctad. ths long us and antlleagii battla en-tars en-tars Intu this and tha sal art Ion of the ssnstor Is one of the qaesrost aagUo aver presented to tha peope of a stats, , I-rnn J. Kraaler. recallsd governnr. lo the candidate for the Nonpartisan laafus. Porter J. McCumber la a can. dldnta to succeed hlmaslf, and Ormahy afcHars;. of Jamestown, a former prlvata prl-vata gscretary of Han a tor afeCusnber, la also a csadldate. fOIJTiri K1UMILBD, Aecordlna: to political oheervera, the primary will not glvs a Una upon tho trsnd of national feallna;. Conditions politically, thsy contend, ara loo chaotic, cha-otic, the party label too eaally changed for any stamp of pro or sntl to ba dnclnrrd from the result. Komathlna of the tanajlsd conditions can ba a-nosaed from the fact that the names of the same men appear on pat It lone of candidates named for. Democrat to and Kspiibltcan offlcs. Xo allanmsnt hag yat been msds la this potpourri of politics sismpln one side or tha othsr as carrying; the banner of pros rass. Immobility or reaction. Back of all these conditions trad tho years In which North Dakota bag heea the experimental ground for wonomif heorlea thsorlee which needed a political po-litical party label for functioning, and still furthar hack are tha yaars In w hich North Dakota waa attempt Ins; to align Itself under the erogr. atlv e banner, upheld at that time v Its aesr nsllve eon. Theodore Roosevelt Vnriar these conditions elx different elemen tn entered Into tha camp i gn. The elements, each one paramount to some certain group or alignment or see t Ion, follow: tl) In tare ted n the. state -icket and the return of Governor R. A. Nes tos to the position h haa filled S'nco November tl last. This element h&aV ao candidate for the senatorshlp, . ran ttvm anon. oovsmnoR, ft) The Nonpartisan league, witfe (ta members signing up aa Rspublleaaa, Its tlcsFot headed by former Governor Frailer as candidate for United Hi tee senator, and with a complete state ticket, headed by B. P. Baker of Olsa-bum, Olsa-bum, a farmer, for governor. (II Democrats, supporting J. JC. T. O'Connor for United States senator and ; a complete state ticket. (4) Porter J. alcCumber. senator, gr-. gr-. dsntly supported by former etalwarta, with followers la both the Kapublicaa and Nonpartlaaa cam ps. f( Protest against the purpose of the Democrsts to align with the Independent In-dependent Republicans follonlng tho primary upon certain candidal. from ch ticket. (4 Protest In Republican rank against the Industrial ssperlments tho slate has been trying. The prellmtnsry campaign, up to the time of final filing for office, was a content , bet ween the Independent Republican Re-publican and the Mci'umher forces. The Independents attempted to tons the senator and his Immediate fol-, fol-, lowers to ally themselves with the Independents In-dependents against the Nonnartlsaa league. This waa met by tnu equally insistent demand of the eucprrtere of MoOumber that tha Independents ally themselves with the senator, j'egard Uaa of the league question. MTI MBMH WIN! VOTKI, Both aldea failed In this ef'ort. although al-though some Independent candidates havg announced that they par sou ally will vote for alcCumber. Tha third man In the race tor senator, sen-ator, Ormeby McHarg of Jajrestowti, lg regarded aa an unknown quantity, bines hla tetura to the state, laa . nna a year ago. which accounta for hla Inability In-ability to vote In the primary. Me has aligned hlmsslf with tha Independeuis. le Is a former private secretary to henatur McCumber and has been absent from North lakota for some years. Uovernor Nestua la leading a state ticket vn which tieorge 8 ha ft' r of Watford Wat-ford City Is the candidate for aitor aey general and Joseph A. Kitchen Is neklne re-nomination as commissioner of agriculture and labor. These three )osltlonB form the Industrial ccmmls-l ccmmls-l on, wnlch hsg control of the large lus(nen Interests of the state. The Uagua candidate are H. a. Oalrer of Ulenburg for governor, Peter liar-berg liar-berg of Hettinger for attorney general and W. J. Church of York fur m-mlssloner m-mlssloner of agriculture and liber. ' Haktr and Church are farmers, former members of ths North Jaktta senate ' , nnd familiar with the work of tha state. Several Independent Candida tee are ' In the field, but the only one who Is considered by politicians to have much of a chance la Hllvar Berumgard of I ftevhe Ukt. candidal a for commissioner commis-sioner of agriculture and labor. U Id contended that he Is taking votes from both sides. I iM. I I. I I. .ana,. |