188 THE GREEN RISING 



the political influence of the organization was felt 

 more clearly in Minnesota than in any other state 

 except North Dakota, in all of these states vigorous 

 campaigns were conducted and candidates of the 

 League contested elections with the old party or- 

 ganization candidates. 



The League's influence was extended to many 

 other states, but in most cases some other name 

 was used for the agrarian organization. Great 

 prejudice existed in many states against the Non- 

 partisan League, and farm leaders found it neces- 

 sary to use some other name for the organization 

 that was fostering its program. For example, in 

 Texas the Farm Labor Organization was essentially 

 the Nonpartisan League under a new name. 



The influence of the League began to decline after 

 the election successes in 1918 in North Dakota and 

 after the agrarian legislative program had been 

 adopted in the following year. In the primaries of 

 1920 an opposition ticket to the League was placed 

 in the field by the more conservative people of North 

 Dakota. While the League maintained its political 

 supremacy, the results of the election indicated 

 clearly that it was rapidly losing its influence over 

 the electorate. The most notable political success of 

 that year was the election of Dr. E. F. Ladd, Presi- 

 dent of the Agricultural College, to the United 

 States Senate. 



The financial distress that came to a number of 

 the state-owned activities was the most significant 



