THE FIRST VICTORY 



was an old football-player; Lynn J. Frazier 

 was his name; none of those that were in 

 college with him was likely to forget it. 



With the candidate for governor picked in 

 this manner there was offered to the voters 

 a full state ticket, including candidates for 

 justices of the supreme court. We have no 

 need to conceal the fact, this being a summary 

 of its work and not an advocate's brief, that 

 the management made many errors. Nothing 

 else was to be expected. Not one of the 

 executive committee, which did the most of 

 the steering, had any experience in public 

 affairs or pretended to any great skill in the 

 judging of men. The candidate for lieuten- 

 ant-governor, a storekeeper named Kraabel, 

 was ill-chosen, and in later days sorely plagued 

 the Leagueo In the way of practical wisdom 

 the choice of the candidate for state treasurer 

 was an error, although the man was able and 

 perfectly honest. But he had an Irish name, 

 the opposition succeeded, through some un- 

 scrupulous maneuvers, in befogging and dis- 

 torting the real issue with questions having 

 naught to do with it, and the man that 

 eventually ran against him was popular and 

 had a good old Swedish name. 



Nearly four thousand persons from all parts 

 of the state came to a mass state convention 

 at Fargo, April 1st, and indorsed with joy- 

 ful cheers the selections that had been made. 



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