Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist Party of America organizer A. C. Townley. The Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate political interests from Minneapolis, Minnesota.There was another Non-Partisan League that operated in Alberta, Canada in the 1910s. Among its candidates was former governor of Kansas John W. Leedy, who had come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen. He ran on its behalf in the 1917 Alberta provincial and federal elections but was not elected.The NPL originated in North Dakota, but eventually spread throughout the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest during the Progressive Era and was briefly organized as a national party. It also spread northward into Canada, running in provincial elections and providing some of the basis for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan and the Progressive Party of Canada. The NPL goat served as the League's mascot. It was known as \"The Goat that Can't be Got.\""@en }
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- Nonpartisan_League abstract "The Nonpartisan League (NPL) was a political organization founded in 1915 in the United States by former Socialist Party of America organizer A. C. Townley. The Nonpartisan League advocated state control of mills, grain elevators, banks and other farm-related industries in order to reduce the power of corporate political interests from Minneapolis, Minnesota.There was another Non-Partisan League that operated in Alberta, Canada in the 1910s. Among its candidates was former governor of Kansas John W. Leedy, who had come to Canada and become a Canadian citizen. He ran on its behalf in the 1917 Alberta provincial and federal elections but was not elected.The NPL originated in North Dakota, but eventually spread throughout the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest during the Progressive Era and was briefly organized as a national party. It also spread northward into Canada, running in provincial elections and providing some of the basis for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Saskatchewan and the Progressive Party of Canada. The NPL goat served as the League's mascot. It was known as \"The Goat that Can't be Got.\"".