The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-05-11
GEO. WHITE COMES BACK.

GEO. WHITE COMES BACK.
Editor Courant:
1t seems that both Matt and
Mr.. Harty have got all worked
up about my arguments" but
have been unable to prove any
thing against anybody. If they
have any faults to find with our
candidates they fail to tell us
what they are and prove their
statements" It's quiet easy to
cry, BOSS! czar! political die
tators! etc; but it is quite an
other thing>to prove it. / might
assert that the earth is flat or
that these two men were great
asses, but the mere assertion
would not prove it, as the earth
would still be as round as ever
and these men wouldn't be
any greater asses than they
are now; but if l could demon
strate and prove these state
ments my assertions would be
creditable. This may sound
like deadly logic and Matt will
be calling it personal abuse but
it seems that about the only
way you can get an idea into
some heads is to knock a hole
through with a brick. In my
last letter asked Matt or Harty
to tell us if Townley was die
tatorial, who was dictated to,
and when and where, and asked
Matt to stick to the truth and
in his So called answer he says,
Il failed to cite a single in
lstance wherein he made an un-
true statement n Now he cal
led Townley a dictator, a czar,
etc. and failed to prove it and
until he does prove it he will
have to wear the brand
whether he likes it or not.
Matt wants to know why Non
partisanship is a virtue in
North Dakota and a vice in
Milwaukee. Somebody should
start kindergarten for simple
minded editors. But in the
meantime, Matt, l will tell
you that the Nonpartisans in
Milwaukee are the corporations
and grafters who are riding on
the workers backs and in
North Dakota the workers
themselves are the Non-parti-
sans. Ism thatsufficient reason?
One of their favorite argu-
ments against the league is to
say. "Townley is a socialist"
or White is socialist or
Leaders are all Socialists" or
Socialists have the league
body and breeches" etc. This
dope is supposed to scare the
farmers stiff, but like all their
other statements it's made for
political purposes. Does mt it
seem a bit strange that if the
socialists are in such complete
control they were only able to
get one lone socialist candidate
Ia representative? Doubtless he
is the breeches. The Messenger
as well as Harty and Matt pro-
fesses to believe that the lea
que was all wrong in selecting
candidates by convention. They
never saw convention that
was not bossed and will not
believe there is such a thing.
They are like the old rustic
who went to the circus and
when he saw the giraffe he
stared at it a while and then
said Hell! There amt no sich
beast! Doubtless it would
have been more orderly to have
allowed the corporations and
politicians to select the candid
ates at the West Hotel in Min
neapolis. They don't seem to
realize that this was q real re-
preventative convention Of far
mers, twenty to thirty thous-
and Of them having selected
those delegates. The real trou-
BILE seems to be that some Of
these croakers want Office and
some wanted their friends to
get in and these non partisans
have tied tin cans to their tails
|figuratively speaking, which
homely simile II very much to
the point and we'll fastened u,
Matt w 40 Matt.
40. =. White.