The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-07-19
Organization, With Origin in
North Dakota, to Have
Meeting Saturday.
RAY McKAIC TO TALK
Every Farmer Invited to !. O.
o. +. Opera House to Hear
Organizer.

The Idaho Non Partisan League has
opened the campaign for organization
In this territory, the first meeting for
Grangeville being announced for next
Saturday afternoon at the opera house.
This Is general meeting TO which
everyone is invited to hear Ray Mo
Kaig Of North Dakota tell the farmers
Of the uprising in that state which re-
suited In political revolution. The
Non-Partisan League OF Idaho Is d.
rectly In line with the plan and policy
OF the North Dakota movement, farm
ers' movement
The non-partisan idea was started
In North Dakota In the spring of 1916,
when the state Legislature turned down
every demand Of the farmers of the
state for corrective laws. The prin-
ciple complaint of the farmers was
that the Minneapolis wheat traders
We're manipulating the farmers out Of
millions of dollars. Unable TO get leg
islation desired, O committee formu-
lated plan for organizing the farm
ers for the political campaign the next
year for the purpose Of electing a sur
iicient number Of farmers to the legis-
lature to get some farm laws passed
favorable to the farming interests.
The movement brought over 10000
farmers within the organization OF the
.Non-partisall League, turned out the.
professional politicians, elected gov
ernor, attorney general, and eighty
five per cent of the legislators In the
lower, house. The h0ldover senators
were sufficient to defeat full control Of
the legislature, but not strong enough
to defeat much of the corrective legis-
lation proposed by the farmers OF
North Dakota
The history of the North Dakota
movement Is one of the most interest
ing and exciting political experiences
ever inaugurated In the west. 1t is
promised to be related In a full and
highly entertaining manner through
Ray McKaig of Mandan, North Da-
kota, who was one OF the Non Partisan
League organizers, and was through
the thickest of the fight. Mr. McKaig
Is an able platform man and will
bring a message to Idaho people of
this locality with force and plainness
which VIII well justify attendance at
this meeting
The success OF the North Dakota
movement was such as TO make a de-
mand for similar work In other states.
The Non-Partisan League has there
fore taken on q wider field, the work
of organization now being on In
twelve other states. A program for
Idaho has been adopted, designed to
meet the early and most urgent re-
quirements. The #ork now under way
Is to get the plan of the movement pre-
sented to every locality, the organiza-
tion Of the farmers into the movement
to be ready for the big political fight
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paign.
The distinctive feature of this move
ment, to which only those engaged In
the farming industry are eligible for
membership and 1t Is conducted with a
view to bring a solution to many of the
problems which are distinctively the
farmers.
Ii Is reported that work of organic
alton has been under way In the south
ern part of the state where there Is
widespread interest In the movement
J OF the first one hundred farmers ap-
preached on this issue, ninety-seven Of
them Joined the Non-Partisan League
The work In Idaho county has Just
J been inaugurated, the first organiza-
tion being attempted in the northern
part OF the state. The Grangeville
territory is to be entered, the meeting
next Saturday being the opening meet
ing for this locality.
! Riley Rice and J.H. Taylor were i'm
Grangeville last Saturday, to arrange
for the meeting. Mr.. Taylor announc-
ed that 1t was the desire to have every
one possible to attend so that there
could be a good first hand knowledge
gained Of what this movement is and
what II proposes to do In the state Of
Idaho.