Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-22

well throw up the sponge, declare
democracy a hopeless failure, kicksinto
limbo. all those lifted by the peopio
into authority and let ourselves lapse
back to the ways OF cavemen. The
alternative would be to turn the whole
governmental shooting match over8to
the supermen of the league and their
sympathizersHto the me who con-
bine In the hyper-phenomenal beings
all that is wise, honorable, fair ana
patriotic
Frazier and Gronna and Young Inc
La Toilette and their kind every in-
terest would be safe, every equity
guaranteed, every step a step OF JUS
tice and loyalty and Eagacity. We
would have safety first raised to the
Nth power, love Of felIowmen 1914
pure, square dealing without g Of
alloy. Our several feet would be set
firmly upon the approach to the mill
Ileniai bridge. Al It is, the poor crea-s,
lures who are now essaying to run
the government are dupes, or pol-
troons, or crooks, actual or potential.
Some of them are serving
pay. hence they are s~coundrels. some
of them are serving with moderate
pay. hence they are near coundre
None OF them knows or cares what is
Tx III " AN -
of them has any concern for the-poor
man. Why should they care? Isn't 1T
a rich mans war? Aren't the profit
GERS to be the only beneficiartes? Do
they want to be or are they expected
to be on the square?
What has the worldly wisdom Of
Herbert G. Hoover, gained in suffering
Belgium, profited him or the world for
the Job he holds? He is one of those
who serve without pay. Ergo, he
cannot then be square. can he2 He
has not lived regularly in this coun-s
try for several years, so he cannot
know that the champions OF the prof.
liteers are binding him with the dust
of untruth and hypocrisy while they
prepare to bleed the people white Tor
ill-gotten gain.
Save for the hyper-phenomenals,
congress is an assembly Of dolts ana
knaves. In ignorance or iniquity It ts
forging chains Of slavery n poverty
upon the masses. What does 1t care
for the people who made the flag
what it is? Why should It worry,
drawing pay envelopes fat enough to
keep them from being lieutenant
crooksters?
"Aiack and alas, that there should
be no good faith, no store of common
sense, no patriot heart, no vision, no
urge Of Justice among those who have
been set to III this great democracy
Russian ~ultra-radicals at their own
game! Let's show them that they
are pikers in the business Of being
tagin the government! It Is great
sport and we can't go utterly to chaos
anyhow. The N~onpartisan league and
the wise men of the East and West
whose hearts beat with 1t, whose
4 f~cJ-. f,,,, okiA~ 30 a. P,,p Otfn~c mill ehn
there to catch us back when we start
to tumble over the brink. It is the
new All Bahia to the 40 thieves"
Labor's Attitude Outlined.
And here, is a comment of a strong
labor leader, none less than e. g.
Hall, president OF the State Fedora
ton Of Labor in Minnesota who en-
phasized his talk with much vigor
when he said in the Office of he dis
trict draft board Of which he is a mem
Der:
'sThere Is one sure way for organ
lied labor to kill itself, and it is to join
Ia Sdisloyal and ani-American move.
ment.i
There is no question but that the
Nonpartisan league at it's meeting IN
st. Paul has made broad overtures to,
organized labor for a%filiation. The
ISkdICALcAiI ILdL LILO A0dBu0 40 oSShlliB
to combine the farmer and the union
man is patiently true.
1T will never succeed" he contin-
ued, because rs per cent Of the union
men In Minnesota are SO loyal that IL
It came to a question Of either Joining
an un-American movement or quit
ting the labor union, they would leave
the union, and cling fast to their
}Amerfcapism.
Zone easily can see terrible menace
to b organized labor, movement OF
such bats as the Nonpartisan league.
Is holding out. To accapt their oyer-
lures and join q dislOyal group would
be signing the death warrant OF the
organization we have been working
for during 40 years.
IF 1t Is put up to me personally to-
day to either join the dtsloyal element
or quit unionism I would step out In
a minute"
Mr.. Hall said laboring men in Min
neapolis were calling him by telephone
as soon as he got out ofNbed yesterday
to demand Reputation Of all such
leanings by Minneapolis organized
labor. .
That organized labor will steer a
careful course but one that leaves no
question of its firm loyalty was ths
opinion Mr.. Hall expressed. The
farmers also he said, will see that the
Inn promises of the league leaders
cloak only disloyalty to the country
and will repudiate the league to stand
lnrmly behind the policies Of the