The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-08-16
NOT WORRYING OVER REMOVAL THREAT

Governor Fraziers instruction to officers of the law to wait for overt acts
by ]. W. WIS or other law breakers before the officers take action and his
Interpretation of the law that search and deportatons ar illegal appears else
where in this issue 1t may INTEREST," many Mlnoters to know that the in
structions-in reality a tip to protect l. w. WIS ven if they do burn the
farmers grain-were penned by Arthur IeSeuer, according to reports reach
ing The Messenger office from Bismarck. III said that Arthur LeSeuer drew
up the instructions by which the states attorneys, sherifs and policemen in
North Dakota must abide! The mn who championed the cause of the In
dustnal Workers of the World when the anarchists attempted to take pos
session of Minot four years ago has sufficient "pun" with Towney's social
ishc administration to place instructions in the mouth of Frazier. Where are
the farmers? This administration We fought to elect believing at the time
that farmers would secure the control they deserved has passed from the
Can the farmers not appreciate the stand taken by The Messenger when this
paper decided it could no longer support Townlys league? We were behind
the Farmers Non-Partisan League but cannot have a free conscience and sup
port a socialists ring which is farming the farmer" Frazier disappoints
is. He is a tool of Townley and if he permitted Arthur LeSeuer, the king
pin of l. w. Wism and Socialism, to darw up orders for tn eMhcers of the
law, he becomes a tool of LeSeuer and other apostles of hate, prejudice and
un-Amercanism.
To think of the officers ofhe law waiting for overte acts before they hurry
law breakers to Jail! In Minot the other evening a number of coons and
wenches were rushed to jail Should the officers wait for such criminals as
these to kill a white man before efeding a arrest? The Daily News de-
scrbes the gang as follows:
The gang of worthless coons were u in last night re
the amt ones that have been in police court IN various charg-
IS S o often that a rubber stamp would be a labor saving de-
vice lin entering their names. They belong to a crowd of law
breakers and worthless bEnd-piggers and gamblers who lnfest
~~ that part of the city. The wenches are the usual dirty and dis
reputable class which flourish wherever they can find a howell
in which to live.
Can any fair thinking citizen read this description of this class of citizen,
consider the order of Governor Arthur LeSeuer Farzier, and fail to see where
Towney and his associates are leading the state. Where will it all end?
No car predict. One thing is certain however, that many citizens of
Minot were equal to the occasion four years ago when IeSeuer and Thomp-
sons meal tckets-the Industrial Workers of the Word-sought to dictate
to local officers. The citizens assumed the role of officers without the fear of
removal by the governor" and drove the parasites out of the city. Cover
nor Arthur LeSeur Frazier "a swing his bluff about removal but the san
citizens ar in Minot today and will be on the job if the parasites return. We
we did to Thomson when he preached a like doctrine in the Iconocast-Mi-
not Messenger.