The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-14
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Literary Digest Halls
Debut of Baer as Aduent
7. of Third National Party
(From the Literary Digest)

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They may come out of it with their
blood and their thoughts flowing in
the general and loyal stream"
Nevertheless we find the highest
commentator of Mr. 'Baer's platform
in Issues and Events (New York;, a
weekly whose sympathies before our
entrance into the war were frankly
pro- German, which credits him with
making square fight, not against
the war, but against the errors, con-
fusion, and omissions which have SO
far involved the issues" Mr.. Baer's
victory, we are told, is one of "sane
thinking over popular hysteria, but
more than that, a rebuke to that re-
curing federalism in our government
which once upon time threatened
to establish a king within the indie
pendent colonies, and fastened upon
them for a time the Infamous alien
and sedition laws" Issues and Events
informs us further that the platform
of the Nonpartisan league in the Baer
campaign is SHARPLY at variance with
the war aims of the administration on
several points" 1t declared unequiv-
ocally for "our country, right or
wrong" but with this important
qualifying clause: Still 1--we hold
that when we believe our country
wrong, we should endeavor to Set II
right" Issues and Events quotes fur
Their from the platform, as follows:
1--WE therefore demand that our gov
eminent, before proceeding further in
support of our European allies, insist
that they, in common with it, make
immediate public declaration OF terms
of peace without annexation Of terri
tory, indemnities, contributions, or In
reference with the right of any ma
ton to live and manage it's own in
ternal affairs.
"We demand the abolition of secret
diplomacy.
ITO conscript men and exempt the
bloodstained wealth coined from the
sufferings of humanity is repugnant
to the spirit of America and con-
trary to the ideals of democracy.
1--WE declare freedom of speech to
be the bulwark of human liberty, and
we decry all attempts to muzzle the
public press or individuals upon any
pretext whatsoever. A declaration of
war does not repeal the :constitu.
ton of the United States, and the un-
warranted interference of military
and other authorities with the rights
of individuals must cease"
Hot denial of any dislOyalty in
North Dakota as reflected in the plat
form of Representative Baer (whose
campaign is sketched on page, 40 of
this issue) was made on the floor OF
the house by his republican colleague,
Mr.. Patrick ID. Norton, who: with ref
erence to an editorial in an Iowa pa
per, said: -.;...
"An attempt is made in this article
to discredit my state because Of the
recent election of John M. Eaer. On
account of this and of similar. slurring
reflections appearing in Washington
and New York papers, l. am impelled
to say that his loyalty and patriot
ism need no defense. He comes from
a long line of fighting stock. His faith
er was a Union soldier and his broth
er was killed in the Spanish,American
war. His election was not won on
pacifst platform or in opposition to
the present war. In his campaign he
favored CONSUMPTION and the carrying
on of the war to a successful cOnclu-
sion
"If the rest of the people do as we'll
as the farmers of North Dakota there
will be no occasion for anyone to
fear that monarchy and autocracy will
not receive a final death.blow in this
war, and that reign of real democ-
racy will have new BIRTH"