The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-09-28
a PRINCE IS B0RN"-THE
NDNpARTiSAN MOEEMEN:
Caused by Greed of Bankers. M.liers,
Broke.s' Ring, the New Farmers
Combination Bids Fair to Save
Nations Democracy
By George Shaw.

well as leader and manlpuldIo1S o'o
produced by this country, the la'e
Marl Honna. once remarked that
should the farmers and laborers 0!
the country ever join together poll''
ica1]v then would come the end OF
one party system. Perhaps it was
this fact that lead this astute polltl-
cian 70 evolve Protection for the
Farmer and the Full Dinner Pali
for these two groups-working on the
old theory of divide and govern. For
several wears there has been grad
ual drift among laboring classes
whether organized or not, toward
nolitica1 division. No doubt the sue
cess abroad Of labor groups to force
by political power economic reforms
has been an incentive and insplra1aon
here 1t is, however, among the 1arm-
orc of the middle west that the great"
eat recent strides have been made.
The birth and rapid growth OF tne
Farmers Non-Partisan League DC
ginning in North Dakota, has oeeh
tho most significant political happen
ing within recent months. 1t Is 50
important and dynamic a poi'slca'
r,ovenent that every thinking maa
will give it serious attention.
"a few wears back when the pro-
yress;ye party was at its zenith ana
even the political prophets like Af
Samuel S. Blythe Of the SATURDAY
Evening Post thought the movement
enochal, we discussed the matter
nth a man who wos political leader
generation ago. This Roosevelt
uarty," he said with a twinkle IN MS
owe is q fash in the panama you
and I will see the smoke blow away
Political movements begin like a tor
nado. first glimmering on the horlzoa
oho,+ +be size of a mans hand-ano
like the tornado carries impetus as II
comes out OF the heaven" He theh
went on to point out how any po-
l;tical movement to last must come
ont Of the soil, so to speak. He point
cd ont that the real weakness OF the
-o.-ossive marty was it failed to have
"sveat and toil''-and was largely
en;,t.edge. the ''amongst-those-pres-
ont" the SOCIAL worker or upliftef'
+ha ..maker- you a-better-and-holier
types." And I believe he was right
The Non-Partisan farmers move
,oant mas been born out among the
smaY-not the bonanza, mind you
farmers of the middle west. 1t has
made arst friction in North DAKOTA
bns it is a factor in Minnesota, Soasn
Dakota. Nebraska and WISCONSIN to-
dow. The man to whom its success IN
North Dakota is due believes that 1t
will broaden out, and will nearly cap
trre eleven states oy the next seaerai
election. This man, A. c. ToVnley'
IS a remarkable man in every way
A highly successful and intellectual
farmer he was ruined by the high
handed methods of system in the
northwest because he refused to dow
low and salam." 1t is this system,
combination of millers, bonkers and
brokers, which we can all thank foc
movement that can but help tile
whole nation move forward to "de'
mecracy and equal opportunity"
Townley saw that there was fertile
field all over the Dakotas, so taking
"a Ford machine he began political
canvass which reminds one Of the
circuit rider crusade Of old days in
the South. He preached the gospel
of a non-partisan movement which
would in somewhat scriptural terms
"kick the devils of corrupt politicians,
regardless of party coat, usurious
bankers, grating brokers and plum
dering millers out of the Lords tenn
ple-viz. the state government
Then as he went along he enrolled
the farmers, and oft times labormen
and those in sympathy-as members.
with dues and obligations. 1t is need
less to say that "Townley and his tin
Lizzie sermons" were quite tie butt
Of the jokers of every reactionary pa
per in that section. But the field was
fallow, and men straight from the
soil-because they said no politicians :
Of any party need apply except they
enroll in the ranks-began to take
the leadership along with Townley !;
OF course, it ought to be recognized
that the farmers of the middle Vesy