The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-06-29


there Is but one party needed. The
minor matters Of internal and business
issues can be settled later, just now we
are at war with Germany.
THE NoNPARTIsAN PARTY.
We have said above that the two great
national parties have always had the
same objects though they differed as to
methods. But there has gradually
grown up in this and other countries
classes of persons whose principles and
ideas of government are at variance with
the ideas that make true republic.
Broadly speaking, these attempt by
some magical process to separate "gov.
ernment" and "the people" snotwith.
standing Lincoln's mastery definition.
With these government" ls sort of
paternity dad" that is to take charge of
all human affairs and save the individu.
al the worry of taking care of himself.
From this vagary, they gradually run
down the scale until they reach the other
extreme by which all government is
abolished except that of the individual
who governs himself without reference
to the rights of others.
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
During the last two or three years a
deadly wave of this soclalistic. anarchis.
tic prejudice has been sown by men
whose motives were personal interests
and political power. In many localities
this evil has grown like sow.thistle. As
an organization 1t was conceived in in.
iquity and born and named as a lie. 1t
is the bastard child of the Equity AS
sociation and Socialism, but neither of
the parents acknowledge responsibility.
The child in it's over precocity disowns
its parents, has no pride of ancestry, and
claims like Topsy, Ito have jest growed. :
What this political tape. worm, which
has infested the bowels of both parties,
has been doing in North Dakota for the
last two years are matters of history and
we could not tell it if we used the whole
paper to detail it. Sufficient to say that
it has succeeded in giving North Dakota
a most unenvible reputation throughout
the whole country. When the North
Dakotan travels abroad and gives his
residence to the chance acquaintance,
the stranger will give a curious and
searching lork to see what sort of men
live in North Dakota, evidently expect.
ing to see something abnormal in the
makeup of people from that frozen and
fantastic zone.
But these shoradic outbreaks we're ap.
parently but household matters of our
own. As new state we had already
passed successfully through several
stages of childhood diseases such as
granger measles" and "chicken-popu.
lism' "ofice-itch" etc, all of which were
cured by local household remedies and
We had hoped to see "Townley-scarlet
fever" run out it's course in the same
manner, but different situation con.
fronts us.
is NORTH DAKOTA PRo-GERMAN?
The so.called "nonpartisan'' party of
North Dakota through its autocratic
manager Townley and through its of.
fetal newspapers, is decidedly pro. Ger.
man. Townley has been shrewd enough
to abstain from direct support of Ger
many, but has as far as in his power at
tached drag to the efforts of loyal citi.
zens to. support the authorities IN prose-
cutting the war preparations. He calls
it rich mans war. He insinuates that
it was instigated by that straw-man
which he has built, and which he names
in big capital letters as "Big- Biz" So
far as we have seen. or heard, or heard
OF, himself, his paers, his immediate fol-
lowers have never said good word for
the efforts of the American people to
win this war. but on the contrary have
assumed that every issue of the war was
but party question to be used as far as
possible for the benefit of the kicker.
knocker nonpartisan program.
IF JOHN N. BAER IS ELDcrEDP
The above may be denied by many
Nonpartisans. But that that will be
the impression that the American nation
and the German kaiser will get if John
M. Baer is elected to Congress from this
state there is no doubt. It will give aid
and comfort to the enemy and that is
treason according to law.
Shall this state which is daily sending
its best blood to the army and navy in
defense of this nation nulify the patriot
ism Of these boys? Shall this state help
kill and wound its own sons by encoura-
| ging the enemy?
Shall the Republican party OF this
state with it's proud record Of the past
in the Civil and other wars, stultify it.
self BY sending to Congress man who
will seek to use the emergencies Of the
nation for hia Aacla.o 0-n;.l;.k:. 80