The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-25

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done to restrain those seditious men
and keep down their infamy.
| A single letter of different tenor
was received by Governor Burnquist
from D. P. Dale, a drainage engineer
at Storm Lake. He stated that he
had watched Senator La Follette's
career and never had reason to doubt
his devotion to the cause Of justice
and humanity but on the contrary
his actions have won battles for
! democracy.
Willing to Sign Charges.
| F. w. Mclean, cashier of the st.
Paul Federal Land bank, formerly of
Fargo, N. D., said he was willing to
sign charges of disloyalty against
Senator La Toilette.
Il intend to discuss the question
fully with John Lind Of the Mime
sofa Public Safety commission, and
| decide on what course is best, he
said. THE talk by La Toilette should
not go unanswered.
From my present Investigations,
/ should say a charge Of sedition
would be the only one could bring
through the Safety commission. We
should not arrest La Toilette on
some petty charge, but on a real one
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"AMERIcAN UHLANs" ....
RUsSELGS APPELLATIoN. -
Rochester, N. Y. Sept. 25-Charles
Edward Russell, speaking here called
Senators La Toilette. Stone and
Gronna the American uhlans".
Thursday night in st. PauI', he
declared, La Toilette called the
Lusitania sinking a technical offense.
This afternoon fifty speakers will
repeat his words in Petrograd, in
| terpreting from them that America
wants peace. They don't know this
man. La Toilette is simply q big
yellow streak.
sHEEHY AIDS NEW
PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATION.
st. Paul, Sept. 25.-wilIiam J.
sheehy, 702 selby avenue, resigned
as an organizer for the Nonpartisan
league July "a after a weeks service
because he was given to understand
he had to talk against the govern
ment.
He is now forming the American
Citizens club to prevent such sedi-
tious speeches as those made under
the auspices of the Nonpartisan
league last week.
But Mr.. Sheehy isn't the only one
back Of the new organization. Fifty
men had signed his petition Of or
ganization Sunday and fifty other
organizers had their lists almost as
we'll filled so thoroughly have patri-
otto citizens been aroused by the
anti American propaganda dissent
mated by Senators La Toilette, Gron-
ma and Nonpartisan league leaders.
One hundred men will circulate
petitions in the business section.
TOWNLEY STANDS AS
FALSlFlER, SAYS HOOVER.
Washington, Sept. 25.-Unless he
makes a public retraction of the
statement that Herbert C. Hoover,
food administrator, refused to attend
, the st. Paul Nonpartisan meeting be-
cause he preferred to attend one Of
grain gamblers in Chicago, A. c.
Townley, president of the National
INonpartisan league, stands convicted
by Mr.. Hoover Of "indulging in reck-
less lies"
This is the only comment Mr.. Hoo
yer would make yesterday:
Although received a telegram
from Mr.. Townley, have been I'M
able to discover any frank withdraw
| al Of his incorrect representation"
\
no further request of the league
head.
FARMERS PACKING co,
ASSAILS NoNPARTlSANS.
st. Paul, Sept. 25,-The Farmers
Terminal Packing Co., composed Of
nearly 5000 farmers living in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and Iowa, has no
connection with the National Nom
partisan league. and had no SYM
pathy for the conference called in st.
Paul the past week.
This was the assertion today OF
Ira M. Chryst, Hudson, president OF
the packing company.
mot one of our officers had any
connection with the conference, for
we did not care to be associated with
the present leaders OF the league"
Mr.. Chryst said. "As a farmers
movement the Nonpartisan league
has no attraction for us.
"All right minded farmers deplore
the intimation that farmers are UNI
patriotic. The shame of the confer
ence belongs on the shoulders of the
league officials, and not on the shoul-
ders of the farmers.
THE speeches Of Senators La Fol-
lette and Gronna, sanctioned by A. G.
Townley, showed the true colors Of
those officials.
"The farmers belonging to the
Farmers Terminal Packing Co. are
loyal to the core"
FIERY WIRE
DEMANDS DEATH.
Sec. III. w. Libby, on his return
from Mankato, said he found numer-
GUS petitions circulating asking the
Minnesota Safety commission to take
summary action today. Governor
Burnquist also received like commun-
ications. Rockwell Sayre sent this
telegram from Grand Forks:
IF two senators and lawless
agitator uttered treason reported,
then our neighhors say they
should be shot Immediately. Re-
member Governor Dix's prompt
telegram, eff any man hauls down
the American nag, shoot him on
the spot. If two traitorous sem.
ators stab our soldier boys in the
back, shoot them on the spot and
you will save a thousand noble
soldier boys from death"
g. 3. ingalls,, Duluth sent q brief
letter declaring that in his opinion
Senator La Toilette is "a disgrace
70 himself and the state he repre-
sents".
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TAR FOR la TOILETTE.
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