The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-10-12
Safety Society Issues Order
To Stop Non-Partisans
KICK FROM ROCHESTER
Mankat0 Organization To Take
Up Matter At Session This
Evening
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
St. Paul, Mimi, October S.
The Non-Partisan league today
presented demands on Governor
Burnquist that he guarantee pro-
lection to the meetings of that
organization in various parts of
this state from mob violence.
Joseph Gilbert, representing the
league, declared that the Otter
tail Public Safety association had
actually invited mob violence on
the league, in case an attempt
should be made to hold a meet
ing at Fergus Falls on the goth
day of October. He showed to
the governor what purported to
be letter from the secretary of
this association, Louis keane,
actually threatening mob dis
order. This letter stated that
if the attempt was made by
league to hold the projected
meeting, the mayor had been
requested to instruct the police
not to interfere if the boys threw
ancient eggs and other missiles
at the speakers and those in at
tendance.
Governor Burquist promised
that the league should have pro-
lection in it's full rights in the
state of Minnesota, as long as
seditious, disIoyaI and treason
able utterances were not made.
Fergus Falls. Mimi. October s.
Recent developments in connection
with the Nonpartisan league, and
particularly the meeting at which La
Toilette spoke, have aroused the
Ottor Tail County Public Safety COM
mission, and it has given notice no
meeting of this league will be toll
Grated in Otter Tail county. The
association publishes the following
notice today, which is aimed parti-
cularly at a meeting which was to
have been addressed by A. C. Town
ley, the league president, in this city,
on October 20:
"The Otter Tail County Public
Safety association has been informed
a meeting is to be held here October
20 by the Nonpartisan league We
therefore wish to tell you that no
such meeting will take place in this
county. We will stop it. No pub
lie meetings of political nature will
take place in Otter Tail county ex-
cept such as honor and respect our
flag and the country it symbolizes.
Otter Tail County Punblic Safety
Association, by Louis Keane, secre-
tary."
The G. A. R. and Commercial club
at Rochester have adopted resolu-
lions against the holding of Nom
Partisan league meeting in the arm
DRY of that city.
Attorney S. B. Wilson, head of the
Blue Earth County Safety commits
sion, has not given his consent to
a meeting of the Non Partisan league
in this city next Wednesday after
noon.
The National Safety League of
Mankato will hold a meeting tonight
and it is certain that action will be
taken to prevent the Non-Partisan
league meeting in this city on We'd
nesday next.
Lake City has barred the Townley
meeting also.
ST. Paul Dispatch: "We'er going
to hold our meeting in Fergus Falls,
October 90"
This was the definite assertion of
Joseph Gilbert, manager of the Ma
tional Nonpartisan league, today in
reference to the report that the
cannot be held there.
mo formal notice of the cancella-
ton of the meeting has reached us,
there have been rumors of
it," Mr.. Gilbert continued
81 don't see what right any one
has of calling off our meeting. We
intend to hold the ones scheduled"