The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-28
Offices Have Been Opened in
New England Bldg. Here.
Organization Is Operated for
and by the Farmers.
CLAIM GOV. CAPPER'S BACKING
Governor Denies He Stands
Sponsor for New Politicians.
Their Object Is To Put Farmers
Into Office.

The Non-Partisan league. for farm
ers only, membership fee sic, has
come to Kansas and opened head
quarters in the New England build
ing. The sixteen dollars is supposedly
used to promote the interests of the
farmers in their war against ''the
profiteers who have maintained large
and powerful lobbies at Washington"
The Non Partisan league in Topeka
and Kansas is in its infancy and 1t is
the object of the league to prevent
the poor farmers of Kansas from be-
coming objects of prey for these same
profiteers, and to bring the state un-
der the complete political control OF
the farmers This has been done in
North Dakota, it is said, and the of1-
GERS in Kansas hope to organize such
a powerful organization that all oppo-
sition to a rule by the farmer, for the
farmer, and of the farmer shall be
crushed.
asked Horace Hall concerning what
Investigations he had made about the
Non-Partisan league before leasing 1t
offices in the New England building,
Hall said that Governor Capper and
. Tom McNeal said they were all right
When Capper talked to the same
reporter shortly afterwards and was
asked concerning his recommends
tons, he flatly denied it Capper
said, Il gave them no credentials
whatever. L don't know anything
about them. 1 am not sponsor for
them in any way"
t A McNeal was called up and
said: 1.-The gentleman now in charge
of the Non-Partisan league office in
Topeka came to me and introduced
himself Further than that L know
nothing about the organization. You
can say for me, however, that have
read the speeches and resolutions of
the Partisan leaguerS and find
nothing unpatriotic in them"
Otho Wood United States marshal.
said, Il have received. no official no.
tice or orders concerning the league.
1 know that offices have been opened
in Topeka but only thru hearsay.
understand that Governor Capper and
Tom McNeaI vouched for the league
when it came here to open offices"
Insurance Men Move Out.
One or two insurance men who have
had offices in the New England build
ing and have just recently moved out
said that they moved ION account of
the leasing of offices in the building
to the Non-PartiSan league"
1.-The press and the politicians are
accusing the Non-Partisan league of
pro- -Germanism because the politicians
now in office are afraid to have the
farmer elected to political Office
stated a man named Amos, evidently
! in charge of the new offices of the
Nom Partisan league in Room 526,
New England building. The Non
Partisan league is the organization
started among the wheat raisers of
! the Dakotas to protest when the pres
| ident, thru the food dictator, an
nounced that the price of wheat would
be fixed on a basis of about 81 at
Chicago.
| At that time the farmers of the
states mentioned obtained nation wide
publicity on account of the stand they
took in regard to the raising of the
] liberty loans and the Red Cross and
Y M. c. A. war work funds The con-
tribution to the Red Cross war fund
acsording to the official figures of
the two Dakotas was $232,OO0 and the
Dakotas are two of the richest agri-
cultural and mining states of the
! United States. Arizona and New Mex
lco, the two most undeveloped states
in the Union, subscribed to this same
! fund approximately $195,O0O The
comparison furnishes a fine insight
into the comparative patriotism of the
Dakotas. the home of the Non-Parti
/ son league.
Amos further declared that the
farmers of the country are uniting
thru the Non-Partisan league to force
! thru legislation of direct benefit to the
/ farmer. I'VE have elected our men
/ in North Dakota" he said.
When asked if the league was some
What like the oranges, Amos said
In a way, yes. But the league is a
strictly political organization which
has come into being for the sole pur-
pose of electing farmers to the state
and national parliaments. Our men
do not run on an Independent ticket,
but on the tickets of the parties al
ready organized assured of the Nom
Partisan league support"
Knock War Plans
\
organ of the league under date of De-
cember 81:
How desperate the Rockefeller and
allied power trust interests are in their
plot to seize control of the sources OF
all mechanical power in the United
States during the confusion of war
was shown VIXEN the notorious Shields
bill, giving away $1,000, 100000 worth
of undeveloped water powers on the
navigable streams of the country was
railroaded thru the senate, in less
than two days.
Here are the names of some of the
western senators who took part in this
particular raid on the peoples wealth:
McCumber. North Dakota; Ken
drick. Wyoming; Shafroth, Colora-
do; Myers. Montana: Nelson, Min
nesota; Pittman, Nevada; Phelan.
California; Jones. New Mexico;
Jones. Washington; Smith. Arizona;
Smoot, Utah; Stone, Missouri, and
Thompson. Kansas Kellog tMin-
nesota) sent word that he would
have voted for the Shields grab.
Walsh of Montana did the same.
Owen of Oklahoma was paired for
it.
These were backed by the old