The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-19

war OllIN LOT tne ptiFpuNt ~ NN'
eating cxorbitant profits. We are
working. not to beat the enemy.
hut to make more mnlti-million-
aires.
please keep in mind the last
icla,lsc, I'VE are working. not 10
ibeat the enemy. but To make more
|multi-millionaircs. We ask the
farmers whether this kind OF talk
is calculated to stir the patriotism
of the American people to WIN
this supreme contest for human
Iright>.
Townlcy made a good many
speeches of that sort through
! North Dakota, but in Minnesota
the patriotic citizens of several
icitic~ and towns refused to per-
limit him to talk this stuff. the
Iplain purpose Of which was L"
Ichill the people.
| In North Dakota there is a Nom
Partisan league governor. Lynn }.
Frazier. who offered the freedom
|ot the state to the peoples coun-
ell, but when the representatives
lof this disloyal organization ar
rived at Fargo. the patriotic cltl-
|Zcns marched them outside the
limits.
There can be no better method
Of getting Il line ON the quality OF
patriotism as shown by the Nom
Partisan league than their rccep-
ton OF Senator La Toilette at The
Minneapolis convention when he
made a disloyal speech that
brought an investigation Of the
Il 'nitcd States senate and may
cause his expulsion from that
body. Every man who appla,ded
that speech in the Non-partisan
league. and there were many, IN
cluding Mr.. Townlcy, placed
themselves right along with La
Toilette in his attitude towards
the country.
The plain purpose Of tfest
Partisan leaders has been tt
create growing resistance or
the part Of the people, first tc
cntering the war. and secondly II
prosecuting it. When they founC
themselves in danger Of being
swept away by the growing storm
Of patriotic Indignation they rap
idly changed front. Just nov
they are cXuding hypocritica
cant. straining their voices ant
using the flimslest disguis'
To conceal their real thought
and purposes which have no
changed. Who would beliey
Bill Haywood, Emma Goldman
Tom Campbell, Joe Shannon 0
The late Frank Little if he wer
alive. il they suddenly renounce
: all Of their diSloyal talk and sal
d that they loved nothing So niue
C as the American flag and wei
Ic willing to give up their lives ft
t. lit if needed to win the war trOI
At Germany?
ID No sensible man, of cours
e Neither would any sensible ma
lc believe That TownIey and his RAJ
l- zeal Sucialisic co-workerS ha,
T. changed their views of thr,
$. months back. We have some r
I'll spcct for the courage of MI
,c O'Hare and for La Toilette WI
a. stick To their doctrines, when Il
X penltentiary yawns for one al
te expulsion from the senate al
T. disgrace for the other. We ha'
I'd none for these whining hyp
m critics of the Non-Partisan lcag'
I'd who think they can fool the pc
f. pie when they. themselves, a
of fooled.
is We hope that we have made
sc |clcar to Mr.. Logan why we a
opposed to the growth of the |
I'd flucnce of Mr.. Townley and |
m liculenantS in Montana while
a we say with pride, is loyal to I
o. core and has shown its loyal
mt by giving lis money and sons. .
H. 'objcction is not to the i,lndameI
to al plan of the Montana Eqni'
~ lb,It to the program of the
H. scoundrrIs who would make Mo
ut Itana a stacker state, if they n
e. their way.
II. We therefore counsel the farI
IL crs and especially those WI
~ have been honest and patriotic
'lr promoting The Montana Equil
t. to keep clear of the intluenc
H. that We have outlined. Let the
IN continue The work that was W.
IS. conceived, while they drive u
en- imported SOcialiStic, rantil
of drmagog,rs and diSlOyaliSls fro
e. their ranks. If, in weaknc
a or dcll,lun, they yield to the
to influences. We warn them. tn
an Just 50 sure as the patriotism