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

speech:
in reply To the kept press and
all who question the loyalty of
the North Dakota farmers who
chiefly compose the Nom Partisan
league | viii simply point I" the
fact when allotted S6,O00.o00 of the
second Liberty loan North Dakota
oyer-subscrihed nearly 100 per
, cent or over ten million dollars.
Why did this charlatan refer
| to the second Liberty loan, rath-
cr than the first? We will tell
lyoll.
North Dakota allotment in the
first Liberty loan was SlO.AOi.loo;
her subscription was St,W2.loo,
or less than fifty per cent ui her
lallotmrnt.
! Why did North Dakota fail to
lsul,>cribc her allotment? Be
lrau>c the leaders of the Non-
Partisan league conducted 4 Sc
; rrrt propaganda Of disloyalty.
: They sent word to their people to
|"kccp off, the loan, to keep their
money i'll their pockets. to chill
: the heart of the country at war by
; refusing their subscription to the
! loan. As The figures show. the
: Icampaign was effective because
\ when the returns We're in. North
Il Dakota was on record as a slack
i or state. The figures in black anc
e white showed that patriotism il
4. North Dakota was at a lower ebl
1. than in any other state in th'
l. union.
e Note then what followed. j.
No great storm Of public indignation
lc arose against the work Of thcs
e cold. selfish and dlSloyal poll
le licians of the Non-PartIsa
I'd league and opened their eye:
There Was more enlightermel
later when their appraisal wa
or fixed at the Minneapolis CONVEX
to ton, when they applauded a dis
loyal speech of Senator La Fo
Iette, which caused the Unite
ol States senate tn cite him for e,
,n pulsion.
Mr.. Townley and his associate
quickly saw that they had owe
ny played their hands. So great W;
or The public anger that they lost l
ne time in covering up. They tn.
no rnwrapped themselves in Il
IS folds of the American flag, sal
ne the Star Spanglrd Banner, and
en- loud tones shouted patriotism
ng an effort to qucll the rising storl
rs Yet they could not Wipe out Il
re record of the first Liberty loa
'ly When the time came for the ST.
ne ond Liberty loan, they sent wo
!" for everybody to get in line wi
we the result, as this dopester
he Hamilton said, that the loan W
over-subsrribrd.
The oyerSnbScripti was plal
=" Ily a piece of camonflagr. Men
'',' not change their opinions ov
-! night. The interval between I
first and the second Liberty 10
ri was not needed to enable the No
,oI Partisan league to gather fu
,l1 for ovcr->,,bsrription. They h
;nn more money at the time of I
first loan.
The farmers in Montana Ia
am NOT aS yet become victims of I
,lr poisonous virus of disluyalty tt
yol. j. being manufactured in Non
ngS Dakota. They have had, and 81
hv have. real grievances. They m
the properly organize to bring abe
the desirable changes in laws. 7
lril. fundamental purposes of
ma Equity movement are good a
the should be encouraged. The far
eed ,er> Of Montana have sho'
: in splendid patriotism since I
arm war began and have assisted
: Of keeping high the record of Il
:crn state in loyalty.
the 1t is for these reasons that
hey warn them against these CO
calculating. shallow and st
sh demagogues who are ,
ago deaNorlng to use an honest a
ting worthy cause to build a pOliti
she organization for themselves.
nily do not think that Montana ,
she take chances on putting herself
in the hands of the radical Soci
thGt lists Whoa>are in control OF
her movement.