The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-13
If .TOWNLEY MEN
WIN, BOYS FEEL
BACKING is GONE,
TOSTEVIN WRITES
"A "Voice From France"
To The North Dakota
Electors
SOLDIERS ARE
WATCHING BALLOT
They Want Pro o-Germanism
Stamped Out And 10y
alists Elected
SOLDIERS ARE
WATCHING BALLOT
(By E. H. Tostevin.)

Somewhere in France. May 29.-In
a paper from back home Just receiv-
ed / find mention of the recent ses-
sion OF the legislature and the pro-
posal to send a commission to France
to gather up the votes Of the SOL
diers. And / wondered If the wise
legislator who proposed such a meas
ure had any conception of the work
this would involve. The commits
sioners would certainly have inter-
esting experiences for they would
have to ride from one end Of France
to the other and would get a first
hand acquaintance with the French
Homme cars.
but turned to James M. Loughlin,
O Northern Pacific fireman who hap
pens to be in the same hospital ward
and asked: Jim, who are YOU going
to vote for?" Election and voting
were the farthest from his mind.
) "Vote2" then again a dazed
way, "vote", with q measure of
disgust. "Who's running, for Of
fice? I'll vote for the guy that
strings up the dirty traitors and
disloyalists for governor; for the
guy that has stood four square
for his country for congressman;
for the men who are the most
loyal for members of the leaisla-
Surs and county officers, and for
the bloodiest butcher In the state
as exeeutioner of traitors and
sneaking pro- Germans that may
be hanainn around North Dako-
Tay" was the sudden outhurst he
gave vent to-
There you have the sentiment of
the boys ''over here.
In the first place the boys Of the
great Northwest are plunged, heart,
body and soul in that greater cleo
tion to determine just who is going
to run this planet, and as to wheth-
er the world is going to submit to
the doctrine Of Might makes Right"
They don't care for politics, and
their only interest is that the state
has no traitors or pacdfists, or cam
outage loyalists i'm office, The Non
partisan league fight that you are
in the midst Of is very inconsequen-
tial compared to the big job your
soldier boys have in hand that they
are trusting the folks back home
to kill OFF the Hun at home.
s After talking with Loughlin
Ihunted up Frank Johnson formerly
la member OF Bismarck Co A, who
was gassed at seicheprey and is in
this hospital.
avotss" b be quoriod, startIed'
aWeli, there are some men
said. "Those are the fellows
who ever had anything decent
TO say of Germany, or ever did
anything to hold back the Pres-
dents plans "I'm not a DEM
oeraty" he saids but Wilson's all
TO the good and any--ousht to
be hung who hasn't backed him
up"
Two Of them, Johnson and Lough-
lin have suffered from German gas
and they express the sentiments OF
all.
The army hasn't any time for pol
itics. but every mothers son over
here is watching Minnesota and
North Dakota and the gallant fight
being made by the loyal people Of
thhese two states to down Townley,
tIi1dbergh, Frazier ana their pro-
German sympathizers; perhaps there
may be many men who are running
alnder the Townley label In both |
states who are loyal, but there are
fas many doubtless who are disloyal,
and the leaders who are all that
count anyway are so STEPPED in So
cialism and pro- Germanism, /. w. |
Nv. ism that if North Dakota and |
Minnesota surrenders to these dis |
lOyalists the boys over hers Will feel |
that they have had the props knock
ed out from under them, and the
next thing we may expect is that the |
traitors will be accepting a German |
peace with all OF us over here sold |
out
What gets us Is that you still have |
Huns who are out of Jail. or are |
aboYe the ground instead OF under
the sod.