The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-20
SLOPE COUNTY
COUNCIL WOULD
BAN LINDBERGH
Asks State Council of Defense to
Back Up Resolutions Pro-
hibiting Politics
ACTIONS WERE RlDICULED
Want Apology from League Can
didate for Legislature for
Playing Politics
ACTIONS WERE RlDICULED

rearing that an address hy u. A.
Lindbergh, scheduled for AmidOn on
Friday may create trouble, T. NJ. Ag.
new, secretary of the Slope county
council OF defense and of the draft
board, called upon the state council
today to enforce resolutions adopted
by the council and ratified by the
people prohibiting political speeches
in Slope county. The Slope county
also demands that Del Patterson Of
Renville, Nonpartisan legislator, be
compelled to apologize for ignoring
these resolutions and stating that the
men who drafted them ought to be
hitcheed up with a mule and driven
down Main street, and that is about
the worst thing that could say for
the mule" w
The Resolutions.
The resolutions recite that "Wher.
as the citizens Of Slope county have
made the winning OF the war the para.
mount and sole issue of their efforts,
and whereas political party meetings
and speeches are being thrust upon
the public against their wishes and
consent, tending to destroy and de-
feat the efficiency Of the war organi-
cations, now, therefore, be 1t resOlv-
ed by the county council of defense
that oil political party meetings and
speeches be prohibited within Slope
county for and during the continuation
of the present war, and that copy
of these resolutions be submitted to
each and every political party and
every political party speaker coming
into the county" ..i
Patterson RidicuIes Board.
j. H. Sinclair OF Kenmare, N0nparti-
san candidate for congress lin the
Third district. and Del Patterson Of
Renville, q NOnpartisan member Of
the house, were billed to speak at
Amidon this week They were pre-.
sentedscopies Or the resolution %snd
Sinclair seemed disposed to abide ny
them. With this understanding, Sheriff
w. ]. johnson, chairman of the coun.
ty council, allowed the speakers the
use OF his hall, the presumption befT,g
that they would confine themselves
to patriotic subjects: Patterson made
use OF the opportunity, to ridtcule the
county council OF defense and its It.
forts and to 2deride the ,sdrafters Vt
the resolution; in addition 10 making
q typical, red, hot Nonpartissn talk Is
+ 10 Well Organized. a;%
The Slope county council Of defense
was one of the first to cO:plete q
thoroughly efficient organization un.
der the direction of the state council Of
Defense and it has been pointed out
to other counties as a model. In de-
clining affiliation with the Home De-
fense League" an organization which
has headquarters at Fargo, with Smith
Stimmel as secretary, the Slope county
ty council recently wrote: Every
person over the age Of 16 now is en-
rolled as member of the county cOun
Gil Of defense and has signed the card
of affirmation in support OF the United
States and its government. We are
affiliated with the state council Of
defense, and we feel that your work
must more or less duplicate its ef-.
forts, and we do not believe that any
thing would be gained through JOIN
ing with you
Organization Of Council.
Sheriff W. J. johnson is chairman,
Mrs. H. v. Wyman, head of the w0-
mems committee of the council Of de.
tense, is vice chairman; ]. S. Doug.
las, county treasurer, is treasurer;
r. NJ Agnew, secretary Of the draft
board, is secretary. The advisory
committee Is made up as follows:
Legal affairs c. P. Brownlee; agricnl-
ture and labor, Charles Eastgate; ed
ucation, Mrs. H. H. Bond; child wei
fare, Mrs. G. P. Brownlee; patriotic
organization, publicity, transportation
and commercial economy, T. NJ. Ag-
new; health and Red Cross relief,
Fred White; Y. NJ. C. A. and X. Of c.
M. J. Connolly, publisher Of the Slope
County News; Liberty loan, c. P. Alli-
son; War Savings Stamps, c. H. Dale;
food administration, T. r. Kelly; Four
Minute Men, A. B. Landquist.