The Montana nonpartisan. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1918-192?, 1918-11-30

Old. HORSE THIEVES AND BOR.
LSO GOOD BYE.
fairs were administered for the
benefit Of 4 few prominent citi-
zens and as 4 useful adjunct to
the State political machine Of the
dominant party, there is a house
cleaning toward, and what a :
house cleaning! County politics
will be divorced from the asses
sing Of property and tolerance of
the blind-pig. One of the most
thriving industries Of our north
ern counties also is in for q severe
jolt, quotations on Horse Thieves
Inc.," are reported to be very
feeble since the election and the
operators of this once popular out
door sport have been observed
folding their tents like the prov
erbial Arabs and gum-shoeing ST.
lently, if sadly away. There are
good many urgently needed re-
forms in County administration
coming also. The League did it.
TWO YEARS WORK.
just two years ago solitary Or
ganizer entered this State with Or
ders from the farmers of North Da-
kota to begin the foundation work for
the Nonpartisan league in Montana.
Robert Burns Martin was that man;
with infinite patience he wove the
scattered strands together, financed
by those other farmers of our sis
ter state who had already tasted the
benefits of Nonpartisan organization
and who were dead anxious to have
their fellow workers throughout the
nation participate in the advantages
ACQUIRING to them. Martins effort met
with success from the start and then
came others, a state office was es-
tablished and under the management
of D. c. Dorman ably seconded by the
efficient and kindly Kathryn Kenny,
staff of organizers began to travel
the State. The work was begun.
DEADLY OPPOSITION.
Needless to say just as soon as the
felt the dark forces who had ruled the
Treasure State for so long took action.
Under cover of patriotic motives they
sought to suppress the clean young
giant growing in their midst, quick
er to scent danger to their continued
misrulc than are the workers to lay
hold of something for THEIR advan-
tage, they organized throughout the
State into Loyalty Leagues, American
Defence Associations, and Home
Guards, whose ostensible purpose was
to uphold the sacred dignity Of patri-
otic motive and to safeguard the home
sections from enemies against the U.
S. who were supposed to be as thick
as ticks in the woods but who, as a
matter of fact, were enemies of moth
ing save organized greed and copper
rule. A campaign of lies ,lecherous
lies, began to defile the columns Of
the daily press, and newspapers who
should blush to remember it, printed
large cuts of the Stars and Stripes
under who's folds they promulgated
their basest libels.
The outporings of the suborned
press however, got them nothing, still
the organizers prosecuted the work of
the League and still the Organization
grew so that the Employers Associa-
tion head and front of reaction in this
State, in it's executive end, sought
to stem the tide by the publication of
a brochure "A Solar plexus punch for
your Business" written as the title
would naturally suggest. we are in
formed, by that ex-fight-fan j. II. Nc
Jntosh, State Secretary OF the Associ~
alton. Business men and workers
were solemnly warned against the
League, it was unpatrotic, disloyai,
pro -german and Bolshivist, it was all
that was vile and Dad, it should be
avoided at all cost, but still the farm
ers enrolled and still the organization
grew Great work the League has al
ready done in this STATE. alone, j! has
shown the people how disgustingly RI
bald the gang-press can become when
its masters put on the pressure,
people have come to regard the pub
lie press in it's true light and to hold
whatsoever, until authentic inforna-
ton can be gained through the
meagre channels still left open. thoSe
few honest newspapers owned Hy the
League or the Organized Workers
VIOLENCE BROUGHT TO BEAR
At the end of their tether the rcac-
tionary forces, the old gang, brought
into being the last resource of the
cApioitcr, they turned to violence, Or
ganjzers "ere whipped, threatened
with death, degraded III an unspeak
able manner, deported and brought Ia
trial on false pretenses and fake
charges. under the specious plea Of
seditious remarks they were hailed
INFO court. only to be dismissed
and arrested again. Meetings were
brokcd up and men intlmidated ant
all in the name of patriotism and pub
L. safety, But in spit of it all The