The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-19
In THE OPEN FORUM
A Column Devoted To The Task OF
Keeping Up With The Views OF
The North Dakota Editors.

The Mandan Pioneer asks Mr.. Nee
"How about it?" as follows:
Congressman Norton states his
case against Representative Mees
in q manner that will require the
gentleman to do more explaining
than was contained in his article
in The Glen Ullin News, which
dealt with a. denial Of a combine
with Hall and Pendray. Really
the people don't care so much
about these stories Of political
wire pulling. What they want to
know, and what they have a right
to know is whether Mees opposed
Norton because he was for Am
erica rather than for Germany in
this war. Mees cautiously left
any reference to this charge out
Of his answer, and by so doing
let's the public draw its own con-
illusions. It Is up to Mees and
any other candidate for Office to
come out bodily and endorse
Norton's attitude on the war, and
his vote against Germany. Nor
ton county, nor any other section
Of the United States. is going to
permit a man to take an office
who is trying to side-step the
loyalty question. More than that
he must come out and support
England. for he who is an enemy
of England or France Is no less
an enemy Of this country. Eng
land is sending her sons right
into the thick Of the battle and
they are fighting and dying for
us, and the man who tries to be
for America, and yet against
A. -. ~
try. There are no half way meas
ures. If any man. Mees or any
one else, wants the pro-German
vote let him come out fatty and
say so. People are not going to
be camoufiaged by a politician
who wants TO straddle, nor are
they going to be satisfied with a
candidates loyalty because he
buys or sells Liberty bonds, or
subscribes to the Red Cross. He
has got to come out fatty and
denounce every pro-German in
the country. even though it's his
own neighbour. and he has got to
keep IL up until the last vote Is
counted, and then on indefinitely.
The Cavalier County Republican
alls attention to the Liberty Loan
rive in this way:
Liberty Loan bonds and War
Savings stamps pull shoulder to
shoulder these next few weeks.
The War Savings men and wom-
en- are careful not to get in the
way Of bond sales. and at the
same time they plan to check up
industriously on those who are
unable to take Liberty bonds, and
to round them up on the War
Savings stamps. IncidentaIlv.
they viii get in touch with 4
good many bond buyers who also
with their spare change can buy
great many War Savings
stamps. BY the way. are you
living up to the pledges you made
10 your War Saving club. and IL
you didn't join a War club. are
you putting aside a little money
each day or each week for Thrift
Stamps?
The Havana Union discusses the
between the Norma rtfsan
saEue and the Red Cross. az fol-
1ws.
A new Nonpartisan joke sprung
on the people in Minnesota h
that the success of the big Red
Cross sale here was due to that
organization. We are from Miss
ouri when ii comes to that and
will have to be shown wherein
Townleyigm had anything % do
with II. The brand OF patriotism
demonstrated In Havana and
surrounding country Is a pure
unadulterated. 100 per cent kind
and we do not have any use for
that Of the ToWnley variety.
DEBATE HONOR I'd STAKE.
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