Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-10-18
ROOSEVELT RAPS
THE \. P. LEAGUE
AT BILLINGS
Denounces Leaders as ANTI.
American and BOlshevisticS
Before Large Crowd.
Declares There Is Not q Pro-
German in the Nation That
Does Not Wish Success fer
the TOwnley Movement.

denounced the leadership OF tho Non.
partisan league aR anu-AmerlcAn end Il
Bolshevistle and a menace to the
Democratic institutions OF the United
States. He drew attention to the \
crimes for which the l. w. W. leaders /
were recently convicted and then read |
from 3 letter Of the secretary OF the !
Son-partisan league to William ID. |
Haywood. In which the phrase this |
canned war" was used and fight on |
cOnscription and anti-spy bills was ad-
veeated. The coloneIs words were
unanimously applaudsd time after
time.
After speaking about the farmers
just complaints and declaring that they
must be ramedled by either state or
federal action. the Colonel declared
that sst0 introduce state socialism as
q relief FER these conditions would re-.
auIe In nothing but widespread darn
age" He continued:
Ne Was Deceived.
u have NO keen feeling about this
Injustice to which the farmers were ex-
posed here In the northwest that when
the Non-partisan league first appeared
I was inclined 10 welcome Il and TO
believe In It and wished 20 cooper
ats with II. 1t was with real reluct'
ancs that was Obliged to believe that
| the leadership that controlled IL was
Of such = character AZ to threaten this
| country with evils analogous 70 those
1 which came from BOlshevikIsm abroad
and from l. w. w.-lsm at home.
i THE /. w. w. leaders have
been convicted OF disloyalty to
America by a Chicago jury, They
have preached and prRctlced sedi-
ton. federal grand jury In
Il Kansas has just Indicted the or
ganizatiOn itself for plot 70
overthrow the United States gov
ernment, establish a reign OF ter.
ror and seize all property. Here
!, Ia Montana Il has become q men.
ace 10 the mining, lumber aud
farming interests. using lawlesn
violence and mob conspiracy AZ It's
. weapons and the federal authOri-
! ties have been grmvely remiss In
! failing TO handle the situation
! fearieasly aud vigorously; yet IL
: was to the leader Of this organixa-
ton. w. p. Haywood, that tbs
secretary and 0Re % the moving
spirits Of the Non-partlsan league,
wrote on April 5, 1917, just as we
!. were going 70 war, and In HE let
+ ter, = copy Of which I hold In my
Z hand he spoke Of 'thls damned
war business and that q think the
: fight should now be eentered
against spy bills and eonserip-
r tlon.' In other words. these TIVE
responsible officials Of the ]. W.
W. and Non-partiHan league were
4 proposing TO tight measures TO deal
e with traitors and make our par
: tIciphtlon In the war effective.
. Pro-0ermans Fer Them.
9 -No patriotic American can affoFi
. 10 support either organization an
any politician who 10 Joined w vsas
either 10 dIseroditsd. There 10 net
= German abroad or a pro-GsrmAn
home, who does not ~ish success .
= the Mon-partisan league 40 mt prsssr
o. eontrollsd, and 20 the !. w. Wan
= trey Wien them success because the
- recaonlxa them 90 an9I-AweTiean an
= ~ containing within them the thrsa
ia OF reducing thIs country 20 soFnssvhs
n the came condition 70 which the De
ahsvlklsm has reduced Russia.
thase men had had their way yes
age or " they had their way now. the
would make our beloved country
Z. object or scorn to all free nations 80
+ q
Cd deapotisma, for these men, WhetH'
80 actuated merely by an evil fanatics
re or BY more soFdid motives are, naiura
30. IL and Inevitably. the enemies
W America. lust a. LsnlBe aud TrGtzA
waFa of Russia. Whether conscious
o. uneonselouaiy. they play the gan
of the autocratfc governments that =
hostile 60 the United states aud IN
should be repudinted by every faF~ss
ing and patriotic American.
To Those Misled.
II know well that there are null
fttudea If honest and upright men
am0nR the rank and file VI tins
won.partIsau league. just as there
are thousands OF good but mis-.
informed men In the ranks Of the
4 w. w. Insofar M these men
have. and I believe they have
lust grievances Of which they c0fn.
plain, It IL our business actively
and affIrmativeiy % strive for ilss
remedy of these Grievances. an1
when / say strive ! mean moi
merely not air but aetton. II 4
our business 20 act affirmauveiy
so as 10 redress every just gTieV'
ance Of the farmer and 70 sh0ss
that we recognize that be IL ht
orally the bedrock foundation a
our whole American social system
10 remedy these things that Ar
wrong Ia the labor world which
force herf and there. bodies Q
aarkmen Into the l. W. W, Be
cause they don't know where els
20 go. but the leadership Of bot
the Non-paFtiaan I@ague and -
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