Morris tribune., 1918-06-28

"sPooNER AND THE D1sLoYAL VOTE"
spooner's dsloyal vote will ride him like "Old
Man of the Sea-
1t will weigh him down people come to fuller
understanding of what Townleysm would have meant
to this state and it will choke if
the senate from this district
The defeat of Lindbergh has caused thousands of
of Minnesota to look closely
and critically at the Non-Partisan League, and the
dirty slap which the League to Senate Knute Mel
the state nothing else could have done
into realization of the constituencies and disoyal pur-
poses of the League leaders, and who goes to
the state senate with this stigma of aliatng and COM
pounding with the League leaders fastened upon him
the object of the and contempt of his fellow
members.
Spooner might just we'll withdraw from the
atoral right now the benefit he will
to the 48h senatorial district Men who have fought
the good fight have repudiaed Townley and all his works
openly and consistently supported Governor Burn
quist Senator Nelson will want nothing to do with
Spooner
The Ortonville Journal, in discussing "Spooner and
the Dsloyal Vote points out facts that will deep
ly people this district they become better
known. Big Stone county has had some real trouble
with dsoyalists-a prominent citizen of Odessa and
also the county attorney being trial for dis
loyalty The editor of the Journal does not regard the
Lindbergh vote as criterion truly disloya
VOTE but goes the say
But the man who to- the poles last Monday
deliberately cast his vote for JAS A. Petersonthe
convicted of disoyalty the who the chief
supporter of the ST. Paul and Minneapolis American
paper organized for the sole of spreading
German propaganda (and by the there several
willing contributors to the in this neck of the
woods, of the cash donations running high
$10O)-can be classed nothing more or less than
ally of the Kaiser who is doing his utmost to stab
fighting in the back and hinder government
in every way possible -|
Another matter worthy of the attention of the
Iowa community time a
of the Peterson disoylty vote and the vote
ceved by L. c. Spooner the Nonpartisan league candi
the senate from this district shown by
the table of returns to be found in another column.
1.-The Journal did feel justified in stating previ
GUS to election that Spooner was disloyal
candidate However the returns
show that Spooner must have appealed and did receive
practically the support that given to Peterson
and which in opinion is really proGerman vote
The vote in Odessa township Is good exampe-Peer-
son. 5 Spooner S. The vote close in several
precincts with Spooner slightly in the lead in the county
"It would seem to us that the farmers Of the coun-
try who have been msled by Townley and his gang of
organizers into believing that the Nonparsan League
is an organization solely benefit of the farmers
would awake to the fact that it far done
nothing than act political campaign commit
tee the most rabid of disoya1 candidates. If Town
ley in reality working for the best interest of the
farmer and at heart loyal American could he not
found not under sentence for the lowest Of
crimesthat Of disloyalty to the country which
him all that he has-upon whom to confer his endorse
men candidate for of the highest and in
uental positions within the gift of the peopecoud
ne not have found loyal American in the state
of Minnesota whom to confer his endorsement
the governorship and so on down the line.
1.-THE day will no doubt come when hundreds of
Minnesota farmers will realize that their $1,000
bershp fee in the League nothing less than
a contribution to assist in spreading the gospel of
kaiserism.'
Peterson did not carry any of the precincts of Big
Stone county. For the most part he received few
scattering votes here there as also Spooner
he showed special strength in Akron and Prior
these also the precincts which Spooner
showed special strength and the only gave
Peterson 49, spooner 49, Odessa 55, Spooner
Sc; Prior Peterson 49, Spooner so.
II We last week pointed out that Peterson carried