The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-05
WITH THE EDITORS
THE CAMPAIGN AS OTHERS SEE 1T
Break Up That Offensive!

Break up Ihat Uffenslve!
Il The Nonpartisan league, evading the corrupt
practises law by the plea that it is not "a political
party and therefore not amenable to the pains
and penalties ofthat law, is pouring out in Mime
sofa the money it has collected from farmers of
this and other states Its objective is the nonlin-
alton of it's candidates at the approaching pri-
maries, and especially of Lndbergh, author Of the
[disloyal book, why Is Your Country at War"
\ Details were given in The Journals news COL
|umns yesterday of this ''Hindenburg offensive"
against the good name and future security of
the Commonwealth. The plan and purpose is to
break through the line of loyalty, to roll back
thesallied defenders fmilitant patriotism, o af-
fict Minnesota with that same dream of 'ipdus-
trial democracy" which has wrecked Russia.
While the p1riptic citizens of this state are
concentrating eySky tnefty on help4g to win the
war, this subsidized attack in the rear threatens
refused to renominate man like Governor Burn
quist, because he has been an aggressively loyal
Executive
There are enough staunch patriots in Mime
sofa, and to spare, to put this Nonpartisan often
sive to rout. But the reserves must be organized,
and the state must be indicated.
This calls for volunteers and quick work.
There is no great mopeyed Organization back Of
Burnquist no army Of Solicitors working on fat
commissions to gather fees and political support,
no huge fund to hire glib takers and paste fashy
bills on the boards. T@F, iF*f *
The duty of the moment is for every loyal
Minnesotan, regardless Of political affiliations, to-
constitute himself Burnquist committee of one,
and go to work.
. Some hasty organization is possible. For ex-
ample, if the hard working statesmen who travel
over the state were to get together on simple
plan for spreading the gospel of sound patriotism
everywhere, they could accomplish great things.
The nomination Of Lindbergh would be more
than disgrace-it would be great misfortune.
His disloyal book alone condemns him. In it he
said, for example, on page 25:
It has indeed been humiliating to the Ameri-
can people to see how the wealth-grabbers, own
ers of the ''big press" actually attempt by sour
rilous editorials and specially prepared articles
to drive the people as if they were lot of cattle
to buy bonds, subscribe to the Red Cross, to reg
lister for CONSUMPTION, and all the other things.
Shall the man who could write that be NOM
mated for governor Of Minnesota? He has neither
explained repudiated nor apologzed for that book.
He and his Nonpartisan hackers ignore it. They
hope to "get by with the loyal, while gathering
behind them the support Of the dsloyal.
The emergency calls for an omnipartisan coun-
ter attack to rout this Nonpartisan offensive.
The potters against Minnesota's good name are|
bringing mot the republican primary all sorts of
supporters socialists, PROF. Germans w. w. plot
tiers, demagogues, radicals, Missionaries and poll
tical Bolsheviki. It is no time for good loyal
democrats, or patriotic men Of any party what
soever, to daily with sdeshows. Their duty is
to get into the fray where the main issue is to
be decided, to work for Burnquist and on June II
to vote in the republican primary for hm-Min-
neapolis Journal.