The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-09-16

must be limited to keep production
with consumption In other words,
the Socialist doctrine says to the
individual Under no possible cir
cumstance shall you be allowed by
your own effort to acquire title to
your own home, but rather, the state
shall own the home, and you as ward
Of the state, may live upon the land
and pay rental to the stote.' Some So
cialists may disagree with this state
ment, but l have been unable to find
any authority on Socialism which
does not hold, as it's cardinal prin-
ciple, that land shall be the prop
erty of the community and not the
Individual. But the people Of the
ism and there was little progress
made in the development of the So
cialist party.
Socialist Leaders.
If there be any doubt as to wheth-
er or not any effort is being made in
this state to establish state Social
ism in full bloom with one stroke, as
IT were, one need only investigate the
llfe-long political affiliation and ac-
tlVities Of practically every man who
Is in charge Of any important work
or the Nonpartisan league, or even in
public office by endorsement of the
IoWnley machine. The last official
record of Townley's political faith,
prior to the birth of the Nonpartisan
league and the death of the Socialist
party, is his own registration affi-
daVit signed at Beach, North Dakota,
on the 18th day of April, 1914. A. E.
BoWen, Townley's chief speaker and
organizer, was twice a candidate for
governor on the Socialist ticket.
M. E. Elliott, at one time published a
radlcal Socialist paper at Minot, n. D.
Mr. Elliott was at one time state
manager for the Nonpartiasn league
In North Dakota, now employed at
headquarters at st. Paul, and his
place turned over to AxeI Strom Of
Williston, another avowed Socialist.
Most Of you will remember that some
years ago there resided in Minot,
n. D., Socialist lawyer by the name
or Arthur LeSueur. the man who took
quote a prominent part in behalf of
the l. w. W. at the time of the riots
at Minot some years ago. LeSueur
was Immediately employed by Mr.
ToWnley as chief COUNSEL for the
league, which position I understand
he still continues to hold.
And SO we have the president of
the league, the chief organizer, the
state manager and the chief counsel.
all radical Socialists.
i want to say just word further
about Mr.. LeSueur. This is the same
LeSueur, who in the summer of 1915
attempted to foist upon the farmers
OF this state a working agreement
whereby they should employ only
Lob t. gLY-s
undertaking before the I.tW. w. lodge
No. 400 at Kansas City, he said: If
we (meaning the l. w. W. can bring
about this agreement it will mean the
transferring of the balance of power
from the state government of North
Dakota to the Nonpartisan league
and the 1. w. W. You remember
that at a series of meetings held in
this state to ratify this agreement on
the part of the farmers, it was re-
jected. Now if there are any mem
bers Of the league present, want to
ask you if you really believe that
when LeSueur was in Kansas City,
trying to put through this agreement,
telling the members of the I. w. w.
that it meant the transferring of the
power Of the, state into their hands,
he was really working in fhe inter
Think it over and see if you can reach
any such conclusion. t. ."
Mills and Mrs. o'Hare.
For many years there was con-
Quoted at Girard, Kansas, a Socialist
school, where the simon-pure doc
trine of Socialism was supposed to be
taught to the students. And believe,
by the way, that Mr.. LeSheur was a
graduate OF that school and later on a
member of the faculty. This school
was under the direction of one Wal
ter Thomas Mills. Mrs. Kate Rich
ards O'Hare, the Socialist lecturer
and anti=wars -prepagandist, who was
convicted in the federal court at Bis
marck last spring, for the crime of
violating the espionage law and who
was sentenced to five years in the
state penitentiary at Jefferson City,
Missouri, was also graduate of that
school.
And I just want to say a word
here in connection with Mrs. O'Hare,
who was in my custody for short
time following her arrest and again
after her conviction at Bismarck. She
is woman of considerable natural
talent, possesses an active mind and
is quite a fluent speaker, but has the
most perverted ideas on governments
tai questions with which | have come
in contact. She says she owes all of
her education on these questions to
had attended her trial at Bismarck,
and saw and heard Mrs. O'Hare, /
could not help but think what a
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