The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-03
YELLOW PAINT
AT RAyMER

biuciaUtc CONVERSATION anu sOOd
deal OF excitement in our little viii
lage the past week
The Enterprise does not wish to
add to any feeling. nor to shield any
one responsible fer the deed.
We have not The slightest idea of
who did the deed. blt just from its
nature suspect that 1t was lot of
boys who hardly stopped to weigh
the gravity or the significance Of
yellow paint
We have not heard business man
Of the town express hmself upon the
incident who did not condemn the
act in some degree.
The term yellow has been in the
past applied to sensasinEalisn. brt
since the war il has taken on the
added meaning OF dislo ,alty---a Sc
Tious charge-one not to be made
without the best OF reason.
We have had several discussions
with the victim Of the Sunday even
ing incident. we have differed with
him vitality. but We lave not heard
him say anything which would just
tfy us in calling him disloyal, any
more than cur conversation would
Justify a similar charge against us.
The man accused tii that term is
permissiblele has bot ght OF bonds,
and war stamps. donated to the va
ri0us W.T. activities as generously as
he was able. allowing that We are
competent to Judge.
The incident has again brought
to the front the idea that the Non
partiaan League ; moi as loyal as 1t
should be.
Let it lie stated. oacc for all, that
50 far as Lc..l membership is con-
cerned. there is no more loyal body
Of men In this country anywhere.
We claim to be as loyal as they
are, but NOT more SO. We agree with
them a. to some OF the evils of which
they complain. but believe that many
mot alD gof the remedies proposed
are not remedies at all, but poisons
Which will work harm rather than
sood.
While believing all Of this. we
still endorse the objection to all vio-
lencs and mob law. II the League is
wrong. the more they talk and the
louder they talk, the sooner will the
people find them out and the organ
ixation will die; IL they are. right
long life will be theirs and We will
oil benefit by the triumph Of justice.
Neither should our partisan
friends expect to escape charges OF
the kind when the public print is
daily bringing to US charges Of sim
liar incidents other places.
The Norfolk News OF October lst
tells Of candidate being run out of
town at Witen, s. D., by the people.
Today's Rocky Moutain News tells
OF a place at Boulder being wrecked
because an organizer Of the League
had charged from $l.00 to l.5O for
filling out questionnairs. and a mob
took the matter in hand.
Our Non-partisan friends say the
first mob acting in Dakota was
wrong, the latter at Boulder might
be right. Probably both mobs thot
they were justified in their acts; we
say In both instances II would have
been better to let the law deal with
the situation.
It seems that the League has been
stung by some bad organizers. A
year ago II we had questioned the
wisdom Of following Maxwell The
League would have said we were
against the farmers, but tody II we
listen to him and give credenee to
him. we are still against the farm
err. A year ago we were advised
that Agnes Riddle, farm woman
Of great ability would be in this sec
tion to speak for the League. but
when week or so later we were
told that she had taken the other
side Of the matter we were assured
that she did not amount to much
and was q dangerous sort OF person
In any event. Now we think Senator
Riddle q good average woman OF
good share Of ability. and not very
likely to be fooled. and we are more
certain that she could not be bought.
However. she must have been fooled
once, for she has been on both sides
Of the League and we think It inev-
liable that she must have been mis-
taken when on one side or the other.
We could illustrate our point by
men not far from Raymer, but we
think we have made our point plain
by the instances pointed out.
Time alone will tell which poll