Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-28
I WHAT The RECORD SHOWS

49, WoAt Tx nESOn1 oTSS"S
Omcials of the Nonpartisan league
are making desperate efforts to prove
1 themselves loyal to the United States
! government Other socialistic ag1ta
tors all over the country are similarly
h active, now that the law against sedi
tious utterances has been remodeled
and strengthened. In the case OF the
4 Nonpartisan leaguers, however, the
state Of Minnesota has been quite
active. Without waiting for national
LEGISLATION the courts there have been
sfndicting, trying and convicting dis
loyal persons, including several who
have been more or less prominent In
the Nonpartisan league.
Meanwhile the league continues It's
work Of organization and agitation IN
4 iowa and in several other states in
I GLIDING some in the east. It's greatest
ofRort is being made in Minnesota
where c. "A. Lindbergh, former con
FRESHMAN, is contrasting with Governor
Il "A. A. Burnquist for the republican
9ubernatorial nomination. Lindbergh
3 has the Nonpartisan leagues endorse
ment and many Of its ideas. Andeed'
he has written book yotcing mum
Der Of those ideas, many OF which In
& dictate a decided lack Of loyalty.
4 It is difficult for the leaguers to out
run the record Of opposition to the
government which they have made. In
some instances they are able to cover
up some of the facts, but others stare
them in the face continually. For in
stance, the action of the house In the
North Dakota legislature OF 1917 Will
not be forgotten soon.
On February II, last year less than
three weeks after Germany had inau-
Eurated her ruthless submarine war
fare, claimed authority over the
worlds seas and trampled roughshod
over the last remaining vestige of In
ternational Law which she had neglect
cd to break before that time. Repre-
sentative Anthony Walton, a Nonpar-
tisan league member Of the North Ia.
kota house, introduced joint resoi,,-
ton In that body, extracts from which
follow:
Whereas, there is danger that
the American nation In spite OF
the neutrality of its people, is
about to become involved In the
European war of human slaugh-
ter;
And whereas 1t has become ap-
parent that there is some invisible
force carrying on q press propa-
eanda to involve this nation in the
European conflict;
And whereas it is apparent that
the munition, armor and steel
plants and their allied interests
II. would be the gamers in such
conflict;
And whereas it is generally be-
lieved that the munition, armor
and steel plants are the parties
responsible for this propaganda;
Now, therefore, be 1t resolved
by the house Of representatives OF
the legislative assembly Of the
& state Of North Dakota, the senate
concurring therein, that we re-
spectfully petition the president
4 and congress of the United States
to do everything In their power
!, that can honorably be done to
avoid this nation being drawn In
20 the European conflict OF de-
0truction.
And we respectfully petition
he president and congress OF the
80 U0lIeU SLdleS U ud1utdAu o0oO
lutte neutrality, with neither favor
nor prejudice toward any OF the
unfortunate belligerent nations.
The house. which was controlled by
the Nonpartisan league and Is SO con-
trOlled today, adopted the resolution.
The senate, which had majority
against the Nonpartisan league be.
cause some Of the senators had held
over from the 1914 election, which an
tedated the Nonpartisan leagues or
ganisation refused to endorse the COW.
artlly. prOGerman, socialistic tone OF
the measure. Thus the honor OF North
Dakota was protected, but the Nonpar'
tisan league was far from satisfied.
Walton and his colaborers sent a
CODY Of the resolutions to Senator
Gronna at Washington and he duti-
fully read them into the COMPRESSION
I Il Record. There they stand, unde-
niable evidence Of disloyalty Of the
/ Nonpsrtisan league and eloquent an
swer to the eleventh hour protesta-
! lions Of Townley and his associates
who have reaped a considerable for-
time by farming the farmers
THE FLYING TANK
Dispatches describing the fight In
which Major Lufbery met his death
tell OF the thick arlnor which pro-
htected the German pilot and gunners
land enabled them to brave rain OF
bullets from several American ma
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