Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-11-08
ROOSEVELT RAPS THE
NONPARTlSAN LEAGUE
Continued from page y

and from I. W. w.-ism at home.
THE l. w. w. leaders have
been convicted of dislOyalty to
America by Chicago jury. They
have preached and practiced sedi-
ton. A federal grand jury in
Kansas has just indicted the Or
ganization itself for plot to
overthrow the United States gov
eminent, establish reign of ter
ror and seize all property. Here
in Montana it has become a men,
ace to the mining, lumber and
farming interests, using lawless
violence and mob conspiracy as its
weapons and the federal authori-
ties have been gravely remiss in
falling to handle the situation
fearlessly and vigorously: yet 1t
was to the leader of this Organiza-
ton, w. D. Haywood, that the
secretary and one Of the MOVING
spirits Of the Non-partisan league,
wrote on April s, 1917, just as we
were going to war, and in his let
ter, a copy Of which ! hold In my
hand, he spoke Of this damned
war business and that u think the
H0ht should now be centered
against spy bills and conscrip.
tion.' In other words, these two
responsible officials of the l. w.
w. and NOn-partisan league were
proposing to fight measures to deal
with traitors and make our par
ticipation in the war effective.
Pro-Germans For Them.
mo patriotic American can afford
o support either organization and
my politician who 10 Joined up with
either 10 discredited. There 10 not 4
German abroad or 4 pro-German at
,ome, who does not wish success 70
he Nom partisan league as at present
and to the I. w. Wand
hey wish them success because they
ecoUnixs them a. anti-American and
% containing within them the threat
{ reducing this country to somewhat
he Same condition to which the BoI-
hevikism has reduced Russia. II
hese men had had their way year
go or II they had their way now, they
iOuld make our beloved country an
bject or scorna to all free nations and
byword by derisiOn for the foreign
espotisms, for these men, whether
merely by an evil fanaticism
r by more sordid motives are, natural
7 and inevitably. the enemies of
merica. just as L.enine and Trotzky
ere Of Russia. Whether consciously
r unconsciOusly, they play the game
the autOcratic governments that are
ostile to the United States and they
lould be repudiated by every far-see-
g and patriotic American.
To Those Misled.
II know well that there are null
titudes of honest and upright men
among the rank and file of the
Non-partisan league, just as there
are thousands Of good but mis-
informed men in the ranks Of the
l. w. w. Insofar as these men
have, and | believe they have.
just grievances Of which they COM
plain, 1t is our business actively
and affirmatively to strive for the
remedy of these grievances, and
when l say strive l mean not
merely hot air, but action. It Is
our business to act affirmatively
80 as to redress every just griey-
ance of the farmer and to show |
that we recognize that he is lit
orally the bedrock foundation Of
our whole American social system,
to remedy these things that are
wrong In the labor world which
force, here and there, bodies of
Workmen into the l. w. w., be-
cause they don't know where else
o go; but the leadership of both
he Non-partisan league and the
!. W. w. represent Bolshevikism
'ure and simple and nothing else"