The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-05
PROTEST THE LEAGUE
HOLDING ITS MEETING
George Creel Is An Aid to the
Nonparty Scheme
wire OF JACKSON MAN
Official In That County Sends
An Objection to Presi-
dent Wilson
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Dixon Williams, representative OF
the federal committee on public in
formation, arrived in Minnesota Fri
day to speak for the Nonpartisan
league in Martin county next Tuesday
and in jackson county next Wednes-
day, Mr.. Williams Saturday after
noon interviewed members of the
State Safety commission and said that
within few hours after entering the
state he had learned many things he
did not know about the Nonpartisan
league and that since he had learned
them, he had decided he did not care
to make loyalty speeches under aus
pces of that organization.
Washington, April Protests
have been lodged with President Will
son and Attorney General Gregory
against the committee on public in
formation sending speakers to
Minnesota to appear at Nonpartisn
league meetings arranged by league
leaders who have been indicted for
alleged seditious utterances.
E. H. Nicholas, county attorney of
Jackson county, sent. telegram to
the president about meeting sched-
uled for Lakefield on Wednesday.
A copy of the message was transmit
ted to the department of the justice
and it is understood that a ruling by
the attorney general was expected
Monday.
Meeting Termed as Political.
In addition to objecting to the
government fostering meetings ar
2 ranged by persons VINO the authors
ties of Jackson county believe to be
disloyal, Mr.. Nicholas has protested
that the Creel committee has no bus
mess furnishing speakers for any kind
of political meeting. He holds the
Nonpartisan meetings to be political
in character
When the protest was carried to
the speakers division of the Creel
committee, the director, Arthur Bes-
ter, said he knew nothing about the
arrangements and referred the in
quirer to George Creel, who was in
strumental in sending William Kent,
member of the federal tariff COM
mission, to address the recent Nom
partisan convention in st. Paul.
CreeI Defender of League.
Later it was said in Mr. Bester's
office that Dixon C. Williams of Chi
cago is to appear under the auspices
of the committee on public informa-
ton and is working in way with
the Nonpartisan league"
The committee has received a. num-
Der of kilograms condemning the
league for it's activities against the
war.
Creel is an ardent defender of the
NonpartiSan league. 1t was he who,
last fall, arranged an interview with
the president for A. C.. Townley,
president of the league, and tried to
arrange one with Herbert Hoover,
the food administrator, but was
turned down.
Refers to Pending Case.
Jackson, Mimi, April Recently
representatives of the Nonpartisan
league approached Sheriff Lee of this
county and inquired if he would OBJ
ject to meeting under the auspices
of the league at which speakers fur
nished by the Creel bureau would
speak. The sheriff told the represent
atiyes that they knew the feeling of
the people of this vicinity regarding
furnish protection in the event the
meeting should be held he replied he
would obey the law in that regard.
Following the assurance that the
NOnpartisan league would make
every effort to hold the meeting at
Lakefield Wednesday, kilograms OF
protest to the Creel bureau and to
President Wilson were dispatched.
According to County Attorney
Nicholas, who drew up both messages
the Nonpartisan league is making an
effort to obtain government speakers
to aid them in the fight against pros
ecution of certain officers of their
organization who are under indict-
ment on disloyal charges here
Safety Board Resigns.
st. Paul, April 1.-Wabasha coun-
tvs safety board has rendered its
resignation to the Minnesota Public
Safety commission and Governor
Burnquist and following notice that
the designations have been accepted
d. C. Mckenzie of Wabasna, the coun-
ty seat, chairman of the board, says
the loyal citizens of Wabasha county
are now preparing to organize against
disloyalty as represented by the Nom
partisan league in the county.
The designations were presented
two weeks ago, according to Mr. Nc
Kenzie, with the explanation that the
board felt it could not do it's duty by
>the county until it received better
support.
1.-THE designations are not because
the officers and members do not care
to be identified with the work." said
Mr.. Mckenzie, "but because they feel
more drastic methods must be intro
duced for the protection of WabaSha
county.
Nonpartisan organizers nave sew
eral times been stopped from HOLDING
meetings at Lake City and other
points in the county.
st. Paul, April Loyal farmers
over the state are lining up agains
the socialist-labor ticket of the Non
partisan league as represented il
their counties and it is indicated in
some counties where the league re-
CARDS itself as secure there will be
concerted drive to prevent the cleo
ton of league candidates.
j. N. Gould of Worthington, Mobiles
county, came to St Paul Saturday t.