The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-03-20

which has publicly announced that it
is its intention ultimately to take the
farms from the farmers, whose head
quarters since the commencement Of
the war have been raided by the fed
eral government and whose members
are now taking refuge in such organ.
izations as the National Nonpartisan
league
League Inimical to Farmers
"Now, under such circumstances,
the farmers of Minnesota, who have
been threatened with the loss Of their
farms, who have time and again been
compelled to appeal to peace officers
for protection against members Of this
lawless, anarchistic organization, can
now join a league with promoters
whose sympathies have been with this
law breaking bolshevik element Of u
society, is well night incomprehensi-
BILE. The only explanation that can be
given is the fact that some Of the lead
ers and organizers Of the Nonpartisan
league r evidently not yet known as
well to the farmers and laborcrs Of
our state as they are to those who
have had more experience with them.
"Another reason for declining your
invitation, is the possibility Of con-
STRUNG my presence at your partisan
campaign rally, by some, as an in
dorsement Of your propaganda. It is,
Of course, the duty of the governor to
be fair to all classes, and to oppose
any program which is apt to result in
a division of our state into classes.
Such arraying Of class against class
would be welcomed by the enemies Of
our republic, for such a course will
tend to defeat Ii nation in this war,
Eventually mean the dissolution of our
form of government and the under
mining of the economic and political
freedom ofour people. He who, in nor
NAL times, needlessly arrays class
against class, is most often the am
bitiou demagogue, but any individual
who will do SO when Jul nation is in
a life and death struggle is knowing
ly or unknowingly a traitor to his
state and to his country.
"In declining TO speak at your par
TVS rally, I wish to say further that
for me there II during this war but
two parties, M composed of the 10y
alists and the other of the disloyalists.
The only party whose cause I shall
strive at this time to advance is the
party composed Of those Americans
who heart and soul are loyal to their
country. The oaly issue that to me is
paramount at this time is the winning
Of this war, and that cannot be done
"if our house is to be divided against
ITSELF" through false accusations on
the part of political agitators such as
those who head your organization.
Opposes Antiwar Agitators.
"The only party and politicians
whom I am in this campaign going tc
oppose r that party and those poll
~ticians who for party purposes by in
nuendo or otherwise, are discouragine
our people by claiming that this is a
war begun by the rich, or that the
burdens of the conflict will fall more
heavily in one class than in another
or make statements which in some
other way will lengthen the conflict
by creating dissatisfaction at home
and thus indirectly caue the death Of
additional thousands, if not millions
of Jul fellow citizens on European
battlefields.
eve all agree that our war prof.
teers should be dealt with as drasti.
cally as it is possible to deal with
them, but it cannot be said that this
is ga. rich mans war;, for those who
; ! have gained most from it would have
made greater profit if the United
States had MOI entered it. E
81 hold no brief for any class, but
to make the farmers or laboring mer
believe their sons are Disseminated
against in this war, as implied in YOU
statement of principles, is treasonablt
conduct, for the: rich mans sons arr
conscripted propostionately to a great
err extent than the sons Of farmer:
and laborers.
Farmers Most Favored.
"This is apparent ebcause of the ex'
!, emption of those needed to support
their dependents, and the exemption
allowed because Of agricultural AMI
industrial pursuits. Up to this dat
, about S per cent of the male popula