The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-04-11

one else, there should always be some
evidence that shows what we state re-
late to facts; rambling statements and
exaggerated ideas get you no place.
And again l cite that for for this sea-
son he will not submit himself to be-
ing questioned Neither will he debate
it. He wishes to discuss it alone and
undisturbed. Mr.. Farmer, it matters
not who may bring out the facts, be
1t or any other man, if this meeting
would have demanded of him to allow
me to question this Creature OF dis
rest) known as Brinton, fully and to
my entire satisfaction as he agreed,
YOU possibly would have accomplish.
ed mething. You took no chances
and to all there, there was only one
that did not want questions asked and
that was this ''Sappy Brinton." And
the chairman seemed to be dead from
the shoulders up. He never peeped,
he has become so artful and efficient
in acting the part of the dummy IN
his legislative (activitiesD Steady
now, hold 'er-that it is now second
nature for Pussy-foot Bob. Why, the
devil is "a has-been and piker when
it comes to handing out rough stuff
as compared with this Creature OF
dfsrest) and his supporters. Fair play
is the mark of good sport and no
honest man will object to it, and will
demand it many times without being
asked for it. There is going to be no
hedging and no soft pedaling here.
Going to get down to business and tell
YOU Just some of the things that were
said and done at this meeting:
He raved and raved as we have said
for hours, in his Mother-Hubbard talk,
covering everything and touching
nothing. We heard all about the steel
trusts and the prices and profits made
by them. He told us zone steel COM
pany made $70,O00,000 the year before
we were in war; and when war started
they called the directors together and
raised the price of steel from $29 per
ton to $92 per ton making an advance
profit of $63 per ton, and made $780,
100000 the next year. Where did 1t
go? Robbing corporations making mil
lions make it hard for us to raise
wheat. And gasoline has gone up,
Irvine. shoes and other things. We
claim these organizations are pro'Ger-
man. We are compelled to take mon
ey out of the children's savings banks
to buy War-Saving stamps to pay for
biz prices the government has to pay
for steel. The reason why we have
to buy Liberty Bonds is because the
government pays all the money for
excessive profits to Du Pont Powder
Co. and other corporations. The Du
Pont Powder Co. made $4,000, 900 last
year." | don't want to 60 to jail or
could tell you more, he said.
=. Now | submit to any reasonable
man. how far, and in what way, does
such talks assist? And who do they
assist?
Allow me to quote from Hon. Judge
Wade OF Des Moines, Iowa: Three
things we need, men, money, and spir-
II, If we keep the spirit up we will
have the men and money. II we don't
win the war we can't have these re.
forms We, won't be even permitted to
suggest them. Every American citi.
zen is one one side of the other. The
aim of the socialists is to plant the
seed of suspicion in the heart of one
man against another. And man who
persists in dividing our people, FOR
ANY CAUSE, that man Is an enemy
to this country whether he knows 1t
or not" Let us look at some of the
advice from General Pershing, at the
front: 81 will smash the German line
in France If you will smash the damn
able Hun propaganda at home"
Now | am, going to say right here
too, that the seditious agitator is no
more a traitor than the coward who
sits in sils.,ce during this great crisis
in our national existence. There is
but one live and burning issue before
us today, and that is the winning OF
the war. We must now show our
faith in the honesty, integrity and
Judgment of our national admintstra-
tion, I must condemn all agitation
which seeks to arouse class prejudice
and dfstrust of faithful and dutiful
pubic officials. With regret and
sne,ne we are compelled to recognize,
that there is disloyalty and sediticn
in Mclean county. AnI some CT our
citizens have been duped and deceived
by German propagandists under the
guise, OF socialists, Nonpartisan league
ard .f,0nsun1ars', limited StOreSs Co or.