The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-15
The Editors Mail Bag

To the Editor of The Forum:
The day the Nonpartisan party came into polit-
ical power in North Dakota by stealing the
machinery of the Republican party the Social
ist party, disappeared. We hear or know moth
ing now of any Socialist party. They are now
called Nonpartisans To me this seems hard
on my old true Republicans, and it seems so
strange to me that Republicans will stand for
it to have q like Townley and his five
lieutenants. plant their Socialist principles into
the body of the great Republican party. Why
should any Republican Democrat vote on No
vember 5th 1918, for any candidate that is not
a true republican, or a true Democrat? / am
not against any man that truely believes in the
Socialist principles so long as he comes out like
a man and says so then backs it up, but for the
man who disowns his party, and steals his way
into another party, then forces his principles on
to the states through said theft, have but
little respect
came to Morton county in April 1883, filed
on homestead lived seven years.
Uncle Sam was pleased to give us our home and
he did, free from taxes, for seven years if we
did not prove up before. He stood back of
all, and today all have splendid homes, and
are doing well. Why should turn all
our homes and everything have and worked
so hard for, and what Uncle Sam gave us,
just because Townley, with his five lieutenants,
sees a way through the Socialist principles to
take over all that the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties have accomplished since North
Dakota has become a state.
Republican principles have been, high pro-
erican citizen. Under the Democratic principles.
Our people called for free trade. Under these
two principles for so years have
lived. The nation from very poor start in
1865, has become the richest country on earth
We will be after this a country that will
be respected and loved by all free thinking peo-
pie of the earth. Why should any true Ameri-
can no matter what country he came from want
to change our state constitution? Have we not
all done well? Are not safer we are, than
to believe Towney and his lieutenants? That
we will do better, if we will turn everything
over to them, large school fund, and
let them run the state for us, doesn't look safe
to me.
Just a few questions. When you joined the
Nonpartisan league and you paid in your first
$8 fees, was is not true, that they said they
were out to help the producers? Later on $16
and later some bought in at 500. All done
to help and better the producers conditions.
That was your understanding.
Then is it not true this friend Of the farmers,
Mr.. Townley, and his lieutenants went to the
labor unions, and wanted them to join in on
this wonderful move in order that the laboring
mans conditions might be bettered?
Then is 1t not true the parties or their
friends mixed in with the /. w. W. and prom
ised them to go in and help them?
These the three questions think them over,
carefully Then ask yourself, how can Town
ley help the farmers that are producers, by max
ing laws that will befriend the farmers, that are
producers, and at the same time help the laborer,
who is the consumer, and the l. W. W., who
is parasite.
NV advice is, you have a sure thing, and have
all been doing well. It is a safer bet, to play
the same business game you have been playing,
than to let Townley fix new game up for
you."
New Salem, N. D., Oct. u.