The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-07-12
North DAKOTA. .IssDisLOYAL.

S We North Dakotans read Of the
terrible state Or confusion and anarchy
10 Russia and wonder why the people Of
that country do not rise ID their strength
and shake of the invaders. shake of the
lBoshiyikiS and other Socialistic fads and
forces and form i real Republican
government. as
And yet we, the majority Of North
.Dakotans. are doing the same thing
politically, and for the same reason.
We are divided into factions, mostly
based on past and gone issues, while the.
enemy is united.
We have through political confusion
artfully planned and stimulated by Nom
partisan propaganda, allowed them to
take charge Of the departments OF the
state, though We had their own state.
ments that they proposed to use all state
and school funds and to bond the state
to- the very limit for the expressed pur-
pose OF going into all sorts Of private
and public business, all of which busi-
ness they openly declare is to be run il
the interests Of one class Of people and
obviously against the business Of all
other classes.
Farther, through our want Of union
among ourselves, we have allowed the
enemy to SOW tdfes while we slept Of
fought each othsr. until today the loyal
citizen when abroad is ashamed to say:
he is North Dakotan, because
strangers who only know how the late
primary went, Immediately doubt the
loyalty Of anybody who registers from
North Dakota; for that is what the
majority sfor the Nonpartisan ticket
meant to the readers of the public press
in the eastern and southern states.
While not true in the sensesof actual
disloyalty it is true that we are no less
olamable for thus "giving aid and COM
fort to the enemy" because we have
neglected Of our bounden duty to unite in.
support to the constitution and govern.
ment of the United States. We have
left things undone that we should have
done.
The opposition have their kaiser, who
has the sole direction Of his forces. He
has political fund of hnndreds Of
thousands Of dollars. He paid accord.
ing to his own boast, some 800 speakers.
and their hotel and automobile bills
during the late campaign. He practically,
has q thousand automobiles of his own
or at his order and he says to this man
''go' and to another "come" and thew
obey without question.
On our side even the factions have no
leaders. We are not even united mob.
We Just drift politically.
/ It is obvious what is needed. We
shall never beat the kaiser until we
have General Foch. .z
Otherwise let us kiss the rod and
hurrah for Kaiser Townley who is so
much smarter man than anything We
have. Bending low in Whispering
hum bleness, say this. fair sir, you spit
on me on Wednesday last, another day
you called me dog and foot me as ye
spurn the stranger cur over the thres-
hold and for these courtesies we viii:
lend you thus much monies. .
The Democratic and the, Republican
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parties Of North Dakota are dead; they
showed no signof real life at the prii- i.
mary. Therefore LET the dead bury;
their dead. sFsli "a
In June you were slapped good and
hard on the cheek. and in November
you will offer them theiother cheek Tor
8 slap that will result'ina double funeral
and the Republicans and Democrats 81
this North Dakota will furnish the
5corpses and this writer will take Of
his hat and salute the kaiser.
The King is dead; long live the
King.