The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1918-04-18
NON-PARTISAN LEACUE CALL.
I'D DISLOYAL 81 MIME
SOT AGOVERNOR

st. Paul, MINI, March ll.-Declin-
ing an invitation to address q CAM
paign rally of the nOn- Partisan league,
Governor Burnquist today made a
scathing arraignment of the league
and some of its members, q a letter
to Arthur LsSeure, executive secre-
tary. He charged that the league had
at first opposed the entrance of the
United States into the war and said /:
When 1t became apparent that this
course would result in diaster of their
organization, they changed their
| course and made AN eleventh hour
claim to loyalty, hut Notwithstanding
this claim, the National Partisan
league Is party of discomfort.
1T has drawn TO it the pro- German
element of our state" the governor
CONTINUED Its leaders have been
closely associated with the lawless /.
w. w. and the Red Socialist. Paci-
fists and peace advocates whose peace
doctrines are in benefit to Germany,
are anomng their numbers"
Addressing LeSuere, the governor
wrote:
"You who sign yourself executive
secretary of the league were connected
with the peoples peace council which,
through my proclamation of Aug. rs,
1917, was barred from meetings in this
state. but which was invited into
North Dakota by its governor. who
| ala i 4
league
"The cheeringg and applauding Of
the unpatriOtic ulterances of Senator
LaFoilettc at YOUR last convention put
a stamp of disloyalty upon it that can
never be erased
"ln declining to speak at your
party's rally, wish to say further
that for me there are, during this
war. but two parties, one composed OF
loyalists ard the other of disloyalists.
Because of such articles as the above
and many similar that are appearing
daily in the papers telling of trouble
and Ciscord between the Non-P Partisan
| League solicitors and the communities
| in which they are working, because of
! the action taken against the NOn-Par-
tisan League in Kansas, state hav-
, ing probably more farmer organiza-
tions than any other state in the I'm
ion and because of similar action be-
ing taken by the Defense Council and
kota and other states and because the
Non-Partisan League is attracting to
it and has allied with it the |. w. W's
and pro-Germans in every state where
it has a footing, the Sedgwick County
Council Of Defense held meeting at
Sedgwick last week and asked the
Non-Partisan League worker to stop
soliciting in this County. The request
was granted and the statement to the
effect that this action has been re
yersed by the State Council of Defcns,.
is absolutely false as is also the insin-
uation that the action was taken for
political purposes. This is no time
for content ION and strife, the argument
as to whether we should De IN war OF
not is a thing of the past, there are
only two sides, FOR and AGAINST,
there are only two sides here in our
own County, regarding the Council of
Defense, an organization which is cs-
tabished to uphold loyalty, unity and
oppose dissention and discord. Are
wc for the Defense Council or are we
against it, are we to uphold the things
for which the Defense Council stand
or are we to give ease and comfort to
those who would bring dissatisfaction
and discord within our midst.