The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-04-11
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w. S. HURLI
- This paper has enlisted
with the government IN the
cause Of America for the
period Of the war -....''
AT RANDOM

The Times is opposed to the Nor
partisan League and is not afraid 10
say so. We never did have aay
time tor Iownley who GOES :To-.-
town to town preaching class sai1a2
and community STRIFE. We believe
the city council OF Waaaeto. Should
require every lecturer and SOAP
box orator 10 sign a pledge before
he is permitted TO a.. his views
That pledge should be g. agreement:
not to say anything sediI:ous @: any
thing tending to stir Up CONN. u2!,:
hatred. BY such an arrangement
meetings could be stopped in "ah-
peton if thu speaker refused TO sign
the pledge. and the blame for such
charge then rests on the shoulders
of the said speaker.
The Nonpartisan League. accord
ing TO the Harvey Journal. is facing
the parting OF the ways; it may go
on as it is conducted at present, de-
stroying public confidence and arous-
ing class against class until its lead
ers frankly announce anarchy as its
pregnant; or it may, through dis
carding those leaders and making it
q real farmers organization. be-
come powerful factor for good in
the nations development. There
never was a farmers organization
that could live unless it was officer
cd and controlled by farmers for
the benefit of the farmer members
Wha, is good for the farmer mem.
beers i good Tor all OF us. But an
organization OF this description. run
.rankl. FOR the enrichment and adj
TancemeMI OF the promoters. and the
promoters alone. must die,
The 'orman Independent-News
says: The Nonpartisans at theil
state convention at Fargo. refused
to endorse Congressman Norton OF
the Third district. One by one. oul
lighting patriots at home are being
stabbed in the back b. the socialistic
tail now wasging this great state Of
ours.
The Mandan Pioneer says: Con
gresham P. D. Norton of the Third
Congressional district has stood
steadfast with the administration al
Washington since the time the wal
clouds began to lower over the ma
ton. He has been four-sQuar'
American. He has, done more TO
the farmers of North Dakota during
the last two sessions than any othel
congressman from any state: but
as the Fargo Forum comments:
Congressman Norton committed thu
unforgivable sin in the eyes of the
league leaders. He was loyal.
The Saturday Forum says: The
Courier-News became very much ex
cited this morning because The For
UNI hasn't expressed an opinion or
the proposed constitutional amend
ments. We didn't know The For
um's opinion was SO vital matter
but we'll make the Townley organ :
proposition. If the local represent
alive of Townley and LaFollette viii
fully. freely and frankly discuss tn,
Consumers United Stores question
telling the whole plan and Just wha'
it thinks of it. discussing what be
comes of the surplus fund, why the
farmers don't get stock. and all tn,
other features that have been dodg
ed. or absolutely ignored. and putting
itself on record as favoring or op
posing the plan. Well tell them wha
We think OF the constitutional amend
ments. We We're going to do it any
way when the time came.
And while We are writing of thi
man A. c. Townley. we will tell whit
he is for the enlightenment of som,
of our readers: He is from the cas-
and came out to North Dakota Will
his brother and settled at Beach