The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-16

we s(Ue0nmS Inc j. W. W. can Drlng
about this agreement 1t will mean the
transferring of the balance Of power
from the state government Of North
Dakota to the nOnpartisan league and
l. w. W. You will remember that at
Ia series OF meeting held in this state
to ratify this agreement on the part
|of the farmes, it was rejected. Now
if there are any members of the league
present want to ask you if you really
believe that when LeSeuer was in
Kansas City, trying to put through this
agreement, telling the members of the
l. w. w. that it mean the transferring
Of the power of the state into their
hands, he was really. working in the
interests of the farmers Of North Da-
kOta Think it over and see if you can
reach any such conclusion.
Walter Thomas Mills and Mrs. O'Hare
For many years there was con.
Quoted at Girard, Kansas, socialist
school, where the simon-pure doctrine
of socialism was supposed to be
taught to the students. And believe,
by the way, that Mr.. :LeSeuer was a
a member of the faculty. This school
was under the direction Of one Walter
Thomas Mills. Mrs. Kate Richards
O'Hare. the socialist lecturer and an
ti-war propaganda, who was convict
ed in the federal court at Bismarck
last spring, for the crime of violating
the espionage law, and who was SEN
fenced to five years in the state peni-
Tertiary at Jefferson City, Mo-, was
also a graduate of that school.
Z And just want to say word
here in connection with Mrs. O'Hare
who was in my custody for short.
time following her arrest and again af-
ter her conviction at Bismarck. She
is a, woman Of, considerable natural
talent( possesses an ac*ve mind and
is quite fluent speaker, but has the
most perverted ideas on governmental
qestions with which I have ever come
in contact. She says she owes all Of
Walter Thomas Mills; and after had
attended her trial at Bismarck, and
saw and heard Mrs. O'Hare, could
not help but think what tragedy it
was in her life that she had been so
unfortunate as to ever meet with and
listen to the teachings, of a man like
Mills And afterwards. when heard
Of Mills speaking at different places
in The state, and read in the paper
that he~had addressed the students Of
the agricultural college and different
state institutions, thought how lit
tie the fathers and mothers Of this
state realize the kind Of doctrine that
Is being impressed upon the minds Of
their sons and daughters under the di.
rection Of this socialist administra.
ton and under the guise Of education
doctrines that poisoned the mind of
Kate Richards. O'Hare. brought her
to the bar Of justice in federal court
and, condemned her to a felon' cell
for a term Of five years. =
4 One may. continue indefinitely
along this line and the farther the in
vestigation is pursued the more thor
oughly convinced he will become that
the men holding prominent positions
ARE socialists OF the most radical
type, And the reason the state social
list party ceased to exist is because
these men believed its functions could
be bettered exercised through the non.
partisan league, even though the pro.
gram be clothed with the name re-
pNblicanism. H.. h.
..zEs5 Came With $11.25.
"a. large portion of this state was
settled and developed by men and
women of foreign birth, and that the
vast majority have made splendid
American citizens no one will deny.
Most Of us came to the state with
little or no money, remember when
came to Grand Forks, twenty-eight
years. ago. 4, l. had $11.25, and l sup
pose that represented about the finan.
cial resources of the average man
who came into the state at that time.
The development Of, new country
required much labor upon the part aOf
those who take part in its upbuild-
ing; but there is something about q
new country that appeals to most peo.
pie. There is something fascinating
in watching the industry of men
change what seems to be barren
waste into q land Of productive farms.
thriving villages and prosperous
homes There have been some, hard
years, many privations and some dis
appointments, but no more, than oc-
cur anywhere to the aver~- human
being In the course OF an ordinary
lifetime.
Revolutionary Changes Dangerous.
'"'Of course there have been abuses
and there probably always will be in
proportion or human nature remains
unchanged, but in the history of all
countries and all governments we find
that radical. revolutionary changes,
suddenly brought about, result in
chaos to the body polite I'D distress
to the common people. We have
singularly striking example of this in
Russia at the present time, where
few men, preaching glibly about de-
mocracy, have in reality taught moth
ing but class hatred and nationwide
socialism, with the result that they
have brought national dishonor upon
the people as a whole: and instead Of =
lettering their condition have led
the INTO ruin and disaster to degree
without parallel in the history of mod
ern civilization.
Political Platforms.
"As every American citizen knows.
a political platform is declaration Of
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