The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-03-07
MARTIN COUNTY TO THE RESCUE!

MARTIN COUNTY TO THE RESCUE!
The country is safe: At death-grapple with the armies Of a
The United States government, engrossed in the gigantic
iation between the Twin City Rapid Transit company and its
sedition and treason and the abuse of the right Of free speech.
contains Lakefeld, where men are convicted after theirr attor-
neys have been abducted by a get-a-rope mob-a county called
IN w5 And ~ this ffq q%Sw is f on the ;f j. Job IN It. It f MaIf;n i its rfsq =" i t5ss
this nation is striving to make a Terd safe for democracy; =,
state hsi If the 1t to fsd Msat' dee eernfy; Of Of t j"st R,ssi if tSe Of pos ses 1eit del
partment, if the attorney general Of Minnesota, o. any Of the other
u gS%iaf1 law ad order o in the T II ae1" states or N any Of a0a its s Is So
should be derelict in their duty, Martin county stands ready and
are Or have been officially asleep at the switch.
Martin county has shown her WILLINGNESS and determination
attorney, Of a: c: To%T1nley, president of the National Nonpartisan
charge Of combining to conspire to sediousiy teach n men not to Q
enlist in the United States army to fight GERMANY
were given: The pamphlet has been circulated by the thousands
The principles it advocates have been largely put into practice by
ton lion Of the "V war. a. At a t" time when dseaSt the fs I'd "a s soveessrea Ri is esp-
tlcularly sensitive and prompt in action as to any printed or spoken
not et'' even been ali Il into tone aaestioa a zsaisssa' f farS tR Rs% 9enE g od
reason that the officials of the government recognized its good
- b. Had laai it not ot+ been for OF the ae. argus.eyed legal expert who chances
TO De county attorney OF Martin county, Minnesota, the entire ma
ton might have gone right thru the war without realizing that
there was anything seditious or unpatriohc about the League
Still, it is barely possible that government and state officials
nave hf fm not been end delinquent i%aus! in their duty, that the entire machinery
and that there was no real need for Martin county, Minnesota, to
It may be that this is another instance of a very insignificant
tail trying to Wag a very large dog.
However, if it should be shown that the county attorney of
Martin county is correct, and that the federal department of jus-
zee mas s been sleeping on guard, there is only one thing to do:
Will do-and make the county attorney of Martin county, Mime
move the national capital from Washington, D. C., to, the county
seat OF Martin county, Minnesota, and make the sheriff of Mar
It might even be bI advisable st to relieve Sisrei General as .S' Pershine of his
command mn ana IN replace him with some one of the trusty county
We cannot be too careful in wartime. We should not, for our
Id naI Ss l sa1e5y, overlook nor tail to reward such patriotic vigilance
News. ""A''- ou'pe
Nonpartisan league had absorbed md totally Miiv d i t : the e9 Fou ife
will obtain small comfort from the following extract from the
Gently elected president Of the State Union % Of the Am ng cane So &C.
cety OF Equity, Hon. Anthony Walton, of Minot. And thus is one
more q Of the malicious 1aelo creations of this cheerful bunch of willful
=. Il In a, the fur / development Of Equity endeavors, permit
er membership, however, if we stop to consider the marvel
Gus progress progress already made and the cooperative enterprises
ss$sssss.ass S Sssaessesa ts aeG n s1 3 fi;s 's sfeef as Market tas Eas ssz
the Cooperative Packing Company, with a membership Of
build e%s Of the g greatest s!sasp pela saSI f sssaae erg saE,aG ns' En h se
n nay nna1 Farmers Nonpartigan League, the League being
Society, then indeed we all must admit that the members Of
the hest State Union Of the Equity Society have brought about
OF farm products and that these successfully operated farm.
e e owned @l enterprises have been made possible by the cooper
awe eHorts OF Equity members in the past.
The lamentations Of that modern Jeremiab-"the veteran
a1sn these cont, Contained ss i. the .Para1Graphics" lparegoric is recon-.
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