The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-25
THE NEW MINNESOTA DESPOTISM.

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THE NEW MINNESOTA DEspor1sM.
Ray McKaig, Past Master of the North Dakota Grange and
now field secretary for the Nonpartisan league, has the following
lucid s r sseot'i issns OF Of r? The s<P1a spGe: :'"''''" u, =. al .
The Farmer nsstsu Nonpag stsfea f Lea seSsr ~h1 mon Is sT hs besn o ver
der a barrage fire of disloyalty. Its pamphlets. hundreds and
t tirsnis9sd t hsys Sef ths p1 msis. 0P fRo sy 5n ali 1f is offie sGzsr pspers. eae
have the Burleson approval, on seat stamp eqp put vMos them aa ana
d fsi" are freely made By Minnesota LEGAL politicians upon the
charge Th tnsf ts such aea %en as g' carl Vro es %a''S George Cree, William
Kent, have approved from time to time Of the m. MonPa artisan
Miis' sre lG lsetayin a9G in 0f SshaIf Of the 1 ' League yet politicians riissi " who
see thsr own political l. death cath claim LAIN t that the deag gsy is GrS %iSnassts
county attorneys tt OF h have s,rs suddenly for Rra ,saRsd into n C. sR ToMg1ey1 publicity by
There is a fundamental clash Of interest between the federal
and the Minnesota governments: The federal government sees es
erings sends official representatives. The state politicians, dream
ing feen tSGEe's and Sff S a and Sp se s7sr a ts handfs a1f fsrm ssx@n %sstin sna h 4Ss
subsidized press, shrieking aloud linen thelr o. own isi@msu 81 Of = loy ~
y Whom are we to ~beneye-the Minnesota politicians (Min-
asi break ee ap the eY Le sas S's Or the the FEDERAL fns a0a eo y IT, No sso' League
sssspissf Or 1f ss:Sos Ss5sis' ss Williams VT Sssn k ssns't eS BY yh the federal federal
Tariff Commission, as a representative from the washington a..
ernoF o Burnquist o! Minnesota Y as Strongly ni Condemns the League
s Of labor son2 2ad farmers %ss,s and %r: r ksnt ad to sit On t the fa p3atf9sm at this
Here is apparently the re-: reason on The League Is against cor,
ssvins g! d eSs asse d nearly eas p1 tSe Whole RSs so northwest tn Of 'e virgin t asaSes,
ssm 5Ssains sn %'t The !G %9dess; EYE {su sRe on What sss 35t5's h is lst' ~ The fRs sas
preyed upon the Dakota farmers and the Minnesota grain grow
IN sn'i M anS hpai s'S 4Es p eSsS s?n stroagh sad IS i1 seath hf 6! Paa'
Minnesota politics for years have been dominated by that four
The N9npsstissn Leagues platform Ss2n lays down the E! gage ss,, Of
As the . United ni5s & States 81 Steel SsSp Trust and nc t the fPs Pennsylvania ! Railroad
have cast their %blightng shadows over Pennsylyania politics! SO
manhood in Minnesota,
! Recently the Farmers League coalesced with federal labor
At the Minnesota convention held March 21st the skinned class
es," both city laborers and producers from the soil, got together
ExCongressman Lindberg, who made a startling expose OF the
equal loyalty and ability are named on the ticket. The Republl.-
can party will be gobbled up, or used as a vehicle on which to get
Now, one : can i!i see why y the e., M ssMsD fh politicians e;tssns f 2os G sath g
the t%h tomt9 > n. OF dsG Ryan}u q Sci tMs a sawe ta tone" will be be- used ss to
announce the sad death Of these same politicians:
which no Nonpartisan League man is allowed. Minnesota, at the
last legislature. gave it's Public Safety Commission ama 80 p pohce eoP PoT tGc
a ahe aa of the heQ mHers' trust rus and the grain gamblers, and every is
sue comes out with more charges Of disloyalty against the League:
an Illustration, at a recent farmers meeting a resolution was passed
unanimously that 1--WE, the farmers, pledge e?sH gu hves ana fortunes ans 5
The press came out a few days later denouncing those farmers for
"pledging their lives and fortunes to the Non 1rt san League af,m
never showing that the farmers ! pledged their lives and fortunes
"Words, words, nothing but words" Charges of disloyalty!
0"o The town of Lake6eid, Minnesota, forbade the farmers hold
ing a meeting: One League representative nna; SPOKE there me Just ftn taS
for three months. The papers, in unfair headlines, declared ne
was convicted of sedition and sentenced to three months.
If despotizing the Minnesota government will awaken the
farmers and the workers, it is we'll worth the cost: To repeatedly
forbid fe ii far Ta;;+ holding Id fg, their cir own Sn 5 %ssti in 600 10 Of f1 tSem 3a WRen t6 SgT
want to meet-even though committee after committee waits
o upon net shs SGge,n Sirens ;nd d ase psakb in saa Of that f as sG! and Sn ' %en %Sss
fully increases our League membership.
Thew 1R Ssa Ssss Ct s61 ts5%f1 s. t Sss" s5i}if Gf # 59is sh ge nsssas to j pa} 4
across. Persecution has strengthened the organization mi Z atoa $4,000
nSo Sszs af fou sflGG is the ii M Gi8i %sr not I hs sHew ssdn to e' Sald q m asssaSss
in a town. Mad is no name for it. They despise these politicians