The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-05-10
REQUEST FOR FRAZIER
MEETING is RECEIVED
Wire FromD. L. Williams Read
Before Safety League
CREEL is PUT ON GRILL
Congressman Anderson Would
Suppress Public Information
Individual

Dan Williams of Cambria would
like to have Governor Frazier OF
North Dakota speak this month in
Blue Earth county. This fact was
brought out at last nights meeting
of the National Nonpartisan league
of Mankato. Mr.. Williams sent tele-
gram to Sheriff Anton Oston, asking
permission for such meeting. The
telegram did not say that it was to
be a Nonpartisan league meeting, but
it was so interpreted by those who
saw it. Sheriff Osten still holds to
his position that Nonpartisan league
meetings shall not take place in Blue
Earth county. The sheriff referred
the telegram to the Safety league, but
the league took no action, as the tele-
gram was received indirectly, and the
league did not understand that the
matter had been formally referred 0
that body The telegram was simply
ordered returned to the sheriff. The
Safety league has gone on record as
opposed to the holding of Nonparti-
san league meetings in Blue Earth
county.
TGovernor Frazier is the executive
who was reported as having instruct
ed police departments in North Da-
kato cities not to modest members
of the l. w. W., but rather to offer
them protection.]
w. P. Scherer, Erick Engwalson,
A. A. Zimmerman, Loren Clark,
Harry Wildes and E. A. Carlstrom
were unanimously voted into member
ship in the league. The names were
reported by w. ]. Morehart as having
been approved by the executive COM
mittee.
John R. Bowen on behalf of the
committee ON auxilaries reported
the organization of an auxiliary
league at Amboy with DR.. j. E. Mer-
rill as president.
Judge w. l.. Comstock, who pre-
sided over the meeting, thought it
would be well to establish auxiliar-
Madelia.
good material for league at Ma
della.
Floaters and Buns.
DIR. M. B. Wood spoke of the fact
that floaters and buns were wont to
hang around the Northwestern depot
at Mankato. He said Agent w. r.
Spornitz had remarked that he would
be glad to be armed by the city with
police powers, but that had not been
done for him. Mr.. Spornitz, he said,
had remarked that other stations
along the line were visited about
once an hour by an officer, who, on
seeing a man that appeared to be of
the vagrant class, would demand to
see his ticket or to know what he
was at the depot for. Such men
would thus have to show why they
were at the depot or get out.
Judge Comstock said that as the
warmer weather was at hand, some
means ought to be obtained for
checking ZIP every transient that
might be of registration age.
A resolution, passed by the Kasota
auxiliary of the National Safety
league of Mankato, was read by F.
L. Soaring, secretary for the evening,
declaring against allowing the So
called National Nonpartisan league to
hold its meetings in Kasota or Lee
Sueur county. The resolution de-
clared that the Nonpartisan league
at its meetings and through it's
leaders has failed to show the loyal
ty so much needed in this time of
national peril, and has rather busted
itself in agitating public opinion.
The Kasota auxiliary has also
passed resolutions in favor of leaving
the German language out of the
studies taught in local schools
Mr.. Soaring also read letters from
members of congress in regard to the
resolution recently passed by the
league, condemning the utterance of
Chairman Creel of the committee on
public information, to the effect that
he was glad that this nation had en-
tered the war unprepared
Expressions BY Congressman.
Congressman c.. B. Miller said the
utterance should not be admired by
American citizens. He strongly ap-
proved of the action of the league.
Mr.. Miller said he stood aghast,
when Mr.. Creel made that statement.
1t did not seem possible that any HUI
man being could utter such words.
but he did and the harm was very
great. However, it might stimulate
thinking people of the country to
strong determination and more Wig
orous. action.
In letter concerning the La Fol-
lette utterances, Mr.. Miller said that
no one could more vigorously con-
denim those statements than Mr.. Mil
Ter himself, but La Toilette was a
United States senator, and the senate
alone had the necessary Jurisdiction
to pass on his conduct.
Congressman G.. R. Davis, speak
ing of the CreeI utterance, said he
fully agreed with the league that such
propaganda should not be conducted
and in his opinion were in direct
conflict with true Americanism
Congressman Thomas D. Schall
said he was not in sympathy with
such utterances.
Congressman F. F. Ellsworth wrote
that he entirely agreed with the po-
sition taken by the communication of
the league, and he did not think there
was now as much probability of the
repetition of the incident or of such
statements
Would Suppress CreeI.
C0nQrQSqm9n Svx7nav Anderson