The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-17
LEAGUE CANCEL S
RANDALL DATES.
In STATE, SAYS.
N. D. GOVERNOR
Nonpartisan Organizer,
Convicted in Minnesota,
Not Coming to State
EXECUTIVE TELLS
WAR ORGANIZATION
Official Publication Indi-
Gates. Horst S Services
To Be Ended

N. S. Randall, the convicted Nom
partisan league organizer Who was
billed to speak this week in North
Dakota, will not fill his engagements.
Leo Horst, the young Nonpartisan
league speaker charged by the fed
eral government with violation of the
espionage act, concludes his lecture
engagement, for the present at least,
on Saturday Of this week.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier, in a let
ter received today by JohSA- Wooledge,
secretary of the Fargo War Organ
1zation, announced that Mr.. Randall
is not speaking in the state, and isn't
expected to. A..
The Fargo official daily organ of
the league today carried the state
ment that "Horst's dates, it is under
stood, will be completed with the end
OF the present week"
In acknowledging receipt of Cover
nor Frazier's new letter on the league
speakers issue, raised when the
Nonpartisan league papers advertis-
ed Horst as the young Nonpartisan
speaker" charged by the federal gov
ernment with violating the espion-
eEe law" and also advertised to
bring N. s. Randall, recently con-
victed in Red Wing, Minn., OF OBJ
strueting enIistmepts, Mr.. Wooledge
expresses the pleasure of the Fargo
War Organization at the fact that
Randall is not going to fill his an
nounced engagement.
According to the Fargo daily organ
of the league, Randall cannot flE$his
North Dakota engagement beealfse
ne is busy in Minnesota preparing his
appeal from the district court verdict
that found him guilty Of enlistment
obstruction, and for which he was
sentenced to the Goodhue county
jail, and fined. @<
War Organization Letter.
Secretary John Wooledge. of the
Fargo War Organization, responding
to Governor F'razier's letter with re-
spect to the Randall question, and
in which letter the governor declar-
ed his desire to cooperate with tbs
Fargo patriotic body. addressed the
executive today. as follows:
May H. 1918.
Hon. Lynn ]. Frazier r
Bismarck. N. D.
Dear Sir: e.
/ beg to acknowledge receipt Of
your favor Of the 18th instant, in
which you state:~ ....
''If you had taken the trouble
to inquire at the Nonpartisan
league headquarters in your city
you might have found that Mr..
Randall is not holding meetings
in this state and is not expected
to-"
I In the North Dakota Leader, "0f1-
cial North Dakota Newspaper of the
Nonpartisan League" under date Of
May 18th, last, a front page an
nouncement advertises that N. s.
Randall will spend the entire week
beginning May 18th in this state,
speaking at Sarles, Calvin, Clyde,
Munich, Hampden, Edmore and
Brocket. The same article announces
your own itinerary and that of State
Auditor KositZky, Walter T. Mills,
Erred =. Argast and Leo S. Horst.
In view of the official character
OF the North Dakota Leader, you
will certainly agree that the executive
committee OF Fargo's War Organiza-
tion was justified in concluding that
the announcement Of Randalls itin-
erary in North Dakota was author
lied by the Nonpartisan league.
Yours truly,
JOHN D. WOOLEDGE,
Secretary Fargo War Organization.
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