The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-30

who appear to be the executive secre.
tary Of this organization, were the at-
torney who defended the murderers ii
the /. w. w. trouble on the range two
years ago, and who has assisted the
I. w. w. organization, which has pub
licly announced that it is its intention
ultimately to take the farms from the
farmers, whose headquarters since the
commencement Of the war have been
raided by the federal government, and
whose members are now taking refuge
in such organizations as the Nonpar-
tisan league
That the governor would make the
charge that lie Seuer assisted the /.
w. W. organization without knowledge
of evidence to support it, is hardly con-
ceivable, and the weak reply attempted
by lie Seuer lends support to the view
that the governors charge could not
be satisfactorily refuted.
The leaders Of the league did, how
ever, resort to their usual tactics of
trying to construe the governors let
ter into an attack on the farmer,
though there is nothing in the letter
that warrants such construction. On
the other hand the governor, speaking
Of farmers and laborers, uses the fol-
lowing words, 'The patriotic farmers
in the country and the loyal laboring
men in the cities, etc.
The governor also says concerning
the Nonpartisan league, cts leaders
have been closely connected with the
lawless I. w. w., and red socialists,
pacifists and peace advocates, whose
doctrines are of benefit to Germany,
are among their number"
In Minot, N. D., Mr.. LIE Seuer and
some of the league leaders are better
known than in Minnesota, and in The
Messenger Of that city we find the
following as part Of the editorial COM
ment on LIE Seuer's reply to the gov
ernor:
"The people of Minot, who know Ar
thur LIE Seuer as rank and radical
socialist and I. w. w., fully appreciate
the hunor Of the situation when he
sets out to tell man Of the calibre Of
Governor Burnquist what American
ism is and what harmony is in the
realms of politics. lie Seuer is pro-
fessional agitator. He was one of the
mainstays of the I. w. W. when that
band Of cutthroats caused the I. w. w.
riot in Minot few years ago. It was
his record as an agitator that drew
LIE Seuer to Townley. Does any one
deny this? If so we ask him to recall
an article appearing in the Country
Gentleman, April Fl, 1917. On page
five of that issue appears an interview
by representative of that publication.
According to this interview Townley
said: eyes, we have organizers who
are socialists, and some speakers who
have been socialists. We employ them
because Of their experience as agita-
tors. Many socialists are coming into
our organization"
The I. W.. w. riots spoken of above
took place in 1918. At this time, which
was before the league was organized,
number Of the present leaders were
residents of Minot, and were members
of the local society of socialists at that
place. One of the most prominent of
these was Arthur LIE Seuer, others
were 0. M. Thomason, editor Of the
socialist paper, the Iconoclast. True
to it's name the paper once charged
that the boy scouts and the Knights of
Columbus would make the future gun
men of this country. Thomson is now
state organizer for the league in South
Dakota. H. G. Tiegan, also one time
editor Of the Iconoclast, now private
secretary to Mr.. Townley in st. Paul
and A. E. Bowen, the man who was
censured by the North Dakota senate
for fraudulency in the performance Of
his duties as chief clerk Of the house
of representatives. He is now accom-
panying c. A. Lindberg Of this state.
Dewey C. Dorman, one time member of
the city commission (Minot is under
commission form Of government lost
that position soon after election, be-
cause he declared himself to be an
anarchist at meeting of the commits
sion in the following language, 81 do
not consider my oath Of office as bind
ling. I do not believe in the laws of
the state or nation, neither do I be-
lieve in the constitution or in govern
ment Of any kind" This apparently
is no disqualification for office, low or
high, in the league, because he, Dewey
c. Dorman, is state organizer for Mon
tana. We do not wonder that he was
deported from Wibeaux Of that state
the other day.
The I. w. w. made their northwes-
tern headquarters in Minot in 1918,