The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-18
A CORRECTION.

In last nights paper, turu an error
in the mechanical makeup. . mix-up
occurred in the editorial article head
ed 1.-THE Agitators." A section of the
article which belonged under the tes-
timony of an organizer got under
paragraph referring to reporter. N
W. Liggett, formerly with the St. Paul
Dispatch. The misplaced section re-
fers to this organizer" and to PAM
phlets referring to Sabotage" ETC..
being found among the possessions of
this organizer" The pamphlets re-
ferred to have no reference to Lig
gett, or any possessions. but refer to
the organizer who was witness on
the stand who testified to being
member Of the I. w. w. and an or
ganizer for the Nonpartican League.
The correct sequence of the matter
follows in the same manner in which
appeared when corrected in three of
our editions, as soon as the error was
noted:
N. w. Liggett, reporter for the st.
Paul Dispatch. st. Paul. Mimi, was
disct arged for disloyalty and en-
ployed by A. p Townley, the national
as director of publicity for the league.
President Townley testified before
congress that the only liberty loan
bonds COR which the Nonpartisan
league has subscribed was 5000 in
of the league is reputed to be over
S1,5O0,000.
The custodian of the records of the
Nonpartisan league testified in con-
gress that he knew of no law OF re-
striction limiting the activities of the
Nonpartisan league, so called.
The Nonpartisan league is most
thoroughly organized in North Dako-
ia, also in Minnesota. South Dakota.
Wisconsin and Idaho. Efforts to
organize Kansas and Nebraska are
now being made. This is what brought
| about the expulsion of the organizers
from various Kansas communities re-
ferred to above,
In addition to other councils of de-
Tense, the state council of defense of
Nebraska denounced the Nonpartisan
league as unpatriotic and spreading
sediion.
Connections between the Nonpartisan
league and the infamous and destruc-
tive 1. w. w. organization has other
wise been definitely made. An organ
| izer for the Nonpartisan league was
text books of l. w. W.-ism were
found in his grips. This particular
organizer testified on the stand that
he was member of the 1. w. w.
and was organizer for the Nonpartisa n
| league. He also admitted that many
| of his co-organizers were members of
| the l. w. w. apd said that one of the
prime qualifications for acceptance as
an organizer for the Nonpartisan
league was that man be red
| card Socialist"
Among the pamphlets found among
| the possessions of this organizer were
such publications as Sabotage" by
| Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, published by
| the IT. W. w. Publishing Bureau" and
| explained as the principle of the "con-
| dustrial efficiency" Another book is
| a short history of the i. w. w. with
| its aims and objects printed in Mex
| lean idiom for distribution among the
Mexican section hands and laborers on
| the American railroads. Yet another
printed in Swedish and another in
German. Every one of these books
advocate characterization destruc-
ton of machinery and materials-as
| the weapon OF the working men.
In another book found on this wit
ness was one called the Revolution
| airy I. w. W." printed by the I. w. w.
Printing company of Cleveland. Ohio.
This volume teens with such state
ments as I'VE are not satisfied with
a fair days wages for fair days
work." and the writer of the book
holds up before his readers the de-
| molition of national boundaries. He
says 1--WE are patriotic for our class.
the working class. We realize that as
workers we have no country"
Other books found in the possess
| sion of this particular I. w. Whom
partisan league organizer were- the
preamble and Constitution of the In
dustrial Workers of the World" and
Industrial Unionism-the Road to
| Freedom"