The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

contendlng that this meeting was held for the purpose pf conn
form SUBMITTED should not ai b permitted pei t t%e'discassy IL s''d With i par bar.
liame At .i+ deeoruna the chair sustained this contention:
ganization" and it is possible that Their ears commenced omn ID e t. burn urn
pathy with the platform as read should retire into a back room
lor an executive session e ostensibly for the purpose of patching
that those cYssed aI Nonpa,tisans would 60 home g they would not
be ' 'eopseeae to yp %ss s@a s Tsye @er foI nosn If e. b as izslve APOSTLES.
filed silently into a back room for the executive session.
this this isale, band Of { patriots: Half : an an hour sGd py and sds tie !. sfsss :;
s s{ss n ssss'en was sss eo ssl Sssfs to hold A its s ssss BE sss. sS'lsd A 95 sss s al!
hour hour, Of IS suspense z9sss "a. and final finally y1 the weighty problem was solved and
Silently filing back into the hall and reslmning their seats the
dcsr outside = %mssd-houss: - - : :.
been c assiasd to III Isz s923o Fas t fHz4 h + W 6S ss!iRilssSai It had
Only Those in Favor Can Vote. ~ ...sa !,
f ;&f;5 nj 6S tSSf SS 35TH Eaq ST. il ss SSM$A1 Il SsS TFSE pa 1%E
s Gtny with it'll the + platform and consequently was disfranehised.
The foulness of the room was becoming oppressive and it was
h"r''ed'y moved ca to 2d5eo ths T ThSfh % nc iSe PFsgsaed.
Obviously, It was not the intent of these thirteen to conduct
manner iaS which it was conducted d. The fact that enough Non
P menace the e'o cG%tsol 'o Of II the se msstieg TO ~s sse Perhaps edSashs an @ nn1eofsd ,fs sT
situation. Something desperate had to be done. And that it was
But, as stated, this was not the purpose of the meeting. The
f fb5ef fsr Toesht Of Was Ser an p fslaas to we're herald 1isin to ii the : entire m;sb T9rd re tnat
against the Nonpartisan League, that it already had the farmers
fiat on it's back and begging for mercy.
And subsequent event proved the correctness of this theory.
A day or two after the meeting elaborate press dispatches" sent
out from Minot were printed in practically every daily paper in
the northwest.
A dispatch" printed in the Grand Forks Herald and several
other truth carrying newspapers stated that the convention
held in Omemee was attended by representatives from almost
every county in northwest North Dakota"
The Courant dares President Hill, Mr.. Teigen or any other
person to name one single individual at the meeting who is not a
citizen of Bottineau county. This is merely a sample of the reh-
ability and veracity of this new organization, which, as the press
dispatches state, "is composed d. of members who have the cause of
America at heart"
Another part of the dispatch, mentioning some of the Non
partisans present, refers to IL. L. Stair of Bottineau, also very
prominent in the Socialist party in this state" How much truth
there is contained in that statement will be left with Bottineau
county readers of the Courant.
The story goes ON to say that these League members pres
ent produced a series of questions pertaining othe aims of the
new party and were answered by M. Tegen." That is rather an
amusing perversion of the truth. MI. Stair asked permission to
ask some questions. Teigen answered No" which was sustained
by the chair. L. A. Knoke and Representative Hagan were IAN
swered' in the same manner. In this way Teigen upheld the
dignity of his new party, even though his press agent may a lit
tie reckless in his dealings with truth and veracity.