The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-07-18
MAILED FIST
IN LEAGUE
SYSTEM
Organizer Teigen Makes State
ment in Regard to Politi-
cal Organization.

Boise, Idaho, July 1.-THE Demo-
cratic managers are considering ways
and emans to take the fullest possl-
BILE advantage of the effort OF the
Non-Partisan League leaders to take
their party over. They did not ana
do not seek the aid OF the League,
and, in view Of the suspicion attach
ing to various leaders of the League
because of certain peculiar actions
and political deals and because Of the
prosecution of some of its leaders and
organizers for disloyalty and, also,
because of the known fact that many
farmers are having their eyes opened
and are not warming up to the League
leaders as they did at first, the Demo-
cratic managers believe they are In
position to make a straight-out fight
against the Non-Partisan League tick
ct and defeat it in the primaries as
to state officers. Such defeat, lit Is
felt by them, would immensely en-
nance the chances of their ticket be-
ing elected in November.
However, much hinges on the prob
ability of the Non-Partisan League ef-
fort to go5ble up the Democratic party
going into the courts. The theory, and
so far the practice, Of the Idaho d.
rect primary law is to protect each
party from interference by any other
party in the selection of its candi-
dates, otherwise manipulation might
land undesirable men on both tickets.
The primary oath takes this into con-
sideration and pledges the elector, and
oIc hn ydi II fc hold fn
port the candidates Of the party he
affiliates with generally" The Nom
partisan League could not, 1t Is claim
ed, support any partys candidates
generally because Of its endorse
ments. 1t has more Republicans than
Democrats, as seen by the leaders of
that party. At the same time it has
it's own separate political party plat
form.
The Democratic managers are busy
delving into the Non-Partisan League,
its origin, its purposes, its accomplish
ments, its connections, the attitude of
it's leaders with reference to Americas
war, their association with the l. W.
W., etc, as ammunition for possible
defense They find, it is stated, and
will so proclaim at the proper time,
that the Non-Partisan League was
born Of socialism for the purpose of
putting socialism over under q guise
that the farmers and laboring classes
would not suspect. Socialism has not
thrived notably among the farmers,
nor among any class, in the west and
middle west. 1t must be disguised to
get by quickly, it is pointed out; hence
the Non-Partisan League.
The investigators have collected con-
siderable evidence, and some by Ferdi-
nand A. Teigen that they assert IL
directly in point. He was an organizer
OF the Non-Partisan League, and thor
oughly in sympathy with its pretended
aims as outlined by its leaders, but,
he adds, Il began to see the mailed
fist of the German despot and realiz-
ed l had made a great mistake. Ny
relations with the league were termi-
mated and l began to look about me
for means of undoing, so far as posi-
BILE, the harm / had DONE"
Mr.. Teigen says the Non-Partisan
League was conceived by Socialists,
organized by Socialists, builded by
Socialist organizations ''for the ex
press purpose of spreading broadcast
was disclosed in the attempted intimi-
dalton OF various classes in North
Dakota. There are thousands of men
in North Dakota who do not dare
criticise or oppose the League lest ii
should destroy them," Mr.. Teigen de-
clares. He says 95 per cent of the
newspapers of that state are under the
domination of League leaders, "either
through ownership, control or fear.D
Papers that are not are, of course.
''venal."
| A. Z. Townley Is described as ian
autocrat," and absolute Boss" This
was all too "kaiseresque" to suit Mr.
Teigen, he says, so he quit the organ.
ization and made an expose of tha
operations Of its leaders, also of their
STATEMENTS, some of which would no
uouDt nave been taken up by the Fed
eral authorities excepting for the fact
that dlsloyal statements were written
ana uttered before the passage of the
espionage act, which is not retroactive
since the passage of that law, 1t is
pointed out, expression of League
leaders has been guarded.
Inc mailed fist was disclosed n
Is SAID, pronouncedly at the recent
BOISE convention of the League: the
piaiis ana ticket of which were nra-
arranged with a dictatorial holiness,
as stated in one descriptive article
or the old-time political boss y This
attitude of the leaders has consaa aa
we're criticism by many memhora ee
the League. VI