The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-06-27

the crew of socialists which surround
A. C. Townley constitute a real men,
ace to the state. Many of them are
atheists and many others have strange
notions of the relation which should
exist between the sexes and of the
status of the family in society,""
MI. Packard, in a review of the men
Townley has drawn about him, shows
their political affiliations and points
to the stand many took before the
United States entered the world war
with regard to Germany. All are list
ed as socialists, some as associated
with the l. w. w.
cit is my purpose in this statement
to set forth the reasons why I felt
compelled during the last legislative
assembly to refuse to follow any fur
Their the lead of A. c. Townley and
his crew of imported radicals. l am
a radical myself, but l am not a rev.
olutionist and believe that the chan
ges in the government must come
slowly and naturally.
"The socialist party of a few years
ago and the socialist party of today
are as different as daylight and dark
ness. A few years ago the revolution
airy socialists were not in control of
the party. Since the disloyal conven-
ton in St. Louis the party has been
in control of revolutionary and red
socialists. This type of socialists is
more closely allied to the French syn
dicalists and the American I. w. w.
than with the revolutionary socialists
It succeeded to the philosophy of the
anarchists and believes that society is
to be reformed by destroying, root anc
branch, the present order with violence
if necessary, and building upon the
ruins an arbitrary government con.
trolled by the working classes.
"After all discussion has been con
cluded the fact yet remains that the
only social republic of which we have
any knowledge is that established ir
Russia. 1t is approved by PRACTICAL!
all the socialists in this country; by
their newspapers and the resolutions
adopted by their conventions and Of
, ficial gatherings. The Russian repub
lie has been defined and approved b!
, the Townley publications in Nortl
Dakota and has been defended ant
approved by the great bulk of the of
ficials and organizers of the Nonpar
tisan league. Personally I am not ye
ready to set up a despotic form O
government to be dominated by a die
tator or oligarchy. l have not yet ar
rived at that state Of mental adjust
ment wherein | can believe in the ma
tionalization of the land, much les:
of all property and women. The ex
periences of mankind appears to show
that certain activities Of society shoult
be socialized, but what activities ant
when and how must be arrived at b,
experiment, not by laboratory. mad
systems.
~ am not ready yet to surrende:
the church, although l admit that it.
faults are many. l am not ready TO:
the nationalism of women and l an
not willing to turn over my children
to be reared by the state, which i
controlled by a dictator imbued will
such concepts Of society.
~ have compiled a list of the so
: c~ialists whom Townley has gathered
together to carry or his organization
, Of the Nonpartisan league and thi
: list convinces me that this is a radica
socialist movement in disguise. l hav
a list of the men recently publishe'
in the Lincoln Daily Star of Nebras
ka by Walter Quigley, who was EN-
ployed for a long time in a RESPONSE
BILE position by Townley. A review o
this list has brought me to the con
clusion put forth in this statement"
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