The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-10


THE BOTTINEAU COURANT, BOT
with the supporters Of the !. v. A.
Those who preach and practice vio-
lence should, be dealt with severly, re-
CARELESS Of political or economic be-
lief. The !. v. A. supporters are
without a question, in many cases, be-
levers in violence. The Interests" of
the country are supporting the I. v.
AS. The Interests" were responsible
for the shooting Of women and child
rem in Colorado during the miners
strike, the beating of women and
children in the coal fields Of Virginia,
the beating Of women and children in
Lawrence, Mass, the abuse Of men,,
women and children in Michigan, the
deportation of American citizens from
Bisbee, Ariz., a couple Of years ago.
Who was it that tarred and feathered
farmers because they dared advocate
the principles of the Nonpartisan
League? Who was it that denied the
farmers the right to hold political
meetings in cities and towns? Who
was it that took an elderly gentleman
down and stripped him Of his silvery
locks Of hair because he believed in
and advocated the principles Of the
Nonpartisan League? Who was it
that threatened the farmers If they
remained members of the League?
The Interests" Through their small
town peanut politicians and their pros
tituted press the interests abused and
falsely accused farmers Of everything
from sabotage to lack Of patriotism.
It is quite apparent who it is that
breaches and practices violence. The
interests are themselves guilty Of the
charges made against the Nonpartisan
League. They are in the class Of the
bomb-throwers. Let's carry the truth
to the people.
"The atmosphere was rather humid
and several left the building to get
some fresh air."-Advocate lin report
Ding the I. V. A.. meeting held here re-
cently.) In view Of what was being
said by the I. V. A. sheep shearing
apostle is it any wonder that the tat
mosphere twas rather humid?
From the way dependent" Mats
struggling excuse Of a newspaper, the
Independent, whoops up its miscon-
STRUNG cries, n is lead to believe
that the outfit (I. ". A. back of it
should rightfully be branded the In
territorial Villifiers Association.
It is not SO many years ago that the
New York Board of Trade issued a
report, 1.-THE railroads control abso-
lutely the legislatures Of a majority
Of the states Of the Union; they make
and unmake United States Senators,
congressman and governors, and are
practically educators Of the govern
mental policy Of the United States"
Of curse it was perfectly alright
of the Board of Trade to make a
statement Of that kind but if a farm
er or workman should be guilty Of
such a crime he would Immediately be-
come, according to dear press, q
bolshevik, I. W. W., Anarchist, or
bomb thrower.
The late Theodore Roosevelt said
in 1905: eve all know that, as things
actually are, many of the most influ-
entail and most highly renumerated
members Of the Bar in every center of
wealth, make it their special task to
work out bold and ingenious schemes
by which their wealthy clients, indi-
vidual or corporate, can evade the
laws which were made to regulate,
in the interests of the public, the uses
Of great wealth."
Wellington, New Zealand invested
$1,071,30O in an electric system and
during the past year that city made
SILL, TOT in profits from the plant.
The new British Cabinet of 1918
COUS1SISu VI F4SVSA OOoAASS0 AASAA ~AN
six lawyers. It would appear that
there are no farmers or laborers in
that country.
Following is the statement Of one
Of the big politicians Of the United
States, "Uncle" Joe Cannon, concern
ing the Nonpartisan League as it ap-
peared in the Dec. 2, 1918 issue Of
the Saturday Evening Post; ri sup
pose the Non-partisan League is the
result Of another like condition in the
Northwest, where the farmers are in
the majority and are trying to con-
rect the mistakes Of nature and their
own by making laws that benefit only
themselves" .'. =
OF course the fact that the Mime
aapolis Chamber Of Commerce has
been in the habit Of trimming the
North Dakota farmers out Of $65,O00-
600 a year comes in with the "mis-
takes Of nature, Of course nothing
else could be expected of "Uncle' Joe