The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-02-06
LEAGUE REVOLT
FIzzLES WHEN
ONLY ) ATTEND
Politicians Of South Dakota Can
Unauthorized Meeting at
Sioux Falls.
SUPPORTERS ABSENT
Not Even Those Who Signed Call for
Meeting to Formulate Revolt Plans
Attended It-Democratic State
Central COMMITTEES Chair
man q Leader.

MI . Leader.
Sioux Falls, s. D.-Following long
Ind careful preparation by the enemies
the Nonpartisan league, a revolt OF
he members Of the organization came
q crisis here. The affair had been
.alked about In anti-League circles for
months. It was the thing which the
publications had said was
The stated object Of the revolt.
was headed by the chairman
81. the Democratic state central com.
was to change the present man
agement and form OF organization OF
The League. Farmers whose names
used In connection with the re-
volt, admitted that they had not read
The new articles Of association, which
deal with these phases Of League or
81 Signed; S Appeared.
Twenty-seven men signed an I'M
call for a great mass meet
Of League members to be held
here. One Of the signers is J.. q.
Kelley, present chairman OF the Demo-
cratic state central committee. Three
s1gners are not members Of tho
League, which they said they sought
reform. Many Of them are SELF.
seeking politicians. S
One man was hired to travel from
one end Of the state to the other, to
advertise the meeting. Handbills
were circulated throughout the state,
to advertise the meeting. Every Non
partisan league member and friends
Of the movement" were urged to ct.
tend. A huge auditorium In Sioux
Falls was rented for the meeting,
which the anti-League newspapers OF
the state said would be one Of the
and biggest things in the state.
When the time for the meeting
came, only five persons appeared at
the auditorium. Not sven the men
who had signed the call came. Only
four Of them appeared. They were
H. p. Lee, . dissatisfied League organ.
Izer; J. 8. Wood, Dell Rapids, 8. D.;
Il. g. Solem, Baltic; and Mr.. Kelley,
H. G. Solem, prominent in political
was instrumental In circulating
the unauthorized call, although he did
not sign 1t. He was one Of the lead.
BRO Of the revolt, which failed. Many
those who had signed the call said
that they had been misled into sign
It; that they understood 1t was
by the state manager, O. 8.
and that they remained away
when they learned that Evans had
not signed It.
Regulars Hold Meeting.
Evans, however, called . meeting for
Sioux Falls, simultaneous with the un.
meeting. The regular
League organization meeting was at
A. O. U. W. hall here, while the 'in-
suYrectionists" had planned their meet.
Ing at the huge Sioux Falls auditorium.
When only i've persons came to the
unauthorized meeting at the audi.
torium. it was abandoned. State Man
ager Evans then invited the ive to
the regular League meeting ct "A. O.
q. W. hall. They attended this meet,
at which sixty farmers were gath.
cred. Their demands were heard by
the farmers and three Of the five con-
stituted q committee to draw up these
demands. into the form Of q resolution
for Introduction.
Demand State Autonomy.
These demands were that the
In South Dakota be given m
organization entirely independent from
the national organization, that this or
.ganization appoint Its own executive.
that its solicitors, managers and execup
tives be appointed BY the state or
ganization and that such men be ~
sponsible only to the state orsaniza-
tion. Funds collected IN South d,
kota were to be kept n that state,
under the conditions Of the demands,
Ind the state organization was to make
such contributions to the national or
CARNATIONS as Il saw 1t.
After the demands OF the I'VE men
were heard. "A. u Putnam. prominent
farmer, and the farmer candidate Tor
Acknowledgement IN South Dakota,
presented 4 resolution expressing COM
plete condolences II tho present man.
ageHent of the Nonpartisan leaguss
annrnya1 nf the acffnn a. f1ha n~xacuffvn