Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-05


ansthsr one, and that 10 sall. some.
times not that much. My life. 1 have
given oyer to the human family. I
DO not know whether ! viii ever get
enough money to buy a 2xs, to put me
y nn no m shs 90. e IN! AZ sob MONEY X = There here
envy. MI this Job. We have the two
Glasses In the ministry-the bour-
geoiste and the proletarian. I envy
the fellow driving q circuit Of three
c~hurchee. getting thousand dollars
q year. 4 house. and his living besides.
This. has been q pretty mild winter.
According to the consumption Of fuel.
my house has required, I am.
pretty glad that 1t was no worse. No
money In II. Vust enough, and all 1t
9 over bsen, and all It promised
when 4 entered 1t. was enough to kesp
body and soul together. ] rejoice In
n TACT that ! have enough health
TO keep on. Am not here for money.
Ny position in this state. ~ it was in
every other state. is to, bring before
my people from time to time, and
them. the facts Of the day and the
3 ip which they: live,' and il I 60
to a man and say: "Bill.seld boy, one
more step and 0 go into a well...'
II he jumps in. let him jump. I told
him npt to. A man m%onkeying with
an l%eectric wire, and I say, Here, fell
low. i you don't keep your knife
away, from that insulation. you will
cutting. let him go. I did my duty.
I do not say, "Old fellow, you must
believe as I believe." and / am not
saying that now.
Rome G. Brown. at st. Louis, Mo-,
said Of a certain Organization in North
Dakota:
You have heard Of the so-called
Farmers N~onpartisan league" 1t
has captured, and nov for two years
has held. the government Of the state
of North Dakota. Its propaganda is
spread throughout the United States
n 1t has. made most dangerous as
n~esota, Iowa, South Dakota, Nom
tana, Idaho, and other western states.
1t Is working today to a greater or
less extent in every state in the Union
and. right here in Missouri, it has its
press organs and representatives. Its
name is deceiving. It is neither
farmers" nor "non-partisan' nor
Teasue." 1t is a Socialist conspiracy
controlled entirely by a bankrupt So
who is exploiting the farmers to es-
tablish a Socialist %autocracv Of which
Townley himself Ia. and intends to re-
main, the car. kaiser and sultan. He
buncoes he farmers out of money to
operate q Socialist propaganda as a
result OF which. he says himself, he
expects to see the Townley flag of
Socialism wave on every state capitol
dome OF the country n upon the
capitol at Washington itself. He pub
licly denies Socialism and disloyalty
but he stands self-registered on his
registration blank in North Dakota
as belonging to the Socialist party"
He was recently declared a bank
rupt in the federal courts of North
Dakota. He was indicted in the courts
of Minnesota on charges Of sedition
and disloyalty to his government in
time OF war. One Of his chief allies,
]. A. Bentall, the recent Socialist can
didate for governor of Minnesota, was
convicted in the federal court of dis
loyalty, but will not serve his sentence
unttl after he gets out of the county
jails of Minnesota where he is now
incarcerated for the crime of sedi-
ton. James A. Peterson, after o
viction and sentence in the federal
court for seditious utterances, ran on
the TownleN ticket for nomination for
United States senator from Minnesota
and received $4,000 votes. Beside
others of Townley's associates who
have beer either indicted or convicted
for seditious acts are Townley's man
ager, Joseph Gilbert. Townley organ
izers, +. j. Shumaker. N. 9. Randall
and Joseph Kolu, and also two of
Townley's editors. Carl A. Void and
F. A. Tigen. Townlev's candidate for
governor in the Minnesota primary
election, c. A. Lindbers, is a Social
list who published "a book in July,
1917, entitled, Why is Your Country
at War;" which breathes d~isloyalty.
In it's attitude toward the war it para
phrases the St. Louis platform Of. the
Socialist party and inveighs against
Liberty bonds and the Red Cross. Still.
Lindberg received owe 10000 votes
for governor. or within $4,000 Of Gov
ernor Burnquist. The Townley can
didates, always receive the undivided
Socialist and pro-German vote.
AS a concrete example of Social
ism in practice let me tell you what
the Socialists are doing in North Da-
kota. They have control. under Town
ley, of the legislative, judicial and ex-
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