Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-24

tinct tone Of 'pessimism which e
to convey to his hearers that he was
sure The Herald wouldn't.
After. describing some alleged ex-
periences with which he had met
while on the stump as a N~onpartisan
speaker i'm Minnesota, Mr.. Brewer IN
dulged In the familiarly favorite sport
of comparing the leaders Of the Nom
partisan league to Jesus Christ and
Abraham Lincoln, and added that If
Jesus had been the head of he Non
partisan league in North Dakota to-
day, he would have been crucifed,
anyhow.
Mr.. brewer paid his compliments to
The Herald as q corrupt, big -bustness,
Minneapolis" Chamber-of-Commerc
paper which had found it necessary
to enter into a profitable agreement
with the lords of big Biz" He felt
convinced that The Herald could see
anything straight and that II 1t did.
1t would try to pervert the viewpoints
of it's readers, maliciously. wilfully,
evil!y, etc. In short, The Herald was
the source Of all things an~tagonistic
to the Nonpartisan league n the
principles for which it fights. And
that, by the way, was the keynote of
every act put on at both of yester-
days performances. The Grand
Forks Herald" was mentioned more
than a hundred times in the course
OF the speeches delivered, as the in
stigator and the moving spirit in all
the forms of opposition to the league
doctrines.
Quotes the "New Freedom"
Lieutenant P. H. Mcconnell, to
whom it is alleged that Townley gave
a state appointment for the purpose
of exempting him from the draft, was
the next humber on the evening pro
to readings from Woodrow Wilson'S
oft-misquoted 1.-The New Freedom
adding i~nterspersed comments which
he evidently had intended to continue
ad libitum had he not been attacked
by a sudden spell of indispositior
which made it necessary for him tt
leave the platform in the middle of q
sentence. Mr.. Mcconnell made
serious attempt to avoid the rabbit,
which characterized the other speak
ers at the evening performance.
Enter: The Star.
Arose now the curtain on the far
famed Walter Thomas Mills: Small
of stature. violently eloquent, full o
what he may consider "divine fire,
and rich in the vocabulary Of vituper
alton.
Mr.. Mills, who reminds one Of
gatling gun in action. started out b
trying to ridicule an article appearin
in The Herald a few days ago i
which some of his Realistically ap
pearing social attempts in New Zea
land were described. Next he loung
ed into another article appearing !
the evening edition of The Herald
yesterday in which it was declare
that he had always beef a follower
the red flag. The succinct biograph
was derided by Mr.. Mills, who how
ever, did not refute the details 81
, forth in the article, but rather direc
ly and literally confirmed them.
Mr.. Mills said at the outset tn;
he was going to speak about the hon
building association Of North Dakot
as yet an embryonic institution
lotted time to a treatise on Wtlhell
Tell and socialistic experiments
New Zealand.
Much attention was paid to "Jerr,
Bacon and Rev. F. Halsey Ambro'
who were charged with having a
tackled the home building associate
plan with purely destructive purpos
in mind. Conditions in Russia al
came in for a large part of Mr.. Mil
attention. for. apparently intendil
to contradict some statements recen
ly made in the First Presbyteri;
church Of this city, he said that aRu
sian women, not, "nationalize'
and that they don't believe in Il
principle. Of community wives
Russian women can vote" Mr.. Mi
said, land if they ever become n
tionalized,' it will be because tn
vote so. But, mind you, they ha
the privilege of reversing their vo
within three months if they so d
Sire