The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-05-27
The Non-P artisan league
Anti-League Platform
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The real issue in the campaign In
this state is between Americanism and
socialism. The nonpartisan league
lea dars, masquerading as re-
publicans have made their record on
this issue, not only in their public ut
terances during the war, but by the
measures they advocate and by means
of secret caucus of legislation antag-
onistic to and in direct conflict with
the spirit of our institutions.
Theodore Roosevelt said: "There is
room for but one flag in our country.
Yet two sessions of our legislature
under the domination of unAmerican
leadership have refused to enact sane
measures prohibiting the display OF
the red flag, the symbol of anarchy
and hostility to all things American,
and have also refused to enact laws
making syndicalism and sabotage
crimes.
Laws have been enacted, which Sc
riously imperil the future of our school
system by placing it under political
influences and harboring teachers and
professors who are public enemies, as
well as by removing the safeguards
from funds donated by congress in
trust for the education of our children
for all time. The talented and effic-
lent head of our school system, who
was elected over the league candidate
by large majority, has been depriv-
ed of the power to perform the func-
lions belonging to the Office for no rea-
son except that she had too high re-
gard for her oath Of Office and her du-
ty to the public to bow obsequiously
to the states self-appointed dictators.
In their endeavor to carry out their
schemes the nonpartisan league lead
ers attempted to override the consti-
tuition by blanket act, attaching the
emergency laws which failed to re-
ceive the requisite two-thirds major
| ity.
They sought to corrupt our people
by providing for the circulation of lit
erature intended to inculcate doctrines
of free love and to destroy the sacred
ness of the marriage relation and
home and then offered the fimsy ex-
cuse that because such literature is
found in purely references libraries
it should be distributed even among
the school children. The only new lit
erature bought by the present admin
] istration thru its imported agents like
Stangeland and others, is literature
teaching the doctrines of socialism,
bolshevism, communism and free love.
They enacted law providing fol-
a state bank wherein all public funds
are required to be deposited, thus
withdrawing from each locality its
own funds and placing them where
they can be misapplied to maintain
and conduct monopolies and enter.
prises competing with legitimate pri
vate industries; and have deposited
large sums Of money outside Of thu
state, thus depriving our farmers Of
money necessary to carry on theil
farming operations.
They have created subsidies
press in every county by compelling
taxpayers and litigants to contribut,
to the. maintenance of newspapers
having no excuse for existence excep
to incite envy and hatred and to pub
lish their un-American propaganda.
They have enacted Workmen'
Compensation law and rules for its ad
ministration which take from employ
ers of the state hundreds Of thousand
of dollars in excess Of all legitimat
requirements, and which do not bea
equally upon employers in accordanc
with the risks. We favor amendment
to remedy such defects.
They have attempted by unconstitu
tional and arbitrary measures to tax
private property for purely privat
purposes, thing unheard Of in the an
nails of American legislation and con
trary to all principles Of justice an
equality.
They have passed tax laws impos
ing far greater burdens on some class
es Of individuals and property than Q
others. The proportion of taxatio
born BY the farms in comparison wit
other classes Of property has bee
largely increased, and moneys and CT
dts to the amount of millions Of do
lars have been exempted from beal
i ing their share of the burden.
II They have attempted by an absel
/ voters law to give the organizer
/ and paid henchmen of the league Il
II opportunity to dictate the votes of w