Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-02-19
TRUE SPIRIT OF
STUTSMAN FARMER
SHOWN AT MEETING
Stands Firm on Platform Of
Better Marketing Condi-
tons But Is Determined to
Rid State Of Socialisic
Leaders Now in Control.

Among the outstanding features Of
the banquet and mass meeting of the
district chairmen of the Stutsman
county campaign organization held
at Orlady hall Thursday evening
was the intense enthusiasm of the
more than two hundred and fifty
men present, the large number of
farmers and former Townley men in
attendance, and the insistence on the
part of all Of the many speakers that
the organization was not opposing
the original farmers program of bet
ter marketing conditions and state
owned utilities, but was determined
to rid the state of the radical social
istic leaders now in control Of the
state administration.
Following the banquet, which
was served cafeteria; or perhaps
more correctly army" style, and
which consisted Of roast beef, hot
weiners, potato salad, pickles, bread,
butter, coffee and cake. the object
of the meeting and the plan of Or
ganization were explained by the
members Of the executive committee.
The plan of campaign embraces the
work Of three general committees
which have. charge of the publicity,
the speakers and the finances, the
backbone of the entire plan being
the voluntary, personal appeal OF
every individual member of the or
ganization to his neighbor. It is
planned to put the real facts in con-
nection with the present administra-
ton of state affairs into the hands OF
every voter of the entire county in
order to show how the socialist1c
leaders have worked to their own
advantage unde5s, the cover of what
was originally a purely farmers
movement for the betterment Of the
conditions under which they were
forced to market their produce.
Representative farmers from each
of the twenty-seven districts, into
which the county has been divided,
were then called upon to report as
to the condition of their particular
districts and to suggest ways and
means of bringing the truth in re-
gard to these matters home to the
voters. Several of the speakers de-
clared that they were members of
the Nonpartisan League and that up
until a very few months or even
weeks ago would not have listened
to any adverse criticism of the state
administration. One of the speak
ers declared that in his precinct but
seven mo" votes were cast at the
referendum election held last June
and that his vote was not among these
mo- votes. He asserted that he was
not alone in having his "eyes open
ed" and that he thot that the few
remaining defenders of things as
they are now" in the precinct in
which he lived would be on the side
of Americanism as soon as the facts
were presented to them in their true
light.
Several of the farmers reported
that they had not attended the pre-
cinct meetings of the league this
year and that in many cases no meet
ings were held. These members OF
the league declared that they were
still in favor of the original farmers
program of better marketing condi-
tions but that they refused to long
er be used as cats paws to further
the spreading of radical, un-Ameri-
can doctrines of socialism, atheism,
anarchism and bolshevism.
One Of the pioneer farmers of the
county, when called upon for his
tthotsN Non the subject. pointed to the
large American flag, which draped
the piano on the platform, and de-
clared that he had but one thing to
say and that was that the farmers u
the precinct in which he lived were
for the American flag, always had
been and always would be. and in
view Of this fact there was no ques-
ton as to which way they would vote.
The declaration Of principles. as
adopted at the state meeting Of the
stutsman county plan Of campaign
organization meetir., held recently
in the armory was read and adopted
unanimously. There were q few Wis
itors from other counties who were
much impressed by the spirit Of en-
thusiasm shown and regretted only
that more voters Of their respective
counties could not have been pres.
Sent to imbibe some Of this spirit Of
enthusiasm, loyal cooperation and
optimism as to the ultimate victory
of true Americanism IN the county,
state and nation.