Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-08-05
INDEPENDENT LEADERS PLEDGE
SUPPORT TO O'C0NN0R TICKET
AT BIG VICTORY CELEBRATION
Fifteen Hundred People Cheer Statement United States Senator Gonn, am Republican,
Of course but am also an kmecan T. CC Declares Campaign will be
Fought Issue Of Constitutional Government Without Abuse Misrepresentation
Chairman Ses Judge Pad Miss Nelson Secretary State Hail. Stsman
and Others Pledge Support and Predict NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Endorsed Gronna or Re-
election to u s, Senate. I
say, let us be one class of American

say, let us be one class of American
citizens.
When you find men engaged in an
other industry than on the farm,
doing things detrimental to the in
dustry of agriculture, then it is time
enough for you to discriminate
against him, but not as long as he
works honestly and earnestly for the
Interests of agriculture, which he
must, because if the farmer does not
succeed, no one else will succeed.
l. Will Fight Socialism.
AS I have announced often upon
the platform during this campaign,
il I knew that I would not receive
one single vote, would not follow
the leaders of radicalism and social
ism. We have been told that the
platform proposed by these so-called
leaders is not going to be destructive
to our form of government. You tell
me-you name me one single nation
which has weathered the storm where
SOCIALISM is involved-and I will ad-
init that they are right; but you can
not name one. You destroy the
very fundamental principles upon
which governments are based, and
this is exactly what socialism does.
know that the farmers of North
Dakota will not endorse socialism
and whenever they find out that this
program proposed by these self-styled
LEADERS is socialistic and anarchistic,
they will leave the organization like
rats will leave sinking ship, be-
| cause am sure that the majority of
the farmers of North Dakota are not
socialists.
But is it not better to help the men
who have been confused, who have
been led astray by the false promises
of these men? I feel that it is an
obligation upon me, as one who for
the last sixteen years has been chosen
to represent the people of my state
in the highest counsel of the nation
lit is my duty as far as l can see,
to inform the people that the doc
trines proposed by these outside men
who have studied socialism in some
of the smaller countries of the south
. ern hemisphere, that it will just as
sIrely as the sun rises tomorrow lead
them to destruction.
feel that it is my duty as far as
1 am able to, to warn them of the
: dangers and the pitfalls they viii
surely fall into if we don't right
now, before we go any further, GO
: back to the safe determination OF the
men who wrote the constitution OF
this great state, in accordance with
: the principles of our Fundamental
Jaw, the constitution of the United
: States, and if Providence will give me
strength I will promise you now that
: I shall to the extent of my ability dc
what l can to work in the interests OF
, men, whether you call them Non
partisans or anti-Nonpartisans, but
cannot and will not follow men whom
I believe would sell the interests OF
: the people of this state, of which
: have been a resident since I was but
3 mere boy, who through selflsfness
and greed are manipulating and
: holding up something to the people
of this state which they know they
! cannot realize and which in fact they
don't want, when they understand it
beea use the farmer does not want tC
lose his farm, nor does the farmer
want to lose his home, and that I:
what is being proposed by these lead
t leading socialists, who have succeed.
2 ed in coming into the state to win
t ,tbem--a certain class of men in our
state, good men among them, most
/. Of them are good men.
So I say it is our duty to help these
mer, to help them and to bring them
hack to safe, sound, American gov
} ernment whereby all people should
tenjoy the privileges, the same priv
7 ,'ileges, under our constitution and
Under our law.
when that has been done, shall
retire from public life-I. shall per-
t haps then retire from politics and
, while I have retired from public Of
? ( flee now, I have not retired from poll
tics, because propose to let my
voice be heard in this coming cam
paign by the people who will hear It.
American Above Partisan.
While we were not successful in
nominating the candidate on the
. ticket in the party to which. I be-
!, Hong, we shall substitute men from
! the minority party and elect them in
|, !. the majority. I am republican, of
course, but I am also an American
Z Anericanism with me is above par
tisanship when the good name Of OH
= state is at stake-when the best in
terests of the people of my state are
) in danger. feel it my duty to forge:
party politics. Both of these parties
Il stand upon the solid foundation Of
the constitutional form Of govern
ment.
! Now, my friends. ] simply want to
repeat what said: am one Of the
sthappiest men in North Dakota--rny y
conscience is clearI stood for the
of Justice and equality to
sfail men. stood for the constitution
! ssal; form Of governme ment, and whether
y II received a denomination or not
would it not; be coWardly for any
Iman who goes before the people IN a
,'lrolitical campaign and refuses to do
Z lIhis duty because the MAJ jority Of the
!, people didn't see fit to nominate him
Would he not5be as coWard1y as the
nen who fooled the people: the man
! who would desert his army, the men
! 4 who we're fighting to preserve this
4 government M 5s .5ii
) am lighting Wit you men who
q Ibe1ipve in represent tative government,
! and with yon women who believe Ia
u u q representative form Of government,
& am still on your side and Will be