Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-09
To Turn X-Ray on
Nonpartisan League
TO FIND OUT WHETHER IDEA IS
TO OVERFLOW THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT


extent the nonpartisan league move
ment in North Idaho and other
northwestern states sympathiZes
with the soviet system of Russia IS
question suggesting one field OF
inquiry to the senate committee
soon to begin an investigation of all
alleged movements to overthrow the
government of the United States.
Recent developments. added to the
attitude of leaders and organizers
of the nonpartisan league in North
Dakota and elsewhere during the
war, appear to make some inquiry
in that direction essential, in the
opinion of Senator George H. Moses
chairman Of the committee. IT will
be recalled that President Townley
founder of the league, with another
former officer, is under conviction
in the Minnesota courts on charge
of disloyalty.
Former w. S. C. Man Involved.
The most recent development
comes out in the activities of Charles
Emil Stangeland, former professor of
political economy at Washington
State College, at Pullman. Public
sentiment in North Dakota recently
compelled the dismissal of STANCE
land by the board Of administration,
which had employed him to make a
survey of the state library.
When 1t came time TO pay the
bills the state auditor declined to
issue vouchers for large number
of alleged anarchistic, bolshevistic,
atheistic and free love books which
had been installed in the library by
Dr. Stangeland The character OF
books is sufficiently told in the
titles and in the names of the
authors. Included were Socialism
and Modern Science" by Ferri
Evolution of Property" by Lafar-
goes; Not Guilty" by Blanchford ;
Love and Marriage" and Love and
Ethics" by Ellen Key; "Anarchism
and Socialism," by Harris; Am
erican Government and Politics." by
Beard; THE Bolshevists and World
Peace by Leon Trotzky. and THE
Profits Of Religion" by Upton Sin
clair.
Stanreland's Removal Difficult.
1t is easy to get a line on the
sympathies of the nonpartisan
league government of North Dakota
by Tho fact that it was with diff
Guilty that Stangeland's removal was
forced even after the exposure as
to the poisoned" library. George
Totten, chairman of the board OF
administration, admitted that he
employed Stangeland on the recon-
mendation of Professor Charles
Austin Beard, formerly of Columbia
university, whose radical ideas are
quite as well advertised as those of
Scott Nearing, another former pro-
fessor.
Totten said he would resign If
Stangeland was removed but public
sentiment ran so high that the
board had to act. Totten has not
resigned, but the same sentiment
which compelled Stangelands re
moyal is now seeking TO put rollers
under Wotten, but Governor Frazier.
nonrartisan executive, declines to
dismiss Totten. who is his ap-
poirtee.
his biography in who's Who" that
he is Il member of German politi-
cal society which has headquarters
in Berlin. Throughout the war his
biography proudly carried this fact
In 1912 he was detailed as secretary
of the United States legation at La
Paz. Bolivia. and in 1914 trans
ferred to London as second secretary
OF the United states embassy.
Was Indicted in New York.
just one year after lhc war
started he resigned and the state
department has always declined as
a matter of policy to diseuss reports
published at the time that the res
isnation was the outcome of Il pro
test from thC British osernmeuJ 10
the American secretary or state.
After the United States entered the
var. Stangeland was indicted in
New York for the alleged violation
of tho trading With the enemy act.
The ease was dismissed Two weeks
after the armistiee was signed. the
department of Justice files show.
Stangeland is of Scandinavian ex-
traction and has a noted vile, for
merly Karin Michaelis of Copen
hagen. Denmark widely known as
the author of numerous books. He
says in his biography that he has
studied in France. Italy and Rus
STA. and this. coupled with his ac-
tivities of the last three or four
Years. seems to make him valuable