The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-19
TR lex EXPOSED
TO F0MENT HATE
OF STATE WOMEN \
Letter from Nonpartisan League
Headquarters Asks for
Resolutions
AGAINST MISS NELSON
She is Called Tool of Capitalists,
Grain Gamblers in Vicious
Attack , ~
A AGAINsT MISS NELSON

MISS Mlllllc y. NlSlool, oIoIS S"Po
tendent of instruction, was exposea
here today.
Several days ago Miss Nelson re-
ceived a resolution signed by a small
number of people, condemnlng hei
for statements she was alleged 10
have made in a speech in Mlnneap-
oils. The petition was adopted al
meeting of woman's NonpartlsaA
club.
The secret of the start of the res
olution was revealed when, by mis-
take. a letter from Nonpartisan league
HEADQUARTERS in North Dakota was
sent in with a resolution. Ihe let-
ter accompanied a resolution WHICH
the woman's Nonpartisan clubs were
asked to sign and send to Miss Mel
son. -.
The effort apparently has met Win
signal failure. Less than 10 resoiu-
tions have come to Miss Nelson and
most of them contain but few names
The letter to the clubs asking en-
dorsement of the resolution is so VI
cious that it is believed to have been
too much for women OF North Ia
kota to endorse. In it Miss NELSON
is accused of having told the people
of Minneapolis that the farmers and
workers of North Dakota were ma,
tionalizing or preparing to natlonallze
their women" She also is accused
to supporting grain gamblers, ana
"obevs mandates OF capitalists. a.
Reaction Follows
Friends of Miss Nelson declare that
such vicious and untruthful attacks
react to her credit. She never men
toned the words, Stree love- i'll hel
Minneapolis speech, they say. Sh"
has made the open statement tha>
she is not fighting members OF inc
Nonpartisan league, but is fighting
against Socialism in the schools.
Miss Nelson's father was pioneer
farmer OF North Dakota, having farm
ed in the state since 1880, and now
owning alarm and operating it. ne
was the originator Of the open Whea,
market" bill for farmers.
The new attack on Miss Nelson FOL
lows the same tactics followed two
years ago when Neil c. Mcdonald
made his vicious attack upon her
At that time Miss Nelson was &C
cused of being alternately a candi-
date of grain gamblers, pink tea So
ciety women" and the book trust. The
qualifications of Miss Nelson Werel
attacked, which was answered by the
Nonpartisan supreme court which
found her qualified, with four years
of high school, four years of college,
and extensive teaching and executive
experience.
From League Office
The letter which was sent out to
women with the resolutions they were
asked to adopt and sign, is on sta
tionery Of "The National Federation
of Womens Nonpartisan clubs, North
Dakota branch" and is signed by
Rose Mcdonnell, state secretary. Ih2
circular letter, addressed to presidents
of women's Nonpartisan clubs, fol
lows, in part:
Dear President:
Enclosed you will find set OF
resolutions which we are requesting
each club to sign and send direct
to Miss Nelson as denunciation
of the stand she has taken against
our state and people in her speeches
in Minnesota. ...'.'
,y"Miss Nelson has told the people
of Minneapolis that the farmers and
workers of North Dakota are Free
Lovers, and were nationalizing or pre-
pairing to nationalize their women
We women are workers, and there
fore, when Miss Nelson denounces
the North Dakota government as i'm
moral, she is hitting us. She wants
to hit us as she is with the Grain
Gamblers and others who are fighting
the Farmers and Workers in Mime
sofa"
After declaring that the Nonparti-
san league strengthened her office
(atter Neil Mcdonald had Tough
herr the letter declares "she wants
additional power so that she may obey
the mandates of the Capitalists OF
the Twin Cities. Because the peopl'
of North Dakota refuse to grant he,
these additional powers, she returns
to Minneapolis to tell her autocrats
that we must truly be all Bolshevists
We do not care what she reports t.
the Minneapolis Masters, but We
refuse to be classed as Free-Lovers
Bolshevists, ETC.
The club women are asked to send
the resolutions to Miss Nelson, ana
to crush out this new menace be-
fore it has chance to cause con-
tention in our ranks.1
The letter is filled with untruths
from start to finish, so flagrant that
the letter is ridiculous, Miss Nelson's
friends say.
One of the petitions bearing a few
names comes from Leith and is head
ed by Mrs. Cahill, wife of j. H. Ca
hill, of 'red flag fame" Another is
signed by Mrs. Agnes Stuckey, of Gar
rison, whose husband is said to have
signed Kate Richards O'Hare's bond,
One purports to come from Velva
but was mailed in Fargo.
Notwithstanding the underground
attacks being made on Miss Nelson,
she is not making a stump campaign
but is daily attending to her duties as
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