Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-19
tsons known and ssek IN every HON
orable way to further them.
REpuBaIcANIsl VERSUS SOCIAL
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Socialism Is clearly drawn by the ac-
ton Of the convention which has just
been held at Bismarck, and the chalS
lenEe to Socialism has been flung
down by men who represent the Re-
pubiicanism Of the state.
In tn present official form the Re-
publican party in North Dakota II =
Socialist organization, dominated by
political adveuturers from other states
and through their influence commit
ted by the subordtnationI of every
legitimate interest in the state to the
personal Advancement Of q lot of
highbinders and to Z governmental
program Of extreme r~adicalism. utter
ly visionary where. not utterly malig-
nant.
Socialism has been placed In con-
troll of the party organization in North
Dakota through a process of "borins
in" exactly similar to that which has
been employed by radical and 'lawless
labor agitators to capture the great
organization known as the American
Federation Of Labor. Men of h
type of Foster have sought for years
to bring about a great labor revolu-
ton outside the ranks Of regularly
organized labor. They failed. The
organization. under the able leader
ship Of Gompers, standing squarely
for the recognition Of the full rights
of the laboring man, stood just as
squarey for the lawful and orderly
realization Of its desires, n with
stood every effort from without to
commit it to a policy of violence and
anarchy. Then the old methods were
abandoned, and Foster and his asso-
ciates, instead of fighting the FEEDER
alton Of Labor, undertook to take pos
session of it by injecting into it new
members who had been led or driven
into the support OF syndicalfet princi-
pies. This movement has been 30
successful that the organization has
abandoned its former attitude of san
ity and its leader has been driven
from one, compromise to another un-
til it seems that before long he must
step down and out, discredited by the
organization which he has done so
much to build and maintain.
In all its essentials the policy which
has been used for the capture Of .he
state Republican organisation is the
same. Socialism as q separate move
ment gined but little Roadway in
North Dakota. The soil and atmos-
phere did not appear to favor its
growth. But there were a few men
who picked up a precarious living, by
preaching the cult, and on the outside
were great numbers who were eager
to operate in any state where the
makings were good. It was deter
mined to invade the organisation Of
the dominant party, capture it's ma
chinery and use 1t. This was done by
tho use of methods which are now
tolerably familiar, and the official
control. Of the party today is in the
hands Of mel who have never had
anything In common with the Repub-
lican party, and the principles adopted
in its name represent everything that
Republication Is not. Is BIZ
The convention. OF, Republicans at
bismarck did not mince' matters. 1t
placed itself on record AZ opposed to
Townleyism and everything that
Townleyism represents It repudiat-
ed those men who have crept into the
organization under a substerfuge in
order to promote Townleyism, and
declared its determination to carry
this fight into every precinct in the
state. .
There will be no compromise and
no mincing of matters. A man is a
Republican or he is not. He is in IA
vor Of Tow1leyism or he is not. There
Is no such thing AZ combining the
two. The present issue is not what
Republican shall be supported for
president, Of what Republican shall
be elected to any state office. It is
whether or not the Republican party
in this state shall be purged Of the
poison which has been injected into
it and rid 'of the domination of the
most INSCRIPTIONS political gang in
America.