The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-10-28
''REV." WALKER SPEAKS

Yesterday afternoon at the Grand
Theatre "Rev." emphasis on the
Reverend, if you please), spoke at the
Grand Theatre, mainly to the women
of Bottineau. His talk was on Social
ism and I. w. W'ism, entirely. He is
very well versed on these subjects, so
much so. that we think he must be-
long to the inner circle of the organ
izations. He tried to connect these two
organizations with the Nonpartisan
League by saying ,*'The leaders of the
,Nonpartisan League are all Social
lists" Why didn't he tell you that A..
c. Townley, president Of the Nonpar-
tisan League was put out Of the So
cialist party, because he wasn't radi-
cal enough? Why didn't he tell you
that when the I. w. w! met at New
Rockford that no honest Nonpartisan
Leaguers were there? Why didn't he
Because he wanted to make you be-
lieve that the Nonpartisan League was
made of up Socialists and I. w. WIS.
This so called minister read most Of
his speech from book on Socialism,
and which he said, the articles con-
tanned in it weren't written by any,
body, just picked out of waste paper
baskets, and taken from the press and
photographed. He didn't say what
press, but anyone who reads the
Grand Forks Herald and Fargo For
UNI, knew what press he meant with
out doubt. He also read one Of the
I. w. WIS hymns, which is a parody
on "Onward Christian Soldiers" and
which was an insult to every woman
in the audience, and also read the So
cialist's catechism. What do you think
of a Minister Of the Gospel reading
such articles, we think your answer
will be, NOT MUCH.
Another thing he said was that the
Nonpartisan League was not officered
by any farmers. Why didn't he tell
you that Governor Frazier is farm
er and has farm near Hoople, N. D.,
that A. C. Townley is farmer, also
Howard r. Wood, that the State Leg
islature is composed almost entirely
of farmers. Why didn't he? Because
he thought you women were ignorant
along these lines and that he could
make you believe anything.
Now women voters, don't let a man
of this calibre play on your sympathy.
Don't let him make you believe that if
we have the Grain Grading Act, the
dockage act and all those things the
Nonpartisan League is fighting for
North Dakota will be run by Free Low
ers, that the marriage ceremony viii
be abolished, that the churches will be
destroyed, etc. We would suggest that
you do as he said at the opening of
his speech, "Study both sides of the
issue and vote to suit your own judg-
ment. If you do this, we know that
you will vote the Nonpartisan League
ticket straight.
Why didn't he talk on the issues be-
fore you today? Why didn't he explain
the Industrial Program that the Lea
que is working for? Didn't he tell you
that he had not studied the issues, that
he spent his time studying Socialism
in Russia? And as we aren't going to
vote in Russia this coming election
are we very much concerned about
them? = .-s..~,.,a
Women of Bottineau, think this ov-
er. Don't let a man slip anything like
this over on you the last minute be-
fore election.
We could go on and on telling about
the things he said, but what's the use'
the whole speech was on Socialism
and I. w. W.ism.