Morris tribune., 1920-02-06
A WEEKS GRIST

a WEEKS GR4S1
Every week brings revelations that the Non
Partisan League cabal is unworthy the support any
American citizen especially unworthy the support
of the farmers.
Every week brings condemnation from men
high in the confidence and people
country.
Every week brings revolts from men in the
circles of the League because their integrity and
their of decency longer stand the strain.
AS these incidents it is the constant tempta
ton to the editor who the menace from the be-
ginning to comment them to the exclusion of other
proper that have of late passed
by many incidents worthy of comment, but this week,
there has been much to comment in connection
with the activities of the inside coterie of the N P
League that deem it quite proper to present this
testimony of CLOUD of witnesses"
In the first place note that The Country Gentle
probably the ably edited farm journal in the
country has abandoned the idea that TOwnley and his
caba will do anything of value to the farmer
In the of material which the editor has filed away
regarding the N. p League former issues of this
Country Gentlemen, in which the movement was
upon worthy the benefit of the doubt
for what it might be able to accomplish in solving the
marketing problem. (Townley so pleased with the
that circulated copies of the magazine
by the thousands) Now the leading editorial in The
Country Gentleman for Feb. 7th says:
"It cost the farmers North Dakota SIG per head
join the Nonpartisan League A. C. Townley grand
sachem of the League promised them brightness and
blessings the strangulaon of Big Biz and taxation
with 100 cent farmer representation Now Townley
delivered both representation taxation with the
emphasis taxation Last year the farmers of North
Dakota paid $1,688,355 in taxes This year they will
pay $4,540826 in An increase of only 169 per
Minnesota is invited to follow North Dakotas lead
and establish Townley Soviet government. 1t will cost
only SIG membership to listen to the big noise and then
have your jabbed up SO cent. Big Biz in its
most rapacious days couldn't contrived gaudier
gold brick to bounce the skull of gullibe public"
Last week in Minneapolis Judge K M. Landis the
judge who sent Big Bill Haywood and his associates Of
the ]. w w. to Leavenworth and who probably knows
much in the country regarding radical
activities, and absolutely knows what he knows, in
speech dealing with the W. w socialism and boshevism
in this country, said
"Now there's another concern that's been hossin'
around here We don't have it in Illinois. We have the
flu the smallpox but thank God don't have
refer, gentlemen, it's baby, to the Nonpartsan
League. I have not had personal contact with it,"
Il know enough about it to know it is atrociously
out of place in the United States understand some
politicians actually flirting with the thing.
II understand that in North Dakota there is gov
and other officials but that there sits in room
in ST. Paul who tells the governor and judges
and others what to do. Now I am the kind of a
man to be in Office in North Dakota but my God, I'd
like to hold court there for about a week."
Representative Sinclair of North Dakota, took ex-
ceptlon to what Judge Lands said in linking the
w w, the red Socialists and the N. p League and the
If find three fellows sleeping together one bed
and neither of the three be induced sleep alone
when the other two fellows are about and all three of
these fellows have nightmare the time-and such
nghtmare!-why then just naturally suspect they have
got something in common"
And while citing the opinions of worthy of all
confidence, it is fitting to note that Sound Govern
ment Association organized to fight Towney and So
cias is headed by Cyrus Northrup beloved and most
ed Of
sity
And the inside is revolt from who can do
the dirty work longer o. T. Rishof head of the NJ
P League newspaper department. has quit It has been
the work Of this department to go out and buy out
country newspaper WORTH $4,000 for 100000 resell
it to farmer stockholders for $4,000, manipulate
stock issue have practical control without put
ting in cent, install editor who would publish the
socialist dope sent out from ST. Paul. squeeze
petition by taking the state monopoly legal
Vert1sng and to manufacture public opinion
favorable not only to the N P League but sympathy
for the murderers of the Legion boys Centraia
pathy for Berger the convicted disloyasts sympathy