The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-06-11

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wicked government; 1t was a selfish
government. and 1t Is well that it fell
i Under the old car regime. however.
on Easter morning, at the instance of
That government, every newspaper IN
the land controlled by it would print
on its front page in bold faced type
boisheviki, who are socialists and
who proclaimed in the style of their
country that the government shall be
socialist, ordered the following words
to be printed In lieu of the sacred
sentiment referred to: "One hundred
years ago today Karl Marx was
born" Marx, the apostle OF collective
and not private farms. and the col
production. the would-be destroyer OF
the Christian religion. is hailed as the
idol OF socialist Russia.
i Protects Common Rights. =.
The government of the United
States Is government of the people.
by the people and for the people and
IT embraces all our people. in one
class alone. The government of Rus :
STA is a government Of few of the
people. for few of the people and
by few OF the people. one class only
class government. And, bear in
mind, that under section b, just quot
ed. II you were citizen of Russia
7 and you own one thousand dollar
7 Liberty bond of the United States
government, YOU are capitalist and
) you cannot vote. Bear in mind that
under section C, just quoted. If you
have clerk working in your store
3 or hired hand on your farm, you are
capitalist and you cannot vote
| q 70 vVna x-O1xn ~,
slider your inability to vote. If YOU
are a clergyman or professor in a
religious college. consider your in
D ability to vote.
The attack on the system of mon
: ogamy the family, is most sinister
: Marriage by the church is of no blind
Ing effect under the statutes of Rus
STA. Anyone desiring to be married
4 must appear in person before a mag
: istrate authorized by law to issue the
i contract. The marriage contrac,
, may be in writing or oral A divorce
r is granted on mere petition If you
= are married today and have a fight
= you can return to that magistrate to-
morrow and secure a divorce. 1t is
I given for the mere asking, by either
party. The result of this legislation
is to undermine the family institu-
r ton, which is fundamental of civil
cation itself
4 This declaration of rights adopted
= the proposition for the specialization
f of lands. which proposition six
months later became effective by the
4 Russian constitution of July 10
1918, and yet in March. 1918
3 Minnesota knowing the principle in {,
I volved, adopted the following reso-
! luton: We do hereby go on record
as endorsing the bolshevist move
ment and urge the American labor
: movement to follow the example OF
our Russian brothers"
= Evidence of Sympathy.
;, On March 10, 1918, the state con
b.. vention of Minnesota branch of the
national Nonpartisau league placed
these words In the platform adopted:
We extend greetings and pledge our
support to the forces In every country
= which are struggling for democracy
and especially to the people of Russia
in this hour when the new democracy
: of the east is beset by foes within
and without" 3er
"Will anyone contend that the vast
/ majority of the members Of the Non
partisan league of Minnesota would
!, for one moment have tolerated such
action at their state convention?
go further: Will anyone contend that
the delegates in that convention had
they been familiar, as their socialist
leaders were. with the platform be
fore them, would have tolerated any
endorsement of such form of govern :
to trust the republican party which
has given you the DAVIS and regula-
, lions which you have, and the re-
.. forms which you have?
Let lis then consider the individ
uals in charge orr the Nonpartisan
league. And when / mention by
name the managers and agents Of
+ the Nonpartisan league. | do so with
no idea in mind of attacking these
5 persons. but plgerely of stating the
hundred delegates assembled on May
, Sth for the purpose of defeating Mr.
; Townley's progress, and who named
, me as the republican choice for gov
: ernor, believed that it was not wise
to entrust to the individuals who are
) socialists, the, government of our
{ state of Minnesota.
5 Record Of Leaders.
: I'm 1914; A, &C. Townley. the presi
dent of the Nonpartisan league was
; North Dakota and ran for the legis-
, lature as a socialist. G. A. Lindbergh
. who was candidate for governor
3 two years ago, joined the socialist
party shortly after his defeat for the
[ nomination. David G. Coates, formerly
5 lieutenant governor of the state of
: Colorado, was one of the founders of
the l. w. w. in 1905, according to his
own sworn testimony when he was a
witness at the trial of Harry Orchard
t who was charged with the murder Of
the governor of Idaho, Mr.. Steunen
3 berg. Mr. Coats is said to have
been the first general manager OF the
Nonpartisan league. '
"The /. w. w. is the most radical
organization of socialists In this
country. In article nine of the con
stitution, dealing with pledges for Of
ficers, we find that the following
pledge is necessary before becoming
an officer of the l. w. w.: 81 be-
lieve in and understand the two
sentences, "the working class and the
employing class have nothing in com
mon and labor is entitled to all 1t
produces"
arthur lie Sueur, one of the lead
ers in the original organization of the
Nonpartisan league, and until March,
!, 1919, its executive secretary. was for
number of years national commit
teeman for the socialist party of
North Dakota. Mr.. LIE Sueur was
vice president Of the peoples college
at FIT. Scott, Kansas, which Is a So
cialist school of learning. Eugene
". Debs, the socialist candidate for
president of the United States, in
1872, IA and '16, and now again
nominated was at one time the chan