Morris tribune., 1920-04-09
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE NON
PARTISAN LEAGUE
By Hon. C. P. Carlson.

League people who cannot see any
danger in the League program. They
approach it from the angle of a sup
posed economic betterment program
and are unable to rid themselves OF
this impression. 1t is because their
study of the League has been only
on the surface. Supposedly, and on
the surface, the Non Partisan
League is an organization of farm
ers united as political party to Sc
cure legislation beneficial to farm
ers.
Thousands of good, loyal American
citizens who frlmy believe in the Re-
public of the United States and Con-
stitution, and a government based on
Freedom, Justice and Humanity, that
has been and is the wonder of his
tory, and who believe in law and Or
der have become members of the
Non-Partisan League with the one
thought of finding the best method of
solving the problems in which they
are most interested. But they have
been misled.
They do not know and many will
not believe when the proof is given,
that the leaders are socialists and
have demonstrated their purpose to
establish socialist government where
ever they can gain interest of a
state. This is clearly demonstrated
in North Dakota where the problems
of the farmers have been completely
forgotten and that state is now
launching on program of socialism
that has brought the good name Of
the state into disrepute, has caused
many men to dispose of their proper
ty and leave the state and which in
the opinion of many students of fin
ancial and political affairs, is believed
certain to carry the state onto the
rocks of bankruptcy.
The entire civilized world gazed
with awe and wonder when Bolshe-
vism raised it's ugly head in Russia
1t was a great mystery and everybody
was asking what is Bolshevism?"
The world struck terror to millions
and it soon became accepted as
meaning terrorism, bloodshed, cruelty
and the destruction of morality and
religion. Then it became generally
understood that the Bolsheviki were
merely the majority of the socialist
party in Russia and according to
Lenine himself it is 1.-The applied So
cialism of Maryland that it was
closely allied with socialism in the
United States.
At this very time the League is
getting bolder. 1t defends the Rus
sian Bolshevik government In a re-
cent editorial the Non-Partisan Lead
er calls the Bolshevik movement "one
of the most important developments
of the present age" Yes, there is
conspiracy too," to prevent facts con-
cerning Russia getting to the people
of the United States," says the Lead
er..
1T is not possible to get a friendly
report and Interpretation of what is
going on there. Under this contract
despite outside attack Russia is busy
constructing new society, establish
ing an economic instead of a political
government. That is, the system of
representative government as it is
known in America, has been abol-
ished.
1--WE believe that the present effort
to show that the Bolshevists are
merely murderers and assassins is
serving no good purpose. 1t seems
to be born of an unreasonable and
comic fear" Can you beat that for
clever psychology? Think it over.
Think of things like that going into
farm paper" The Non-Partisan
official organ, the Fargo Courier
News wants Victor L. Berger seated
in congress. 1t says 1--WE believe con-
gress should seat Victor Berger" Oh
course it does. Any man who has
been convicted of being a traitor and
who happens at the same time to be
Socialist leader ought to be giver
office according to this Non-Partisar
organ, says the Fairmont Sentinel
Arthur G. TOwnley, head of the
Non-Partisan League is an avoweG
Socialist and the Non-Partisar
League is Socialism. If added proof
is needed it may be recalled that
Charles Edward Russell, himself 8
Socialist, spent six months in NORTH
Dakota helping to organize the
League. Nine-tenths of the public
officers are now held by Socialists in
that state and if still further proof
is needed, the boss of the organiza.
tion himself is Socialist. At least
we have his word for it in the follow,
ing affidavit
State of North Dakota, County o1
Golden Valley, &C.
I, the undersigned elector, dc
solemnly swear Cor afirm) that my
name and signature as signed below
is my true name and signature. MY
age is 33 years and occupation farm,
GrS nativity Amorioon horn n-oco-I