Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-10-21

Writing
Socialism and We

Proof that League Leaders are Socialists
years that the League not
farmers organization by actual farmebu
managed by resident and nonresident socialists.
offered to debate that question with Sen waJ hf M the G 1 @
He recently Press offered
$l0o if could claims We
appointment which the 500 to
be get the hum
dred under the of the free Press
However, all this takes me and the league bunch
harp along after election before issue
THEREFORE Offering some of our proof at this time
One our charges that the Metzens had mixed
cation magazine called the "Rebel Texas
Meitzens a governor.
Here the facts and ready
outned
The Rebel published letsve
lowing Publishers A. A. c.
Meitzen Editors T. A. Hickey E. R. Meitzen" This
A..
Further E. R. Mtzen candidate
The North Dakota Leader speaking
Of F. R. Mezen and Mezen has spoken county
he editor Of this paper the train in 1919 when Men attacked
YOU young sM saavelng ave ing man, ana later pull pulled knife
duions
weE This list also includes letter written by party
in Texas stating that he publishing the
Of Nonpartisan Leader
Further charged that wpod socialist
iea' library at Bismarck 1916
listed as former member of the executive committee He
candidate for (The man
receive 500 Wood had par)
We stated that Arthur esuer socialist
secretary National Nonparsan We
Record office of Photographic reproduction Leseus
follows Your Secretary
tona Nonpartn League" We have reproductions
by Leseuer One Haywood president
l. w. w, and addresses him "De
Haywo signed "Yours the revolution LIE
seuer was jail in Mn along with large number Of other l. W VS.
and on the sworn testimony Of Judge L. Paa r Of Mnot
much of his time singing L. w. W.
VI; It's long way now me
It's long '> - 'sg &
It's long way across the prairie,
Another song says:
That's what kept the bum ~
.>4 You you've duty ~
s1#s You chin whiskered nofag gun. Es tt,r
n We have sent kids to college, @
But still you ravean shout
And call US hoboes H
And pesky go-abouts. ~.
organization the National Nonpartisan League.
And we have vast amount of additional evidence that the
League manned from the the
Dakota We have Of Photographic
ist letter head It showed as
Organization Department
utve committee D. Dorman E. NJ Eisele Eugene
Kirkpatrick Leland Griffith National committeeman
seuer, Secretary Youmans State organizer, a.
g. Towney District organizers: a. Bowen Griffith
Beecher Moore, C. Dorman Ray T. Cooper
Later Townley became Of nonpsan league; Lesuer
became executive secretar
Reecher Moore became state
been organizer Lecturer state
league - ~ Griffith became eaue
ttree eroy ane with Hec) for
$500 he Scandinavian Bank when closed e. H. Griffith
state manager for the league in Minnesota Cooper
state in Kansas. zsl
socialist North Dakota
al the former active socialists have landed jobs with the
Dakota Or the Today the league
action Of its
with the national socialists ticket They
their old #i9S
We have further evidence Sturgeon converted
socialism meeting later helped to organize
the Bank OF North Dakota that he then
the Scandinavian Bank and that he evidence that
president the bank II Iaoan ~
was found guilty on criminal and later by Gov
Fraztes appontee Judge Eng odl had evi
dnce when O. p LOTUS socialist who had secured
an order from three members Of the banking
in
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