The Monte Vista journal., 1920-01-24
rERNlDR AND rNACD Op
NON.PARTeAAN LEAGUE

The following report Il taken from
the New York Timcs of issue Of Jan.
uasy 4. 1890. and u the introd uetioa
to = tuii page wrste-ap of tho League
by Charles 4. oslden. The second
Fart 10 that Daft Of the article con.
cssnias laxAsion In North Dakosa:
IN its effort 70 lsasa what u the
ehiss menace 10 the worthy shings Of
the United otasss. public opinion
Seems 10 have picked the wrong set
OF initials. I. W. W.. - bad - Il 10
and regardless Of the noise Il makes.
IL not the most dangerous thing In
America. Its sinister letters. which.
with their meaning. are known every
where In the country. and 10 carry
with them their own warning. should
yield firse place on the danger list
to the initials N. p. L.. or the so
called Non-Partisaa League. which.
like the American uaion. can boast
Of its thirteen original states.
But unfortunately. the letters n.
r. l.. are not 20 widely known or
dreaded and. stili more unfortunate
II. they convey little Of the real six.
nificancs Of what they stand for. On
the contrary. this league. outside Of
North Dakota (whers. only this win.
ter. Il has attained absolute control
and WHORE Il has dropped prstenae
for frank terrorism). IL atill making
headwsy under i:s disguise Of altru-
Ism and bsnseicsncs and progress.
by which II deceived the farmers OF
North Dakota into paying msmbsr.
ship initiation fees for the necessary
preliminary financing and intrsnch-
Ing Of an organization that was to
rob them Of their money. their news
papers. their banks. their constitu.
,ion. the control Of their schools and
Of all voice In their government. In
North Dakota the N. p. L. has done,
literally and actually. all Of these
things. It has not merely tried or
threatened to do them. II has done
them.
Il did some Of them. or laid the
preliminary plans for doing them,
during the period Of disguise In the
regular 1913 and 1919 sessions Of
the league s-eoatrollsd legislature, and
with the uss Of the lsague-chossn
governor and courts. II was In the
special ssssion Of the Legislature In
December. 1919. that the league
clinchsd these things and reduced
practically to the vanishing point all
opportunity for its own punishment
by the enactment Of . group Of bills
which bring about . situation that
the !. W. VS. and their like may
have dreamed Of in their widest
moments. but which they have never
had the plan or the power or the or
sanisation to produce.
And now the league. having done
FOR North Dakota. has passed on 10
"usCUs VI tue 0g00t
twelve states in which Il has orxan.
izations. seems to offer the best op-
portunity for the work Of complete
subjuEation. Tho finish fiKht in
Minnesota Il now At it, height, and
every sane. decent citisen OF the
state. from governor Burnauiat
down. IL admittedly anxious q to its
outcome.
Some figures arc now available as
TO the tax increase which Chief Jus.
ttce Robinson thinks should be re-
duced. but which the farmers must
pay between now and March, I have
previously referred to the awaken
ing eject OF these high assessments
In North Dakota on the neixhborinx
Minnesota farmers on their aide Of
the Red River valley. There are six
Dig counties ON the North Dakota
sloe OF this valley. Their names and
the figures showing the increase in
their real estate assessments over