The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-04-09
TROUBLE NOW BREWING
Discord Said To Be Ripping
The Nonparty League
TICKET THE REAL CAUSE
Prominent Blue Earth County
Member Is Welding the
Battle Axe

Dissention is brewing in the Ma
t;onal Nonpartisan league and a
Prominent Blue Earth county men,
Der of the organization is said to be
openly fomenting the discOrd. He is
Tot going at it with stealth and quiet,
but in clarion tones, to all members
of the league, has announced that his
scalping knife has been whetted to a
keen cutting edge and he proposes to
sever the Townley machine from the
radical, Socialistic elements which he
claims are running and bringing it in
to disrepute.
Meeting Reported Called.
1t is reported that this member has
of the Nonpartisan league, of which
there are said to be some $500, and
that at the meeting he hopes to have
these members go on record to purge
the league of the radical elements.
1t is his contention that the social
lists have gained control of the organ
iZaticn and that the rights of the
iarDler for whom it was primarily Or
ganized, have been wholly ignored.
Was Given the Boots.
This member, SO it is reported, at
the recent sessions Of the league IN
St. Paul was ordered out Of one of the
meetings. 1t is sail that he still has
faith in President A. G. TOwnley OF
the league but fears that the social
lists, "have got him by the throat"
II Is not known when or where the
gathering of the life members of the
league will take place but certain it
is that the Blue Earth county Lacquer
proposes to start the fireworks
when the opportunity is offered. Those
interested in the league movement
will watch with interest for future
GevelopmentS
.T,he farmers have been ignored in
tho seJect,ssnn of state candidates sup
nnsed m renreSesnt. the Nonpartisan
league" declared the Aobjector to pres
ent conditions, land besueye me mere
are members of the organizsstion1, On, MY :
do not propose 10 stand for thiS.SSiishe'
s.chmahl Is Emphatic.
ST. aul, April Julius SchmaS3i'
candidate for the republican nominG
alton for governor, "frowns on" dark
horses and wants no strong arming'
in the republican elimination conyen-
ton when such gathering is called
for the first week in May. He made this
clear yesterday in emphasizing points
made in his speech to the Mime
nesday night.
The republican state central COM
naittee will meet Monday at 2 p. m.
at the RYAN hotel to issue the call
for the eliminating convention.
Here is what Mr.. Schmahl has to
say about dark horse" candidates.
FroWn On Dark Horses.
Dark horses should be frCwned on.
The people have the right and should
exercise the right of demanding that
candidates announce their candida
cies before the caucuses and conyen
tions are held, SO they can be public.
ly discussed and their merits passed
upon by the individual voters.
"The voters have learned by sad
experience that dark horse candl-
dates, sprung as convention compro-
mise candidates. are always men who
dare not go publicly before the people
on their own merits"
And bare is what Mr.. Schmahl has
to say about the conduct of the pro-
posed elimination convention:
There should not be and must not
be any shadow work. ghost -dancing,
machine II ethoding strong arming. in
terest- influencing. bargain -countering,
secret -conniving. or Shyster- pOlitick-
ing methods employed in connection
with these caucuses, county or state
conventions"
Moreover, Mr. Schmahl would insist
that all candidates for the guberna-
torial nomination must have record
for loyalty that will not be open to
SUSPICION. e.
mo man who has strutted in uni
form in time of peac@ and promptly
laid it away in moth balls when the
bugle blast of war summoned Ameri-
cas- loyal sons and daughters to the
defense of the flag. should be consid-
cred" Mr.. Schnahl says.
"No man of military age who shirk-
ed his military duty should receive
the Endorsement of Minnesota repub-
licans." 81