Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-20
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Senator Laddsissa new man IN the United states sen.
ate, but he has very early got on to some Of the ,ponical
sanaess which have been played ~ ! good many others
who have preceded him in congress. He has used the
machinery OF the government to distribute his own pontt
zeal PROPAGANDA and to pave the way for his reelection
wnen the term upon which he has just entered has ex-
pired. The hrst speech which he delivered in the senate
was one relating to the political developments In North
Dakota In which he took the side Of Townley, Leake,
ana their tribe. and that speech has since been circulated
under the senatorial frank, printed and distributed It IL
expense Of the tax payers OF the United ssatea
That y the speech In which Senator IAdd took oc-
ea"on TO eensure former President Taft for an address
n which the latter declared that the Nonpartisan League
was not . patriotic organization. Taking that for his
text Mr.. Ladd launched out into 4 history Of the League,
and a defense of ITS actA That speech 10 now being CIR
culated among the voters Of North Dakota for the pur-
pose OF demonstrating to those voters what . true friend
tr.sty friend they have in Senator Ladd.
That Is the speech In which Mr.. LAdd attributed to the
Nonpartsan League. and sometimes directly and some
times theoretically. to the leaders and organizers Of that
body all the patriotic work which had been done by the
people Of North Dakota during the entire war period.
1t WIN be interesting to. . good many North Dakotans
VINO are not In any way associated with the Nanpartisan
League to know that whatever patriotic effort they may
have made, whatever their sacrifices may have been.
whatever contributions they may have made in any way
to the work of the nation in the war, are being credited
to Mr.. Townley and. his organization. This win be news
to a good many Of them. They have been under the Inn
preston that whatever they did in support Of the nation
during that crisis was due to their own innate feeling Of
patriotism and their recognition Of the obligation OF cit
liens, and not to any effort which Mr.. Townley, Mr..
Lenke, Thomas Allen Box and others Of their glorious
company may have made. 4
Mr.. LAdd in his address said q great many things, but
a great many others were omitted. He lauded the patri-
otsm Of the organization for which he has become one Of
the sponsors as he is one Of its chief benehcaaries, but he
neglected to say that the chief organizer Of that body 10
now under sentence. for his unpatriotic acts during the
war. He made no mention Of the fact that Mrs. o'Hare,
who was endorsed and vouched for by the Nonpartisan
League governor Of the state, had served a term In prison
NnNAfYinf3c anDnAO Ia - ~ Mast ~
Safety Commission but he neglects to make any mem
ton Of the peculiar banking enterprise of Thomas Alien
Box. the man who headed that commission. He reHers
to the Bank of North Dakota as one Of the grand ana
glorious enterprises inaugurated by the Nanpartisan
League, but he omits all mention Of the Scandinavian
American Bank Of Fargo, and the peculiar methods
which were employed through the cooperation Of that
concern with the Bank Of North Dakota in financing
politicians and their enterprises. The address Is remark
able not only for what 1t contains but for what it onits,
and an, estimate can be placed. upon it only by due re-
gard to the COMMISSIONS. 1t is q political document ctr
culated for political purposes and 1t is quite possible that
its circulation may have an effect not anticipated or in
tended by its author. + 4