Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-03
LEAGUE CHIEFS
WERE. AGAINST
! THE FARMERS
Says O'Connor In Address
At Towner; Young
Speaks At Sykeston

.Towner. N. D., Nov. 81. F. T..
.O'Connor spoke here yesterday after
noon and discussed the issues Of the
day. Mr.. O'Connor pointed out that the
League leaders In North Dakota had
been fighting the farmers for six
years and gave q number Of illustra-
lions to prove his point. The destruc-
ton Of the terminal elevator bill III
1917 by ex-Gov. Frazier after il mad
passed the senate and the house, the
failure to complete the mill and ele-
vator after Frazier was elected gov
ernor in 1920 although the League
had millions for other purposes, they
did not Keep their promise to the
farmers and finish the mill and ele-
vator, the Drake mill losses, the Home
Builders losses, the waste Of public
money in every department.. the I'D
wise by the League leaders to the
farmers to hold, their wheat ins192o,
when they could have secured s2.S5 q
bushel; the heavy taxes imposed, the
opposition Of the League leaders to
diversified farming were among the
evidences submitted that the League
leaders were trying to destroy the hap
piness and prosperity Of the farmers.
League Chiefs Had Purpose.
THE League leaders had a definite
IVA - ~, oSSSA s@S Jaw
perity Of the farmers. Thcy knew
that they could not make North Da-
kota a Socialistic state II the farm
ers were prosperous. House BNl A,
the famous Socialistic constitution Of
fered in the 1917 legislature, The con-
centrating Of the leading Socialists OF
the nation in North Dakota during
the legislative sessions, the influence
Of Walter Thomas Mills on legislation,
while most. appointise offices won't to
Socialists, wore facts cited by the
speaker to prove his contentioa. Wal
tor Thomas Mills in his Struggle for
existence stated that no farmer
should own an acre Of land and that
the Socialists were fighting the farm
ers the anne as they were all capital
lists. Mr.. Mills had the endorsement
! Of Ex-Governor Frazier. Len>ke and
the other League leaders. The pur.
: chase Of SociAlistic literature, to place
in our state library. n Of the firs1
acts Of the radical Stangelane. was
given as an illustration.
Education Important.
"One of the paramount duties o.
the state Is to educate the girls unt
boys who will be its future citizens
The appropriations mado by the fed
eral government for war indebtedness
J or preparation Tor wa" are nlnet1
times as large as those made for car
! rying on research. educational and
I, development work. This leads US t.
the conclusion that education has no
received. the attention It should from
tha federal government. In the Sortl
I.akc!n legislature I have ',vored FED
erai MD to u schools and l uIget
the passage OF the bill, but Mr.. L. I
Stair, one of the leaders Of tn
League on the floor, objected, and sal
that this state did not want none,
from big business. It is to be regret
ted that this bill did not pass, ms W
naed federal aid in our schools. Their
is now pending in congress a bill
which has the same name as you
town, called the Townley- Sterling bill
and this provides fedora: aid and wi.
greatly benefit the schools in Mort
Dakota. President Harding has pro
posed several amendments to the bi
which are satisfactory TO the author
Of the bill, and the bill, with IN
amendments, will receive my supper
( I am elected to the ssnatn."
Tho speaker emphasized the in1por
tanoe Of education in our form of gov
ernment, showing that the state coul