The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-01-27
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The Nonpartisan League is expand
ing on a large scale, according to
Walter Thomas Mills of Berkeley,
California, and T. P. Doyle of Mime
apolis.
The new political movement in Cali
fornia is to be financed by a million
dollar fund. Mills is state organizer
and Doyle is national organizer of the
League.
At a recent mass meeting in San
Francisco, Mills said that no attempt
would be made to interfere with the
programs of the Socialistic party or
the Farmer-Labor party and that no
candidates would be placed in the field
in California by the N~onpartisan
League until 10O, 900 families had been
pledged to League support in the
state.
The Leagues purpose, he declared,
lis to gather in a single body the USE
full people through a federation of ag-
ricultural, industrial, commercial, pro-
fessional and other occupational self
governing departments - body
strong enough to get possession of the
state government of California and
all its political subdivisions in order
to use its public power and resources
to protect and promote trade union
activities, public enterprises and CO.
operatice undertakings.
"Its membership shall not be DEEM
ed sufficient unless 100000 of them
shall be farmers and 10000 wage
earners."
One Of the main groups will be
formed by housewives, Mills said, and
after the next election he expects to
train hundreds of women in regard to
the theories Of the Nonpartisan
League and send them on a house to
house canvass throughout all Califor-
MIA.
This is a wonderful program and
should enable Mr.. Mills and his So
licitors to collect $40 from everyone
Of the useful people" whom the
League approaches.
To a man familiar with the work.
ings of the Nonpartisan League, it is
easy to discern behind this camouflage
of words, the socialistic program of
League leaders to socialize, as far as
possible, California, both politically
and industrially.
1t is safe to say that the $500, 0O0,-
900 state power project scheme will
secure the solid backing Of the League
organization and will be one of it's
main arguments for securing contri-
buttons.
The regrettable feature of the sit
uation is that the "single body of USE
full people" which will comprise the
League cannot be left in California
by themselves to finance their Won
derful state ownership propositions,
pay the tax bills thus created, and
have all the pleasures and benefits
which will result (??) from a social
lied state such as they propose.
Apparently these useful people"
are not satisfied with the result of the
experiments which have practically
wrecked North Dakota and instead of
living there, they wish to try the ex-
pertinent again father west.
If these useful people" should be as
successful in establishing their reign
of mismanagement along socialistic
lines as they were in North Dakota,
the unfortunate citizens of California
who are not useful people" and mem
bers Of the League would find that
after the fire works were over they
would be left to pay the bills for the
experiments of the useful hundred
thousand"
1t seems impossible to conceive that
the voters of California can be fooled
by the political bunk which profession
al League organizers hand out at $40
per member, especially when all these
organizers car point to as testimonials
is a record of League failures, bank
ruptcies and political wrecks in every
section and state where it has met any
temporary political control.
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