Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-27
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Lis TiHCIlNdu puOHC Is perhaps 1OL as. well &C
|quainted with the, of Forty-eight as it
should be. This committee was formed some little
time ago for the purpose of reforming American
politics according to its own ideas of reform, and as
a means thereto it is placing in the field separate
tickets in several of the states this year. 1t prefers
the name Progressive" for the party organizations
which are formed under it's auspices, although the
name is not considered essential. The main thing
is to get into the field candidates who are in accord
with the principles and policies of the committee.
Sometimes a complete new party organization is
sometimes only part of a ticket is nomin-
ated, and sometimes candidates sufficiently PRO
gressive" are found among those nominated by one
|of the existing parties. " -.
The committee has been instrumental in organ
izing a Progressive" party and placing Estate and
national ticket in the field in Pennsylvania. In
discussing the action taken, ]. A. H. Hopkins, execu-
tive chairman of the Committee of Forty-eight, says:
1.-The Progressive party of Pennsylvania
is one of the units in the new national party
organized by the Committee of 48, and Pen
sylvania has now taken it's place beside Ida
no, South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
and Wisconsin,, making six states in all in
which new party tickets will contest the cleo
I tons with the reactionary Democrats and
Republican nominees"
This statement made by MI. Hopkins, is sent
to the press from the New York office of the COM
mittee, Is East 10th St, over the signature of Frank
A. Pattison, chairman of the committees National
Bureau of Information and Education.
1t will be noted that North Dakota is mentioned
as one of the states in which new party tickets will
contest the fall elections with the reactionary old
parties. The inference would be that there is to be
still another ticket nominated in North Dakota,
the candidates on which will represent the princi-
pies espoused by the Committee of Forty-eight. In
this respect the committees statement is inadvert-
lently inaccurate. The committee does not intend to
|organize a new party or endorse separate candidates
lso A1@~$L' Not@kaI ~ %hs~ ks-,~ ~ - h. 1~.1 -.-
its sanction to the candidacy of Mr.. Frazier for the
United States senate, and that declaration of appro-
baton will doubtless be made to include the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Lemke for governor, and the candi-
dacies as well of the other aspirants for office on the
Nonpartisan league ticket. Mr.. Frazier is quite
satisfactory to the committee, and the other candi-
dates associated with him will doubtless be equally
Another communication from the committee,
Signed by the same publicity agent, and mailed from
1.-The same New York address, says:
The undersigned do not advocate the
overthrow Of government by force. They
contend, however, that the provisions of the
first amendment Ito the federal constitution
to do so do not constitute a crime.
That statement is made in connection with the
demand that the president release Immediately all
political prisoners" now in custody in the United
States. political prisoners being all persons held for
facts of hostility to the government during war time.
NAS ASN - ESAAS ! IL n IL
that while the members Of the committee, for rea-
sons satisfactory to themselves do not at-this time
advocate the destruction of the American. govern
ment by force, the constitutional right of free speech
carries with it the right to advocate such destruc-
ton. A man., therefore, may stand on the street
corner and urge the destruction of the government
Iby fire. dynamite or revolver bullet, and the govern
Iment within whose jurisdiction he speaks must sit
with its hands folded, poweriess to touch him for
he is committing no crime.
This being the platform on which the Committee
OF Forty-eight stands, it has no need for a new party
lor new candidates in North Dakota. The committee
lis familiar with the record Of Mr.. Frazier as COVER
lnor Of North Dakota. It knows Of his syrnpathetic
I~attitsde tpwardSthe Nv. w. and Others whose hos
Utility TO orderly government Of any kind is well
known. II knows how industriously he has second
dts efforts 70 have All enemies Of government lib
Ierated from prison. And II has testified its conf
Idsnce IL and approved q him BY endorsing his cam
ldidacy for the senate. The endorsement Of the 9TH
er candidates on his ticket must follow, as 1 matter
8 rousse Another ticket and another party would
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