The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-30
Shift From Milking to Beef Cattle Is Noted in Ninth District

on by the forces Of conservatism
against what really was one Of Amer
ica's most loyal organizations no
doubt played Its part In storing up
bitterness and hatred among leaguera
toward their political foes. Let us
60 over its record and see II that
statement is not justified.
We well know that our state Of
North Dakota the, birthplace Of tho
League. and where the League ruled
supremely during the war. oversup-
piled its allotment In every one of
the national bond issues, we know
1t yielded up its native sons to help
fight its nations battles abroad in
the most sincere and cooperative
manner. We also know that when
these soldiers returned from our
| training camps and the battle-Scarred
fields Of Europe, that North Dakota
was among the first states OF. the
union to pass q compensation act to
pay these soldiers $500 per month
for every month they had spent in
our training camps and abroad. We
also recall that while these boys were
thus serving their country. We
passed the soldier moratorium act, to
restrain the holders OF mortgages on
the real estate Of our soldier boys
from foreclosing on their properties
during their absence. from home in
such services. How much more in
the name Of loyalty could be asked
from q state. where an unpatriotic
display by the Nonpartisan League
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ungratifying results?
But we have gone farther, so let
us now recall the infamous oil scam
dial Of the Harding administration
This scandal was in the making be-
fore President Harding took office,
In fact it was attempted during the
last Wilson administration but was
frustrated that time by former Pres
ident Wilson and his secretary Of
the navy, Josepllus Daniels. When
the Republican convention met in
Chicago to nominate its candidate for
the presidency, this writer has been
been informed through reliable
sources that Mr.. Wood. then pros
pective candidate for the Republican
nomination for president, was ap-
preached and told If he would con-
sent to name the secretary OF the
navy and the secretary Of interior to
the satisfaction of the men who ap-
preached him, that he could get the
Republican nomination for the high
office. Mr.. Wood, being a man of
honor, declined. Harding got the
nomination and named Albert B. Fall
and Edwin DENLY. secretaries Of the
interior and navy respectively, and
soon after the great oil scandal was
on its way to fulfillment. Now,
friends, this oil was kept in reserve
for our navy'S use. It was not to be
used for any other purpose. Our ma
tional government. noticing the great
consumption of oil by the American
public, had kept it in reserve success
fully up to the time Of the scandal.
It was seen that at the rate Of con-
sumption that there would soon be
shortage on oil, so our government
at washington took this precaution
so that our navy would have plenty
Of oil for use in any emergency.
Now what part did this wild, rowing,
unAmerican beast, the Nonpartisan
League, play in showing up the con-
sumption of the oil leases and In re-
gaining these oil reserves for our
navy's use? To tell 1t briefly, men
kept in power in the u. s. senate by
the Nonpartisan League along with
Progressive Democrats worked
through resolution in the senate
which called for an investigation OF
these oil leases. r. M. LaF'ollette, a
League man from Wisconsin. intro
duced the resolution. Wheeler and
Walsh Of Montana, Senator Ladd Of
North Dakota were some Of the men,
bers Of the senate who worked long
and periodically to get these oil re-
serves back for the disposition Of the
navy. In paying tribute, Alfred E.
Smith, recent Democratic candidate
for president, said: If 1t were not for
the Progressives and Democrats the
oil scandal would never have been
known. ny
Remember it is the old Nonpartisan
League senate members that make up
most Of the Progressive group there.
The first hints .of an oil scandal
found its way to Washington, when
neighbors Of A. B. Falls ranch dis
covered that he had suddenly become
rich. Albert Fall was q poor man
and about to lose his ranch when APP
pointed secretary Of the interior.
SO we see that the trouble with the
league was not disloyal or unAmer-
lean but that it was too loyal, and
to shrewd in its sincere Americanism
to be tolerated by weak sons Of De-
mocracy. Let therefore the brows OF
honest men no longer be furrowed
by anxious thought that the Nonpar-
tisan League or similar organizations
are movements that aim at the de-
struction Of true, Auaericanism. While
We invite inspection Of our own move
ments. this writer also urges fellow
citizens to keep an eye on the move
ments of the conservatives and we
will feel the better for it. A lot OF
those fellows in the ranks Of conserv-
atism will bear watching. It is usual
| " those who try to paint upright
personality with the appearance OF
corruption, that are usually filled
with corruption themselves.
ULYSSES MCFARLAND.
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