The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 17, 1917, Page 18

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Electric light—clean, cool, safe—for your home and your barmns, Agents everywhere B. F. ASHELMAN Distributor Cor. Broadway and Front Street. FARGO, N. D. - State’s Traducers Censured | Defense Council Says Attacks on N. D. Loyalty : Hinder the War (For editorial on this matter see Page 11 of this issue) Y FIFICIAL recognition by North Dalkota state authorities of false and slanderous articles charging North Dakota with being a traitor state, was taken by the state council of defense in session at Bismarclk Saturday, December 8. The council denounced those who have circulated such stories at home, and declared its belief that such action, by keeping up turmoil and attempting to discredit the state and its farmer administration, is detri- mental to the prosecution of the war. ! These attacks have consisted largely of state papers, notably the Fargo Forum, reprinting articles copied from Yastern papers, which were known to be false, and they have continued ever since the farmer administration has been in power at Bismarck, Particular attention was called to articles published by the Fargo Forum, in the discussion preceding the pass- ing of the resolutions, although the resolutions themselves were general and included all the other papers which { have engaged in the campaign. The resolutions, unanimously adopted, read as follows: DECLARES ATTACKS HINDER THE WAR “Whereas, there have been many libelous newspaper articles published which tend tqgdiscredit the loyalty of! the people of North Dakota, and, “Whereas, there is no state in the union in which the sentiment is more loyal'and which has given more freely of hér men and money to assist'in our war for democracy of the world as the record of our army and navy enlist- ments and patriotic funds show, “Therefore be it resolved that such false and libelous articles are detri- mental to the cause of the war and tend ‘to discourage enlistment.” I. P. Baker, state fuel administrator denounced the attacks upon North Dakota’s loyalty in these words: “Such articles as appeared in an afternoon Fargo paper of yesterday (December 6) are outrageous and libel- ous against the state of North Dakota, and some steps should be taken to put an end to all such practices.” T. O. Hellstrom, secretary of the state council of defense, made a plea for casting aside all local prejudices and for united action behind the ad. ministration for the successful prose-. cution of the war. He said: 2 HELLSTROM CALLS FOR UNITED ACTION g “I thinlk that it is time that the peo<" ple of North Dakota forget political differences and work together with a united front instead of sending out these false and slanderous statements : against the state and people in an ef- fort to elevate themselves back into- public favor and into office. The peo- ple of North Dakota know who these traducers of the state’s name are and there is a day of reckoning coming. . Let no one deceive themselves that they can gain favor in the eyes of the people of this state by slander and vilification. ; “Kvery citizen of this state owes a duty of citizenship that can only be discharged by clasping hands with his neighbor in full fellowship. We are fighting a common cause and let us stand shoulder to 'shidulder and fight our common enemiés for the good of our country and for démocracy.” : TWISTING THE NEWS Townley's speech at the labor con- vention at Buffalo recently was not even mentioned in the daily press of the cities. Of course not. Their sys- "~ tem is to wait a few weeks in order to better distort facts and incidents in connection with the meeting, when the REAL facts MAY have been forgotten by the people. This camouflage does .not fool the farmers and the laboring men, however.—M'HENRY (N. D.) TRIBUNE., THEY'RE SCARED ALREADY “They say” the men behind six me- tropolitan daily newspapers in the ~ Twin Cities and Duluth recently met in secret conclave and signed a solemn compact, pledging their support to CGovernor J. A. A. Burnquist for re- ‘election. And what, think you, has ‘brought about this most extraordinary action? It is boldly and unblushingly stated that it was caused by fear of the election of a Nonpartisan candidate. It is pretty early to predict what will happen in state politics but if we want- ed to be elected governor of Minnesota we should prefer not to have the back- ing of any star chamber alliance. Voters don’t cotton to that kind of deals.— FAIRMOUNT (MINN.) DAILY SEN- TINEL. The Enemy Without—and Within (Continued from page 11) says ‘‘is in the grip of socialism.”’ It circulates the lie, damaging alike to.the state and every citizen in it, that the state is ‘‘facing bank- ruptey.’’ The Forum’s article then attempts to tell what the ‘‘grievances’’ of the farmers of North Dakota are and admits they may have some, which, however, have been greatly ‘‘exaggerated,”’ it says. This part of the Forum’s tirade against the people of North Dakota is not so serious as the rest—it is funny, rather. The author shows he has no. understanding whatever of North Dakota or its problems or the mean-. ing of the League movement. But the-Forum thinks it sufficiently telling against the people of North Dakota to reprint. Then the arti- cle ““answers’’ what it takes to be the farmers ? ““grievances’’ in regard to the grain handling business. It says: Grain men have answered this argument by saying that the elevators purchased the wheat as it came from the threshing machines and applied cleaning processes which naturally increased the outward shipments of high grades as compared with the receipts and reduced the outward shipments of low grades, making the: same.comparison. That seems a logical argument, but the figures were enough for Townley's appeal. It got the farmers and their post dated checks, first of $6 and then of $9, until the League had enought members to warrant the calling of a con- vention. : : The first political meeting of any scope was held in Fargo, and at that convention a complete state ticket. was nominated with Lynn J. TFrazier as.the candidate for.governor. : Frazier is a farmer who spent ons year at a North Dakota normal 'school FRAZIER IS AN IGNORANT “B:UBE’ 2 ACCORDING TO THE FORUM STORY The author doesn’t understand the abuses in the grain trade or what the organized farmers are doing and intend to do. But he finds a sufficient answer to what it is all about in the fact that the grain men are able to ‘‘explain’’ it. The Leader does not believe this needs an answer. The farmers of North Dakota will read it and laugh. _ We will point out, however; one thing. This one thing shows the reliability of the article as a whole and how familiar the author is with North Dakota and its affairs. It is stated in the part quoted above that ‘‘Frazier is a farmer who- spent one year at a North Dakota normal school.”’ In other words, Frazier is a plain uneducated ‘“rube’”. He admits being:a ‘‘rube’’. But the. records at the Uni- versily of North Dakota:show that‘your governor is a graduate of that institution. But it wouldn’t do for the enemy to admit that the farm- - ers could pick a real, on-thesoil ‘farmer for governor, WHO HAP- ' PENS TO BE A UNIVERSITY MAN BESIDES. : : PAGE EIGHTEEN e The WALDORF and ANNEX HOTELS 210 rooms. Recognized as the pop- ular stopping place for Nonpartisan Leaguers. Prices Reasonable. Keller & Boyd, Props., Fargo, N, D. THE GARDNER European Plan. FARGO, N. D. i 25 combination sample rooms with bath, $2-$2.59. 70 rooms with running water, $1 to $1.50. 80 rooms with bath, $1.50 to $3.00. . Finest cafe in the Northwest. Cuisine unequalled. Restful, quiet—only hotel in the city not on a car line. A. H. Leimbacher, Mgr. 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