The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 9, 1918, Page 3

- 'the Saunders County Council of “withdrawal" blank and' the assign- 2 1n the inclosed envelope. . "Notice the name of A. Z:'Donato in * % member of the defense council. SBut he also does a double shuffle ~ as':chairman of " the county Red | Cross - chapter. ~between the attempted intimidas . " the great relief agency of the Red > National Defense Council in Wash- & . mgton ‘been ‘mailed out by this gang to In the interest of a square deal for the farmers Official Magazine qf the National N(mpa'rtisan League VOL. 7, NO. 10 ' oz ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, SEPTEMBER 9, 1918 A magazine that dares to print the truth WHOLE NUMBER 1565 Trlcky “Paytrlots of Wahooland - Nebraska Has a Glaring Example of the Mlsuse of Official Influence—T'ry to Drive Farmers by a ‘‘Patriotrick” to Give Up Membership in the League = JUESTION : Do. Yahoos live in Wahoo? In “Gulliver’s Travels” | the satirist depicted a filthy race of brutes having the form and all the vices of man. He called them Yahoos. They were 8o low and mean -that they were ruled by a superior race ; of horses. ; Down in Wahoo, Neb., the rulers have not even ‘horse sense. But they are getting the horse laugh . from the farmers of Saunders county. Of all the places on the map, Wahooland hates the farmer worst. Time and again farmer meetings have been broken up in that Nebraska village. Even when the farmers met to form a co-operative newspaper they were driven out of town.. The men behind this mobbery have now come out in the open. Con- sider the - following letter, which was mailed, August 9, to every League farmer in the county by Defense: “Dear Sir:- % d “The Saunders County Council . of ‘Defense desires to give every loyal - citizen an = opportunity to s withdraw. from - the Nonpartisan ; league. is not the time to divide the people by arraying class against class. I-further believe that har- mony and co-operation should exist between all of the people until the WAR IS WON. 01 iy | e s A A G P 2 e s TR , Neb., Aug. ..., 1918. — “For value received, I hereby assign and transfef all my right, title and interest, and all right of recovery in and to the within receipt hereto at- tached, to A. Z. Donato, chairman of the Saun- ders county Red Cross chapter. T R R R AL 44 Can.you imagine a well-informed man, such as a League farmer, signing such silly. blanks as those? The politicians of Wahooland were sure they could fool the Leaguers. Not a farmer bit. In Wahooland they have not heard that the Red '| UNDER THE CAMOUFLAGE OF PATRIOTISM Suimders Connty Olmmfil' of Befeuse &, E. PLACER, Cuumuan A. Z.. DONATO, Vics-Cramuan - EMIL B. WOLF. Tasasunca “You will find inclosed herein a withdrawal blank and also an as- signment of your receipt which you received from the organizer. “Action will be brought against the League (without expense to you) to recover the $16 paid by you, and’ whatever may be recov- ered to be donated to the Red Cross. “You will therefore sign the ment and return the same with “your receipt from -the organizer, “Yours truly, “Saunders County Council of Defense.” DONATO, THE DOUBLE DEALER What do you think of that? the reproduction: of this letter 'in the center of this page. He is a This ' connection _tion of ' the farmers—the bare-. . faced attempt to get money. from. ~them by intimidation—and the " ‘Cross makes a complication that ~will be taken up with ‘the head ‘offices. of the Red Cross and the Here are the ‘blanks thgt have splendldly ‘organized Nonpar‘ ©, N. PARMENTER. Sccasraay WAHCO, NEBR., Ang, 9th 1918, Dear s}r:- The s:nndors County Council of Defense desires to give every loyal citizen an opportv.nity to withdraw from the Non~Partisan. League, . /. : You will find enclosed herein a withdrawsl blank and also an aasigmnent of your receipt which yon received < from the. organizez. ; ~-Action wilil be brought against the Leegua : (w:lthout etpe;aeuto you) to recover the $16.00 paid by you. and whatever may be reoovered to ba donated to the Red cross. You wnl theretore eign the withdraval blank and the assignment ana return the same with your reaeipt fron the organizer. 1n the enolosea envelope. < Yours truly. Saunders County Gouncil ~of Defense. - Here is a reproduetion of the letter sent.out by the overofiemus defense couneil' - of Saunders county, Neb. Notice the American flag at the top. Then notice the uns" - “American effort to dictate: the -political beliefs of the farmers. Cross is not to be used for political purposes. Neither do they .understand that setting class against class consists very eften of lining the town people up and teaching them to hate the farmers. If the farmers had been stingy in con- tributing to the Red Cross.there might be a shadow of an excuse for these tactics. But, as in every other country district, the farmers have. given their - utmost to war relief funds. A PERVERSION OF PATRIOTISM Yes, this noble crew of confidence men are liable _to hear from the national capital for their handi- ness with ‘circular letters. League headquarters in Lincoln was prompt in taking the matter up with Washington. The League state manager also notified the.members by mail of the attempt to break their ranks, saying: “The insinuation that every member of the . League who "does mnot res:gn from the ‘or- ganization is disloyal is con- temptible. The bunch of po- ° to dominate the politics of Saunders county through the misuse of the council of de- fense organization, which was organized for a different and highly praiseworthy purpose, is .enough to make every red- blooded American citizen vow - - that he will not rest till the bunch of political czars at Wahoo are cleaned out. The underhanded use of the Red Cross in ‘this connéction is even more detestable. “We all know this is for ¢ political effect, and we must not let this group dominated by the Waheo bunch put such a scheme across on the farm- - ers ‘of Saunders county. “The ‘matter is being taken up’ at Washington. to see if something can not. be done there, but THE ONLY SURE WAY TO PUT A STOP TO .SUCH MISUSE OF POWER is “‘to vote for the men who have been indorsed and' took upon themselves the danger of ~making the race for the dxf- ; ferent offices.” g Once again it is shown that the peals of President Wilson in'the by - American farmers. have - a ' united industrial democ- for the support of the war, : Only the fake patriots are attacking the organized farmers. The failure of . the big interests to respond to plea “for team work has rendered neces- . sary actlon on the part of contro In. the upper. left hand lc:;mcir! ap m the name of A. Z. Donato as a_member of the council. - He is litical pirates who are trying ' . politicians and -the financial inter-. ests are not responding to the ap- spirit' of unselfish purpose. shown . We must il © racy, as is planned by the League,_” : B LS TN 9% 1 1 & d4r A 1 e #