The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 28, 1918, Page 6

TR AN 20t Y TR —— Tlonpartisan Teader Official Magazine of the National Nonpartisan League<Every Week Entered as second-class matter September 8, 1915, at the postoffice at St. Paul, Minnesota, under the Act of March 8, 1879. OLIVER 8. MORRIS, Editor A. B. GILBERT, Associate Editor B. 0. FOSS, Art Editor Advertising rates on application. Subscription, one year, in advance, $2.60; six , $1.50. Please do not make checks, drafts nor money orders payable to indi- Address all letters and make all remittances. to The Nonpartisan Leader, Box 576, St. Paul, Minn. . MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS THE S. C. BECKWITH SPECIAL AGENCY, Advertising Representatives, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Kansas City. g Quack, fraudulent and irresponsible firms are not knowingly advertised, and we will take it as a favor if any readers will advise us promptly should they have occasion to doubt or question the reliability of any firm which patronizes our advertising columns. - THE EXPOSURE OF ROOSEVELT F OR over a year and a half the Nonpartisan Leader has been attempting—with some success, we think—to portray Theo- dore Roosevelt to the farmers of America in his true colors. His bitter, partisan attacks on President Wilson, whose liberal war and economic policies have won him the support of progressives the world over, his hysterical ravings about “Huns within the gates,” his attempt to besmirch with disloyalty honest and patriotic citizens like members of the League, and liberal public men like Ford, his advocacy of militarism in America, his adoption by the special interests as their spokesman—in fact his entire conduct since we entered the war has.been so disgusting, even to former Roosevelt partisans who used to look upon him as a progressive, that it has been necessary for the Leader to do what it could to offset his sinister influence on American polities. Finally it became possible for us to produce absolutely con- clusive evidence of Roosevelt’s political trickery and his use of pa- triotic camouflage to mask his dirty political deals. Last week we reproduced the secret correspondence between the men who ar- ranged for and staged Roosevelt’s Minneapolis speech. Thus was furnished abundant evidence to prove everything we have said about him since he joined the camp of the enemies of the organ- ized farmers, and commenced his editorial and speaking campaign against the Nonpartisan league. 3 Roosevelt made a violent assault on the Nonpartisan league at Billings, Mont., in a widely advertised and exploited speech. . In view of the exposure of his Minneapolis speech two days later, there can be little doubt that his Billings speech was arranged for and staged by the Montana copper trust interests, through their po- litical henchmen. In addition to the same denunciation of the League, Roosevelt at Minneapolis added an indorsement of the candidacy of Governor Burnquist, who is running for re-election against David Evans, indorsed by the League and the Minnesota State Federation of Labor. Roosevelt was paid for his Minneapolis speech (expenses and- railroad fare for himself and servant) either by representatives of the Shevlin-Carpenter Lumber company or the Republican state central committee. Which is not made clear from the secret -cor- respondence of the company’s Washington political lobbyist, who uses the word “we’” in referring to those who paid the bill. He spoke at Minneapolis as a hired political spellbinder, but he masked his speech as a patriotic one in the interests of the fourth Liberty loan. His remarks about the Nonpartisan league were heralded abroad by the big press as the impartial opinion of a prominent " public man who had investigated the League and found it wrong. 'His denunciation of the League, according to the revelations in the secret correspondence, was merely a repetition.of the things he had been told about the League by the anti-League politicians of Min- nesota, and the representatives of special interests that hired him | - and arranged his talk. - Have-we been right in what we have said during the last 18 months about Roosevelt’s political activities against the organized farmers? ~We think any person, prejudiced or unprejudiced, who read the secret correspondence we-reproduced last week will grant thafil al% we have said about the colonel has been fair and well with- in the facts. z - .. T THE REAL FACTS AT LAST HE frankness with which representatives of special privilege ° - in Minnesota, in the now famous correspondence’ concern- ing Roosevelt, admitted the use of patriotism and Liberty loan boosting to camouflage a disgusting political meetin . Washington lobbyist of the Minnesota lumber interests. deed brutal. Rahn, highly paid political agent at Washington, D. C., of the Minnesota lumber interests, was positively cynical in his discussion of how the patriotic flavor was to be added to the meeting in the Gold room of the Hotel Radisson, whither the Re- publican anti-League politicians had been summoned by 300 tele- grams sent out by the chairman of the state Republican committee. “Get as much data together as you can on the Nonpartisan league,” wrote Rahn, and added: “Have them turn out the national guard for a parade; get the regulars up from Fort Snelling; see if the draftees can not tt;le in the parade.. We must have as big a mili- tary display as possible.” ryRooI;xexyelt had agreed to talk against the League, the letter ex- plained, and to boost the candidacy of Governor Burnquist, respon- sible for the Minnesota reign of terror against farmers. But it was not to be a POLITICAL meeting. Oh no! “Mr. Roosevelt would much prefer to talk on the Liberty loan,” says this corporation political agent who arranged the meeting. “However, if the date for his appearance is too late, or if for any other good reason he can not talk on the loan, he will put up the ‘loyalty’ question, es- pecially with reference to the activities of the Nonpartisan league.” Has political trickery.anywhere exceeded the cold brutality of this? The Roosevelt speech before the summoned clans of the Min- nesota gang Republicans was an attack on President Wilson and on the League, as per Rahn’s letter of instructions, and a speech for Governor Burnquist and his henchmen seeking election to office in a campaign against the organized farmers and union labor. But - the Liberty loan and patriotic setting was all there. They didn’t get any draftees out for the parade, but the “military display” de- manded by Rahn was furnished by the national guard. FOR “MYSELF AND SERVANT” - ; HE Rahn-Carpenter correspondence concerning the disgust- ing Roosevelt political (disguised as patriotic) rally at Min- neapolis is also remarkable as showing the compensation Roosevelt gets for his anti-League speeches, and who pays it. “We must bear the expense of the trip,” says the frank and cymg% I%a{xfil, ut the only expense involved is that from Minneapolis to New York.” Who paid Roosevelt’s expenses, including his “man servant,” from Bil- lings, Mont., where he delivered his anti-League speech Saturday, to Minneapolis, where he delivered his anti-League speech Monday ? “We must pay it,” says the political agent of the Shevlin-Car- penter lumber interests. Who is “we”? Rahn was writing to Car- penter, millionaire president of the lumber company.- Did Rahn mean that he and Carpenter were to compensate Roosevelt for the speech? Or did he mean the Minnesota Republican committee, - fighting the League-candidates, also mentioned in the letter? And what was to be paid in the way of “expenses”? Rahn tells us. “Make reservation at the Radisson hotel, parlor floor, for himself (Roosevelt) and one servant.” A fine suite at Minneapo- lis’ finest hotel to start with! And then, “We must provide trans- portation from Minneapolis to New York—drawing room for him- self, lower berth for his servant. He has great speech meeting Nonpartisan league issue!” That is interesting, too. Also again this: “Mr. Roosevelt will be accompanied by one servant only, and you should arrange to get a drawing room for him and a lower berth for the servant.” Don’t overlook the servant! < This was the pay of the great Roosevelt, so far as the letters show. ‘“Expenses” and railroad fare for “himself and servant.” But of course there was to be the publicity. Don’t overlook that. - : That is pay that Roosevelt likes. Says Rahn: “Advise the press throughout the state. Get:as much data together as you can-on the Nonpartisan league!” The press was “advised.” Flaming C'MERE | ( [-ro. mel T headlines on front: i)ages throughout the country cari'ied,.flTe'ddy’s message that the Nonpartisan league was really the Russian bol- - ; sheviki or the I. W. W., and that Governor Knute Nelson should be re-elected! %y HOW THE NEWS WAS HANDLED = 3 . mouthpiece of special interests and anti-farmer, 17‘Y0U’LL -agree that the exposure of Roosevelt;as:théx mere - any domestic news that’s happened in months. Y. . he Associated & prmer, antidabor = | A politicians was big news. And it WAS big news—as big as