The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, April 7, 1919, Page 22

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Canada of the Southland Farmer Exposes Excuse for Opposition of Anti-Farmer Organization INSTANCE of the false statements that are being circulated by or- ganizations formed to fight the Nonpartisan league is contained in some interesting correspondence that has come into the hands of the Leader. This correspondence is between Doctor David Jayne-Hill, a standpat Republican politician who in past ad- ministrations has been honored with high diplomatic office, and John W. Canada, editor of Southland Farmer, a progressive farm paper published at Houston, Texas. Doctor Hill is president of the “Na- tional Association for Constitutional Government,” an organization sup- ported by business concerns who be- lieve that the present Constitution of the United States should remain sub- stantially unchanged. LEAGUERS CLASSED AS ENEMIES OF CONSTITUTION In a recent circular issued by the association an attack was made upon the National Nonpartisan league, on the ground that the 250,000 League members were among the “enemies of the Constitution.” Mr. Canada, who has had long experience with farmers and has not found them related to the Bolsheviki, wrote Doctor Hill, asking why the farmers were $o-classed. In reply Mr. Canada got this letter: “National Association for Constitu- tlonal Government. “Washington, D. C. “Mr. John Canada, Houston, Texas. “Dear Sir:: Replying to your letter regarding the reference in our circu- lar to the Nonpartisan league, you may not be aware that although this is an organization of western farm- ers who, as a class, are very honorable and patriotic citizens, this League has identified. itself with purely class leg- islation in a manner that is most un- patriotic. IT HAS EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO FIX AN UPWARD LIMITATION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS ABOVE WHICH IT URGES TOTAL CONFISCATION. As the fixing of such a maximum is a purely arbitrary matter, you will, of course, recognize the fact that this would not only be a criminal infringement of the rights of minorities but that it is es- sentially the destruction of all prop- erty rights whatever. It is for this REASON that we have mentioned the Nonpartisan league in our circular as one of the forces hostile to the princi- ples of true Americanism and destruc- tive of our constitutional rights. “Very truly yours, . “DAVID J. HILL.” Doctor Hill’s “reason” for opposing the League might carry some weight if there were a little truth connected with it. The facts are that the Non- partisan league has never proposed League of Nations (Continued from page 5) ried on unless some body is provided in which all parties may be repre- sented. The peace conference showed its realization of this need and so in- vited all the various Russian factions to Princes’ Island. A fact-finding and reconciling body is a necessity both to handie the Russian problem and future international problems. If the league only represents the party in power, or in other words, the exist- ing government, and ignores entirely the opposition, the result will neces- sanly be either revolution or seces- sion. - Minorities must be allowed to be heard. If the great govemments, through theu' maJonty in the executlve coun-. the fixing of “an upward limitation of property nghts above which it urges confiscation.” The only measure in any way ap- proaching this which the League ever has urged is that all “war profits”— that is, the profits of a corporation ABOVE THE PROFITS NORMALLY EARNED IN PEACE TIMES—be taken to finance the war. But it is quite a different matter to take all of the income of.a person or corporation, above a given point, than it is to take any or all of his capital. ‘ Editor Canada wrote a reply to Doctor Hill’s letter. He said: Southland Farmer, Houston, Texas. Doctor David Jayne Hill, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Hill: I may say that I have been familiar with the work and aims and methods of the League since its beginning and have made personal investigation in some of the states. I must em- phatically deny finding anything in its aims or purposes or the aims and purposes of the leaders that savors of class legislation. On the contrary it is a fundamental prin- ciple of the League to advocate proportional representation, and if this is not in line with the spirit of our constitutional government I must confess I do not know what constitutional government or rep- resentative democracy means. _ I most emphatically have never found any trace in anything pub- lished or spoken connected with the League any such thing as fix- ing any limitation on property. Will you please be explicit and show me where you get your au- thority for this statement? I am not a member of the League. I hold no brief for it. My investigations of the League and its .aims and methods the past three or four years, however, have convinced me that it is perhaps the sanest, healthiest movement on a great scale that has sprung up in political life for a long time. In fact, without some such means of correcting economic ills whose existence can not be ignored, in a constitutional way, we- should certainly have to face, in a very few years, some of the things go- ing on in Europe. Very truly yours, JOHN W. CANADA. Mr. Canada wrote this letter Febru- ary 28. In a letter to the Nonpartisan Leader he says he has not yet received an answer from Doctor Hill, giving authority for the statement that the League proposed the limitation of the holding of pnvate property. Mr. Canada is not likely to get any letter from Doctor Hill giving such authority, because the League never made any such statement and has never stood for any such proposition. Needs an Assembly cil, attempt to “steam-roller” their designs, the small states .will inevi- tably lose faith in the league and will. seek an alliance with their former ene- mies. Only a popular representative assembly in which all views of all peo- ples can be publicly discussed can prevent this break up. If such an as- sembly had existed the Russian, Ser- bian and Polish situation would never. have arisen. The covenant. falls short because the people who drafted it feared that the public opinion was backward. The leaders are waiting. . Public opinion should at once express itself insistently in favor of the im- - oA p ~ e I X A S 2 T 4 (e e w8 ¥ i TN < v mediate creation of an advisory pop-. ; ular representatwe assembly. s ”5"’%_‘ T §