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. publican leaders to do. That is to prevent a pro- gressive man from being nominated on the Demo- cratic ticket., With reactionaries on both tickets the Republicans should win easily. .Witness what happened in 1904 when the eminently respectable, safe and sane Alton B. Parker was the Democratic candidate. There are two ways to make sure that no pro- gressive or liberal-minded man gets the nomination on the Democratic ticket. One is to discredit every Democratic progressive before the people. The ‘other way is8 to bring such business pressure on = AN NN RN S Wherein Mr. General Public finds that the farmer is not so bad as he is painted, but rather is a superior kind of citizen. part of the general public, of course, has never swallowed the press stories about the “terrible” League farmers. lation put through by the North Dakota farmers in the last session S S il i leading Democratic politicians as to induce them to nominate a standpatter. be used. ° : ~ As soon as the new congress—Republican in both branches—convenes a series of investigations are to be started, intended to thoroughly discredit every member of the Wilson administration even suspected of having progressive leanings. All these . investigations will, of course, reflect upon Mr. Wil- son himself. He is the man that the Republicans are particularly bent on destroying. Next to Wil- son Secretary of War Baker is to be “exposed.” AN EYE-OPENING DISCOVERY A great The splendid legis- by the people. PAGE FIVE N A B A R R P T P IO s R 05 Both_ methods are to . —emmal msesasaeser e Undoubtedly many mistakes were made during the war., All of these will be dug up and if they are not enough new mistakes will be invented. Also there is some danger that William Gibbs McAdoo might devélop into a presidential candidate. So Mr. McAdoo’s mistakes in railroad management (he undoubtedly made enough of them) are to be thoroughly “probed.” This will serve the double purpose of discrediting McAdoo and public owner- ship. Also there is Mr. Burleson. Mr. Burleson has never been accused of being a radical, a lib- (Continued on page 22) i 3 — Drawn expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris. has attracted nation-wide admiration and respect. through some remarkable laws for the people and they erred, if at all, on the side of conservatism. farmer organization means nothing more than rule of, for and They put The public finds that