The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 21, 1919, Page 13

4. - Farmers of Montana Drought Stricken . Face Crop Failure for Third Successive Year—Leaguers R Urged to Aid ECAUSE of the third ' | successive crop failure in three years, several counties in the northern part of Montana are - threatened with almost complete depopulation. Drought in this section of the state is so serious that few farmers wiil have a yield sufficient even to give them enough seed to start another season, and many of the farmers are leaving the state, broken and discouraged. . Cattle on these Montana farms are starving to death because of the fail- ure of the forage crops. Lack of snows in the mountains last year have caused the springs which have sup- plied water for irrigation to dry up, and there is scarcely any hay or al- falfa in the state. The price for stock +food has risen tremendously, and even at the prices that are charged there is little available. Also added to this condition is the condition of the pasturage. The fields are burned brown by the sun and ab- Rt S. iy , —— .‘w .-w/"’ Y ~v,1, " solute lack of moisture. Not only in 89 this section of the state, however, is 4 ¢ the condition so serious. It extends 9 4 all over the state, and almost every (¥ Montana farmer is facmg a failure, as he did last year. Last year the state came to the res- cue and furnished the seed for another crop, but in many counties it will be impossible to regain as much from the soil as was put into it. Because of the policy pursued by most of the newspapers of the state, S. RANDALL, Nonpar- tisan league organizer, who was convicted in Goodhue county, Minn., violating the state sedi- tion law, was granted a new trial by the Minnesota supreme court in a de- cision recently handed down. The opinion of the higher court held that the trial judge had improperly excluded evidence of several wit- nesses, and went on to say that the trial court “should. not attempt to limit the number of witnesses of a party on the main controverted issue or controlling fact of a case, unless it becomes apparent that there is a purpose to trifle with the adminis- tration of justice.” b I The indictment charged that on i August 18, 1917, Randall made a speech at Kenyon which contained an 14 alleged seditious statement. ; J The trial court limited the number i of Randall’s witnesses to 12, although i the defendant had 27 prepared to tes- B © tify regarding what he said at the i meeting in ' question. Randall also ; was denied the -right to repeat his ) speech at the trial. f The opinion, which was written by k- Judge Andrew Holt, said in part: ¢ «“There can be no doubt but that what was said by the defendant dur- ing the meeting was the main and e - vital issue in the case. That depended | %8 upon the uncertainty and the limita- e tions of the memories of his ‘auditors. The speeches were made seven months before the indictment and eight be- fore the trial. Probably none of the witnesses anticipated until the return of the indictment ever being called upon to recount what was said by any one at the meeting. Necessarily their recollection had become dimmed. The witnesses for the state, with one ex- ception, were professional men. De- fendant depended for the most. part k4 - more thin a year ago of" the seriousness of conditions in Mon- tana have mnot become generally known. Fearful that land values might be driven down and that immi- gration of farmers might be halted by the drought conditions, the news- papers of the state have generally sought to discount the seriousness. Nevertheless, hundreds of farmers on the Montana prairie are losing every- thing they possess as a result of the conditions. , The Leader, knowing that League members will do everything possible to assist these stricken farmers of Montana, has decided to seek help for them in the Mississippi Valley states, where the pasturage and forage con- ditions are good. Readers of the Leader who have pasturage which they are willing to rent to the Mon- tana stock raisers are urged to send their names to the Leader. These will be printed in subsequent issues, so that the Montana men may ship their cattle to these places. The Leader hopes that through this action the farmers of Montana may be able to salvage part of their posses- sions. The Mississippi Valley states, notably Minnesota and Wisconsin, have been very fortunate thus far this year in the weather, and it is for these more fortunate Leaguers to help their brother Leaguers who are in less en- viable positions. It is suggested that any persons who have such land avail- able write to the Leader at once, as every day is valuable in the work of saving the Montana men, who are fac- ing ruin through the drought. Randall, Leaguer, Granted New T'rial Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Rulings of Goodhue County Judge Prejudicial upon farmers selected from the crowd. The situation was such as to invite the defendant to produce all available testimony. He was charged with an offense so nearly traitorous that a rightful conviction would bring upon him a just and enduring shame. He should be accorded full opportunity of proving his innocence. He had an- swered that he had 27 witnesses. “The 12 witnesses he was allowed to use gave their testimony in one day; another day would have sufficed to have heard all. It certainly can not be said that there was any attempt to trifle with the court or to impede the administration of justice, if one defending against a charge fraught with such serious consequences as this demanded -another day be consumed in hearing the witnesses he produced. “The state was permitted to: intro- duce evidence of remarks other than those charged in the indictment, and properly so. ‘The defendant should, therefore, have been allowed to state all he said, if he desired to do so. “It was from all that was said by and to defendant that the jury were to determine whether the natural and reasonable effect of what he uttered was to deter his auditors from ‘enlist~ ~ ing or from rendering aid in the prosecution: of the war. 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