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" 'I'he Wisconsin Equity and the 1 eague " - President of Society in Badger State, Harboring Political Ambitions, Attacks Organization PLEA for funds with which to fight the League is going out from the standpat officials of the Wisconsin ~ Society of Equity, according to mat- ter distributed by an official of the or- - ganization and now in the hands of the Leader. The fight is being backed by J..N. Tittemore, president of the society and of the American Society _of Equity, who is at Toggerheads with the more progressive ‘members of the executive committee. Tittemore him- self is a standpat politician and is reported to be ambitious for the Wis- consin governorship. - In the event of his candidacy, Tittemore would seek - to bring to his support the entire strength of the Wisconsin society, and for this reason his campaign against the League in Wisconsin is now being waged. i Tittemore charges the League with “seeking to gain control of the Amer- ican Society of Equity.” He accuses the League of planning to wreck the Equity, whereas there has been no stronger supporter of the Equity than the League, The aims are entirely different, the League standing for the same co-operation in politics as the Equity does in trading by the farmers. Beyond that, Tittemore repeats the stupid lies of the North Dakota oppo- sition, that “in event the Nonpartisan league succeeds.in getting control of the Equity, your farm will be in dan- ger, which means state-owned farms and state-owned homes.” _Of course, no member of the League and no person who knows anything about the League would be misled for a moment by this absurd prop- aganda. & Not only is Tittemore fighting the League through his pamphlets, but _he plans to send at least 20 organizers into the field to preach anti-Leagueism to the farmers. For this purpose, Equity members are being solicited for funds, ostensibly to fight the League, but in reality to boost Tit- temore’s political ambitions. OPENS NEW OFFICE IN MILWAUKEE Although the.Equity offices are in Madison, Tittemore has established other headquarters in Milwaukee, ap- -parently a preliminary move to es- tablish his there. One Wisconsin Equity member, who political headquarters - is also a member of the League, sizes -up the matter in this way—a manner which may be said to be typical of the attitude of the Wisconsin mem-* bers of both organizations: “I am not only a Nonpartisan league member, but a member of the Equity, . and I am inclosing a-letter every Equity member of the state has re- ceived from our self-seeking politi- cians. The president of this -organ- ization is running for governor and is using the Equity to get there and even has nerve enough to ask_us farmers to donate money to help fight the League. The Equity is our co-opera- tive organization, and the League is our political organization. We need both, and both in their places. “HENRY A. HEDTKE.” The Wisconsin Society of Equity convention was to have been held on November 18, when these matters were to be threshed out on the floor. Tittemore has built up a machine in the state of county Equity agents, but there will be a determined fight to un- geat the reactionary elements in the state. - The liberal members of the Equity are led by J. Weller Long,:who was ~ named by the executive committee of " the national society as delegate to the 1 industrial conference, a place that was usurped by Tittemore. Tittemore’s- attacks are made against the national executive commit- teeman as well as against the League, assailing him for attempting to gain " the seat at the conference to which he was entitled. Tittemore appointed himself to represent the Equity with- out authority whatsoever. The invi- tation was addressed to the Equity, pUL Was TaKen Dy L1Tlemore s a per- . sonal bid to the conference. 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