Petitions and transcripts of testimony in investigations, 1917-1918.

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Petitions and transcripts of testimony in investigations, 1917-1918.

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Primarily testimony taken by the commission at investigation hearings relating to liquor traffic and saloons in Blooming Prairie, Ceylon, Welcome, Triumph, and Trosky; a commission petition for the removal of Thomas P. White as sheriff of Koochiching County; the Nonpartisan League; and charges of malfeasance against city officials of New Ulm.

0.5 cu. ft. (8 folders and 2 v.).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 6805179

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White, Thomas P.

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National Nonpartisan League

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The Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League was organized in North Dakota in 1915 by Arthur C. Townley and other North Dakota Socialist Party members. Members sought to bring about reforms in farming-related business and governmental practices through non-partisan political activity. In 1917 the organizaation's name was changed to the National Nonpartisan Political League, and by 1921 branches were established in an additional fifteen midwestern and northwestern states. While the League was most s...

Minnesota Commission of Public Safety

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