Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-06-11
TWlcHELL's TALK.

TWlCHELL'S TALK.
| Treadwell Twichell, OF Cass county.
spoke in Linton Wednesday evening
to about fifty people. He was intro
duced by Attorney IL. a. Armstrong.
''Twlch" made good speech-jus
such speech as he is capable Of max
ing just such speech, only from a
different standpoint, as those he made
for twenty years for the Stalwart di-
vision of the party-until two years
ago Jim Shea of Richland county was
appointed to the United States mar
shalsllip for North Dakota that
Twichell wanted. Then "Twich"
saw the new light.
In his speech he brought up the in
cident Of the attempt made by him
self, Representative John Sorley and
other insurgent leaders to discredit
Railroad Commissioner Diesem at the
noted meeting held in Bismarck dur
ing he last session-a meeting called
10y the Insurgents for the purpose OF
making 10 itical capital for use during
the present campaign. lie said the
notes taken 10y the stenographer al
mat meeting were stolen. They were
'stoch because the insurgcnt lead
e!s We're SO badly used up at the meet
lns that they wanted them stolen.
MIR. Twichcll vas the Speaker of the
House, and it was his duty to see that
the nolcS--if they were of so much
Waite as he now claims were safely
cared for. The fact of the matter is
that the stenographer' notes of the
meeting left the Insurgent leaders in
such ridiculous position that they
themselves made away with The notes.
The writer Of this article otfereda res
olution that committee be appointed
to search for the notes, but the whole
subject Of the "lost" notes was turned
intoa matter for ridicule by the In
surgent leaders, aud no attempt was
made to find" the notes. The fact
of the matter is that NO one but the
nsurgent House leaders have ever
known what became of the notes.
There was absolutely no reason for
their being taken except that they
made the Insurgent leaders the laugh
ing-stock of the membership In both
houses. Not a single lnsurgent orator
during this campaign, except Mr..
Twichcll, has sought To use the
'stolen-notes" incident as an sargu-
ment' to sustain their waning cause.
The writer knows MIR. Twichell very
we'll. lie is splendid fellow, person
ally. But even our friend Benjamin
johnson, Esq, Of this county who
ran for sheriff OH the Republican
ticket two years ago and who thinks
he is running" on the Democratic
ticket this years. not more given to
political twists and turns than Mr..
Twchell. However. had Twichell
come out as a Republican this year,
and not as an lnsurgcnt, great many
Republicans with Stalwart tendencies
would have supported him. But when,
in rank violation of the spirit of the
primary election law, he went to the
notorious Grand Forks Insurgent con-
vention- to attend which most OF the
delegates had their expenses paid by
Tom Marshall's moneyall real Re
publicans dropped him like a hot po-
tato Furthermore, with Charley
johnson Of Minot against Mr.. Twich-
ell as candidate for the nomination
for governor, no true blue Republican
need hesitate for a moment as to sup
porting the latter. While Mr.. Twichell
I and his lnsurgent brethren we're lining
up with The Democrats at the last ses-
sion for The pupose of obtaining posses
sion Of the House organization, Mr..
johnson. although offered anything
he wanted in the way of committee
ships and House patronage il he would
join the Democrats and Assistant
! Democrats in the House organization,
refused absolutely to desert his party,
and allowed himself to be offered as "A
ac,ltice in The Speakerslip fight in
araer 10 maintain the true Republican
~ njlatiDn during the St s>ion.
/ i put the whole thing in anutshell,
Tsp aker Twichell is making a cam
paian for himself for governor. AS he
say. u IN working for 'Twich.' ;"
/ Like an the Insurgent office seekers in
this campaign, he seeks 10 pull down
lthe faithful and able Republican lead
ers who have given this state a series
4 OF successful administrations for near
ly twenty years, and body Of state
iaalcers against whom not single
4 charge can be brought Of dishonesty
or malfeasance Of any kind in office a
series OF administrations under which
I the state has grown from few thous-
ards to more than half a million-a
/ s,,iac ~ ..,dministTati lions which lInt ii