The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-16
''LOWDOWN dogs"
Mr.. TOWNLEY
OF N. D. EDITORS
The Nonpartisan President
Terms Non-Supporters
Prostitute Press"
FRAZIER PROUD
OF HIS COMPANY
Answers Critics Who Have
Assailed the Tour With
The League

Mandan, N. d., June is. - A. C.
Townley. president Of the Nonpartisan
Political league, singled out the pub
Fishers of the prostitute press" as he
| termed North Dakota and twin city
newspapers which have not favored
the leagues campaign, for bitter and
picturesque attack, at the league rally
| held here Friday afternoon.
Editors of these papers were char
acterized as low down dogs" and
low down rotten citizens" singing
| out in particular, the publishers and
| employees of The Fargo Forum, The
Bismarck Tribune. The Grand Forks
Herald and The Mandan Pioneer.
Condemn Olsness.
Resolutions were offered from the
platform of the meeting, and adopted,
scoring Insurance Commissioner o. c..
| Olsness because, IN the placing of in
surance statements for publication
this year, he placed a number of
them with papers that have not been
supporting the Nonpartisan league
leaders in their campaign.
The insurance statements are pub
lished annually, and their publica-
ton is paid for by the insurance COM
panies.
ITS a pretty low down, rotten citi-
zen in any state that will take ad-
vantage of organization in his own
| business, and object when any one
else wants to benefit from the same
organization" said Mr.. Townley.
Il. guess we have started some
thing" he continued. zone newspaper,
opposed to the farmers movement,
has pictured me dangling from a
telegraph pole, with q rope around my
neck; another advocates mob vio-
lence, presumably to bring this result
about. l have a sore throat inside
now and il these gentlemen have their
way it will be sore outside. tomorrow.
These men have been charging
that l dictate the speeches Of the gov
ernor. They know that is false. What
makes them sore is that they cannot
dictate the speeches of the governor
themselves.
1.-The speeches of the governor are
dictated, but not by crooks and shys-
tiers that have been kicked out of
politics, not by railroads, not by in
surance companies, not by the Min
neapolis chamber of commerce, but
the governors speeches are dictated
by the needs of the farmers of this
state"
Governor Frazier" Mr.. Townley
declared, lis a man so much bigger
and better than the editor of The
Bismarck Tribune as is kindly elder
brother to the low dog who leads a
little sister to the brothel.
Governor Frazier spoke at some
length, urging the purchase of Liberty
bonds by those able to buy them.
when conscription was first talked
of, l took the stand that the govern
ment should conscript the wealth Of
the nation. and l still hope it will.
But, the nation must have ready
funds now, and say to every one
who can afford to buy Liberty bond,
to buy one.
"The bankers are making liberal
terms for the purchase of bonds. They
are doing good work" said the gov
ernor.
Proud OF His Company.
Governor Frazier said he had been
criticized because he was giving his
time to the tour.
THE Bismarck Tribune says 1t
would not be quite so bad il the gov
ernor were in respectable company"
said Governor Frazier.
well, man has to take some
chances. But want to say I've been
all over the state with these gentle
men. I've heard all their speeches and
I haven't heard a reasonable utter
ance yet. They are men who are in
terested in their work, interested in
bringing the problems Of the people
before them and l can say ! am proud |
to be in their company"