Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
IN evidence Of disloyalty to the farm.

NA5AOyUsSy W kA10 4I1VAOs AAoNS
spent Thousands Of dollars In improv-
ing my farming methods and expert
menting with different crops at Lilac
Hedge, building barns, and comfort
able homes for tenants and help to
live in, putting fencing and live stock
on my different farms. and spending
2 great deal q time with people
them what North Dakota car produce:
and I am sure these things have had
much to do with the rise in value OF
farm lands in this locality. Is that
disloyalty to the farmer and the peo-
pie of the state? For IS years I have
never farmed less than 1000 acres,
and several years. including this one.
years I have been one Of the larsest
raisers Of corn and alfalfa ana n Of
the largest feeders Of ensilage In tho
state. Is this disloyalty?
It Is a standing Joke at the annu6a
meetings Of the Northwest Hotel
Mems association, that I always want
to boost North Dakota, the Red River
Valley and Grand Forks. rather than
talk on subjects strictly Of interest to
hotel men. and I challenge Townley
or any Of his followers. to show a
single expression or action Of mine
that would not indicate true blue 10y
atty to the farmers Of the state.
Ask the, Farmers Who Know.
Ask the farmers on the excursion
train in 1915, when we visited Madi-
son. WaukeshA. Fort Atkinson m
other places, in the interest Of better
farming IN North Dakota. ask the 647
the International Stock Show at Chi
cago last winter (many Of whom
were members Of the Nonpartisan
league), II they doubt my loyalty to
the state Of North Dakota. or 1t any
one else made q stronger argument
for the state and It's great advantages
for people looking for homes. In the
first speech at st. Paul. L told the
governor he could feel at liberty to
call upon mo. night or day. in storm
or fair weather. and expect a cheer
full response. in promoting anything
that appealed to me to be for the
best interest Of the state.
When Tom Parker Junkin vent to
Bismarck last winter, I gave him in
structions to boost the governor in
any effort for the best interest Of the
dependent to criticize anything he
considered detrimental to the welfare
Of the people. Governor Frazier Inn
m%ediately took q stand for House Bill
"A. which we could not swallow. We
think his actions in all matters have
been according to the dictates of
Townley and Socialism. He told the
people at Cooper Union the princi-
pies that the league stand for are un-
kota we don't call it Socialism" When
asked about the I. w. WIS, he said
the farmers Of North Dakota did not
care whether they were I. ". WIS or
not, that all they were looking for
was a fair days work for a fair days
pay. I say, North Dakota does not
want I. w. WIS. They are treacher-
GUS. What val the result on the iron
range last winter? Armed detectives
employ armed detectives on your
farm?
Let Townley Tell His Record.
Let Townley, or some Of his organ
izers, tell you of all his farming fail
ures. Ask Townley himself to ex-
plain all his operations and actions at
Sharon Springs. Kansas. Cheyenne
Wells and Limon, Colorado. 1t would
be good reading for league members.
Ask him II he has ever paid his par
ents and brother for the property
they lost by signing notes and mort
cages for him.
Several days before Townley APP
peared in Grand Forks and told the
people how disloyal I was to the COM
munity and state. I had subscribed
for a 100000 Liberty Loan Bond,
and told the committee 1 was ready
to do my full share again. and volun-
tarily subscribed for a membership in
the Red Cross. and Mrs. Bacon did
tuition a great deal Of her time daily.
Since then I have donated $4,000 to
the Red Cross. I have a o in the
officers training camp at Fort Smell
ling. On registration day. several
days before Townley's speech. in my
address at Central park. before a
very large audience,r1 made the state
ment that whenever, in Justice and
fairness, the United States needed my
to help pay the expenses of the war,
they could have it freely; whenever,
in Justice and fairness. they needed
mon of my age. I vas ready to go;
and whenever 1t seemed fair for boys
of, seventeen to 60, my second son
was ready and willing, and I ask you
IL 1t Is fair and just, ever to a poll
teal enemy to call these things an
evidence of disloyalty to his. country
and his people?
Things No Honest Man Can Stand
They have tried to malign my
honor and besmirch my character.
My country has been DETAINED by
such speeches as those made at viii
liston. Minot, Devils Lake, Grand
Forks, Jamestown. Mandan and Dick
tnson. I want my >people to know
that l resent these things from the
bottom Of my heart, and believe
by men whose hearts are with the
enemy. And what does this mean?
1t means they want to see your son.
and the best blood, intelligence, and
physical manhood any nation has
ever known, crushed out Of existence
in order that q monarchy may rule
the world and socialists claim the
credit. I say to you. my honest con
viction 10. that any man who talks in
kept from the public until the war is
wei. and then given his passports
and told to &c to the country where
his sympathies lie. These statements
are not only socialistic, but, anarchis-
tic, and in my judgment. the men
making them haven't a drop Of real
true American blood coursing their
veins. This would be bad enough in
time Of peace. but we are in q stats
Is against US. At least n of Town
ley's non 10 y pleading q hard
for the $1,000 that he is promising
to keep the son Of q widow out OF
war, thinking that will make >the
mother let go Of the $500. Is thii
fair. is 1t A~mericanism, is 1t patrio-
tism or loyalty?
Our forefathers wadsd in human
blood on battle fields for the preser.
vation Of liberty and Old Glory, the
very thingx We are fighting for At the
present time. and the only purpose
for which this Grand Republic ha.
ever taken up arms. Ny private judg'
mont 10. We should have declared thil