Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-09

The resentment aroused by tho
(Townlsy vitupsrations At the Audi
torlunh yesterday led to q number OF
nary plans last night for . great DEM
o~nstration meeting In the near future
to show to the state And to the coun-
try that Grand Forks and vicinity
refuses to be clAssed 90 unpatriotic
enough to let such an affair pass
without punitc. disapprovai.
near future ana likely will resolve
itself into . real patriotic affair. Sew
erAl able speakers will be secured and
special music. It may be held about
the time the names Of the mon drafted
for the army under the recent regis.
t saIa ,.s made public and these
ing to the training camps, will be
made the gueets Of honor.
Some Of the expressions heard last
night indicate IN unusual awakening
Of patriotic fsrvor In Grand Forks
that promises to equal the spirit that
y 20 strongly evident in the eastern
away With that R Kind Of p1 t.ik n ME tho
eastern cities" said q travelling man,
who had attended the meeting out Of
curiosity.
l. ! can imagine n would nave
cumstances," said q local physician
who has several relatives in the battle
line In France.
1T seems strange" said another,
that these mon cannot realize that
money subscribed by the people to
the Liberty. Bonds may aid their own
France. Every British and French
soldier who has TO drop out Of the
ranks for any causs will soon have to
be replaced with, an American boy"
The farmers resent being made .
class apart from the rest Of the ma
ton in this way" said an upstate far
msr; are just a. loyal on the
willing to mako sacrifices II need be.
I for one feel that this sort Of thing
Is an insult to me-"
Let me tell you a story Of a boy
now In France" said Z prominent cit
lsen. II have here in my pocket q
letter he wrote from the battlefield,
! IN which he sends. home orders and
q check to purchase government
bonds . he al have . chance to do
another bit OF loyalty. He 10 with
the Canadian troops and has been
through some hot fights. but he 10
anxious to do even more Such in
sta1sss pvt to shame such asitators
Va NAoAVy0ASy 90 SAA0 CEcWs
II cannot say I enjoy seeing the
governor of U state seated on q
platform in such a disgraceful affair"
said a banker. "If he can put in .
week or ten days in this kind Of polit-
ical junketing he ought to be able to
find time to do q little patriotic SER
Loan. These are his duties II he is
at all patriotic"
II notice IN the dispatches where q
senator from n Of our states has
called the attention Of the president
to a number of men in his state who
,ars eenductinx = subtle campaign e
Forks railroad man in the Hotel pa
eotah. looking up from his newspaper.
Seems to fit here, too. doesn't TT"
"Townley has beenSGronnaized. all
right" said another. Some public
mon you have cut heEe!"
The disloyal u%tterancss Of A. c.
Townley in his socialistic talks at Dew
lis Lake, Williston and Minot aroused
considerable interest in his coming tc
Grand Forks yesterday, accompanied
by the governor of the state. who has
given his presence to these gatherings
o. an added attraction" and by A. e.
ton, John NJ. Baer and others. The
auditorium seats 1900 people, accord
ing to the managers OF the building,
and It Is probable there yer in the
neighborhood of 1900 people present
at different times during the speech
making.
some came to see and hear the gov
ernor and left when Townlsy in his
first talk did not shoot any hot stuff
Others arrived late, on the UNDER
standing that Townley would be the
last feature on the program, and
among these were Q number Of towns
men who desired to hear for them
the government Of the Socialistic agi.
tators.
The late arrivals heard. all right.
and there were many expressions Of
amazed anger and resentment that the
good name Of the city1nd state should
be compelled to have to undergo the
%smirching It received and that Town
against class.
Towniey. INDUCED freely in SOCIALIST
ic propaganda and warned the gov
ernment>that the farmers of he state
would not respond to the loyalty ap-
the largest possible crops to feed the
armies Of the world; and our own
soldiers in particular. unless the
Townley ultimatum ! was acceded to.
This 10 that the government must
seize the railroads ana all other. trans-
p~ortation and absolutely fix the prices
desired for farm products. before
Townley will permit the farmers to
show their loyalty and patriotism.
To the credit OF many Of the farm
ers be 1t said they resented this dicta-l
torial usurpation by ToWnley Of. the
right to speak for them.
Townley preached personal violence.
too. by inuendo At least. when he
said: "You may have to use . little
bone and muscle in the city Of Grand
Forks, yet. I leave that for you to
decide" Another speaker had init
mated there might be a lynching bee.
These violent threats were not to be
mRunderstood. /.
N his opposition to. the Liberty
Loan, Townley demanded that the
government seize 126. 000,000,000 Of
the wealth Of the rotten Hch'' OF, the
nation to carry on the wal instsAdsof
selling Liberty Bonds 70 the people.
CThe entire store OF money In I the
world IN but eleven biilions): /
A set OF resolutions were presented
which read much like the program OF
the Socialists who m now holding
conference IN Stockholm under call Of
the German 0ocaelises, DECLARING.
against secret diplomacy and for IN
Immediate declaration on the PAT Of