Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-11-28
TOWNLEY'S SPEECH iT WlllMAR
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piause) -upsomewhere near the .nfing
,' smell ni'i it. VIC; tAppla"ss@; p' Up close
n hn teey like WV We are
Up close enough SO they will be work
ing as long hours as we are working:
the war Is over they will nave just as
much money as we have got. Gap
S close soeS t 80 that
mud. as our clothes are soifed with
blood and mud. Up close enough SO that |
they will throw their wealth into the |
in, to make this World safe for liberty
and democracy. |
Now when they do that. they will
have the right, to call themselves pa
triots; but they are robbers Of men.
enemies of liberty and democracy; ag-
tors to their own country! (Applause).
We have had difficulty holding meet
ings in this state -PATRIOTIC. 10y
Atty meetings-:because these gentle
quarters in Chicago. and Wall Street.
an er St. n the 81
taking: 6aughter5 and when they send
age tselT and
e eanse tseS eoSia 1 mot FSD o%T that
this farmers movement. rise up like a
jack -the-box and cry-as they cry
This fellow Townley is TRAITOR;
ri %ond be let 5 d9
grace.
The only thing that can disgrace any
town today, is the presence OF too many
this money! (Applause).
And the biggest disgrace that has come
to any town in Minnesota is this, that
they had SO many Of THEM: that they
FROM HOLDING A MEETING. ZAP
| plause).
When a house Is on fire. It is the duty
of every member of the family to help
po WHAT hat Would ID; you think If in the mid
house caught fire, and the father and
Shingles i et of O the roof and With their bare
hands clutching the clap-boards, while
the mother and another brother were
out out the the fire. while the Sisters Pumped
some oTHER brother came along with
water to make a skating rink, that he
might skate the next day at his pleas
What would you think of him? Would
triot?
And while these American people
city. while you are sacrificing your life's
blood while you have sent your best
manhood to the war, there to give their
racy,. there to make the supreme sacri.
fee in defense of our liberties, while
you at home, you fathers and you bro
long hours our Il see the he mothers and the
fields, gathering the crops that this ma:
boys may not; starve); while in the cities
mothers and brothers and sisters of mer
who are gone to war, live without tn:
not enough to keep them, struggling t.
f live, paying tremendous prices; the WON
en- forced in larger numbers into life o,
): been taken away from them; women ani
of ,winter--WHAT DO YOU THINK q
S take $40 year apiece in extra war prof
its, away from every man, woman ant
' child in this country, and then call them
: selves PATRIOTS while they are doing
= And the Dispatch and the Pionee,
r Press and the Journal call them patri
0t5 s9o never a sss in the columns Of thu
). Dispatch or the Press or the Journal
any an of these figures. What you SCI
f the League could not speak to the farm
e ers;: You won't see in there any motto,
D Of this meeting where we DO talk to tn
= things that serve their masters and pro
: people to believe that we are traitors
toes of their boots, that you can hard
= ly get out the impression that we ar,
traitors, and disloyal.
county, the other day. listened as talk
u ed just as am talking now; and afte
t the meeting he came over and asked m,
h than that, when 1 came here to talk t,
these people! daughter and applause)
d Now low the sheriff did that not becaus'
S because he didn't want anything to TAX
ASp P1sPA S f3sE t HAD sAiD 9o W6GH1
they had dssd h% ana s ana sthss
SO thoroly, that I could not work it ou
Of HIS system in one meeting: Laugh
no I think iin!{ NJ! Nj: Sheriff it is about GU
i The Sheriff: 1t has been out Of m.
that we might do something seditious
me uhG S fhs renera1 Thought maybe yo'
Mr.. Townley: Oh, no !: am not crit
$ icizing the sherifr. am simply show
ing you the power Of the kept press t,
e politicians and those who do under
r stand-to lead some good people to be
y lieve we are traitorous, dis1oyal and un
h ~, The power of the press is tremendous
though he had heard me talk; because
of this impression that had been mad,
e on t MS mind, he could hardly believe
e mfght not come over here and sa.
: something altogether out.
n Well, after few months more of thi!
klnd OF meetings. they are going to Qui
v calling us traitors, because If they dom
they are going to lose their subscribers
And when they don't have any subscrib
ers-lt kind of hurts paper you know
j.. Let me picture again in a differen
way, the crime of these fellows LIE
$ me show how you how awful It is. In al
species Of human beings that follow;
S among the dead bodies of the soldiers
e and steals their clothing and money
q steals the money off Of dead mems eye,
= been sent to them from home-a thini
y SO foul that when you hear about it yol
5 shudder and shrink from the idea. Blu
I ladles and gentlemen, that crime is no
United States. who would rob to dealt
the starving mothers and brothers an,
. sisters Of those boys who are fehtinl
i rob. them Of FoHR Billion liz Se D9GI&R'
n A YEAR.
+ They don't need that money-canno
use IT, They simply do it because the,
+ er to do it. l know Of no crime greater
than the crime of those who rob thes,
y American people in time of war--unles
FR9rEcT the fellows S who s are doing h
: In this day it is the dug of every citi
: zen, whether he be private citizen, :,
e weekly or daily-the duty of every pub
2 lic-spirited citizen in these Unite,