American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-10-15

l Townley's loyalty. sincerity and in
tegrity are questioned by a great
many honest and worthy people. How
: email we Judge him? Shall we take
MS word for 1t, or hat of one Of his
, employees? And let Il be understood
mat Townley hires and fires every or.
GAMER, employee OF officer of the
I league. at will, They must do his
pudding or quit! Is there any Other
way TO Judge a man than by what he
says and does? IF he makes dislovaI
taiks IN n place and at one time
loyal talks at another place and an.
other time, Is he loyal or not? II he
tells the farmers OF North Dakota
that they ought to have $3.50 for Their
wheat and then wires the president
that 1920 Is high enough. Is he
sincere or not? And when?
When he tries to link up the league
with the |. w. w. does he have tbe
Interests OF the farmers or tbe I w
". at heart, or Is he simply after the
money OF both? Who can saw VIVA
VIII the members in this county say
70 these questions II he has done those
tnlhgsT How far can they safely fol-
low me leadership OF a man who Is
onarseo with being all things to all
men so long as he gets the money?
rms IS something for the local mem
Dership to think about. Nobody can
determine these things except each
member for himself. Shall the mem
bcrs rely on the Non-partisan Leader
Tor enlightenment? Townley person
ally or through agents, edits every
one OF the Non-partisan state papers,
Jnst as the writer edits the Press. II
there Is anything wrong with him
would he admit IL? Depending on
the ~Non-partisan Leader. state or ma
uonal, FOR information about Town
ley Is depending on TownIey himself
Inc members must use other sources
OF information as well as the Non
partisan organs TO get all the truth
n then they must think for them
selves. All the Press can do 10 en-
able them 10 reach a correct conclu-
sion Is 10 call their attention TO such
things, supply what information il
can that seems to be dependable. and
let the members weigh every factor.
and record their best and most sin
cere judgment at the polls.
The writer OF these lines Is and al
ways has been interested I'm the farm
ers. Their welfare Is his welfare.
their success Is his success. their ad-
versity Is his adversely. Some OF the
farmers are members Of the league.
and some are not. But their inter
ests are all the same. and what's
good for the member Is equally good
for the non-member. The thing to
guard against is getting all 'het up"
during the campaign, and to keep an
open mind for the unbiased consid-
Grafton OF anything that may be either
favorable to or against the league as
now organized
In succeeding issues the Press will
give TO its readers such information
as II has which II believes TO be trust
worthy, bearing upon Mr.. Townley
and the directing heads Of the Nom
partisan league. This matter will
have no reference to the farmer mem
bers o the local organizers, who no
debut are average citizens of their
counties. II will refer to the leaders
Tho men who control the finances.
the policies of the organization and
the channels through which the mem
bership Is reached, and informed or
misinformed.
hut there are some things that do
not require documentary evidence.
The people Of Idaho have experienced
them. and they are the political meth
DDS OF the leaders. Are they right.
and Will they bring benefits?
The very foundation of our govern
ment is equal rights and equal oppor-
tuntties for all. Any policy that de-
MES to someone else what a person or
organization claims for Itself is a
violation OF this principle.
II the farmers want to organize.
they have a right to.
II they desire to form a distinct DO
party, they have a right TO.
n they wish 20 declare for certain
policies they have a right 10.
But have they any right TO deny
others the same privilege?
when the league entered this state
the public knew little OF il or its lead
II was known that Il would
work through political channels to en-
10 secure the passage OF GER
tain laws. But Il was presumed that
It's work would follow the same line
as the anti-saloon league. the Equity
and the Grange by endorsing candi-
OF the regular parties who were
favorable to the things proposed.
is, Republican members OF the
league would vote in the Republican
primaries for the nomination OF GER
tain candidates who would favor their
measures. Democrats would do the
In their primaries.
Ray McKaig has been in the Press
two or three times and each
time has had a guarded conversation
with the writer touching political
matters. He probably did not say
that he league members would work
the other parties to secure the
nomination OF men who would favor
policies the league was champion
But he left the impression with
he writer that such a course would
followed That tho 1aaCue .NNn,.ap