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IOWA STATE BAR GIVEN
PICTURE OF NOhlPARnSANS
MINNEAPOLIS Attorney Deives Principal Address at Convention
Record of Indictments and Convictions of Leaders
Is Brought Out. e

Icialist camouflage by Rome G Brown Of Minneapolis. chairman Of
recall AI IN a snee Sar b efoqe' the 9ow so stata Rsr e as opp4ss sn Se 9qd'c'al
Mr.. Browns address, the feature of the convention, was on "The
Of 9': Socialism n and nsf poiesed out Il hove gsy t was 81 st4 9sfas a at the We very 9' fea9.
ldations of the American government.
Speaks on Nonparty League.
Speaking Ss on the Nonpartisan League. Nj: Brown said: -
wh I'VE have ;gd; seen how w the a,es objects o Of Socialism sajs aa are assisted ted by1 allies es
Socialist. There. are numerous forces, most dangerous in their
are only various forms forms Of an kass used d to oe conceal tn the fact fact that
they are Of Socialist origin with Socialist objects. By reason Of
than as'' aVoHsd Socialism sass i . %G I x R%lss to-day Sa 70 warn '9 ? your r'R 1s%yess of
n% .a and + through Tega3;yyss you the The people 3pk. Of your e great ats state - against sans. that
from the North. refer to that political movement which started
so an and adjoining * stst t s1e cs1l yeai itss sEG th and F s = spssS %o no Mtans,
league, In fact, it is neither a farmers league nor a league at
league, it is a conspiracy against the farmers to bunco them out Of
the money necessary to pay, the expense Of a seditioas Ppropoganda;
and political graft instituted, promoted and enjoyed by its organ
aga the hei interests tee : nas; Of = th eS falm Msse' i fnstead Of ah BENIN me9 n oo n = lsR1f It
is purely Socialist propaganda, which strikes at the government Of
nmately to lay its hand upon the national government and to turn
this country and every state and municipality therein over to the
Proper Name Is Tewnleyism.s
name an Of P the seit as5es a 4 e e' To %Gls%e %ho Is has saG been %o9t p re9% enf
in it's organization and work-a man who publicly denies Socialism
on n its s registration n blank N in m North stS' Dakota fsRS as belonging xaa ng: to the So
ciaaist party, and who stands indicted in the. cuorts Of Minnesota
~: "Iovnleyism started in North Dakota about two W. Years ago.
of unrest, all the Socialist voters within the range Of its activi-
ties, and all the pro-German disloyalists. It's leaders pretend to
dlsavow Socialism,; but every Socialist votes the Tpwnley ticket.
It's leaders, or some of them, pretend to support this government
in its war with Germany, but every pro-German steps to the polls
and votes the Townley ticket. This was demonstrated in the pri-
mary election in Minnesota, where the Townley candidates for the
nomination of Governor and other state officers received the undl-
vided Socialist and pro-Ge1man vote. Townleyism is against our
government in times of peace. It is against Our government in
times ofwar. sG#"s ,yt@E& So a.z
Townleyism In Times of Peace. @s
"The platform Of Townleyism is purely Socialistic. In North
Dakota two years ago it nearly passed in the legislature a new
state constitution whereby state Socialism was to be established
The state, or any political division thereof, was to have the right
to engage in any occupation or business for public purposes The
things of like nature!B 'esides provisions for initiative, referen-
dunn and recall, including Judicial recall, there was also proposed
the constitutional provision that:
No act, law, bill measure or resolution, or part thereof adopted
by vote of the people shall be held unconstitutional, or come within
the veto power of the governor, or be amended or repealed, except
by the vote of the people,
avowed objects of the propaganda Of Townleyism, in respect to
the governmental changes which it proposes, would be to repeat
those which have been advocated by teh teachers and disciples Of
Socialism. This movement is a menace to constitutional govern
nent. 1t is Socialism, under only a thin; even transparent, dis
gulse.
Townleyism and The War.
"Townleyism is only characterized by the company that it keeps
by the characters of the voters that it attracts to it's political tick.
It represents and is a part of the Socialist dSoya1ty to our gov
eminent in time of war.
"Note the following convictions and indications and indictments
in MinnesotaHwithin the past few months of the representative
heads of this movement.
"Townley himself, indicted for sediton and disloyaaty; Joseph
Gilbert, Townleys general manager, convicted and sentenced under
for discouraging enlistments; F. j. Shumaker, Townley organizer
convicted for disoyal remarks; N. S. Randall, state organizer, con-
vcted for discouraging enistments; Carl A. Void, editor of Town.
ley newspaper, convicted and sentenced for disoyal statements in
his paper; Joseph Kolu, Townley organizer, indicted for seditious
utterances; James A. Peterson, after conviction and sentence in
the federal court for seditious utterances, ran on the Townley tick: