The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-30
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
ing UP With North Dakota Editors

Here's pleasant little trifle clipped from The
Bowman County Farmers Leader which, 1t must
be admitted, Is hardly fair sample OF even Non"
partisan league journalism:
THE volume Of fuligtnous and truculent
invective that enanates from the stercora"
mind Of that Grass and fatuous roue
that ediCts The Miles City Daily Star Is
phenomenonal. In the last few issues OF his
putrescent rag this literary cna[latan mas
seen fit to disgorge the filth of his oppro-
brium upon not only Congresswonnan Jean"
nette Rankin and A G. Townley, but he has
also spewed forth the essence Of his be-
sotted mind on the director general Of rail-
roads, w. G. McAdoo".
There is more Of it to the extent Of a column
so.
The Dickinson Press has this comment on Mr.
Townley's bankruptcy
Evidence Of men formerly connected with
ToWney, would indicate that he is the rich
est bankrupt ever brought to public view.
The testimony shows that Townley made the
statement that no matter whether the
league was success or a failure, he needn't
worry about his livelihood in the future
There's where he has 1t all over the men VINO
contributed to the fund to make him mil
lionaire".
The Paramount News has this little shaft aimed
at the council Of defense:
"Townley brands the city and town people
thieves leeches and bedbugs. Now his
defense council, headed by Governor Frazier
ley's league bank promoter as secretary
wants to infest' the farms with these same
thieves lceches and bed-bugs to help harvest
the crops. 1t is a wonder that ToWney
should want the farms and farmers thus
contaminated.-Kenmare News.
That's all right but don't you dare call
me hun.
The Bowman County Pioneer discusses after
the conditions in way that has a familiar
ring follows:
Our worst troubles are those which never
happen" some wise philosopher has said.
when the European broke out the
fearful ones predicted economic ruin for
America. This country had been expert
encing an era Of economic depression, and
the nervous ones could see nothing but black
clouds the business horizon.
Everyone remembers what happened.
The business men of America were caught
totally unprepared for the greatest boom in
business ever known
Nov the fearful bustly engaged in
specializing on the business, financial and
political disasters after the war. Everything
from wholesale employment starvation and
dicted.
I'm pleasing contrast to this view is the pre-
diction Of John WanamalSer, the Philadelphia
merchant, who believes that the four years
following the war will see the greatest pros
perity the country has ever known.
Unless civilization is too exhausted to ?
undertake reconstruction, 1t does not seem
possible that unemployment will be Of
the results Of peace. There will be work for
all for years to come. Russia alone should
supply a market for ali surplus American
manufactures for a decade.
The Tower City Topics comments on the polit-
ical lineup follows:
The Fargo Courier News has been en-
deavoring through every way possible to get
the Independent voters goat by saying they
cannot get a man to run against Frazier this
TALL. The game is thin that all can see
through 1t and the effort must fall fiat. They
hope that by such talk some person might
come forward to prove a candidate would
make the run which is just what the big
boss wants He and the Snoos know that the
Independent voters of the state are going
to get behind Doyle solid and put him across
Tor governor this fall, whereas If they could
induce an Independent man to run that would
spit the vote between Doyle and the I'M
known and cause Townley's rule to continue.
But the game is up and every loyal Ameri-
can Is going to vote the Doyle for governor
ticket this fall.
"An indication Of the manner in which the
people OF the state are rallying to Doyle is
shown by the last issue Of The North Dakota
democrat edited by George Wilkinson MFR.
Wilkinson made the race against DoyIe at
the primaries and it was openly rumored that
wilkinson was a ToWnley candidate so that
in case Of Republican defeat he could control
the Democrat ticket. Wilkinson in The
Democrat comes out flatfooted for DOYLE and
has 100 per cent American stand. There are
thousands OF other loyal Democrats who
voted for Frazier upon the orders of the big
BOSS to register as a Republican, but thew
VIII all be back in the vote 'er straight col
umn next fall. And furthermore thousands
upon thousands Of other voters will line up
and shove Doyle across with regular Burke