The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-02-12
WANTS S'PRO-:
GRAM ENDED
BY FEb.'20
TROUBLE IN CAUCUS is EVIL
DENT - GOVERNOR SAYS EX-
IRA SESSION WILL BE CALL
ED AND THAT THIS SESSION
MUST CLOSE IN TIME TO SAVE
OUT EXPENSES.

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 5.-A C.
Towney last night went before the
secret caucus and made an eloquent
plea for united action to enact the
league program by Feb. Goth. The
greater part of his address was given
over to plea for united action. 1t
was Townley's attempt to whip the
entire caucus membership into line
for the passage of the administra-
tion's big measures on some Of which
it is known that the league members
are dividing.
Governor Frazier, in brief address
given before Townley was called upon
told the farmer legislators tn;
special session would be called 1er,
and he asked them to save til ex-
penses for that session out of he
present session.
Trouble F0reseen.
For some time it has been known
that things have not been going well
in the caucus. There have been COM
plants, for instance, against center
ing control of all state industrial ac-
tivities in a three-man board, domin-
ated by the governor. There have
been few complaints about many
other things and these ruihblings have
become so insistent that Townley was
forced to step in last night in an at
tempt to end them.
The leagues local newspaper, es-
tablished only for the session, this
morning declares that it has become
apparent for several days that pow
erful and unscrupulous lobby is gath
ering in Bismarck in a final desper-
ate attempt to delay or to emasculate
the Nonpartisan measures. The lob
byists have little hope of defeating
the league bills, but they are endeav-
oring to prevent them from being de-
clared emergency measures and are
bending every effort to win over sufi-
cient votes to reduce the leagues ma
jority below the necessary two-thirds
margin.
The fact is there is no lobby
here, except the paid lobbyists of the
league. Townley has two attorneys
here from St. Paul and Spokane and
when they finish their illegal advise
work and their drafting of bills, spend
the night with the farmer legislators,
speaking Townley's propaganda,
There is force Of league organizers,
men who secure membership at SO
much per. in hotel lobbies day and
night, and they do nothing but prop
Uganda work. They are at the capitol
where they are sometimes used as
messengers to go onto the floor Of
the house with orders from higher up.
The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate
once was used for this. P. B. Dunbar
chief of those lobbyists and keeper
of the caucus gate, is not so active,
for he has secured a state job and al
ready is at work. Dunbar by grace
Of his faithful work in keeping the
recalcitrant once in line, now is trans
portation officer. But Townley and
Lemke have realized that many of
their members were against the en-
Urgency so last night the "Big Chief"
used the "Big Business" lobby buga-
boo in an endeavor to frighten his
Legislators into line. His scheme is
to hurry the measure through with
the emergency to forestall if possi-
bic a referendum on the laws enact
ed.
Townley promised the legislators
that he would make their present pro-
gram the program of the whole Unit
ed States within six years. :;
i Governor Frazier said: eve have
a record to make and you men have
the chance of making the greatest
record of any legislature in the Unit
ed States if you wish to finish those
imortant measures and get through
before the sixty days is up. I think
it very likely a special session will
be called and you should have enough
on the regular session to pay the ex-
penses of special session."