Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-29

and urged his hearers not to be blind
ed and stricken deaf by the constant
Haunting In their faces and dinning
in their ears of the big Biz Bogey,'
which he likened unto the big bear"
with which mothers frighten recalci-
trant children into submission.
Doc Mills, Townley's' biggest SPELL
binder, Hall declared, man willing
to work for anyone who would pay
his price, and he shed some light up
on his political principles by stating
that he had campaigned alternately
for Cleveland, for Mckinley and for
Bryan. at handsome salary in each
The Newspaper Bill.
Towniey and his henchmen, assert
ed Hall. oppose the referendum for
fear that the. people may reject the
Townley- Brinton newspaper bill
which would pay into the Townley-
Brinton press. he declared, something
like 81, 100000 per annum.
Follow Townlcy's Advice.
1.-THE damnable falsehoods appear
ing daily in the Townley kept press
following his advice to Senator Mees
to lie like d--d horsethief,' I"
said State Auditor Karl Kositzky, the
league state official who followed
Hall
1--WE are" continued Mr.. Kositzky.
confronted by an attempt on the part
Of international socialists imported
!; from the four corners of the earth to
loot North Dakota.
"Lets try it out" cries Town
That reminds me Of the fellow
who touched a match to a keg OF
gunpowders, te4-.try. 1t o,lt.'.-1He sue.
ceeded, all right, but he wasn't there
to see what happened"
Printing Bill MiHepreseuted.
Kositzky exposed the ..Bolsheviki
fpress',,f3ss Misrepresentation Of the
printing bill, which he read in full.
and defenses of the bill from the
Townley press. HD repeated his thal-
lenges to Townley to prove that he
! (Kositlxy) had sold out to Big Busi-
ness. He declared Townley had never
taken notice of this challenge and as
serted that he did not dare&to.
"You farmers will make a mistake
If you assist Townley and Brinton to
murder your local newspaper" said
kositzky. "A town without a news
paper is dead town."
q, He gave the history Of the Brinton
bill, and said: ID Under this bill a
political printing commission could
pay any price it chose for public
printing. All competition is abolish
ed: there would be no competitive
bidding; no chance to get the state
| the best possible price for its print
{ ing.'
! Why the Brinton Bill.
"Do you know why Brinton drew
/! up this bill and lobbied it through the
! legislature. 1t was because the
! printing commission last year award
ed the Bismarck Tribune, whose bid
was $4,000 lower than that Of any
other bidder, the contract for state
printing. Brinton came up and rails
ed row with us. He urged US to
give the work to any bidder except
The Tribune. Through personal spite
| he would have had us gouge the state
for $4,000. We couldn't see It as
he did. We accepted the lowest bid,
and we saved the state ten thousand
! dollars. DID WE DO RIGHT?"
There was vociferous applause from
the crowd.
II was in the house when the Brin-
ton newspaper bill was being passed.
saw him pull members of the legis-
them into the rear of the house
; chamber and the iobbies and threaten
them with political ruin If they did
| not vote for his BILL"
OF the immigration bill, Mr.. Kos
itzky said: "Mr. Townley tells. ue
we need to spend 100000 year and
! to pay one of his agents $500 q
j year to correct charges against the
state Of North Dakota. Nobody has
made any charges against North Da-
/ kota, it is Townleyism that stands on
/: trial; it is for that this fund is need
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