Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-14
might not be much Of = Val, ,Townley

might not be much Of = war,' srewnley
I do not believe It is right Tor
us to 90 to war, said Townley. and
put the nation some billions Of dol
lars In debt" t}S.
What did We care whether 1t was
s 5000. 900. 900 o &c. 900, 10000. or
100000. 900, oe0--freedom |. is more
precious to US than money! shouted
the prosecuting attorney.
Then he follows that with an In
situation still more corrupt; Then
when this war 10 over to ask these
boys to come back and pay OF the
war debt
And when Teigen told him that
men In the audience in large numbers
stir them. Then he goes on to say.
we are sending u boys over there
to die; let us see II that is right
Rich Mems sons Volunteer.
Was there any question of its be-
ing right? Then he says:
1.-THE rich mans boy is not going
to co. Townley knew that was q lie.
first to GO. The first institutions to
empty out were the colleges and uni-
versities Of the land. The rich mems
sons furnished a larger percentage in
the army than the poor men did.
HE, the rich man, is making the
rules Of the game said Townley.
There is an insinuation that the rich
men had control Of the government.
And then to ecourage the boys a little
more he tells about the horrible
things that are to befall them. Pleas
ant, wasn't it?
Hundreds and millions OF the
boys will be sacrificed; many will lose
arms, legs, sight and hearing. They
will come back to their mothers and
s~weethearts and the government will
give back what Is left but no more.
That was encouraging, wasn't it?
"You haven't seen SO many Of the
boys come back with arms gone and
ears of. have you? But that was the
picture Townley was painting to that
German audience at Glencoe.
Speech Made At New Ulm. =
Here is the New Ulm speech. It
was delivered. the next day. 1t was
systematic; It was not sporadic. Oh,
the skill with:fwhich that argument
was put up. He goes from place to
place and does the same thing. He
are paying more for everything con-
suned than before the war; they are
paying tribute to the food SAMPLERS
and SPECTATORS at the ratelof $4,OO0,-
10000 a year. They ask us t6 buy
Liberty Bonds. How about that 81
900. 900. 900 in excess profits? I say
this should be taken from the food
Spectators and placed In the hands
Of the government This Is twice the
size Of the Liberty Bond quota ss5
Gould he say anything to an audi
enc better calculated that they
should not buy Liberty Bonds?
ct say we should free this country
Of autocracy before we go to Europe
to do the same thing Townley said
that"
st. Paul speech Called Guarded.
Il consider Townley's st. Paul
speech the most disloyal that he
made, but it was a guarded speech. 1t
was more guarded than the speech
was at Glencoe. DO you know why?
In the convention at St Paul the de-
partment of justice had representa-
tives present. 1t was necessary to
make a more guarded speech than at
his guard 1 will show: you what a
loyal speech he made. He does not
hint that we have been attacked by
Germany. h first impression you get
Is that the wrong was in the United
States. 9, .t.a ....-
I'm this national crisis it Is my
duty and your duty to stand by the
HSoN VI LIZ A6I4OIls 10 6L4aO ny I1S
will of the majority Of the citizens of
the nation Then he goes on to say
that the people have nothing to say
about this. government. L refuse to
believe that America has been Prus-
sianized,' he says: But there is the in
situation that 1t had been.
"He goes on tells ,of the lldesperate
condition of the farmers Of the north
/ Hoover Criticised BY sINNhley. s.
lsM@He tries o#tell them they are In
such a terrific position sthatsthGy can
not help b government win the war.
When I went down the main street of
the little village of jackson on the
Fourth of July.there were more than
. million dollars worth of automobiles
Understanding there on the main
street.
"Townley in his st. Paul. speech
criticized Herbert Hoover for not ac-
cepting an invitation I attend the st.
Paul convention and declared that he
was In Chicago at the time talking
with representatives of the Mime
apolis Chamber of Commerce and
men from other cities. Townley
throws out the insinuation that
Hoover is in Chicago helping big bust
ness and refused to come to st. Paul
to help the farmer.
Then he thought he had gone too
far-a little too far. Then he did
what Townley always does when he
thought he had gone too far-he tries
to v up Then he said Hoover was
led to believe that it was not his duty
to meet u.s. He charges the audience
with having failed to tell Hoover what
was the will of the majority.
FArmers' Patriotism Praised,
"Townley says:
"'When--a man works 16 hours a
day to raise wheat to, be commander
ed to feed the soldiers he hasn't time
to wave the American nag and talk
about IT,
"You men did wave the American
nag and I'm proud Of you, for 1t. You
not only had time to do your farm
work, but you had time to go out and
sell Liberty Bonds and get Red Cross
subscriptions. You had time to do q
little flag waving and shouting for the
United States and you wilIa always be
honored for it, ~, fY Il
What do you think OF this stun to
inspire the farmers OF. the northwest
to buy bonds and help win the war;
What could have beeu the purpose
OF it?" #