The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-05-16
@N0N-PARTISANS SPENDING
MONEY LIKE WATER
Townley Is Making Desperate Effort
to Retain Grip on State-Edu-
Gators up in Arms.

laSC legislature, Wnlcn are DelIlS re-
ferred by the people to themselves in
the special election fixed in the refer
ndum petitions for July 8.
This fact becomes more apparent
each passing day, as the campaign
plans of the league leaders are I'M
folded.
The fact that there has broken out
within the league a violent insur-
gent movement that has carried from
the support of the league leaders
many prominent state officials, leg
i%slators and appointive state officials,
makes. the effort of the league lead
ers who are standing by President A.
c. Townley particularly significant,
for they must fight not only that OPP
position which has been active ever
since the league movement was
launched, but they must also combat
the work of the insurgents within the
league.
Farm-tO-Farm Canvass.
In addition to an organization cam
paign which has been opened in Nor
ton county, in which county there are
about 40 organizers touring in 20 au-
tomobiles, making a farm-to-farm can
vass the league leaders have this week
launched a new series of meetings
in which they will advance the cam
paign for the ratification Of the laws.
1t is a most interesting fact that
the Townley leadership is giving more
attention to the insurgent state Off
Gals and other league members who
have refused to longer follow the
dictates of the Townley class of lead
ership, than they are to the so-called
independent forces of the state, for
the Townley people are more fearful
of the consequences of the break
within their own camp than they are
at the outside assaults on their Or
ganization and the laws that they are
attempting to put into effelt;.
Educators Are Rallying.
The attempt to throw the entire
educational system into the control
of a political board, as represented
in S. B. 1874, has drawn the fire of
the educators Of the state. Three
district associations that have recent
ly held conventions have adopted res
olutions in which they condemn the
measure as bringing about the COM
plete destruction of the system Of
educational administration hereto
fore maintained in the state, and
which has had for it's object the COM
plete divorce of politics from the
schools.
Senate Bill 1874.
Under the provisions of S. B. 1874,
all educational institutions, the pen
al and charitable institutions, and the
public schools, would come under the
direction of a board of five members,
three appointed by the governor, and
two to be ex-officio, being the COM
missioner of agriculture and labor,
and the superintendent of public in
struction. The law does away with
the existing board of regents, board
of control, and board of education; it
takes from the superintendent of
public instruction all control of pub
lie schools and makes that officer sub
ject to the direction of the board.
The opposition to S. B. 134 takes
the position that the measure was
conceived in the hope of the league
leaders Of retaining control of the
school system in spite of the fact that
the people in the election last No
vember repudiated the league candi-
date, N. c.. Macdonald, and elected
Miss Nelson. The fact that MacDon-
aid declined to turn the office over to
Miss Nelson without forcing her tc
go into the courts to obtain posses,
sion, and the further fact that there
is even now pending in the courts the
contest by Macdonald, is pointed te
by opponents of the so-called edu.
cational bill as evidence of the ends
to which the league leaders are pre-.
pared to go to retain control of the
schools for furthering league propa-
ganda, and this position is supported
by the fact that during the last ad.
ministration of the schools, consid'
cradle league propaganda was work
ed into the schools through the med
ium of state examinations, and by
other methods.
Would Repeal Law.
The educators are organizing as
thoroughly as possible throughout the
state for the purpose of repeating
the law in the referendum election.
The famous "Valley City banking
DEAL" in which two operators rep
resenting the Nonpartisan league
made aggregate profits of $4,000, o,
which sum $4,000 had to be turned
back, gives promise of further inter
esting developments.
AS J. R. Waters, state bank exam
iner, has announced, John Tasting
and Thomas Allan Box have been re