Morris tribune., 1919-06-20
TOWNLEY

Announcement is made that A. c. Townley, presi-
NOn-Partisan League is to speak at Gaus-
mans in Pepperton next Friday afternoon June
9th.
Mr. TownIey has made for himself a place in his
tory alongside the perpetrator of the Cardiff
Giant" John the father of the Mississippi
Bubble" those who really anxious to hear and
see great before his eclipse should avail them
selves of this opportunity
Townley is really a remarkable man, and his claim
to founded such striking and remarkable
antitheses that his distinction unique character
long after his organization to function
and his disappears from the daily newspapers.
AS greatest exponent of true democracy he has
erected the greatest autOcracy that has hourshed in
the days of the Montezumas; he has sold
socialism to land-owning farmers feat which would
the selling of gold brick to national banker
look tame After winning the hearty applause of
by his utterances he secured the appreciation
appointed to disseminate loyalty propaganda
and the affirmative declaration that he had been loyal
months" Himself a bankrupt and business
failure he has had only great organic
placed at his disposal but has the people of
greatest Individual wealth of state in the union
deliver into his keeping the disposition of millions of
greater millions of credit Surrounding him
self with men who are pronounced advocates of free
and atheism he has still attracted followers men
of deep religious convictions the saunchest advO
the sancty of the home, Under the charm of
peculiar qualities thousands of farmers who
their army their daughters to the Red
Cross voted for for United States senator who was
then under indictment been convicted of
stabbing boys and girls in the back by his
dsoyal Today his official mouthpiece, the
Leader minges it's tears with those of the
Huns the alleged severity of the peace treaty, and
ToWney imports from Texas the editor of the German
edition of organ who had his publication
Texas suppressed by the government. Tho engaged
life death struggle in North Dakota, with the
principal officials of the state in revolt and tho on
the trial for dsloyal conspiracy, yet he finds
time to to Stevens county to make address,
TT0vy Nf aI1fOo hic tW
failure his open advocacy of socialism, his
attempt to e the and his attempt to exploit the
system of North Dakota, his community of in
teres with the radical labor element including the W.
W., his importation of notorious agitators for work
among fat salaries not at this time
under consideration such These things all his
tory nothing remarkable about them,
but the remarkable thing about the and the thing
which his in history will rest has been
ability impossible
every other living 1t took whole line of Hohen
zoerns working for centuries to accomplish the sub
srvency of the German people, yet Townley took the
control of the people of sovereign American state in
blennium the despOtism the poverty and the
ignorance imposed by the Romanos to prepare the
for Lenine TrOzky yet TOwnley erected his dicat
orship among a generation of freemen in state where
education where the wealth is such that
there enough privatelyowned automobiles to give
man, and child in the state jOy-ride at the
time
Townley has squared the circle, has mixed oil and
admire fOoshness the wonder of it ALL In the
past The Tribune has said harsh things about Mr.
TOWnley but we may view his career in the calm
of historical contemplation AS of his country
Townley is longer dangerous political agitaor,
his Importance has dwindled, and autOcrat his
faces rebellion hand. pass into
history but not into oblivion name shall live as
chief figure in of the stranges political phenomena
that ever manifested itself in democracy especially
notable coming during the stirring days American
participation in the great
AS historical figure he is interesting-very in
teresting, and thoughtful students history may we'll
study the and observe his characteristics before he
entirely passes from public view Such study need imply
admiration for the man, acceptance of his pro-
paganda under obligation and ad-
While the editor of The Tribune considers
Mr.. Townley his most interesting subject
study yet to avoid misunderstanding may as well
state that dispise him cordially as we dispse
Benedict Arnold Aaron and Clement L. Vallandg-
ham.
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