The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-06-14

All of the league state. officials Op-
posed to Townleyism are in the field,
where they will remain until June 26.
Attorney General LANCER and Senator
Fred w. Mees of Morton county have
been speaking to tremendous crowds
In the eastern part of the state. 1t Is
conservatively estimated that they
addressed 1000 people in two days in
Nelson county. Senator AISLE J. Gron-
ma, once ace high. with the league, but
who now realizes that he is to be rel
egated for Governor Frazier or VIII
liam Lemke II the TOwnley progrem
succeeds, is said to be doing some
quiet work with his friends in Nelson
county and other parts of the Red
River valley. State Auditor Karl
Kositzky has had very good meetings
in the southern part Of the state, and
Secretary of State Hall has been
packing them in" in the north. 81.
mon ]. Nagel, plain league farme"
member Of the state board Of control,
Is reported to be doing effective work
In opposition to Townley west OF the
river, where Nagel knows practically
every man, woman and child. Rep
o. B. Burtness OF Grand Forks, say
those who have hetard him, is doing
great work for, the anttTownley
cause. a.s a..
BIG Boss Helping. nsl.
ToWnley's forces here assert that the
big boss himself is the best worker
In. their cause now In the field. They
contend that his invectiye, directed
against Hall, Langer, Kositzky, Nagel,
Mees and others whom he has
branded traitors, is not getting by
with the people who come to HE
meetings through curiosity or with an
earnest desire to get some actual IN
formation on the bills which form the
issue in the present campaign. AS is
we'll known in league circles, Town
ley Is not himself in favor OF some
Of the bills which he was forced,
through loyalty to his friends, to pan
handle through the last session. This
is particularly true of the Brinton
newspaper monopoly bill. Brinton,
with his consumers united store
scheme, a project which was all vel
vet. saved the league following its
strenuous campaigns in Minnesota
and North Dakota last year when the
organization was flat bloke. Townley
naturally grateful for this fact, but
he is beginning to realize that the
Brinton newspaper bill is big price
to pay for the service which Brinton
performed at that time.
The Propaganda Bill.
ToWnley does want the immigra'
ton bill, with it's 100000 immigra.
ton fund, for there is nothing in the
act as passed to prevent the expendi-
ture of the bulk of this sum in league
progapanda in other states, under the
Fuise of advertising North Dakota
and correcting erroneous reports
spread by enemies Of the league. The
judicial redistricting bill, however, j.
another pledge to gratitude. Bt''
Lemke wanted it,Anthony Walton anc
other strong leaguers opposed it, and
Townley is said to have realized that
politically the bill was double-edged
instrument. but he was not in a posi-.
ton to refuse anything to so faithful
q servant as Mr.. Lemke.
The one-man tax commission bill
originated in the brains of Townley
henchmen, and he regards it a good
thing, inasmuch as 1t gives him d.
rect control of all matters affecting
taxation, which he could not have, so
completely, with three.man commits
sion, even though Governor Frazier
had the appointment Of the trio.
Betting Even Money.
Men about the capital accustomed
to placing a little money on the side
are finding it easy to get odds on a
number of propositions. There are
some who back the seven measures
to win; others are betting good mon
ey that the whole septette will lose,
and still others are wagering nice
little sums that the two program bills
will survive the onslaught, but that
the five others will 90 down
Something to Remember.
II is not to be forgotten that ma
tority of the electors who ballotted
last November did not approve the
leagues constitutional amendments
under which the Nonpartisan indus
trial program was enacted by the 18th
assembly. Only two of the amend
ments submitted by the league re.
ceived a majority of all the votes
cast. and these two did not apply to
the league program. It is also re-
called that some 10000 voters were
ont of the state, many of them out of
the country, in their nations service,
and that they had no voice at all in
this election.
The 5000 Silent Vote.
It was preached constantly, beforc
election that the failure to vote at all
on the amendments was equivalent to
a vote against them. 1t is safe to
presume that the $4,000 to 10000 elec-
tors who did not vote for the amend