Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-27
READ SPEECHES
Of NON-PA ARTISAN
HEAD IN COURT
StenOgraphic Copy Shows that
ToWnley Launched Bitter
Attack Against Alleged War.
ProfiteerS.

Jackson, Mimi, June 26. - Long
extracts from addresses by A. C4
Townlev at meetings at New Ulm
Mimi, in 1917 and 1918, were read
into the record in district court here
this afternoon at the trial of Presi-
dent Townley of the National Nom
Partisan League and his former lieu
tenant, Joseph Gilbert, charged with
conspiracy to commit disloyalty
The Townley addresses We're made
at New Ulm, June 22, 1917, and jan
uary 2, 1918. The report of the first
address as printed in the New Ulm
Journal was read by Philip Leisch,
publisher of the Journal, and the sec
ond address was read by Alexander
Seifert, a court reporter, from SPRING
field, Mimi, who testified that he
copied the speech in shorthand. The
reports of the speeches We're admit
ted as evidence.
The defendants attorneys did not
question the accuracy of either of
them as read in court. In fact, they
read into the record long sections of
the speeches of the prosecuting attor-
ney who introduced sections which
he claimed were part of the evidence
upon which the disloyalty charges
are based.
AssaiIs Profiteers.
In both addresses. as read in court,
Townley discussed the war and de-
voted most of his time to considera-
ton of economic issues and to assail-
ing war profiteers.' Townley
charged in both speeches that In 1915
"the profits of war corporations were
four billion dollars" and he demand
ed that the wealth of the nation be
tnta ~ aC hn
The portion of Townley's second
speech at New Ulm which received
the most attention from the attorneys
follows:
"You hear them say all over the
country that this is not a time for poll
itlcs, this is not time for the peo-
pie to be agitated this is not a time
for you to think. This is a time when
you ought to be perfectly quiet Don't
wake up and look around, for if you
look around, you are sure to see
something. That is what they mean.
If your boy refuses or neglects to
register for war service do these gem
tlement keep quiet; do they say that
this is a time when we ought to have
no trouble? Oh! They will raise He'll
to see that your boy goes to war.
And so, now, gentlemen, when these
men likewise refuse, neglect or for
get to turn over these four billion dol
lars year war profits we have right
to raise He'll until they turn it over.
Too Far Behind
"Blood and flesh alone cannot win
the war 1t takes money to back the
boys. They. have gone to win the
war and they have got our money.
Those American people, these farm
ers have heard the calls of the gov
ernment tC make a sacrifice to win
this war against autocracy. We have
heard them call and you have heard
it. Your boys have gone in response
to the call You are making every
sacrifice required of you. Your boys
are making every sacrifice required
of them. We heard the call and we
do stand behind the government. We
do stand behind the president.
Now we demand that these gen.
tlemen also stand behind the govern
ment, stand behind the president with
your money. They say they do. If
YOU will watch them, If you will look
around, If you will study the gentle
men who are making these profits,
the beef trust. the steel trust, the
sugar trust, the food spectators, you
will find that they say they do stand
behind the president. / guess they
do, but they are too damned far be-
hind"
Townley was not in court. His as
sistants said they expected he would
arrive tonight