The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-25
TWO MEETINGS
AT AUDITORIUM
FOR SATURDAY
Ligget and State Auditor in
Joint Debate in Afternoon
at 2 O'clock
POW-WOW AFTER
Political Cohorts Hire Hall for
Big Evening Rally
Following
LEAGUE POW-WOW AFTER

The stage is all set for the debate
on some Of the legislative measures
at the Auditorium Saturday afternoon
between Walter W. Liggett and State
Auditor EositZky. League organizers
and the boss Of them all, A. c. Town
ley, are in the city for the event.
Considerable bitterness has been en-
gendered between Mr.. Kositzky and
league heads and the debate is ex-
pected to be one of the most interest,"
ing in the history Of the league move
ment. The pick of the league speakers
have been mobilizing here for the last
few days and Mr.. Liggett and Mr..
kostzky have been carefully prepar-
ing for the battle tomorrow afternoon.
Following the debate, league rally
will be held in the evening et che
Auditorium 1t will be regulation
league meeting at which it is expected
that A. C. Townley will tell the farm
ers just what he thinks of the shism
in the ranks and pay his respects to
Attorney General LANCER, Thomas
Hall and the state auditor. Among the
league spell-binders here for the
meeting are George Brewer, j. A.
Currie, N S. Randall and last but not
least Arthur c., himself.
A regular political barbecue" in
cluding the "roasts" is promised and
the favorite pastime will be mailing
the hides of alleged traitors to the
barn door. .
Chief interest, however, centers sitl
the debate between Kositzky and Mr..
Liggett principally upon the measures
which the state auditor declares forms
no part of, the league program. ssS
The Issues
The state auditor will debate with
Liggett the board of administfa
bill. designed to humble Miss Minnie
J. Nelson, state superintendent Of
public instruction and to elevate Neil
c. Macdonald, repudiated ~ III nitssoyer-,
whelnling majority at the polls last
fall; the state printing bill, which
would give a string Of newspapers
largely controlled by Job w. Brinton,
a Townley agent, a monopoly of hall
million dollars in public printing; the
various taxation bills passed by the
last session with a view to shifting
the burden wholly onto the land and
paving the way for a single tax; the
judicial redistricting bill, designed to
create jobs at an expense of $50, 900
per annum, for three friends of the
league who are to be rewarded with
judgeships by appointment, and vari-
Gus other bits of legislation to which
State Auditor Kositzky, Secretary of
State Hall, Attorney General LANCER
and others prominent league state Of
ficials have taken exceptions.
State Auditor Speaks Last
Mr.. Kositzky will have the advan-
tage of speaking last. He won the
toss up few days ago. w. E. Runey
Of Drscoll, who is we'll known Bur.
leigh county farmer, will preside at
the debate. The decision will be left
to the audience. 7G1 ~ .'sA
The Bismarck meeting marks the
close of one phase of the league cam
paign to explain the work of the last
Legislature. Meetings have been held
through the Red river valley, but the
league speakers have just invaded the
Slop, having held recently series Of
conferences at Mandan in an attempt
to break into the LANCER -Nagel-Mees
combination.
Now Burleigh county is the objec-
tice and kositzky's hold on the county
is being assailed. The local league Or
gan in this weeks edition has trained
it's guns upon the state auditor.
There will be no admission charged
and everyone is invited to both the de-
bate and the league meeting in the
evening.