Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-05-01
Have You Bought !. Victory Bond,

Townley's string Of newspaper
, mouthpieces throughout this state
take great pleasure in harping upon
the "unfairness" Of the kept press"
meaning thereby any Newspaper in
the state of North Dakota that re-
fuses to bow to the dictates of the
erstwhile flax king. ~
The Townley organs never hesitate
to take opposite arguments on any
matter, according to how Mr.. Town.
ley's interests are concerned. When
LANCER is hurrahing for the Townley-
ism, he is pictured in the Nonpartisan
Leader and the Fargo Courier-News
as "North Dakota's fighting attorney
general" When LANCER objects to a
dirty, underhanded fight on Minnie J.
Nelson or to Brinton and Townley's
newspaper skin-game, he is a ''trai-
tor, fool and coward"
But one Of the rottenest pieces of
league propaganda work that has
come to our attention since our re-
turn is the handbook printed at state
expense by the Industrial Commits
sion of North Dakota" It is headed
"The New Day in North Dakota"
Yes, and a mighty expensive ".day"
it is proving for the people Of North
Dakota.
Certain of the league laws are
contained in this pamphlet. In the
back Of the booklet appear opinions
Of some of the members of the SUI
preme court in the matter Of the
amendments voted upon last fall, and
. which failed to secure majority Of
all the votes cast, which Townley
himself claimed before election me-
cassary to carry them.
The notable thing about those vol
luminous opinions is the absence of
Chief Justice Christianson's dissent
ing opinion. Birdsell's opinion covers
practically six pages, Grace concur
ring. Bronson takes up more than
sixteen pages. Robinson tops it off
with practically a page, and-Chris-
Hanson gets one line.
'Christianson, Oh. j., dissents."
Just exactly Two words and two
authorizations are allotted to the chief
justice. who refused to agree with
the league members of the supreme
court. The only argument against
/, the findings of the court is denied the
readers of this booklet published by
the state.
| And that is just the amount of
publicity any opposition to Townley's
plans will get in this state if the
league has its way. State affairs
will be run that way. And-when
!, Townlsy and Brinton force out Of
existence the Independent newspapers
J of the state through the agency of
their legalized newspaper trust. no
opposition to their scheming will ev-
er see the light of day.
The voters of North Dakota will
be called upon to decide on July 9th
, whether or not they desire to be
blindfolded in preparation for Town
leys manifold financial operations. A
vote for the newspaper trust will be
a vote to initiate the ostrich-by
burying ones head in the sand to
ward of danger.
| It is well to remember that when
Townley "got next" to men who trust
ed him for thousands. of dollars he
was able to rspudiate the debts by a
bankruptcy proceedings, but that
when he bankrupts North Dakota
with his schemes there will be no
such recourse. The taxpayers Of
North Dakota will spend the rest Of
their days paying the bills, and their
descendants will take up the task
where they leave of.
It would be well for the voters Of
this state to read some Of the history
Of reconstruction days in the South
when carpetbaggers, with the aid OF
negro Legislatures, saddled millions
Of debts on the southern states, debts
that are not yet liquidated more than
half century after the negro lsgis-