The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-25

service men IN ElkS hall.
I'VE have come to the turn in the
road" he said after talking to at
least 10000 people in the state of
North Dakota in Is counties, l am sat
isfied that victory is ours"
"Townley's Stacked Cards."
One of the reasons that the social
istic leaders have been able to slip
in power, Mr. Streeter said. was be-
cause opposition had been divided. 1t
is not divided this time. In every
county in the state, he said, the anti
socialistic workers are in the field
day and night. H..
~ am told that Townley, out in
Montana few weeks ago, said:
We're going to win in Minnesota.
stacked them,'" :" said Mr.. Streeter.
The Minnesota victory against
TownIeyjsm has electrified the
Victory Ticket workers in North
Dakota, he said. It has stunned
the TownIey workers in North
Dakota. With divided opposition,
Towniey had almost been conced-
ed victory in Minnesota. He was
crushed.
Warns Workers.
II am satisfied that at least two of
the men in the race for the governor.
ship in Minnesota went in with no 9TH
er purpose than to divide the vote for
TOWnley," said Mr.. Streeter, land if
Townley had won have no doubt but
that they would have been handsomely
rewarded"
Mr. Streeter predicted that the Vic.
tory Ticket would win in North Da.
kota by big majority. But he warned
the workers. i ~.. -
"Our greatest danger is over-co1
fidence," he said. "The fight in this
vote is counted"
MIR. Streeter told the men that if he
we're nominated and elected Lieuten-
ant-Governor he would exert every
effort to insure efficiency and honest
purpose in.the state senate over which
he would preside.
The Hail Adjusters.
Let me tell you an instance ito
show the rotten government that we
are now getting" he said. "At 4
meeting a farmer came up to me and
said he wanted to tell me how the hail
insurance department worked. and he
said the story was not to his credit.
''He said there had been what might
be called a hail storm but he didn't
think anything about it until next day
when he went to town and found a
number of ihs neighbors putting in
claims for hail insurance. So he put
in claim. He thought no more about
it and finally one day several weeks
later after the crop either had been
plowed under or harvested an adjuster
came out. If a man said 40 per cent,
the adjuster would give him 20 per
cent. The hail adjuster came to this
farmer. The farmer countered by ask
ing him what he gave his neighbor.
The adjuster said % per cent, and the
farmer said his crop was damaged as
much as his neighbor's. The hail ad.
juster said, No, you were on the edge
of the storm and Is per cent ought to
be enough for YOU but the farmer re.
piled that his crop was damaged as
much as his neighbor's and so they
compromised at Is per cent.
"And the farmer made no mistake
when he said his crop was damaged
as much as his neighbors, for neither
one of them was damaged"
Mr.. Streeter said that he had en-
countered hecklers at many meetings
with Rev. Birchenough.
1--WE usually ask the heckler, "Are
you hail adi,lster.?' and the reply us.
ually is an affirmative one either from
the man or the crowd
Just Tear Down.
Mr.. Streeter declared that there
was every evidence that the socialist
agitators which have come into pow
er in North Dakota did not want to
have good government
"These men don't want to build
up; they want to tear down. When
they can't make living agitating
In North Dakota they will go some
place else. They had been tear.
ing around North Nakota as social
lists, getting nowhere, and when
they saw chance to get into pow
er under the guise of being farm
ers' friends they took it."
Labor Candidates Speak.
Jack Williams of Fargo, state adju-
Il vail