The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1920-10-02

itasl . DeeDees1 issoass' organise
,loa with dsss. viii - s0s1al ssvs-
paper. with state hsalsuastsss. ssd
organiser 80 sVsahsFs u The Asld.
!, vAs sat1 ssloseicAlly sa6esssA By
The diappoists1 tasossS vhe bad
bess asaisA lAsis 1soasAs.
Dssanss Tovniey Aa1 sot dseao.
ID u vaia. He vas 70 - . Dolitieai
boss. Ne siisasiy lsfs Bismarck asd
esihsrsd srousl hin Q vorking
force Of eegaaissss. naturally ~ 90
etaitsts With vAoo ~ haA become
scQusiasel vhiis . osabss Of that
party an1 . caa1t1ats tor 0ales o.
der tAsis basasr. Il wHo ~ lsog
before rswaisy brsas ~ shs social.
lat osgaaiaattos Of Noeth Dakota.
It's state pepss vas diseoatiassd ~
cause Of sapleymsst ~ TevaIsy Of
iss bvsinsss manager. NJ beokkssoss
saA IL s1lses. ~ soosoys1 pssssi.
cally al IL ossaaissss. % s0bltter.
"a ail The osobsss Of the socialist
orsanisatioa bseoas that they opss.
y rsSudiaisd Tovsisy ssA bis sssiv.
ities-asa sxpssisA hin froa their
Orgasisatioa. Bat 10 . short tine
evssy socialist 10 he seats with
drew their opposittoa and toissd
the rarosss NoaDeStisas lsasus. ~
I'll today there = ~ . prominent
socialist 10 North Dakota Who b nos
. worker as1 ssp1ortss q Town
10y. aaA most Of tAeo are o. the
payroll OF tie orgaaisaeioa at high
salaries.
II he arss sssettoa. Tevslsy suc-
ces1sl beyooA ~ owA Area0s. a.
s,sasA ~ ~ is1ieaAeSoa Of The
Equity sseoeat u ~ seaas bseasss
Of the legislaturs's refusal 70 sseab-
lisA tAs tssnSaal e.svoAss wAieA eAsy
had demanded aaA which tAe pso0ss
AaA voted for. He elected t6e satirs
state ticket. with oas G3seD1soa. .
mAjeeity Of The lower Aeuss. . ma
jortey Of he supssns eosst aa1 was
oaly prsvsateA sro0 eapsustas ~
ssaats By the Isv which provides
that half Of that boAy hold over.
their tern being four yeass Instead
OF two.
II must - rsmsobsred. however.
In this campaign that Townlsy had
the suppost ofg the progressive ~
the support Of the progressive re-
we'll ~ the support. because OF the
prssidsntial campaign. OF the stall
wan faction OF the republican party
known - the Mckenzie organisa.
lton.
This initial success Of Townlsy
vas due 70 The feet that at that time
he surrounded himself with repubii.
cans and deaoersts aad kept the 30
cialists In the hsekSround. He WAS
taken At his word. He was nonpar-
tisan. He was oaiy asAtinG for n
stats-owned elevator. . rural credit
bank and tar reforms. He had been
rspudiated BY the socialist party.
He had bscn endorsed By the farm
ers state Orange. the Rauity society
and the Farmers Union. Although
Wilson carried the state. Frasies on
the republican ticket won by $1,000
majority. with = total vote OF about
loo.ooe n ~ elaeA
And hers. following this great VIC
tory. Towniey. the dreamer. dream.
I'd new dreams. planned new promo.
tons and Immediately assumed the
role Of boss politician. He attacked
and discrcdited. with the omcial pa
per OF his organization and q large
daily which he acquired. the presi-
dent Of tho state Equity society and
read out Of his orGanisatiou several
elected onciais because they disa.
Ereed with him and refused to do his
bidding. He tried and tested his
strength. He now knew his power.
He owned the daily. and the oa,ciai
paper Of his organization. with the
largest circulation in the state. He
owned them through . secret agree
ment with two socialist friends
under . trusteeship. He was getting
$500 per year from $4,000 farmers
In North Dakota alone. He had
moved the organization iAto Mimi
ssota. Montana and South Dakota.
He established other "omcial" state
papers and = national magazine, all
under his immediate control and