The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-05-28
LANCER CHARGES
FRAZIER JOINS
NEW RADICALS
Says Governor Toured West for
Committee of Forty-eight,
Formed by Radical Leaders
HAS TREMENDOUS CROWDS
His Crowds Exceed Those of Re-
cent TOwnley-FraZier Meet
ings in Southeast
Especial to the Tripune.)

. Especial to the IrlDune.)
Fargo, n D.. May 2S-Attorney Cen
eral VIM. LANCER, republican candi-
date for governor, yesterday after
noon and last night wound up his first
political speaking engagements in the
southeastern corner OF the state with
stirring speeches and. tremendous
crowds at Stirum and Hankinson in
Sargent county. .
r. H. Gallagher, candidate for at
torney general, is making the tour
with Mr.. LANCER and is making hit
as stump speaker. The turn out at
these meetings exceeded those at the
recent Frazier-League meetings.
Joins Radicals ...
At Hankinson, Mr.. LANCER charged
, that Governor Frazier less than two
weeks ago toured the eastern states
as representative Of the committee
of 4S which speaks for the red radi-
Gals, OF the nation. He produced I.
w. w. and leading socialist revolution
airy papers showing direct connection
between the inner circle of the Nom
partisan league and the National Rad
ical party. These charges took the
luOuSdluo VI ldI pACoSuI Soul-
pletely off their feet. ..-
Tells Experiences with TOwnley
Mr.. LANCER also reviewed his eX-
perience with A. C. Townley over the
Valley City bank scandal, the Scandi-
navian-American bank deal in Fargo
and the treatment of Miss Minnie J.
Nelson at the hands of the governor
and other tools of the league bosses.
In conclusion he showed by docu-
mentary evidence how Lemke, Wood
and Townley absolutely controlled the
Nonpartisan league management by
downright chicanery. .-- g |a
Mr.. Gallagher made a strong i'm
preston on his audience by convinc-
ing statements regarding the affairs OF
the Bank of North, Dakota, showing
that it was almost impossible tor
farmers to get loans, but that land
spectators could easily get all the
money they wanted through this bank
He especially mentioned that an uncle
OF Congressman John Baer's wife, an
eastern land speculator, Mcmahon
who has never lived in the state bor-
rowed $4,000 on sandy land property
near Beach. He cited Of many other
cases with reference to loan opera
tions and charged that men in control
=, of the bank are using the taxpayers
money for building up personal
financial machine by means Of pres
sure on other bankers in North Da-
kOta.
Scores Hit .E.
Mr. Callagher's reference to A. c.
Townley's habit of t-packing-his-
grip-and-going- away brought forth
cheers in every address. He used this
when telling of Townley's wild cal
schemes at Beach, how he treated the
farmers and on every occasion would
skip out for year or more and ther
come back. Some day he will do the
same with you farmers OF North Da
kOta, said the candidate for attorney
general
Stirum Meeting Good
The Langer meeting at Stirum, Sar
gent county, was a tremendous sue
cess. Farmers motored in from point:
all around. The crowd was entirely
too big for the hall SO it was decided
to have an open air meeting in a near
by grove. Even league members ad
nit that both Mr.. LANCER and Mr.. Gal
lagher are making big hits. A. M
Thompson entertained LANCER and hi:
party after the Hankinson meeting
and brought them to Stirum.
From Bismarck comes the story tina
the venerable member Of the Supreme
Court of North Dakota, Justice James
e. Robinson, is willing to support a
least some of the anti-Townley candi
dates at the coming primaries. Attel
the auditors convention few "lef
over" county auditors were standing
in one of the local hotels listening tt
State Auditor Carl kOsitzky laying
down the law about something or an
other The old justice came over tt
Carl, struck him on the shoulder ant
said: you are all right Carl. l shal
vote for yOu,''