Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-05-27
For. { Consideration Of Voters

and state hail insurance, why don't
you stay with the league? If you
are opposed to the red element in the
league why don't::you stay in the lea
que and help clean out the sociaf7
ists?'' ~,
In answer to these questions the
attorney general gave clear state
ment Of some Of ithe inner workings
of the league and why he, a. '.nS
other Lacquer can not clean up the
organization from the inside, back
ing up his assertions by reading
from the official 1pu publications of the
league itself. The original agree
ment signed by the farmers when
they joined the league provided for
an executive committee of five mem
bers elected 1.-The members of the
league.
That's the agreement we all sign
ed" Mr. LANCER declared, "but after
you went to the, polls and voted the
straight leagueS ticket, what did
these men do? %y,No longer do FIVE
men elected by you and control the
affairs of the organization. Townley
simply changed the bylaws and
neither you or Ibhad thing to say
about it. Not a single farmer voted
on the changes. +.
"But will tell.you wLat they did.
They drew up section which de-
clares that the executive committee
shall be composed, not of five mem
bers elected by you, but of A. c.
Townley, as chairman and appointed
for two years; William Lemke ap-
pointed for fourS years, and S. B..
Woods appointedSfor six years. And
at the end Of these terms do you sup
pose that you were to have vote on
who should be elected to fill the va
cancy? I'll say you do not, because
If you read further you will find that
the bylaws further provide that
when a term Of one of the executive
committee expires that the executive
committee should nominate success
sor to be voted upon by the league.
Thus when A. G. Townley's term ex-
pired A. G. Townley, William Lemke
and 8. B. Wood renominated Mr..
Town1ey.
"And in 1921 when William Lem
ke's term of office expires, "A. c..
Townley, VIM. Lemke and s. B.
! Wood will nominate his successor.
And in 1928. if " all live that long.
we win >seeeA fsocwmeys William
Lemke and s.. B. Wood nominating
successor to S. B. Wood. That's
the way us fellows run our own or
ganizaton!
"How can we break in on it. We
can't. II we all went to St., Paul we
couldn't; change the bylaws. No
matter how hard we try to clean It
up from the inside it can't be done.
Why, even il one of the members OF
the executive committee should die,
we would't have any show because
the bylaws provide that the other
two shall nominate his successor"
Mr. LANCER then reviewed the
things which led up to his break with
the boss Of the league, A. c. Townley,
speaking especially Of the Miss Min
ME J. Nelson deal, the Valley City
bank scandal and the looting of the
Scandinavian-Amer bank at Far
go.
.Cheered at Buchanan and Pingree.
!, The attorney general came to
Jamestown from Fargo on his way to
Woodwork, going up from here on
the Pingree-Wilton train. Word
reached Buchanan that Mr.. LANCER
was expected to pass thru that town
on the train and more than fifty peo-
pie led by J. A.. Buchanan were at
the station to shake hands with the
attorney general and wish him God
speed" There were q large number
of women and young people at the
station, both at Buchanan and Pin
gree, and Fighting Bill was given a
rousing cheer as thestrain pulled out
OF the stations. The same friendly
spirit was noticeable here that char
acterized the greetings at Wood
worth. LANCER is . peoples candi-
date. sis s L
LAnger-streeter Club.
Following are the resolutions sign
ed by hundreds Of farmers following
the Woodwork meeting:
Resolved, that we, the citizens and
residents Of Woodworth and vicinity,
do hereby organizes q Langer-street-
er club. the object Of which shall be:
The election, Of the anti -Townley
socialist ticket. and the election Of
the U. s. republican ticket, headed by
Mr.. Danger for governor and Mr..
LANCER for governor and Mr.. Street
ier for lieutenant governor.
For the further object OF educa-
tion among ourselves and our neigh
:bors. as to the principles Of socialism
being adopted and carried on and in
jculcated BY the ticket headed by
lynn Frazier and Howard R.