The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-21
T0WNLEY CRIES
"B0YC0TT' FOR !
ALL WHO OPPOSE
Tells Grand Forks Businessmen
to Watch Their Step or He
.~ Will Get Them at Last
HIS SPEECH FALLS FLAT
At Michigan the League Leader
is as Abusive III His TRADE
Against City Residents

Grand Forks, N. D., Oct elf the
NonpartisaK league is defeated in the
November election, every business
man in the state, who, by his vote
aided to bring this defeat about, will
be boycotted by the farmers.
This was the ultimatum delivered
to the business men of Grand Forks
by A. c. Townley, president Of
the Nonpartisan league, in an ad-
dress at the Grand Forks Auditorium.
Mr.. Townley declared that in spite Of
efforts which had been made for the
last five years to make the business
men supporters Of the Nonpartisan
league, the great majority of them
were still bitterly opposed to it.
$50 now,' Townley declared, II say
to the business men of the state, to
you, I. V. A. merchant, if this league
program is defeated it will be a great
calamity. If on Nov. the farmers
and wage earners find themselves de.
feated and the candidates who repres.
ent the grain robbers elected, they
will know that it was done by youl
votes.
II know that you have right tC
vote as you please, but the farmers
have a right to spend their money as
they please, and if we find that you
have voted against us We will organ
ize and 60 from one end of this town
to the other looking for the man whc
voted with the farmers to do busi-
ness with him.
IF this is boycott, we learned i;
from you. If you won't support the
league program get out Of the way
at least and don't oppose it. You have
no business in this fight between the
farmers and the grain gamblers any
way. 4%
II don't want to threaten you, but
watch your step.
"Go ahead if you want and poul
your poison talk of free love, Socialism
and so forth into the ears of the wom-
en- votert, and exercise your constitu-
tional right to vote as you like, ane
we will spend our dollars as we like
There was much more in the sam.
strain. Mr.. 1Townley explained care.
fully that his remarks were directed
only against those business men who
opposed the league, and in no way
against those who favored it. HI
professed his utter inability to sec
why any business man should vote
or work. against the league candidates
but admitted that practically all OF
them were so opposed. In spite oi
Mr.. Townley's efforts the speech
plainly fell flat. There was little
applause and what there was cams
from very small proportion of those
present. Many people left before NJ,
Townley had finished speaking ami
at the conclusion of the address
there was little applause. Seventy
five per cent of the audience remained
coldly Indifferent throughout.
SAYS HE'LL RETURN.
Michigan, N. D., Oct. 21.-Speakins
to an audience of from 300 to 400 peo
pie part of whom were townspeople,
A. C.ITownley, president Of the Non.
partisan league, told his audience
that if lie was defeated on Nov. z
he would return to the state IL times
if necessary, and so organize the
farmers co-operatively. that the bust
ness men who are now opposing him
would be frozen out of business
"Iney will not retain one cents worth
of business" he told the people.
In the course of his remarks h.:
paid his respects to the /. V. A., rs
serting that they were bought by the
grain gamblers and that both OCou-
nor and Burtness would do the bid
ding of the grain gamblers if elected.
The speech took peculiar and prob
ably very ineffective angle When
Mr.. Townley said that the I. V. A.
was spreading the report that tn.
Nonpartisan legislature had passed a
law which, if enforced, would make
girls of II and over common property
of the state. The alleged report, the
speaker made bold to refute in loud
language.
The speech was made on the street