The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-14
Pays for Own Gasoline and Fur.
nishes Own Car While Town.
LEY Rides in Air
REFUTES WASTE CHARGE
Shows Tremendous Work Ac.
complished by Attorney Gen.
erals Office in His Term
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North DakOta-nOt this year. You
would rather see ball game or listen
to a political speaker? So would l.
usually. But between two or three
thousand people at Linton Saturday
afternoon chose the speaker-Langer.
1t was one of the biggest meetings
of the campaign. Linton and Hazel
ton played ball at 2:30 and $500 peo-.
pie watched Linton win. Over in the
grove in another part of the city park,
a thousand or more waited for the end
of the ball game and the start of the
speaking. Ninety per cent of the ball
game crowd joined those only inter-
ested in politics, and they represented
the majority of the voters Of Emmons
county.
Streeter Sees Change
Frank Streeter, candidate for lieu
tenant governor addressed his home
county friends To-day at this pic
mic 1 have been approached by men
who two years ago threatened to ride
me out of town on a rail. Now, that
they have seen for themselves the
socialism which confronts us, they
have today slapped me on the back
and said they were back of me and
the rest of the ticket" Streeter did
not mince matters in his brief talk.
Senator Fred Mees of Morton coun-
ty, who has been accompanying Lang
er on his speaking tour, talked to the
crowd and explained the intent of the
ROylance tax laws, which TOWnley
wanted passed. "You people do not
know of the tremendous pressure
brought to bear on us in the secret
caucus, and l am going to tell you
that if it had not been for some of the
state officers, for LANCER, backing us
up, some of us might have gone home
and lied like a horse thief because
we wouldn't have had the backbone to
stand out against Townley."
. .Langer's ovation u y*
LANCER received a tremendous ova--
tion when he appeared before the
crowd. II am not going to talk very
long," he said. ."We have travelled an
average of 200 miles day in the past
week, and it hasn't been in an airplane
bought by farmers money, nor have
the farmers paid for. our car or gaso'
line. l promised my farmer friends
in all parts of the state when they
said didn't know Frazier or TOWnley
or Wood, that if there was ever reason
to distrust them, would come out
and tell them. l am here today for
that purpose. l have no string OF 81
newspapers, l have no overtloWing
treasury nor a bank l can draw on in
unlimited amounts. My only material
in this campaign is my record.
n hn oh nf
gance laid at his door by the league
newspapers and explained in detail
the bank and financial manipulations
Of the league. For two hours he talk
ed to the crowd which gathered in the
grove and around the ;:nOll Oh which
was perched his automobile platform;
Hardy Leaves
Representative Hardy, member OF
the Frazier smelling committe, was in
the crowd, but the anti-Townley har-
mony sweetness was too much tor his
nostrils and he left. 1t was an anti
Iownley crowd throughout
Scores of people shook hands with
LANCER when he finished talking.
Il want to thank you for that
speech" said N. Westabrook. He is
pastor of the biggest Finnish church
in Emmons county and formerly
staunch unswervable Lacquer.
Saturday night LANCER and Mees
spoke at Hague, Emmons county. The
hall was crowded. Hague is in the
heart of big settlement of Holland
ers, and of the whole settlement there
are only ID left who swear allegiance
to Townley. ...
Want Langer's Judgment
LANCER got us to vote the league
ticket and we want him down here to
tell us what to do," said farmers
around Solen in Morton county,
week ago.
Sunday he spoke at Solen to several
hundred farmers. Their enthusiasm
proved beyond question that where
they took his judgment once, they will
take it again June 80. He knew per-
sonally most of the crowd, and the
same thing held true at Flasher where
he spoke Sunday evening.
Today he is speaking at Burnstad
and other places in Logan county.
Judging from the size of the crowds
which have greeted LANCER and Mees
the past week, and from the express
sions of persons in his audiences and
weighing carefully statement of the
county workers in Morton, Stark,
Dunn, Mclean, Sioux, Bowman, Ad-
ANS, Hettinger, Billings, oliver, Grant
and EmmOns counties, one of two
things will happen. Either there will
be a landslide for the anti-Townley
ticket or the fight will be too close to
be comfortable.
DESERVING Townley
In every county visited scores upon
scores of members of the nonpartisan
league have deserted the following of
Townley. They are as much desirous
of trying the stated owned mill, eleva-
tor, rural credit bank original pro-
gram of the nonpartisan league as
ever. but they appear to be convinced
of the crookedness of the administra-
ton and the control of Townley.
On the other hand some small gains
have been made among the so-called
labor vote. There are thousands who
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