The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-26
LANCER ATTACK
IN HOME TOWN
FAILS UTTERLY
League Picnic Attracts Less
than 500 Instead of $4,000
First Day in Mandan
PEOPLE APPLAUD LANCER
Labor Agitator Who Speaks for
Farmers Ticket" Says He
Doesn't Want Dakota Farm
WHERE ARE THEY?

-'e 1N"6 ~.
The great league rally, from
7o:30 a. m. to 10:30 o. rn., an
nounced for Bismarck today was
in the thin air at p. m. this af-
ternoon. In despair the league i'm
ported, paid county manager
Sent an automobile through the
streets trying to get crowd for
meeting at the, state capitol.
At that time there were rs to
100 people stro'ling around the
capitol grounds. And TownIey
was nowhere, apparently.
Mandan, June 26.-The great effort
of the Townley organization to rub
the name of William LANCER into the
dirt in his home town has failed. The
failure is so complete that it is the
talk of the town.
A great two-day picnic was advertis-
ed for Mandan for yesterday and to-
day. The Townley managers scattered
great bills throughout at least three
counties, advertising the meeting. Ra.
ces, band concerts, airplane exhibi.
ton. creased pig contests and SINH
lar amusements were advertised to
get crowd. And
There were less than 500 people at
the Mandan fairgrounds yesterday af.
ternOOn.
l-anger Friends There
In that crowd were at least 200 wo.
men and children. A few came and
a few left. One man who said he
counted every person declared there
were 496 people present. including at
least ESQ women, girls and boys. The
actual number of farmers was small.
In the automobiles parked around
the grandstand were many bearing
"Langer for Governor" or Morton for
Congress" banners. The applause
which greeted the Townley speakers
was infrequent and weak. The speak.
ers We're on the defense. The old
time spirit was gone.
Last night theae was a parade il
which just SO people marched. At
noon today there was scarcely more
than the usual Saturday crowd in the
city. Later it was thoughet the
crowd might reach 1000 A baker
had been asked to bake bread for
$4,000.
Ernest Meitzen, league organizer
who admitted he came to North Da.
kOta only four years ago and had gone
back to Texas in the meantime to
work in political campaign, made d
vicious attack on Mr.. LANCER. But the
people of Mr.. Langers home county
and his home town did not respond
with enthusiasm.
League organizers had predicted
crowds of $4,000 people. The flat fail
ure was far greater than anyone had
expected. With added attractions to-
day the league organizers hoped to re-
deem themselves. They advertised
that A. C. Townley, whom many looked
for in vain, would be at the picnic by
4 p. m. today.
One App'auds Frazier
When Congressman J. H. Sinclair,
who wrote letter to friends in North
Dakota asking them to get up petit
tiOn for the release of Kate Richards
O'Hare, referred to Governor Frazier
as the greatest Governor North Da.
kota has ever had" one man applauded.
When Meitzen, at one time, inadvert-
emily complimented LANCER there was
applause.
Duncan Mcdonald, Illinois labor
man. who has been known as one Of
the group of Illinois mine workers of
the ultra-radical type. which attempt
ed to overthrow the present officials
of the United Mine Workers Of Ameri-
ca and were charged with trying to
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