Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-06-24
'TIOWNLEY CONTROL
Of LEAGUE NEWS
TO.MANY MEMBERS
LANCER Fails 10 Find Single
Man, Woman Or Child
Among Fifty Thousand ,'''
Who Have Read n. P. l.
Article, Of Association.

5
Articles Of association.
Fargo, N. D. June 22---Although
Attorney General William LANCER
has covered approximately $4,000
miles; has addressed audiences at IS.
different points in the past four
weeks, and has talked to over 25,-
900 people, of whom 80 per cent
have been farmers and probably 5o
per. cent have been members OF the
Nonpartisan League, he has failed 20
find q single man, woman or child
who previous to his speech had read
or heard read the articles OF assoc
fation Of the Townley-Lemke-Wood
triumvirate.
Yesterday morning LANCER opened
the closing fight of the campaign at
Starkweather in Ramsey county, go
Ing to Hannah and Munich In Cava-
ier county in the after1oon and
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evening.
'.This state today and tomorrow
will be invaded by don't know how
many paid organizers, agitators and
takers who have been working In
Minnesota at the dictates Of A. G.
Townley. Regardless of how the
election turns out in Minnesota, to:
day there is one thing certain-the
people Of: that state are mot really:
awakened to the danger Of the polft-
ical organization owned by Townley-
Lemke-Wood. They do not realize
the full intent OF socialism and COM
nunixation Of these owners Of the
Nonpartisan League.
'.As l have often stated. when !
speak Of the Nonpartisan leagne ]
do mot refer to the farmers but I fe-
Ter q the three man who ownsit; the
three men who absplnse dictate tts,,
,a6sayitisS rs Is s Tires ssns1 d d ~kSaaSa
been saSs Ssased ana counseled by Kate
Richaf1s O'IIars, D.. 8. Coates, Wal.
ter Thomas orflls, Eugene y. Debs,
epurgeon O'Dell, Max Eastman, Karl:
Marx and sll-the radicals and extre-
mists Of the United States.
..,alr. LANCER continued: IF yop be-.
Meve in socialism. that is your. pri-.
vileie. However ! do not propose to
velese., However / do not propose to
sit idly by and see this state operated
and dictated to by men such as con-
tl1l the league whichryou formed
and joined in order to secure those
things which you desired, and under.
the guise Of farmers movement
pass laws that have wrecked the Gre
ait Of the state, thrown the state In
to chaos, and which have permitted
them to have IN unchecked use Of all
the state funds and the educational
system. I don't know how you feel
about it, and I've gotten SO don't
particularly care but don't want my
little girl going to school to q teacher
picked by man whose record was
90 rotten that he twice was kicked
out OF his own church, and reading
or studying from books either writ
ten or approved by such people as
Walter Thomas Mills or Kate Rich
ards O'Hare.''
4 He reverted to the articles Of as
ISOLATION which have proved such a
revelation to the vast majority OF
his audiences, He explained in de-
tail how the Nonpartisan league is 1
managed by the board Of three di--s
rectors osthemselves, elect them
selves as successors to themselves.
The scores upon scores Of work
fers paid by Townley ont Of funds 4
secured from You viii tell you in the
days Of the campaign remaining to
stand BY the farmers program. What
they mean Is to stand BY the three
ibssses and not spoil their POLITICAL
machine. II You want to stand by
the farmers program. Il you vant
the original farmers program sof ter
minal mills and elevators, rural Gre
dit banks operated at cost, hail In
surance. payment for screenipgs
from your wheat and q check Of the
dockages sons your grain; Il Il You want
these things and other nencial le-5
gis1at ton, but without any frills OF
socialism q free love, then you
SHOULD. stand behind the republican
ticket and the republican platform
adopted n open convention aat MI
MOI: where AZ ofs 4 the. 1884 dele egates
Were bonandes ssfarmer ers. 81 arn elect
ed governor i VIII see that the origi-
nal farmers program 10 carried ont,
bnt without NJ atde issues of ,soes
faltsm. !. s:ss
The rain which danger carries
everywhere With him preceded him
sunday night ard . tan hour deluge
ceased only for tthe hour ,o his{{
speech. which was given ptdoors q
about three hundred people. 80
rom starkNeaths 81 AZ. anSsrl1
went tos Hannah u Tor anss afternoon
which 9WiaS gTeatl delaysd
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