Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-10-28

4 November SECOND, from Ethat time OF
we will never spend another damn
dollar with the men who have help
ed 10 defeat u.s. was the threa,
hurled at more than a thousand
persons gathered to hear "a, G
/. Townley at the armory Monday
ntgttt. "Your vote belongs to you"
he continued. "but our dollars, If We
have any after the grain gamblers
get thru with US. belong to us and
we will spend them where we please
We have friends outside Of this state
and we. will spend our money with
: them"
Altho more than thousand per
sons attended the address of the
League boss, there were hundreds Of
,OConnOr buttons in evidence and
the meagreness of the applause
which greeted his attempts to stir
up feeling of hate between the bus.
mess men and the League farmers
seemed to irritate the League presf.
dent until he burst forth in the
threat against every man who does
not support his socialistic schemes
and candidates at the general cleo
'tfon next week.
Threat Resented BY Farmer
The effect of Townley's threat
could be almost instantly seen, one
independent farmer being heard to
remark as he left the hall, "Who is
Townley that he should come into
North Dakota and tell us farmers.
who really farm and have been
farming in this county for years.
where we should spend our money.
He certainly didn't speak, for the
majority of farmers of Stutsman
county" n
Warns of Impending Defeat
4 .ssTpwnlays fpsnts tha greater part 81
his time warning his hearerR tn~s a
they did not get out and work Tor
the next week that the League
would lose the election. II do not
! say that we are defeated" the pig
boss declared, .tBut do say that un-
less we can get out every vote that
belongs to use we will be defeated.
We were defeated in Minnesota be-
cause we were too confident, and we
came very near losing the primary
election last spring. And want to
tell you that il we should go to the
nolls tomorrow we would be defeat
ed in this election. If we should go
to the polls under conditions as they
are today. we should lose the elec-
tion.''
The League boss then explained
his plan for the windup of the cam
naien. urging the League organizers
present to appoint three men and
two women in every township and
have them visit every home In the
county and leave marked sample
ballot with every voter. Go right
into the voters home," he urged,
"and lay the ballots right on the
table and mark them for every voter
in the household, and then see that
these marked ballots are taken to
the polls on election day."
Resognizes Stutsman Organization
That Townley recognizes the work
that has been done in Stutsman
county by the anti-socialistic work
era was shown by his declaration,
.+And you could clean up Jamestown
and Stutsman county too, If YOU
would get out and work, and that
would be some job too, after the
record you have made here.
Urges Use of Cars Election Day
.4Then you must arrange for men
with cars to haul the voters to the
polls on election day. Don't let them
tell you that it is against the law.
Don't let them get away with tnat.
Don't let them tell you that you
have no right to haul your neigh.
bors to the polls, because you have.
Woman Asks Question
Townley offered to divide the
time and allow some business man
to talk ten minutes and then ne
would answer for ten minutes and
then the business man was to be al
lowed to talk again. The fact that
Il was q woman and not man who
called Townley's bluff was signif-
cant. the woman demanding an. ex-
planation of the $4,000 acres OF
Florida land that Townley is alleged
to. own. Mr.. Townley replied, II
don't see what that has to do with
the fight between the bu9ipess men
and farmers OF Stutsma1 county"
.countering for time. He the evaded
the question, attempting to detract
his hearers attention by making
1ights&of the question and rapping
Brinton and Waters, two OF his
former lieutenants. NJ sg4g.,,. 8
Orders Farmer TO Sit Down
The only other person to brave
the sneering remarks Of the League;
Boss was Stutsman county farmer
who attempted to, ask some question
about the hail insurance law. The
mans broken English and his ques-
tion seemed to anger Townley and
= go. <AlISnAr the man that he had