The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-22
VICTORY LOOMS I
F0R R 0'C0NN0R
FUSION TICKET
Anti -Townley Forces Have Vic
tory Within Their Grasp if
They Want 1t
INTENSIVE DRIVE NEEDED
Volunteer Workers Must Com
bat Activities Of Paid League
..r Organizer -


the fusion ticket headed by J. F. T..
O'Connor is within the grip of thn
anti-Townley forces in North Dakota.
Reports from many sections Of
the state show further slipping
Of the league forces. O'Connor
will win if
If the volunteer workers of To-
cal anti-TOwnley organizations
will do as much work as the army
of paid league organizers.
If the true situation in North
Dakota is carried into every COM
munity to combat the campaign
of falsehood conducted by Town
ley forces. e..
If business men in towns and
cities are not afraid of Townley's
boycott talk.
Ii every woman. as we'll as
every man, goes to the polls Nov.
%.
The failure Of the league leaders
20 draw the old-time enthusiastic
;rowds. the growing number of pi-
)neer farmers who have Joined the
lnti iTownley forces and are taking
he stlimp for O'Connor, the very fact
hat the league leaders are scared
green" is an indication of the senti
nent in the state
Talk of Beaten Man
"a. G. Townley's vicious talks sound
ike those of beaten man. HIS
speeches are the best warning to the
people Of the state-if they want to
continue to endure class hatred, au-
,ocratic rule by socialist leaders from
outside of North Dakota, they will
tpplaud Mr. Townley's remarks. If
hey want North Dakota ruled by
people of the state and if they want
o throw out a lot of sandbaggers who
have fastened themselves to the state
,ay-roll they will vote for O'Connor,' -
raid one anti-Townley leader today.
Friend OF Farmer .....-
J. r. r. O'Connoi'hasa made a great
There is no questioning the
act that the anti-Townley forces were
ukewarm when the fight began. The
struggle Of the primary has pitched
voluntary workers to fever heat and
there was a reaction. Not SO with
he league politicians. Their jobs de-
pended on their work; they are paid
o play politics the year around.
Mr.. O'Connor not only has over
;ome this lukewarm spirit, but he
las done it through the fairest sort
If campaign The league has had diff
.iculty in making attacks on O'ConnOr.
His record in the legislature showed
him a friend of the farmer and Of
the worker. The only vicious attack
The league has been able to make on
lin was that he was a lawyer for Il
farmers elevator which asked the u.
). court to decide whether the United
States or state laws obtained And
Seth Richardson league candidate for
the supreme bench, appeared as at
orney for insurance companies which
similarly sought an Interpretation Of
IN insurance law.
MilnOr Meeting
THE Minor Teller gives an account
If a league rally which shows the
;hange in sentiment: t...
- "When the writer entered the
'ris theatre Monday afternoon short
y after the league rally had started,
we were rather doubtful about get
ing a seat, forgetting, momentarily.
hat there had been some Slipping
going on and that the oldtime pep
aad been bottled up and stored away,
We were agreeablya surprised, how
ever. to find the seating capacity
grossly sufficient to house the audi
ence. There was room galore and
we planted ourselves leisurely in the
rear end Of the building that we
might get full benefit of the ora
:ory to be delivered in behalf Of the
leaders of the Nonpartisan league
On the succeeding day meeting
was addressed by w. H. Stutsman.
The attendance at this meeting was
more than double that of the preced-
ing day at the Iris theatre" says The
Teller. "Men and women came IN
large numbers to hear Mr.. Stutsman's s
speech, which was right to the point.