Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-09-23
Linton, North Dakota, Thursday, Sept. %, 1920.


You have talked worked and voted against Townleysn
and spent of money to exterminate it in North
Dakota.
You have succeeded in your effort to get many people
to realize you do that Towneyism what it is rep
resented to be and that is safest have any Of
that brand of politics and economics in our midst.
The most of you realize that November is crucial
day for North Dakota and North Dakotans But of
you asleep at the switch and you do not wake up
before many days. there danger that North Dakota
go down the wrong track election day.
In less than forty days. the voters of North Dakota
will reach fork in the road North Dakota occupies
spicuous place the nation and whichever way it goes
election day, the effect of its will be felt in the
POLITICAL social economic activities of tho nation
On November End the voters of North Dakota will
determine whether not the state shall continue to be
governed by legislators who will authorize cold booded
vampires and political ice elevated to official
positions to plunge state into unlimited debt (Our
states authorized debt has risen $462o00 $19-
100000 in two years..
On November End the voters of North Dakota will
confirm disapprove the suspicion which abroad in the
nation that in sympathy with the radicals and
utonsts of the world who running the property of the
thrifty everywhere and making freemen work for the gov
ernment under guard of bayonets and who
dream of back to the primeval," may be realized
You are opposed to government by despots How many
of going to stand idly by any longer while dema-
gogues and tyrants who pose reforers, inducing
well meaning people to help them keep control of gov
ernment while they bore the very foundation of popular
government full of holes and fill them with dynamite
You who have taken place in the forces opposed to
Iownleylsm, have responsibility your shoulders
going to be honestly entitled to the aures of
manhood and womanhood when the contest is
Thousands who still believe we are lying when we tell
them the truth about the dangers that ur in Towneysm
must be made to realize that who have
our property here have other motive than
the welfare of all the people and that almost every move
made by the leaders Of Towneyis who but little
property and pay scarcely any taxes is to make state
jobs each for hundreds to be used political TOOLS
Information that to light when the leaders fall out
with each other shows that they trying line their
own pockets uxuriously in many novel ways
The leaders of Townleyism are backed by fund Of
more than quarter Of million dollars and army Of
volunteers who work like trained soldiers under military
orders Men and who experts in their profess
sion have been hired to trick buy brbe e abuse boycott
blackma and vfy to keep the voters in ine The bog
raphies Of and who dare take lead in oppos
on will be twisted and blackeneda in the hope that the
people will BECOME frenzed to be easily led off at the
forkng of the road that will land the political
profteers in clover.
Sacrifice service and money needed from the rank
and file Of the ntiTowneytes if the ship of state shall
weather the hurricane of lies and abuse that is upon
In order to reach the harbor and safety Novem
Der End the real issues must kept before the people
such to make the Importance Of principles
shadow all else. .s
Even though many asleep at the switch, TIE morale
of the anti Towney forces better forty days
before any election All plans for the final drive being
completed fast possible entire state Men and
everywhere will be called in the next few days
in
the state and county committees We will the top
on November End all who are now allied with the anti
Towney forces will volunteer to do their bit in proportion
to their abilities at least to respond promptly when
called on for their bit
Votes coming way every day. Our lines
holding everywhere p spite Of the effort Of the Townleytes
to break up camp with voleys germs Of Jealousy and
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