The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-02-17
Temporary Chairman Twichel
Declares Soviet Leaders Must
Be Annihilated BY Americans
"This is going to be mans fight.

Ao' 10 oAiC DIS oDJcCllFC, scalp
ing, cruc1fying, cremating Townley,'
declared Treadwell Twichell in open
ing the, republican state convention at
the Auditorium this morning.
Little actual progress had been
made by the republican state conven-
ton, when it 'reconvened at 2 this aft
ernoon to receive the report of the
committee on credentials, appointed
during the morning session. Doubt
was expressed at that time as to the
possibility Of the conventions com
pleting its labor today, although it
had been hoped that the work might
be disposed of before the departure
OF No. 2 this evening, which a major
ity of the delegates from the Red
River valley expected to return home
on.
The forenoon session was generally
harmonious and uneventful.
las one of the anti-Townley mem
bers OF the state central committee,
| have been selected to temporarily
preside" said Treadwell Twichell, in
opening the convention at 1890.
He then asked that DR.. r. A. Beard
OF Fargo ask the Almighty for His
assistance in exercising harmony and
especially to give us the good sense
and strength to cast out this thing
which has grown up among US and
which as citizens has placed us al
most beyond the pale"
Rev. Baird thanked the Almighty
for this great commonwealth with it's
great possibilities. We are the in
heritors Of glorious past, Of splen-
did present and an even more hope
full future. He declared it a. privilege
to be permitted to live in this time of
struggle. "Give us wisdom that we
may be able to show those wrongly
lead where they have been mistaken
and bring them out into the light
Treadwell Twichell then proceed
ed to read the call for today's con-
vention, "for the purpose of placing
loyal republicans
He declared the county representa-
tion as defined in the call had been
based on the vote for Charles Evans
Hughes in 1916
Twichell after explaining the var
ious steps leading up to today's con-
ventiOn declared eve had every right
to presume that the convention would
meet in Bismarck or some other city
in the state with two purposes in view
the rehabilitations of our party and
the elimination of the scOurage of
Townleyism from this state We were
forced to assume a great deal of re
spOnsiblity; we were placed in, the
position of destructionists.: There was
nothing on the part Of any member of
this convention but desire for harm
ony."
He declared it necessary to 60 into
the present and build up an organi-
zation $50 we would have an alignment
and know whom we're fighting. I'm
enough of machine politician to feel
that we must have some organization
someone from top to bottom who is
responsible"
Twichell urged every delegate to
overlook little things. "This is going
to be mans fight. You can't win
it with such talk as I'm giving you
here today or as / heard last night.
There is one big objective, scalping,
crucifying, cremating Townley, and
we've got to get together and shake
hands and say we're comrades.
"If there ever was time when the
people of this state could render a
| service to all the other states of the
United States, it is in the interment
of I'ownlcyism at it's birthplace"
Mr.. Twichell then told of the plan
approved at Mondays caucuses for the
organization Of the state by congress
sional units, which he declared fair
and efficient.
|, On behalf of the committee and
with the endorsement of the 200 dele
gates who attended last evening S
caucus l recommend to you as your
temporary chairman Col. J. d. Frame
Of Grafton and as your temporary Sec
retary R. d. Gallagher-he's lived out
where Townley started"
Mr.. Gallagher was states attorney
! Of Golden Valley when Governor
Frazier made all unsuccessful effort
to remove him following the Bowen
murder. Col. Fraine was the veteran
commander Of the Fighting First, a
veteran of the Philippine campaign,
and former Acknowledgements. The
convention stood and enthusiastically
applauded as Frame and Gallagher
mounted the platform.
Col. Frame briefly acknowledged
I the honor, expressing his pride in
presiding even temporarily over such
! convention and then introduced Sec
retary Gallagher as man with real
message.
Gallagher began his address with a
reference to the administrations at
tempt to remove the heads of great
| educational institutions because he.
would not sand for lie introduction
of socialism. He declared that every
! hi, g Nat has bteE done III knssla Is
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