The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-17
LANCER AMAZES
WITH VITALITY
ON HARD TOUR
''BilP Called Second 1T. r." for
Strenuous Campaign He
Makes in the South
OTHER WEARY, BUT NOT HE
Answers Heckler Who Tries to
Say Where Funds of Bank
of North Dakota Go
(Sle III to the TribuCel

of North Dakota Go
(Spe;' TO the Tribure)
Robinson, June 17.-"Blli" LANCER
has amezed the people of nearly every
part of North Dakota with his wonder
fIl vitality. s."
Travelling or speaking almost day
or night, riding over rough roads and
in rain, he never fails in his merc!less
attacks on the socialistic trio which
controls the Nonpartisan league by
virtue of constitution which perpet.
TALLY puts them or men of their choice
in control.
Every speech gives him fresh co,lr-
age. Firmly convinced that if the
people of North Dakota only can have
the bare truth of the socialistic re:
gime laid before them they will turn
from it forever, he never fails to &C.
cept an invitation to lay before them
the facts.
Never Wearies.
Members of Langer's party some.
times are bit wearied but the chief
never lays down. His energy, his fear
lessness in answering every question
that is put to him and in laying the
whole case before the people, has won
him hundreds of friends.
His visit to Logan county on Tues
Cay was nothing short of triumph.
1t was holiday almost throughout
the county.
Lehr, Napoleon, Fredonia and
Gackle closed up shop. Burnstad was
the mecca Of the speakers after
lunch. On the shores Of beautiful Red
lake, two miles north of Burnstad a
great pavilion had been erected partly
over the lake, while the sleeping bank
furnished an ideal place for tier upon
tier of seats. Most OF them were filled
and it was estimated cOnservatively
on no less authority than Arthur At
kins, states attorney of Logan com
ty and endorsed for reelection by the
Nonpartisan league, that $500 people
had gathered to learn the truth Of tic
Frazier administration. At Lehr out
one man was left in town and he had
to stay to receive and distribute The
mail. For two hours Attorney Genc:a]
VIM. LANCER talked to the crowd.
Shows Banks Workings.
Mr.. LANCER came to the point in his
speech where he unmasked the work.
ings of the politicians in control Of
the Bank of North Dakota.
"You folks, your township, school
and county officials, had to send every
penny of public money to this bank,
said Mr.. LANCER.
THAT money was redistributed
among the banks" the county manager
of the Townley organization inter
posed. The manager was imported to
following the usual practice OF not
using a home county manager.
"Yes sir, it was redistributed," an
swered LANCER" and when read the
fourteen letters you'll learn how"
To InsoIvent Bank.
And then he read the letters, of jim
Waters to Hagen of the Scandinavian
American bank telling of the shipment
of money to that insolvent institu
tiOn. ...."
The Townley manager dropped his
head on his hands and hid his face be
fore the jeers OF the vast audience.
1t was not entirely LANCER crowd
when the meeting started-Mr. Ian
ger draws to his meetings many farm
ers who come to learn from his speech
es what the Townley gang is doing
but when he finished it was 81
per cent LANCER crowd. He was in
troduced by w. L. Jackman.
Mr.. LANCER had no sooner finished
his address when requests were made
of him to tell in the German language
the story to many. He took drink
of water and then retold the story ir
German to those who had requested
it.
He answered questions of every
description for an hour and a half
exploding the political bumcombe be
ng circulated in this strongly Ger
man-speaking district that Frazier
had saved to them the right to con
verse with each other in the German
tongue. The heckler from Bottinear
county again attempted to address the
audience and the crowd laughed him
down.
Glad He Was Arrested.
A striking attitude of the people
was given when the chairman an
nounced that Gottleib Geissler, of Ere
donia. would speak a few words. He
lauded LANCER for his fidelity to his
duties and he smashed bit of Town
ley propaganda, for down in this ter
ritory LANCER had arrested a number
of men for failure to send their chill
dren to school.
HE arrested me. too, because l die
not send my children to school, but hi
did his duty" said Geissler. Il shoult
have been arrested. l am glad he ar
rested me. l am for LANCER for Gov
ernOr and the whole ticket which hi
heads" he told the crowd in Ger
man.
Geissler then took up the take:
which he and his neighbors are forced
to pay to support the Townley-Fraziel
regime. He called names and mum
bers and explained beyond question
that Logan county's increase for state
purposes were for state purpose:
alone. Among those who applaudet
him was an old man, the father of sew