Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-04

contention that he played safe in order
to benefit by the popular delirum and
deliberately aided Townley and his
gang of socialistic demagogues in put
ting over their game on the farmers who
had right to expect that he, thru the
Tribune, should give them honest adj
vice. He betrayed the trust and we pre-
dict that their wrath will be upon him
when their eyes are opened to what real
socialism means and what it has meant
60 Editor Lawson goes on in a COL
umn of childish prattle that means alb
solutely nothing. He again camouhages
himself by hiding behind the farmers.
attempting to carry the impression that
The Dispatch has called a lot Of people
"disloyal.' He goes so far as to ques-
ton the honesty and integrity of our
courts before whom Townley and his
satellites have been tried and convicted
Of disloyal conspiracy.
"a. Editor Lawson prates about the
great unselfishness Of Townley and his
extreme modesty. Ye Gods! Townley
has time and again told the farmers
that they were like a flock of sheep
and it needed a man like him, the great
boss, to herd them into line
90. Time was when Townley denied
he was socialist. He covered it up as
long as he could. He admits now that
he is and his entire list or organizers
are admittedly socialists, all very active
in doing all they could to hinder the
war program and are now trying to gum
up the work of reconstruction thru the
preaching of class hatred, unrest and in
flaming the flames of discomfort"
co. The farmers all joined the
League because they were told it would
be used to solve certain economic prob
lens. This mask has been torn off lon"
ago and the farmers are beginning to
see the dangerous path that they are
treadinS and along which The Tribune
is leading them for reasons of selfish
gain.
90. The Tribune makes a pitiful at
tempt to bluff it's way out by bringing
out arguments in defense of Townley-
ism that have long ago been exploded
and even admitted as untrue by Town
ley and the chief harlots of his kept
press"
(S). The crux Of the whole matter is
that Vic Lawson stands forth in his
true colors and he can no longer de-
ceive the people of Kandiyohi county as
to his real attitude or make them guess
as to his real purposes.
90. Editor Lawson mentions the
power that was invoked to restrain"
us from appropriating the name Of the
old Dassel Anchor. This is an exploded
myth, Ions ago, Vic, as proven by letters
from the post office department publish
ed early last spring. The lie was so
thoroly punctured and proven so willful-
~ malicious that those responsible new
er uttered a peep in reply. Yet the i'm
maculate Victor lends his paper to the
further circulation of the cowardly Ii
bel. 1t seems that once in the service
of the Townley propaganda that Victor
will go to any length.
t1G). AS far as the "Citizens League
is concerned, we know nothing of it and
care less. AS A. F. Tiegen is said to be
at the head of it, we have an idea that
it is merely another organization con-
cocted to fight Townleyism" while it
is really aiding it. At any rate it does
not seem to be getting anywhere.
CID. AS long as we have Editor Law
son of the Tribune now definitely placed
in the minds Of the public as a Townley
lick-spittle we are content with the re-
suits of our first little editorial that has
exploded the little tin god of Kandiyo obi
county. They now know him for what
he is.-Dassel Dispatch.
1). Now what truth, sense or logic
is there in this paragraph? If by Town
leE's socialistic machine in Kandiyohi
county Editor Henke means the thou
sand or two of farmers who are mem
bers of the Farmers Nonpartisan
League, has there at any time been any