Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1920-04-22
URGES MINNESOTA
VOTERS TO AWAKE

Both Professional Politi-
clans and Townley Socialists.
"A writer in the Northwest Com
mercial Bulletin, trade paper pub
lished in the interest Of the small
merchant Of Minnesota reviews the
political situation as it now exists in
Minnesota and shows plainly that it
is high time for the middle classes
the farmers and businessmen-,to
arouse themselves and throw OF the
yoke of both the professional poll
tician and A. c. Townley's socialist.
The writer says:
"A. C. Townley has held his con-.
vention and selected his candidates
to run in the republican primaries.
Just why he always seems to pick on
the republican party in his efforts to
set up his socialistic government, /
am not able to state. but the fact re-
mains that he does. Mr.. Townley
has picked his commanding officers
from general to sergeant. and his
army is we'll organized for a huge
offensive movement in the Minnesota
primary elections, soon to be with
us. A dentist has been chosen to
lead the forces, and has been picked
as nominee for governor. Just why
Townley went out from the ranks Of
the farmer members of the Nonpar-.
tisan League and chose a profession
al man for this Office, and also slight
ed the farmer members for most of
the other state offices, is another
question to solve. At any rate did
you notice that the convention was
largely attended by avowed social
lists? Do you notice that avowed So
cialists are admitted into the inner
circles of Townleyism and are throw
ing their undivided support to this
movement?
The good farmers who have paid
their money into the Townley Golfer,
and have been persuaded into faiie
and confidence in the Townley Nom
partisan movement, believing that
this man was q Moses coming from
the wilderness to give them glorious
benefits in all things, have been. dou-
bleacrossed. They are beginning 20
see this.
DO not think it will not take,
- fight however. IT viii, and a hard
one. If the republican party does,
not forget professional politics and
let the people speak and choose
good man; outside Of ring politics, to
represent them at the primaries,
Townley will carry the republican
end. Of that preliminary election. OF
course, in this case, we have still the
democratic candidate to fall back on,
in the regular election. But do not
be deceived into thinking that Town
ley does not realize all this. Who
can tell what he'is doing in the dem
ocratic ranks? Would it not be nice
"how-do-you-do" IL We had two
Townley picked candidates, one from
each party. to vote on this fall? That
is possible. We must keep awake,
shake ourselves from the rip Van
Winkle slumbers' that have been
holding us in leash thru all these
years, rub our eyes and get into ac-
tion. And while we are thinking Of
the governorship,. we must not over
look the personnel Of the coming leg
islature. We are 50 apt to let this
slide and right here is where the
control can be slipped over to Mr..
Townley. even If he should lose out
with his leader. .s sS%
The same powers that be" Of
Minnesota, III the republican ranks,
have called a convention Of elimina-
ton on candidates for governor Of
our state to be held the first week in
May. At that elimination conven-
tion the professional politician in
the republican ranks will have their
man all picked and at tho opportunei
time at that psychological moment
when things are seemingly tied
up. after the fight has been bitter.
they will produce their. man, nan
who will be bound to- do their lld-
ing and keep their business-of pro-
fessional politics-in fourishing
condition, and he will be chosen 60
represent the party in the coming
primaries and election. The same
will be true when the democrats;
meet, and this fall we will jolly our,
selves into believing that we are
3electing a governor for the people
and by the people Of Minnesota
strictly along the old time sro'l par
.ty lines. CAPTAINS and lieutenants Of
the professional political caE,p will
then receive their partisan appoint
ments to the various Offices, accord
ing, to their vote getting abilities.
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