The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
; je especially efficient in getting t.
votes recorded.
Best Men Should be Selected

Best Men Should be Selected
| The best and most active men i1
opposition to Townleyism should be
erected as officers of local units and
delegates to county and state meetings
Especial pains should be taken to get
active and competent chairmen and
secretaries, because they (the secre-
tary especially will be the connect.
ing link between the membership and
the local, county and state organiza.
| tiols. Officers and delegates who will
not attend to their duties promptly
and industricusly are sometimes lots
| worse than nobody, because they Of
ten act as cold, wet blanket on 9th
er good workers. All neighborhood
quar1els lover stray hogs and dogs
and all personal business differences
! should be forgotten, or at least side
| tracked in the interests of the public
! good when it comes to lining up SOL
id formation against Townleyism and
for the preservation of the state and
/ all that is held near and dear to the
| hearts Of it's people.
Invitation to Come In
All people who now realize that our
state is in danger, and who believe
| that one organization must be met
| with one organization and that popu-
ar government cannot endure without
political organization are urgently in
vited to fall in line with the Independ-
ent Voters Association and thus hep
to work out in this meeting a clean
cut and definite program of procedure
that will by means of one united un-
penetrable lineup protect and promote
the welfare Of the state and incidental
ly furnish Townleyism with it's Wat
erloo in North Dakota. We urge the
thousands in this state who are criti-
cising farmers and others for sup
porting the Nonpartisan League move
ment to show their own faith in organ
ing political effort. Members of the
Nonpartisan League who are now in
doubt about which way to vote cannot
be expected to come and build an or
ganization for anti-Townleyites or for
the gathering and dissemination of in
formation in oppositi on to Townley-
ism, it is the duty Of those of us who
now realize that there is more bad
than good in Townleyism to join our
llOICS " COlVlIlCG IllOSe VIII are III
doubt that we are right. North Dako-
ta can be set right side up again in
1920 if all of us who are now opposed
to Townleyism will get together and
pul together for one purpose. Voters
who want to contribute to the ". a
will confer favor on the organization
if they will require an official receipt
from those to whom they pay their
money. Regular membership fee or
$1,000 Development membership fee
or $500.
An alternate should be elected for
every delegate to the state meeting:
if an alternate is not elected then the
delegate must have right to author
ize some other party to take his place
in the state meeting. All delegates to
the state meeting should make rescr-
walton for. hotel accommodations at
t,,o s,o ,.&yyel offsihJ4ii If s.hJ4ii ttilu;ce III Grand
Forks as soon as possible.
The state executive committee of
the Independent Voters Association
will meet at state headquarters. Far
40 on February 3. two days prior to
the converting Of the state meeting
f. W. EVERSON,
President.
THEO. G. NELSON,
SecretarV