The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-09
GOVERNOR ALLEN
ATTACKS T0WNLEY
Nonpartisan League Lead
err Flayed for Attempt
to Sway Farmers
A CLASS MINDED MAN
Worse to Deal With During
War Than Was Hun in
Open; Taking Advantage

TOPEKA, Kas., Jan. S.--Attack-
ing the invasion OF Kansas by A. c.
TOwnley and nonpartisan league or
garizers from North Dakota, Gov
ernor Henry j, Allen. in a statement
giveQ out tonight, declared Townley's
efforta To defeat the country at
homo during the war, and the fall
lacy o. the leagues 'socialistic'
policy iustifies any body OF men
who 1.-Two their state, in their hostil-
ity to Tovnleyism.
Governor Allen expressed approval
of steps taken by former service
men to combat the campaign direct
ed by Mr.. Townley to entrench the
nonpartisan league among farmers
of the state. TOwnley he said, had
seized upon period "t discomfort
among Kansas farmers. attendant
upon the reconstructiOn period, to
spread this "spccions appeals to
class hatred
American Legion posts, which had
begun publicity campaign against
| Townlcy and the league, received
, recommendation from the governor.
Although the legion as On organiza-
tion has Withdrawn from the fight,
the former service men who COM
pose It's membership have banded
together in IA defense league" to
I prevent lO"l'y lioul gaming Il
footing in the state.
People are rather familiar with
what the N6npartian league has
done In North Dakota" said the
governors statement. There is no
| denial of the fact that 1t has tripled
the cost of taxation, introduced so
cialistic organizations into n num-
ber of the forms OF state govern
ment, weakened the banking system
! and brought North Dakota face TO
face with the gravest problems
which affect its innermost life.
'Townley, who is himself "A So
| cialist. has been able to present to
| North Dakota a lot of dreams which
seemed real HIS cours, now seems
| run in that state.
| However. there IN another and
| added reason for the attitude of the
| American Legion, and when one
contemplates it he finds his APP
| proval of the attitude of the Ameri-
| can Legion boys growing.
we find these boys who an
! swcred every call of the war with
| growing patriotism, confronting a
man who, in the war was under the
| surveillance of the federal govern
ment. While they were fighting
| bodily at the front, TOwnley was
among those who worked to defeat
! the country at home. He repre-
| sented the class more difficult TO
deal with at home than the Hun In
the open.
with his appeals to class hatred,
! he opposed every effort that the
| government was making To prose-
cute the war. He and his tribe OPP
posed appropriations for the war
supplies and war materials upon
which the very life ot those Ameri-
can Legion boys deNnded at that
| hour, In the early days of the war
| their attitude discouraged yolun-
| tary enlistment, discouraged the Sc
| leCtiye service law and tended 10
| prevent the government from meet
| ing all it's obligations 10 the period.
| Lacking the courage TO 90 TO war
! for Germany, they became in ef-
feet German emissaries In the rear"
1T is u reflection upon our SUR
! prising patience an "A people that
| Townlcy and his fellow agltators
! should have received any consider-
able welcome at Saliaa, 1t would
be- even more surprising II these
American Legion boys did not pro-
test against the effort of Townley
10 re-csta blish in the days of peace
the class hatred with which he
sought 10 render insecure the life
OF the government ia It's days OF
peril.
The former service men are OPP
posing Townleyism with orderly
propaganda and so long as they ex-
press their opposition to Townley-
ism with the brave self-resrain'
which they now exhibit. the state
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