Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-15
TOWlVLEY FAILED
TO COME HERE
N. p. LEAGUE PRESIDENT DID
NOT SHOW UP FOR DEBATE
LANCER QUITS


uled to be held at the Harwha theatre
in this city Friday evening, and which
was advertised by the Non partisans
as a sure go if LANCER didn't rur, failed
to materlaliZe,' Townley failing to put
in an appearance and LANCER refusing
to debate his right-hand man and sub
stitute, Mr.. Bowen Of Minneapolis
Since that time LANCER has announced .
that he will not meet Townley in any
more debates.
Mayor Berghein, who was asked to
act as chairman Of the meeting came in
for some sharp words from Bowen after
LANCER in a few brief remarks had an .
nounced that he declined to debate with
Bowen. Mr.. LANCER spoke for about
ten minutes and Mayor Bergheim asked
MIR. Bowen to limit his answer to d
period Of the same length. Bowen
turned upon the mayor and told him
that he would speak all night if he
wanted to, as he had hired the hall.
Mr.. Bergheim informed him that he
was chairman of the meeting and that
he expected Mr.. Bowen to respect that
fact. AS he started to leave, Bowen
told him to get off the stage. Bowen i,
at the close OF his talk said that his re- !
marks to the mayor might have been
little sharp, but said ''you have to
do that.'
About IT'S people, a majority Of them
farmers and members of the Non-Par-
tisan League, came to hear the debate: ,
Mayor Bergheim stated the purpose of
the meeting, informing the audience
that Townley had failed to show up
and had sent Mr.. Bowen in his place,
but that Mr.. LANCER declined to debate
with him, The mayor then introduced ,
Mr.. LANCER.
Mr.. LANCER was very brief. He said /
that two years ago, after beng elected
to office in North Dakota on the Non
Partisan ticket, he left the league, and
later tried to get debate with Town.
ley on the League issues. He followed
Townley all over the state Of North
Dakota and then came down to Nebras-
ka and Kansas and finally Townley
agreed on series Of debates, the under
standing being that an admission
charge Of 81 cents was to be made and
Langol vas to sc paid his expenses on
~. Townlcy. he said, made the remark
when they started the series of debatcs
that he was going to wear his opponent
out, and this he tried, by staging two
and three debates day. Finally at
Mcintosh, this state, Townley saw fit
to quit the game and at Aitkin on
Thursday of last week, he failed to
show up, sending Bowen, in his place.
Again at this meeting, Townley failed
to show up, Mr.. LANCER said, and he
announced that he was not going to de-
bate Townley's substitute, Bowen, as
he had trimmed him tiwce, nor would
he debate Townley again. He branded
as false the charge that he and Town
ley Travelled in the same cars. He then
left the stage and went out. It was at
this juncture that Mayor Bergheim was
abused by Bowen.
Mr.. Bowen talked for more than
two hours refuting statements which he
alleged had been made by LANCER in
previous debates and telling his aud
fence what the Non-Partisan League
has accomplished in North Dakota.
To begin with Bowen blamed LANCER
for the breaking up of the debating
program. saying that Townley and Lam
ger never missed a debate until one
day LANCER sent word that he was busy
with a law suit and would be unable
to fill his engagement. He then said
that LANCER had declined to debate
him because LANCER knew that he
(Bowen) could beat him. Bowen pat
ted himself on the back, saying that ne
was better posted on the situation IN
North Dakota, than Townley, and that
he could debate better than Townley.
Bowen also denied that Townley and
LANCER travelled together, saying that
LANCER travelled in a Ford and Townley
in better car.
Bowen IS first argument for the league
n n1n orc
and -four mills, which, he said, = saved
mittee in the North Dakota legislature
made an investigation to find out
whether these we're advisable, and
when asked for their report, the COM
mittee said that they had been advised
against it by the Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce, the Chicago Board OF
Trade and j.. j. Hill, and co-opera-
tive elevator concern in Saskatchewan,
Canada, had advised building them.
Bowen said that the North Dakota
people chose to take the word OF the
Canadians who had tried the plan and
found it successful!
Alleging that LANCER had charged
that CO. Cooperative organization in North
\ Dakota such as the Equity Exchange
and the Farmers Union, were opposed
to the Non-Partisan League, he said
that this is not true and he referred
his hearers to John NJ. Anderson OF
Minneapolis, head Of the Equity Elk.
change and another who is at the head
of the Farmers Union, for direct IN
formation on this.
Bowen dwelled at length on the
North Dakota hail insurance law en-
acted by the league and quoted from a
bulletin published by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture as stating tina
the North Dakota state hail insurance
is the cheapest and best. He said thai
under the old hail insurance law Of
that state, crops were insured for 5:
cents per acre with a maximum OF s.
insurance per acre. The league came
along and passed the law that STATE
has today, which insures crops TOR $
per acre, automatically, at rate OF =
cents per acre. Every farmers crop i
insured, but withdrawal is possible
desired. The charge made by Lange
that the people do not get the none
for hail damage until a year after tn
time Of the actual damage, is not tru
at present, he said, as a sinking fun
has been created beginning this yea1
whereby claim oan be paid when the,
p come in. Bowen admitted that the hal
insurance late in Kansas is cheaper
but he said that this is possible becaus
hail storm are rare there, whereas. the
are common occurrence in Mort
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