Willmar tribune., 1921-06-22

Of tyrants The aud dientre was not so.
easily fooled Of side tracked lt swss
indeed . slaughable change to make sol
farmers, members pf the seague, VINO
know that these three men are the.
servants Of the League and can be
forced to retire whenever the body of
the membe so desire. s.ss.= s3'.=
LANCER stated. that seonditions were.
good in North Dakota before Townley
ever originated his League. He stated
that there was no call for Townley
and his program. Yet LANCER him
self used Townley and his workable
program to get into the Attorney Cen
erals office and held that game office
until his dirty methods were exposed
and he was consigned to the political
waste basket. LANCER obviously was
satisfied with the rule Of the Twin
City financial barons in his home state
and now he is fighting their fight to
regain control and destroy the peoples
movement for more liberated gov
ernment and economic: system. This
he strives to accomplish by trying to
shake the faith of the people in their
leaders. 1 -. a., =
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The more the audience examined
Langer's line of argument the more it
appeared true that he was question
ing the honesty Of the leaders. He
thus stepped as low as he could in his
insinuations. He never made dir
ect charge but inserted here@a and there
intimations. His purpose was evident
and caused disgust and finally merri-
ment among those who knew the
speaker and his type. It would appear
almost inconceivable that man
should resent to absolute falsehoods
and pre-meditated' .fabrications in
public, knowing that by so doing he
is endeavoring to stamp out an organ
ization grown and created out Of
wrongs done in his own state of No.
Dakota by the political bosses who
once had that commonwe ealth in their
grasp. He is truly an enemy of the
people and only one Of the scoun-
drels who have turned traitors to the
League and it's thousands, of intelli-
gent farmer members. >
On one hand LANCER would pronoun-
ce the League farmers highly intelli-
gent men and then he would swopp
right down on them. and tell them
they were absolute fools not TO know
that they are slaves of Townley, Lem
PIKE and Wood. LANCER is the height
of inconsistency.
In the banking situation, the Uni
ted Stores, the state owned elevators
and other projects undertaken by the
farmers League, LANCER declared
crooked work was involved and
Townley and his associates were the
crooked parties. His library Of let
ters, literature and documents con-
stituted a load while Townley stated
that he has ceased to haul along with
him any papers but uses Langer's as
we'll as the latter can use them him.
self.
Townley in his speech, made strong
and in excellent self-control- by the
knowledge that he was in the right,
made a good impression. He stated
that the farmers who compose the
League in the 13 states where it lis
now organized, know just how the
League is being managed and they
have made no complaint. They are
satisfied that the leaders are sacrifi-
cling their time and genius for DEM
ocratic cause and are backing them
to the limit. The farmers admit mis-
takes have been made. Townley him.
self said mistakes have been made
and the world knows that mistakes
have been made. But mistakes are
human and 1t is expected chat out of
four hundred laws passed by the far
mers some, in fact many of them,
would prove impractical. But the far
mers are students and so are the
leaders. They have accomplished
much so far. and have stood the test.
There can be no doubt that in normal
times with the financial depression, re-
lieved the League would in a short
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