Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-27
NO LOWE FOR PUBLICITY.

NO LIVE FO4t FU6AlCQTY. -
The Socialist managers who have brought North d.
kota into dtsrepute have no great love for publicity un-
less they can direct the publicity. In all such matters
Mr.. Townley has struck the keynote of his Organization
cipal followers Their purpose is to keep their case
prominently before the public and by every means within
their power, to suppress consideration of facts which are
distatsteful to thennsand all arguments which they can
not refuts. <. 80 =.
This purpose has been shown in their conduct of
public meetings, in their efforts to boycott every news
paper which .has dared to express an independent opinion,
and IN their. attitude toward cases in the courts. When
,Townley vas>arreshed for sedition in Minnesota, he ex-
hausted every resource to postpone action in his case.
sWhan subjects, of interest to the people of North Dakota
were brought to the%attention -f the courts. and an effort
was made to secure action, Townley and his cohorts
sought to obtain delay. Whom Townley himself was sued
by Waters hor $5.ooo~which Waters alleged to be due. him
because Of services In managing stsai Trust interests
which Waters says are Townley's property, Townley Pc
thoned the court for delay, and in that case. delay was
granted The effort was to secures postponennent until
after the recall election, or until about that time. It
10 not eertain.thatathis part ot the program will be sue
ceazfuL OK
The moa nasrant ,case Of all in this Inns Is that Of
the state against J.. w. .Brinson now being tried at Bis
nlarck. B1inton smade statements last winter before an
official body under oath which. if true, revealed a state
Of facts which ouxht.to send some Of the League leaders
to the penttenttary. EFT these statements are not true,
Rrtnton IN 4 liar and aAperturer, and himself ought to
go to the penitenttary. He dened his opponents and
former associates'to arrest,hin and have the subject VEN
tlated In the courts. and at length when no other course
was poa1ble, he was arrested and his case was set Tor
trial. When the court convened at Bismarck on Thurs
day. Brinton was there with his. attorneys, ready for
trial The League managers, acting under the cloak Of
the authority Of the state. after having had months Of
time to prepare their case, asked for a continuance on
the himsy pretext that some of their witnesses were busy.
The court took the matter under advtsement and re
jected the plea, onderingr the tcase.to proceed.
The course of. the Soctafstic. bosses in the Brinton
case is in accord with their course all the way. through.
They do not like to eets into the courts. Getting. into
court means examination and eroas examination. and these
examination are quite likely to bring out facts which
Mr.. Townley, and Mr.. IAnnke pinot wish to have placed
before the public. If this thing could have been post
poned until after the election, they might have taken
a chance and proceeded with the trial, but they might
have hoped that by ~that'ttne the subject would be for
gotten, and the whole matter would be dismissed. At
any rate it would not have affected the election. The
public will wait with interest to.see what sort Of testi-
mony h presented. It woald be fairly safe to hazard a
prediction that tho sate's principal witnesses: namely,
rownley and his lteutenants, Win be too busy to appear
at all, and that the case will thus be permitted to go
by default. That will provide Townley and Iemke with
the nearest thing to an. alibt which the circumstances
WI affoed-