The Ward County independent., 1921-10-27
ARTHUR LIE SUEUR, FORMER
MIN0T MAYOR, FLAYS LEAGUE
LEADERS BEFORE BIG CROWD

LEnUUNO UCc
Arthur LIE Sueur, former mayor of
Minot, who for years worked in the
interests Of the Nonpartisan League,
gave q wonderful address at the high
school auditorium Monday evening to
crowd of nearly 1900 people, large
number of Nonpartisans being in the
audience.
LIE Sueur more than two years ago
broke with the leaders of the League,
although he is just as favorable to the
original program IS ever.
For more than an hour he held his
audience spellbound and gave very
carefully thought-out address. He
flayed Townley, Lemke and other
League leaders for taking advantage
of the rank and file of the organiza-
tion and starting our state well along
the road to ruin for their personal
side of the transactions of the league
leaders and remained with them only
until he saw that their program as
carried out would lead to most certain
ruin. He told of a conversation A. C..
Townley had with him shortly after
the war broke out. Townley sent for
LIE Sueur and remarked that during
war time it was almost impossible to
stop conviction on a charge of dis
loyalty. II want to make a deal with
you to keep us out of JAIL" Townley
told LIE Sueur. LIE Sueur said he un.
dertook the job and managed to keep
ToWnley and several others out of
Townley asked LIE Sueur to take
charge of the preliminary legislation
at Bismarck. lie Sueur framed the
famous bank bill, but not as it was
passed. The way he drew the bill the
money would have been safeguarded.
The bill as enacted permitted the
league leaders to get their hands on
the funds for personal use, which has
been done to the extent of hundreds
of thousands Of dollars. he said. LIE
Sueur did not want bank bill enacted
at that session Of the legislature, pre-
ferring to try out the regular league
program, but Townley insisted on it.
LIE Sueur told Of q conference between
himself and Townley and one or two
UtuSTS III tWC 42VASU1AV 1IOVSA Al O4os
marck which lasted until four o'clock
one morning. LIE Sueur tried to dis
ToWnsy fSSraEs sss 4eapfed sied PaR might 1ae s a
as well end Che conference. would
rather wreck the state than see the
control of the bank out of my hands" !"
LIE Sueur told Townley he was drunk
with power. He stated he worked so
hard, to see that the original league
program was put across that his
health was wrecked. He wrote Town
ley letter setting forth his objec-
tions and pointing out just what would
happen, and it has come out just as
LIE Sueur predicted.
s-,,c.:.svy five OF a prominent
men who were former league leaders
have left the organization. They have
been branded as liars, traitors and
crooks. He branded Townley as a
man with small mind and ambitious
spirit. -
lie Sueur told Of Lemke's being con-
nected with 38 corporations although
Lemke had sworn that he was inter
ested in but three, and at that he said
he did not have the controlling inter-
est. lie Sueur charged that instead
: Lemke held controlling interest in
the 80 corporations. "In the rotten
est Of them all, the Consumers Unit.
ed Stores Co., he held 70 per cent OF
the stock: lie Sueur declared.
He told Of Brlnton's arrest on an
embezzlement charge and how ne was
discharged, s even with @ four good League
ed the league leaders with embezzling
?25o,0oo and !e sueur says that an
investtgatton OF the G records show that
the amount was $437 ,0O0.
Le Sueur estimates that not less
than 32,O00;O00 was taken and squan-
dered. Wnat theX X dld VIII bring ats
own punishment. They Will reap what
they have scwn: ToWnley's harvest
ID now about nall ln,. ne SAID.
Le Sueur ssid ne pleadea guilty be.
fore his ola Minot friends Tor the part
ne had taken IN the league. 1t was
hard to part company with the men he
had HnnQiNQrnd yRArA hiR friQndQ. h11t