The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-22
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About 175 PerS( dear IOWnley ana
Senator c. oh at Chautauqua
Park Auditorium Yesterday At
ternOOn. I'll .,.
A meeting advertised locally as a
mammoth league rally, featuring A.
C. Townley as the principal speaker,
was held yesterday afternoon in the
chautauqua auditorium and drew a
crowd of about ITS persons, fully
one-third of whom were independent
voters. Those attending who expect
ed to hear some logical explanation
of campaign issues were disappointed
as neither Townley nor Senator
Church, who also spoke, dwelt at any
length on questions of interest, pre-
ferring to attempt to ridicule the is
sues of the campaign by saying, that
no arguments had been advanced by
the Independents that were worth
consideration.
Chairman C. A. Fisher introduced
Senator Church who opened his ad-
dress by stating that the meeting was
originally planned as strictly league
meeting but that thru some misun-
derstanding the public had been in
vited and would be permitted to re-
main. Senator Church stated that he
would not dwell on campaign issues
as advanced by the independents as
their arguments were without foun-
dation. He attacked the present ad-
ministration of the farm loan depart
ment by saying that if more than two
or three loans had been made in any
one county since the recall election
he was not aware of it. He failed to
state however just how extensive his
investigation had been. He attempt
ed to ridicule the saving affected by
the present administration in the
sale of bonds by saying that the saw
ing of one-half of one percent in the
interest rate forgetting to mention
the fact that the bonds were sold at
par instead of at a discount) was
more than offset by the fact that
some farmers had to wait too long
for. their loans to be completed and
were forced to get money elsewhere,
paying nine and ten percent. AS a
consequence there was no saving TO
the property holders in the state. His
explanation was weak.
A. C. Townley seems to have lost
a great deal of the enthusiasm dis
played by him in former speeches.
His talk lacked force and pep altho
he used his former tactics of attempt
inc ridicule. He read an editorial
clipped from the Grand Forks Herald
anent the increased value Of hail war
rants since the recall election, stating
that this was the only argument
worth mentioning which the inde-
pendents had advanced. He explain
ed this increase in value by saying
that all securities, including United
States Bonds, had increased in value
since that time and that hail war
rants had increased because of the
accrued interest which they bore. He
failed to mention, however, that the
six percent interest which they bear
would hardly account for a rs per-
cent increase in value over a period
of five months. Townley referred to
w. B. Default as being closely asso-
ciated with the Wells Dickey Co., a
farm loan concern, and stated that
this association explained Mr.. De-
Nault's willingness to assume the
management of the farm loan depart
ment at smaller salary than that
paid to his predecessor, insinuating
that the position would give Mr.. De-
Nault an opportunity Of sending busi-
ness to that company by causing de-
lays in completing loans to farmers
who could not wait. Mr.. Townley
also failed to mention that Mr.. De-
Nault nailed the lie regarding his
connection with that company to the
mast some time ago when he made
public the statement that he had not
been connected with the Wells Dickey
Company for the past nine years.
Mr.. Townley stated that he knew
that he had several enemies in the
league organization thru the fact that
certain men had been forced to pay
accommodation notes but added that
while they had lost money for him
he had .tsserved time in jail for them
and stood an excellent chance OF serv-
ing more time in the near future thru
his activities in their behalf"
A committee consisting Of J. ?.
Anderson, Fred Wagner, John Krug,
Bert Diemert, and ]. M. Hurley was
elected to select county campaign
manager for the primary election.
They reported that they had selected