Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-07
Developments In The League
MIDDLE Come Thick And
Fast; 'Big Chief" Start.
N. D. Campaign With Ex-
PLANTATION OF Balance OF
Power" Scheme In Ad-
dress At jamestown.
tHerald Special service)


Bismarck. N. D., March 1.-THE
bezzlement charge before A. T. Cole,
scheduled for Thursday in Fargo, is
continued indefinitely, Attorney Cen
eral johnson said today. Judge w.
F.. Lauder of Wahpeton, who said he
was Townley's only lawyer in the case,
asked for q continuance. Because OF
the press of other business johnson
cannot now fix the date.
(By Staff Correspondent)
Fargo, N. D., March 7.-Develop-
ments came thick and fast today in
the tangled affairs Of the Nonpartisan
league.
1t was learned that w. s. Lauder
OF Wahpeton would appear as counsel
for A. c. Townley when that gentle
man comes before Judge A. r. Cole
Thursday to answer to charge Of en-
bezxlement. Mr.. Lauder indicated
Monday night to States Attorney w
c. Green Of Cass county that con.
ttnuance would be sought and this
was referred by Mr.. Green to the or
flee Of the attorney general at Bis
marck for information on this point.
IAedeFbach Home Again.
! A. A. jederbach, chairman Of the
Nonpartiss<n league 1. state executive
committee, arrived in Fargo early
this morning from California, where
he has been spending the winter, and
the Courier-News, the official organ
of the committee, announces this
morning that he will at once take
charge of the pre-convention CAM
paign to defeat the balance Of pow
err" plan. 4. @
An explanation of at least one of
the reasons why Townley wishes q
ing is also revealed in this mornings g
Courier-News which quotes Mr..
Townley as saying In an address at
Jamestown that from now until the
league convention to be held March
%, he would devote. his energies to
touring the state and placing the bal
ance of q power" plan before II the
leaSuers ~, ,=. ,ssy sI =
outlines Main Points. , 4
Ins1iis address at Jamestown, Mr..
Townley. also outlined the more inn
portant points in his balance OF
power plan, and paid his respects
to William Lepke in connection with
the latter's state built house. In al
1udtng to Lemke's house, Mr.. Town
ley said: .r
Alludes to LeTnkc's House.
"In debating Len1ke's house could
not prove that the state had ever had
more than 81, 900 in it, or that its cos,
was higher than the law allows. On
the other hand, the fact that Lemke
paid over $4,000 to the state the day
he went out of Office indicates that
the other fellow had something or
us. But even If we could have dis.
proven everything the opposition
charged us with. what good would II
have done us? The facts about oul
program would still have been kept
from the public-just what the oppo.
sition wanted-and. we would have
expended our ammunition for moth.
ing"
g big debate and tn.
sit the most. facts, talks
tn; ..nd the longest wins,
Tov. -. "In this debate we go
to fix ;. so ..la. the othe" fellows dom
get all the advantage. We have beer
at a great disadvantage in this debate
SO far because the other fellow ha:
always been able to decide that the
subject Of the d-bate should be ane
what side of the -t;on we would bt
on, The resv SO the real sub
ject at issue %. thorough
ly and fairly :. W; !1a e beer
debating side l-st.ca: i-aElke's house
the Drake mill, free love and all til,
rest .'-4
Would Los, Everyth hing.
eff we. 20 into the coming cam.
paiens with a full ticket we will lost
everything we have 50 far accom-
plished." said Mr.. Townley ''W'
have lost no ground SO far. W.
lost three men in the recall campaig,
V1v MT NV -
wore endorsedsby good majorities. Th'
present administration has promised
to carry out our original program
Give them a chance to make good
Let the world know that the Nonpar
tisan league is not a body of off1c'
seekers but that we have definite
program we want put into operation
Any one who does that can have th'
Office"
When asked by members of the au
dience IL 1t was his intention that th'
leaguers should support p. ]. McCum
ber for the senate, Mr.. Townley satt
that this was up to the indtvidua
members to decide each one for hin
or herself.
ITO get votes from Us they will b
cottoning up to us instead Of lambast
ing U.S." said Mr.. Townley. "Unde
those circumstances 1t would not sur
prise me a bit to see McCumber trav
cling over this state making hottie
league speeches than ! ever did"
Would Give More Time.
Mr.. Townley insisted that Governo
Nestos be given a chance to shoy
what ne can do: but said that he ha
not had enough time yet In which e
demonstrate his aincerity in carryin
out the farmers program. He be
lieyes the !. v. A. should be give
two more years.
M. Towniey denied that he ha
ever sid that he would pay tn
league debts IL his plan was adopte
by the state convention, but declare
that enough can be saved by keeptn
out Of the campaign to pay most q
the obligations and accommodating
notes. He said the league ha
enough post dated checks to pay 9
and that these would eventuaily
paid. 4, ! -. =.
the people explaining his plan unit
the state convention. No referenc
Was made to the state executive com
mittee IN Mr.. Towniey's; address yel
tsrday. 80