The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-03-13
Liederbach's Attack Continues
While Townley Goes Gum
sh0eing for ''POwer" Plan
|. V. A. HITS "POWER'' PLAY
Organ Of Association Against
His Plan-Arrhus Attacks
Walker, Maddox Again


the course of the 'Nonpartisan league
How do anti-leagutrs feel about it?
A general Indifference as to what
goes on in the league ranks is ex
pressed by most of the anti-leagut
newspapers. Both Townley and Lied
erbach generally are condemned ant
the fight looked upon as one of lea
guers only, in which anti-leaguers neeG
not be concerned.
The Independent Review, organ Of
the l. " A., is particularly bite,
toward Townley and his plan 1t says
"The Leagues political machine is
badly twisted at present Townley be
lieves that he has the remedy that
will get it back into proper shape. He
believes that Rojas, the Spanish play
wright, was right when he said: "A
mask of gold hides all deformities.
However, thousands of leaguers are
taking issue with Townley on his gel
the gold plan. A great many of them
refuse to be sold."
It also refers to the Townley effort
by saying that Thousands of farmers
wio have blindly followed TownleJ
and his bunch Of grafters have now
gotten their eyes open.'
TownIey Gum.shoeing.
Townley, apparently has dropped ais
open fight for adoption of his "bal
ance of power plan in North Dakota
and resorted to gum shoe" tactics in
the final stages of the pre-convention
battle. Several ardent followers OF
Townley ere reported to have gone
into various parts of tn state in an
effort to convert" followers to the lat
est doctrine of the league chief.
The league state committees an
nouncement of the reports received
from precinct caucusess is to the ef
feet tiat Townley is hopelessly beat
en- and discredited, and the attack up
on him continues in the league Fargo
organ. There are many leaguers who
had at times held more or less power
in the organization, however, that be,
lieve Townley will put over his plan
at the convention. He is far from
beaten, they say, and declare that
county conventions will begin to show
tae strength of the league chief.
207 In Convention.
The league state committee an
nounces that it's state convention will
be composed of POI delegates. Cass
county will have the largest number
IL, in all. Burleigh county will have
6; Mclean, Z; Morton, 6; Kid
der, 4; Dunn 3. Emmons, 2; Hettinger
6; Mcintosh, Q; Logan, 2; Oliver, 2;
Stark, 4; Sioux, 1; Bowman, 2. The
basis of selection is one delegate al
large and one delegate for each SOC
votes cast for governor at the last
election.
Dis satisfaction continues to be
voiced by western leaguers on the call
ing of the state convention in Fargo
March %. There still is a demand
that the, convention be held in Bis
'marck as the more centrally located
point, but it is evident that the de-
-mand has gone unheeded by the Lied
erbach faction.
Attack Maddox, Walker.
Another bitter attack upon Its
critics, especially upon dad" Walker
Walter ]. Maddox and William
Lemke, is made in the Courier-News
OF Sunday in which 1t is declared by
P. l.. Arrhus that if the trio object to
the LANCER retraction it is not closed
book, and that by putting up bond
for $4,000 they can go to bat In court
in Richland county in the case. One OF
the agreements made in the LANCER
libel suit settlement was that the
Courier-News issue special edition
of over 10000 copies to be. sent to
league members.
Arrhus says that Walker answered
the letter, written Feb. %, and sent
by registered mail, more in the ma.
ture of numbering attempt at humOr
and showed both lack of good faith
and lack of recommendations" Lemke
and Maddox did not answer, and Arr.
hus discloses that Maddox and Walk.
er refused to attend meeting of the
league state executive committee in
Fargo last Tuesday.
The letter of Arrhus is given as
follows
Copy Of Letter.
Fargo, N. D., Feb. 2.-To VIM.
Lemke, Walter J. Maddox and r. H
Walker:
in view of the fact that an appar
ent controversy has arisen over the
retraction in the LANCER libel suit,
feel that before going any further ii
the matter l slould obtain your judg
ment on how to proceed.
"The stipulation of dismissal anC
settlement of this suit amongst othel
things, cali for a full and complete
retraction of any and all libels tha
the Courier-News published concern
ing Mr.. LANCER; that said retractiol
be published in full in the issue Of th'
Courier-News of date January Is, 1922
1t further provides that the publica
ton of t:le retraction shall be supple
mented by a further and additiona
publication thereof in full in specia
edition of the said Courier-News to b.
published some time between now an
the first day of March. 1922, for Gil
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