Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-17
.fHerald snccial serx1ce.l

Bismarck, July 15.-After a discus
sion which lasted all day the Nonpar-
tisan league state convention here
voted to approve a plan whereby A.
c.. Towniey, formerly president, and
now chief of the organization depart
mcnt Of the National Nonpartisan
league. would Immediately launch a
state wide membership campaign in
North Dakota.
The Townley plan as presented toS
the convention was adopted over the
recommendation of the North Dakota
state committee that it undertake the
organization work but was modified
to meet the objections Of most of the
delegates. The modified plan pro-
posed that Townley would work n
der the joint direction OF the national
and state executive committees in
stead of merely under the state COM
mittee and that some arrangement
would be made whereby a portion of
the funds collected would go to the
state committee.
Plans Suggested.
The Tewnley or national committee
plan presented to the convention pro-
vided that Townley would place or
gapizers in the field in the effort to
obtain $4,000 league memberships in
North Dakota, the, dues to Be $3.50
for two years, Of which $500 would
go to the National committee for the
National Nonpartisap Leader; $500
would go to the state committee for
theF North Dakota Leader, and the
remainder 70 to pay the expenses Of
organization.
The state committee proposed a
s12 biennial membership fee. Of
which 81 would go to a fund to pay
accomm odation notes; 81 to the
North Dakota Leader; So to the Ma
tional Leader and 50 to local and
state purposes.
Although representatives Of the ma
tional executive committee and the
state executive committee insisted
that the difference in the plans was
organization work some delegates at
tackled the Townley plan because.
they said, it would leave the North
Dakota state committee without
funds with which to function.
Fall Election Question.
With the method of organization
settled the delegates prepared in q
night session to go into the question
of what action to take. il any, re-
garding the Fargo Courier-News, the
daily newspaper organ oftthe league,
and the question Of placing a third
ticket in the field inF the fall cam.
raign. During the days discussion
the delegates were informed. by
Stephen Terhorst speaking for the
state committee that between $4,000
and $4,000 of accommodation notes
had been signed for the Nonpartisar
league by farmers of North Dakota
which he held to be a moral obliga'
I Va ~F ~ 49,, IL 49, Tr-~y-
ley plan in addition to a drive fol
$3.50 biennial memberships a sep
arate drive will be conducted in which
funds will be sought to pay the &C
commodation notes.
Another Shakedown.
Mrs. G. A. Fisher OF. Valley
City also raised the question of
what action the league state
committee would take toward Its
pledges to redeem $500 of 4.
commodation notes signed by
lcaguers in Barnes county, within
the last two weeks In order to
get funds to enable the COULTER
News to continue publication.
W. j. Church. chairman II the
state committee, declared they
would be paid.
, iieS' WHeH Inc QueSEOn wa
raised as to what disposition woutl
be made Of hundreds of thousands Q
dollars worth OF post-datAd check
said to be in the league treasury, in
dicated that when the bershil
drive was undertaken they woild Vi
wiped of the league books. :
Chairman Church Of the stat
executive committee referring to tn
recent campaign told the convention
that the campaign cost about S2I.0O(
that about $4,000 was raieed by tn
state committee and tina it was oh
ligated for about $4,000.
Organizers Opposed.
Some of the delegates opposed I
the Townley plan declated that ma
tional paid organizers VINO went fror
state to state could not succeed j
collecting money in some sections Q
this state because organizers were un
popular. Those who represented thi
view favored the continuance of tn
absolute control of the state e~xecutiv
committee and the solicitation a
memberships ard expenditure Of a
funds to- be in their hands.
The most important question befor
the league today, Townleysand other
declared. de the election OF Lynn !.
Frazier t6sthe United States sena,l
The leaguers agreed that ali the
efforts would be turned to his election
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