, 1922-03-15
LEAGUE MAKES
SOME CHANGES
ToWNLEY SAYS CANDIDATES ON
OLD PARTY TICKETS CAN BE
EASILY BOUGHT.

Word comes from Nebraska thai
Harry NJ. Lux, whose record as a So
cialist has been given wide publicity,
n who has been guiding, directing
n advising the farmers who fell"
for the Nonpartisan League scheme, is
to depart from Wyoming and take up
similar work in Nebraska. Who is to
follow him in Wyoming is o yet
known, nor it is positively known as
yet whether the work of organizing the
farmers to be herded to the polls TO adj
vance socialism will continue under the
name of the Nonpartisan League or I'M
der II newly adopted name, the
Farmers National Bloc.
When Townley was in Lincoln, Neb.,
last month he went Immediately to
Lux room in the hotel where he re-
NAMED closeted in conference for some
time, and during this talk mat day a
lumber of times praised the past work
of Lux, who has never denied he has
been a socialist and engaged in social
LIST activities.
Matters with the Nonpartisan
League nationally are not going well.
The mess in North Dakota is becoming
a stencil. Former Nonpartisan leaders
are coming frankly into the opening
and calling each other far more harsh
names than those who have always OPP
posed. Inc League ever thought OF us
ing. iownie 1ears Inc easy graft oil
picking farmers OH for slS per, is slip
ping from him- IL mas FURNISHED him
a mighty easy living for n number of
years. ana actuai WORK never did APP
peal 10 MN, And SO IT is he now comes
forward win ms balance OF power
scheme which in many states-and pre-
sumapiy IN Wyoming-wii be worked
uhder inc name OF the N~onparfisan
League, or II the people are too wise
10 the record OF TINS organization, the
name employed may be the n adopt
ca at the chicago socialist conference,
the Farmers Nationai Bloc. In some
states there VIII be more than or
eahization 10 reach people OF different
viewpoint, but these organizations
WORK together In harmony
Says All Can Be Bribed.
In an address in Lincoln. in Febr,,-
ary. Townlev said the AVERAGE nerson
seeking office ON either the Republic-
ar or the Democratic r,cket was dis
honest I'm purpose that is. that they all
would agree to ANYTHING If nv so doing
If would get them The votes that IN so
cure election TO the office was all they
wanted. II nor haine n ouestion of min
cipIes at all. Taxing tbis nremise he
contended that all the Nonportisan
League The Farmars National Ploc
fbe People's Re-copstruction Ie.gue mr.
any of the many names under which
the socialists operate. is to secure n
membership which can he voted SOLID
ly, and then walk into the primaries of
one of the old parties and nominate for
office on that ticket the men who had
agreed, in advance, to aid the radicals
In their scheme of naturalization"
This rather open charge of Mr..
Townley that men seeking office either
as Democrat or as Republicans can be
so easily bought" by promises of
votes, to stand for unsound and dan
gerous doctrines, may surprise some of
the men who have already been zap
preached" in Wyoming. 1t is hardly
likely the able, conscientious citizen of
the state who has been urged to accept
some nomination, will be pleased with
this sort of a statement, a statement
which the people are very likely to re-
member after the primaries when they
find men tarred with the Nonpartisan
League stick. And those who may
have failed to investigate the League
and its purpose, win do well to note
what happened 10 those in Colorado
and Wyoming who were nominated
through Nonpartisan League support.
Their party turned against them and