The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-03-30


4 nifty OH the form off government
wanted for the state organization.
Prefer Com mittee Rule
The members preferred to have al
# executive committee Of five to man
iage the affairs Of the organization
l to the old one-man system. 1t wa.
made plain during the convention thai
the old committee was not replaced
/ because the members felt that it hac
4 not served faithfully and well but be.
cause it had become involved in The
controversy brought on by the stbal.
| ance Of power proposal and the mem
bership was unable to give it r1nani-
nous endorsement.
Control of the Courier News re-
NAMED in the hands Of the Executive
Icommittee when the convention ad-
Ijourned, with the question B Of the
stock, at present held In the Nonpar-
tisan Publishing Company, left to be
worked out between the new state
committee and the national committee.
The contract for running the Courier
News extends the power from one
executive committee TO the next
To Assume Charge Ut Once
Il Following the unexpected announce
ment of his discrimination 10 resign,
which caught even the friends Of Mr..
Townley unprepared, the convention
went into executive session and elect
ed q new state executive committee.
The committee will take action almost
Immediately according TO A. sA. Lied
erbach, chairman Of the present COM
nnittee, who stated that It was the IN
terltion OF the present committee 10.
resign as soon us it had been relieved
OF certain financial responsibilities.
Mr.. Townley stated last evening
that he will close his work with the
Organization in about another week.
my resignation will be presented so
I will end my term Of office with the
close Of the Minnesota State Conven-
tion which meets March 81 Mr..
Townley stated. ; 3s,ss. :,s &.+ !
" T0wnley Stages Comeback
& A. G. Townley staged spectacular
comeback in North Dakota yesterday
at the morning session of the con-
vention but not until he had promised
to completely relinquish the leader
ship Of the National Nonpartisan
League. Following an address of more
than three hours the convention voted
overwhelmingly to follow his sug-
gestion and elect a new state execu-1
tive committee s : IS. 4z e i
Townley will resign as president to
take effect after March 81. Townley's
usefulness to the League lis over, hed
said. II. .I..8 }.ss s.
Announcement Of the resignation
came ait the close of d two hour
speech--said to be the greatest speech
Of his life, with which he stampeded
the convention calling forth an ova-IE
ton that was beyond control of the
chairman. .gze
CLAIMING defeat he scored a victory
in that Immediately after his speech
the convention passed a resolution to
elect a new state executive commit |
tee There has been bitter enmity be-
tween Townley and the committee ma
jority. y. 60 &.5 4
Says He is of No Use Now
II have lost your confidence thru
this man here he shouted, pointing
to A. "A. Liederbach, state chairman
of the League. Liederbach made a
sensational attack on Townley before
the convention yesterday in which he
called ToWnleys "liaI" and said
ToWnley had promised not to cam
paign for the balance of power plan.
in North Dakota. 3. .'sss sss. 5St ass
Tears were in ToWnley's eyes as
he reached the climax in his speech.
He broke down and was unable To-
continue for several minutes. His sup
porters made an effort to control
their emotions. .s
& ST have given the best part of my
life to the success Of this organiza-.
tion, ]" shouted Townley. BE charged
that Liederbach had control of the 1
Fargo Courier News and had conduct
ed a campaign Of publicity designed
to destroy the confidence Of the mem-
bership in the leaders.
You haven't lost the confidence of
All of us shouted some delegates
from the floor. ISL
Lauds Lemke Highly
This man has destroyed your con-
fidence ia Frazier, ia Lemke. don't
agree with Lemke at al times my
sell, 3 he shouted, stbut let me tell
YOU, there Is no other man who has
done 80 much for the state Of North
Dakota as William Lemke and no
other man ever viii. y
ToWnley was asked from the floor:
''Did You not start campaign for a
balance OF power plan in al effort
to back up Senator McC Cumber for
reelection y
I'll have advocated the balance ofl
power plan in Nebraska and Mime
sofa, as well as North Dakota hel
said. Does that mean that 4 an, doing
il for Senator Nee Culnber ?,' !
Pleads for Harmony
Townley pleaded with delegates for
harmony He said the balance of pow
:er plan was sure to succeed.
can never make another great
effort Tor The League. i have done my
best, given the best years Of my life
10 II. I shall resign. I realize that the
confidence YOU once had III me can
never be restored. 3
as low it is our common mist fortune
that this convention Is not as har-
rnonioas AS some Of the past ones
ir,,ad q, 8. 81 III zs