The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-11
! FIGHT BREAKS |
OUT ON FLOOR
OF CONVENTION
Insurgents" and Regulars
Battle Over Rebuke in
Resolutions to Old
Leaders
TOWNLEY is DEFENDED
Attempts Made to 'Crucify"
Old Leaders Resented by
"RegulaFs" on the
Floor
is DEFENDED

The special, Nonpartisan League
convention eliminated today shortly
after noon with the adoption Of reso-
lutons, after morning session de-
voted almost wholly to their consid-
Grafton, and marked by an outbreak
of the "war" which has been raging
in the league between the "insur-
4 gents and regulars"
The convention ended with COM
promise on one resolution in which
the. 'insurgents" sought to casti-
gate A.. Z, Townley and William
Aemke and in which the regulars"
1.ought to prevent what they said
was an effort to "crucify" them. In
the compromise resolution, it was
declared that all relations with the
national Nonpartisan League Execu-
tive committee would cease, but not
mentioning any names.
= Senator John Miklethun, leader of
the "insurgents" voted for the reso-
luton while John Andrews of the So
called Miklethun- n-Andrews-Arrhus
:acticn said that it was satisfactory
only if it really meant the elimina-
tion of A. C. Townley and William
Lemke. .
Other Resolutions
Other resolutions included:
Reaffirming allegiance to original
program. s,,,.,. : g4a.s.. s-s4,, :.
Urging North Dakota. representa-
tives. in Congress to seek law es--
tablishing milling value on wheat.
Pledging support to the state
weekly newspaper to be established.
Conde,nning the state board of
managers Of the, Grand Forks mill
and the purchase of Canadian wheat.
'Condemhing purchase of flour
from Chamber of Commerce mills"
for state institutions.
Approving Norris-Sinclair grain
corporation bill.
The convention rejected resolu-
tions presented by Alfred Knutson
'>mbodying the platform of the Fed
Grated Farmer Labor body formed
some months ago in Chicago, and re-
solutions offered by Senator Inger-
son attacking the credit system OF
the nation and offering public
banking plan. The action on the In
gerson resolution was occasioned In
part by lack Of time for discussion.
The regulars" Of the convention,
:. which were in control all day yester-
day and kept the smouldering fires
of revolt from bursting into oratori-
cal flames, appeared to be in control
this morning when the resolution Of
fercd by the resolutions committee
pertaining to the past leadership
was brought before the body. The
resolutions committee was composed
of Frank Vogel Of Coleharbor, S. s..
. Mcdonald of Bismarck aud T. H. H.
Thoresen, of Dunn Center.
Resolution A Compromise
The resolution as presented was
compromise and said that whereas
past relationship with the Nonparti-
san League national organization
had been unsatisfactory and led into
difficulties relations with the ma
tional executive committee were sew
cred.
This follows action taken yester-
day and de(lared moot by some be-
cause the executive committee is not
functioning at this time. Members
of the executive committee are Will
liam Lemke, F. B. Wood and H. Sam
aels of Idaho. A. C. Townley form
Srly was member.
Hinged in Wording
+ The difference between the "in-
. surgents" and regulars" hinged on
!. the wording of the resolution, the
former wanting it so framed that
there would be q direct slap at
Townley and Lemke and the "reg-
ulars" opposing this. As presented
il provided that relations be severed
with the national executive COM
mittee."
"A. A. Liederbach, former state
chairman, declared that 'this does
not name the officials. If you are
going to re-establish confidence you
must be able to tell your people that
there is an absolute divorce between
the state and national organizations"
Herman Hardt of Napoleon took
the same view.
i 50 Hempel declared that "if.you
can't go home and say we have bur-
led the old leaders and made grass
grow upon their graves you can't get
confidence" 81
Sen. Miklethun declared that 1--WE
must 90 home and say we have
eliminated the old leadership"
s Fred Argast ef Burleigh county
declared that "there are some men
Abere trying to cruelty and assassin
Iate the men who made it possible
for you to be here. Some Of these
men will be out trying 70 ,assassinate
y1Shh ]. Fraxief next. The men you
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