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Collection Summary
Collection: A - A Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 2902-00001
Title: Arthur C. Townley speaking in Crosby (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1920
Creator: Thompson, A. M.
Inscription/Marks: does show how the crowds used to gather in the early days of the League to listin to A. C. Townley, the father of the organization, for justice to the farmer. ...in a corner of the state very sparsely settled at that time
Summary: A large crowd gathered to listen to A.C. Townley speak. The railroad tracks and a few buildings of Crosby are visible in the background. Several car roofs are visible in the left-center.||A.C. Townley was the founder of the Non-partisan League in 1914. This party was socialistically minded, and focused on the needs of small farmers. The party was successful in producing a governor, Lynn Frazier, in 1916. Frazier was recalled, and the party dwindled throughout the 1920s.Arthur C. Townley was an early leader of the NPL who established firm personal control over the organization and its members. He led NPL legislators in secret caucuses every night during the legislative session. His control over the organization tended to be undemocratic. Some members left the organization because of Townley’s socialist ideas and his dictatorial ways. However, Townley was an exciting speaker and could draw huge crowds like this one in Crosby.
Red ID: PH_I_92751 Image ID: 46766 Image Notes: A2902-00001-back

Collection: A Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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Collection Summary
Collection: A - A Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 2902-00001
Title: Arthur C. Townley speaking in Crosby (N.D.)
Date: ca. 1920
Creator: Thompson, A. M.
Inscription/Marks: does show how the crowds used to gather in the early days of the League to listin to A. C. Townley, the father of the organization, for justice to the farmer. ...in a corner of the state very sparsely settled at that time
Summary: A large crowd gathered to listen to A.C. Townley speak. The railroad tracks and a few buildings of Crosby are visible in the background. Several car roofs are visible in the left-center.||A.C. Townley was the founder of the Non-partisan League in 1914. This party was socialistically minded, and focused on the needs of small farmers. The party was successful in producing a governor, Lynn Frazier, in 1916. Frazier was recalled, and the party dwindled throughout the 1920s.Arthur C. Townley was an early leader of the NPL who established firm personal control over the organization and its members. He led NPL legislators in secret caucuses every night during the legislative session. His control over the organization tended to be undemocratic. Some members left the organization because of Townley’s socialist ideas and his dictatorial ways. However, Townley was an exciting speaker and could draw huge crowds like this one in Crosby.
Red ID: PH_I_92751 Image ID: 46765 Image Notes: A2902-00001

Collection: A Digitized Images from Collection
Title: A Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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