The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-04-11
New League-Breaker
Is Ready to Ramble

North Dakota has new Diachlne.
It is handsomely equipped with all of
The latest machine attachments, and
to add to it's attractiveness it carries
the patriotic name, "Lincoln Republi-
can League of North Dakota" 1t was
manufactured at Grand Forks, and as
others of it's unsuccessful predecessors
It is designed for the sole purpose of
destroying the Nonpartisdn league.
It is officered-and of course financed
by several we'll known political fig
ures Of the state, who have in the
CAST demonstrated how they love the
people, and who are now taking care
of the financial end of the new ma
chine because of the fires of love for
the farmers of the state are still
burning in their hearts.
The new league starts out to do
things in earnest-and one of the
plans they have to accomplish their
purpose is to hold Meetings in every
school house in North Dakota during
the campaign where the farmers will
be shown the error of their way and
put right once more as regards their
politics. That is, they will if this
Lincoln Republican League has it's
way.
But there are as usual ruts and
rocks in the road over which this new
andi well-oiled machine must travel.
They are the independent newspapers
Of the state, and one of the most fear
less. able and independent of the lot
is the Bismarck Palladium, the Off
eciaI organ of the North Dakota
Branch of the Farmers Union" The
Palladium editor can see through the
new Lincoln League-in fact he
shows up many of the faults of the
new machine in an editorial in the
Palladium, which we are publishing
herewith, as it explains the matter
in question so nicely. The Palladium
4 about year ago the Government
League of North Dakota voluntarily
retired from active service in the
state, and in its place has been created
the Lincoln Republican League. The
new child was born at the same towr
where the G.. G. L. lived and died
Grand Forks - where atom and
Jerry" have been doing and undoine
things ever since the Nonpartisar
League started to scratch into the vi
tails of these immaculate twins.
"For starter, Gunder Olson, for
n1er state treasurer and republican ma
tional committeeman for the OLE
Guard, has been named chairman
John E: Paulson, we'll known Trail
county politician and stalwart stat,
senator, is chosen to handle the funds
and 10! and behold who comes to lif,
again but Tom Marshall, of Cakes
who is the third parsonage, these thre,
constituting an executive committee
This Is the announcement made b!
the managing secretary, who sign
his name as P. M. Clark. And who il
ell is Clark? Clark is a "rising youn,
attorney" who first saw the light O
day at little town in the northern
part of the state called Kenmare
known as the gooseneck metropolis O
Ward county. In selecting Clark TO
Sle job, no better individual in tn
state could be found to kill off tn
real, honest-to-goodness newly-borl
Babe. .-.ra
=. s.In his home town, Clark has be
come known far better through hi
fight against the farmers than a
slough he had been compelled to elk
out his existence through the medium
Of the single which adorns his OF
fee, pronouncing him lawyer. How
ever, he is still young and still "ris
ing" but thus far has not reached an
proportionate height. It is therefor
found necessary for somebody to tax
Elm in tow and if possible make
man out of him. Thus we find sue