The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-10-23

themselves maze Cne DutC O1 tHe peOPAe
by this post dated check fasco. They
have lot of pride about their relia-
bility-lots of them have and they
are going to Fargo with grim deter.
mination to make good. This is all
we'll and good. But the farmers should
take a second sober thinking to them
selves and do a little figuring for the
future. II the leaders are running the
business institutions Of the state and
the other league banks in the same
manner that they do the Fargo con-
Germ, won't they be called on again
soon to put more cash to straighten
things up? The league leaders know
that all they have to do to get the
money is to appeal to their pride and
their loyalty in smashing what the
leaders term big business conse-
quently Mr.. Townley and his bunch
know that they can get the money to
put it over next Tuesday. 1t is put
ting a premium on honesty in bust
ness methods just the same, and the
farmers should demand that their
leaders and officials who handle their
banks and other business enterprises
get down to conservative methods of
doing the business instead of this
wildcat idea that has prevailed in the
Observation-Disclosures bank. They
should make the leaders understand
that they do not intend to rally around
them whenever they feel like getting
a big amount Of money. 1t is making
it too easy for the bunch to get money
whenever they feel like it.
The Fargo Courier-News admits
that the Observation-Disclosures
Bank deal is politics. The paper
is right for once. 1t is the dirtiest
kind of politics and the state admin
istration is playing it to finish. They
even have gone so far as to hint that
LANCER has stolen ten thousand dol
lars worth of bonds from the institu-
ton. They will stop at nothing to
gain their ends. The whole matter
before the courts is one grand one
sided farce with one Of the Judges
stating that the court has decided
questions of law before the question
has ever been submitted to the court.
This same court seems to want to
shut off the wind of the attorneys for
LANCER. How long are these condi-
tions going to exist in North Dakota.
Some Of the club women Of the
town and others who are not club
women have been asking for whom
they can vote at the coming elections
and some of them have asked the
Times Record editor to give them the
According to the 1917
law passed by the state legislature
the women may vote for mayor and
all city officers except police magis-
trate and upon any and all questions
demanding vote, ouch as for bonds,
etc. They can also Vote for president,
but not for any other state or ma
tional Office excepting superintendent
Of public instruction. Here is the
aw:
Chapter 254 Session Laws 1917.
Sec. 1. All women, citizens of the
United States Of the age of 81 years
,r upwards, who shall have resided in
The state one year and in the county
Xix months, and in the precinct ninety
lay next preceding any election, shall
oe allowed to vote at such election !
:or presidential electors, county sur
7eyors, county constables and for all
officers of cities, villages and towns
Except police magistrates and city
Justices of the peace) and upon all
questions or propositions submitted to
| vote of electors of such municipali-
les, or other political divisions of this
tate.
Sec. 2. All such women may also
'ote for the following township off,
ers: Township clerk, assessor, treas
Irer, overseer Of highways and con-
tables, and may also participate and
ote in all annual and special town.
hip meetings in the township in
which such election shall be held.
Since the law was passed it has been
mended so that a residence of only
inety days is required in the county
nd thirty days in the precinct. This
vas evidently done as a political move
0 give the present bunch in power
nance to run in lot of non-residents
or few weeks under the guise of
aborers in order to swing the cleo
ion their way. Thirty days residence
n the precinct is all right but ninety
avs in the county is all wrong. The
aw is nisnomer at that. 1t lets the
women vote IOr president, county sur
eyor and a few Offices Of that char
cter and refuses to let them vote for
ther state Offices and county Offices.
t let's them vote for mayor but not for
'olice magistrate. Well, ladies, here's
our official information. It's up to
'ou.
-BuY W. S. S.
MIR. YOUNG JOINS THE CLUB
Congressman Young is the latest
ficial elected by the Nonpartisan
eague to offend the inner gang that
controls league affairs.
Mr.. Young's offense is his opposi-
ion to the Plumb plan to have the
armers and the rest of US buy the
ailroads and turn them over to the /
'ailroad employees to run, while we
Jay the deficit and the railroad work