The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-08
ELECTION AFTERMATH

Through the heat OF the bitter poll
tical struggles of the last four years
The Forum has tried to keep firmly in
mind the fact that it's chief vocation is
publishing a newspaper, and that po-
litical affairs are but incidental to that
vocation.
A newspapers first duty to the
community it serves is to publish,
fairly and impartially, the news of it's
community, of the state, the nation
and the world, and secondly to present
it's own views on public questions. In
pursuance of that second duty, The
Forum has consistently and persist
emily advised against the program Of
state socialism on which the state has
entered, and it has vigorously attack
ed the extravagant and INSCRIPTIONS
methods Of the gang Of political
leeches who have fastened themselves
on this state. 1t has not minced
words in expressing it's opinions of
men like TownleX. Waters, STANCE
land, Mills, Brinton and others of their
type. For these views it has no apol-
ogies to offer and nothing to retract
or touchdown" and certainly the re-
suits of the election will not change
it's attitude toward either the pro-
gram or the men back of it, one ota.
The whole world is suffering from
an epidemic of jazz music, jazz NOR
ais, jazz politics, and jazz economics
as one of the after-war evils. North
Dakota has been getting a little of
the back-wash of this, and has been
economic or political schemes, just so
willing to experiment with almost any
economic or political schemes, just so
long as they were new, and irrespec-
tive of whether they were preferable
to the old or not.
Of course, The Forum is disappoint-
ed at the outcome of the election, but
that disappointment is leavened by
certain outstanding victories, and
there is no element of rancor or chag-
rim. Because the majority of the vot-
ers of the state refuse to think the
way The Forum does, is no cause for
feeling bitterness toward them. The
Forum suffers no more than any other
taxpayer in the state because of their
views, and there is steady increasing
number of citizens with whom we do
agree in political beliefs. Where
there were $1,000 citizens who voted
the way The Forum advised them to
vote two years ago, there are today
more than $4,000. Meanwhile the men
who do not agree with US politically
show no increase in numbers. It is
doubtful if Governor Frazier will poll
as many votes this year as he did two
years ago, despite the much larger to.
tai vote.
As for the future plan of campaign
that bridge will be crossed when we
get to it. The anti-league forces are
in the position of an attacking army
that has carried some of its objectives
but has failed to "break through" II
must "dig in," reform it's forces and
map out new plan of attack. The
army will continue to fight for home
rule and for economy and efficiency in
state government, for a sane economic
program, and for the elimination OF
the horde Of imported radical and so.
cialist office-seekers who have fasten.
ed themselves on the commonwealth
of North Dakota. We don't need to
reiterate where The Forum will b.
found in that fight as long as it is
necessary to wage it, and meanwhile
the job of publishing the best news.
paper possible in the biggest Little
City in America" is quite enough tt
demand the best effort of tn meen anG
women engaged in the enterprise.
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