The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-22

points with pride in knowing that we
tablishing such success. They might
point with pride in the department at
Bismarck but we will be hanged if we
can join that feeling of pride as a tax
payer when we realize that if our
public buildings should burn down
there would be no money in the insur-
ance fund to pay the loss.
Eugene w. Chain, who was the pro-
hibition candidate for president, eight
years ago, and who at that time deliv-
cred a highly interesting and enter
tanning lecture at Valley City, which
was highly commended on by repub-
Leans and democrats, is out now in a
circular letter, in which he avs:
"On May first, 1872, at Cincinnati,
the Liberal Republican party used
these words in Plank of their plat
form and nominated Greeley for pres
ident:
1--WE pledge ourselves to maintain
the Union Of these states, emancipa-
ton. and enfranchisement, and to op-
nose any reopening of the questions
settled by the thirteenth, fourteenth,
and fifteenth amendments of the con-
stitution."
On July 8, 1872, at Baltimore, the
democratic convention endorsed all of
the Liberal Republican platform and
Greeley for president.
On June 5, 1872, at Philadelphia, the
republican convention in Plank OF
then platform said: ''The recent
! amendments to the National Constl-
tuition should be cordially sustained
because they are right, not merely
tolerated because they are law, and
should be carried out according. to
their spirit by appropriate legislation,
/ the enforcement of which can safely
! be entrusted only to the party that Sc
cured those amendments"
; IF these parties in 1920 fail to give
equally strong endorsements Of the
! Eighteenth Amendment, they are not
entitled to and should not receive the
support of Prohibitionists."
! Supporters Of the soldiers bonus bill
will rush the measure through con-
gress a quickly as possible in the
hope of passing it by June l, at which
time the members leave. for the po-
litical conventions. The bill as it now
stands, and as approved by the sub
committee of the ways and means
committee, calls for payment of one
dollar day for each day in service to
world war veterans. Application
would have to be made, however, by
the soldier before bonus would be
paid, because it is believed that many
wealthy ex-soldiers would refuse the
bonus. The average bonus which
: would be paid each soldier is about
$4,000, figures show. Men who were
in the regular army when the war was
declared would not be eligible. The
huge sum of money necessary for the
raising of this bonus would be secur-
ed by tax placed upon all goods sold
by merchants, farmers, retailers and
others. The tax, it is believed would
be about soc on a hundred dollar sale.
This is one of the best ways, we be-
lieve, that the country can show its
appreciation of the noble work done
by the boys in the recent conflict. The
tax as now planned would not be bur
densome and could quickly and easily
be paid off and would be so proper
toned that any one individual or cor
poration would not be made to pay
more than their just dues, which
would be based on the amount of bus
mess transacted. We want to go on
record as heartily in favor of such
an action and trust that the bill will
be passed by an overwhelming ma
ioritV