The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-13

dustrial states would not support him.
The hero of Utah and Vermont must
have been somewhat upset when the
news from Michigan came in, fol-
lowed by the news from New Jersey,
showing that without any organiza-
ton and very limited means of pub
licity he came within scratch of car
rying the state. Johnson may not
be nominated for president, but if he
is not it will be a reckless man who
will claim that it is because he cannot
get the votes to elect if nominated.
Old Hiram was embarrassed to some
extent by the character of his support
in North Dakota, but he has the
punch, and the average westerner is
always ready to take off his hat to
a real fighter.
J. A. o. Preus is the man selected
by the real republican party of Min
neota to make the run for governor
ship at the coming fall election. Mr..
Preus' main issue is "Americanism
versus socialism," and he will go be-
fore the voters Of that state on that
issue. The convention resulted in a
split in spite of the promises of those
seeking to gain the endorsement of
the convention and one man seeking
the endorsement, declared that if
Preus was nominated he would run
Independently, alleging that the con-
vention was in the hands Of Preus'
friends. Nothing worse could be done,
and any man that places his own per-
sonal ambitions or grudges ahead Of
the interests Of the state, certainly
should never be granted the honor Of
heading the affairs Of the state. Get
two or three candidates in the field
and A. c. Townley and his force. of
hoodluns will have a snap carrying
the state. Let's hops that nothing like
this will happen at the convention at
Minot this week--and we don't be-
lieve it will.
Primary elections come and go, but
still the aspect is far from being fav-
orable for any one candidate. Wood
is still leading the race, but his lead is
far from being dominating. Senator
Johnson expressed his confidence in
carrying California, and California
turned around and showed Johnson
that she had confidence in him by Civ
ing him large vote over his oppon-
ent, Herbert Hoover. Hoover is a
good sport, however, and admits his |
defeat, but says that Johnson's large
lead was due largely to the executive
ability he displayed when governor
by rescuing the state FROM corpora {
ton control. Another thing which |
helped Johnson wonderfully is the at
titude he has been taking on the peace /
treaty. and the straight from the
shoulder talks which he has been Civ
over the country, showing up the in
efficient methods used by the present
administration in governing the coun-
try, and calling upon the people to !
elect man with progressive ideas in
stead of having an individual at the !
head of the affairs of the country !
like at the present time, who by his !
stubborn ideas, has kept the country /
in practical state of war, refusing !
to change one dot or dash Of the ''Eu- !
ropean made" peace treaty.
Recent statistics given out by the |
U. S. Government shows that large !;
number Of foreigners are leaving this |
country on each ship that goes back to
the old country. They are men who
have made success in a financial way |
and are going back to their native !
land to enjoy the money which they
have saved by careful expenditure and
close saving. The fact that they are
leaving is not so serious in itself, but |!
they are transferring large amounts !;
of money to banks in the old country. |
On the other hand large numbers Of |
are coming in on each |
ship, but they are of an entirely diff !
ferent class thin those going out. A ;
great many of them are coming in
without cent of money, and their en-
tire world possessions they carry upon
their backs, and statistics show that
the greater ma jority of them are wo-
men. This, for one thing could be
blamed for the high cost Of living.
Foreigners come into this country and
offer to work for wages, which the
American citizen finds hard to get
along on, and by close figuring they
soon have accumulated enough to
retire. Laws should be passed to
stop this kind of procedure If
foreigner comes to this country and
makes fortune, let him stay here
and take out citizenship papers. If
America is not good enough to live
IN, it should not be good enough for
foreigners to ever enter into.
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Townley to campaign by plane in
Minnesota and North Dakota thus
'eads head line in the Courier-New
his morning. Townley will need to
get something faster than an air
blame if he intends to carry this state
again, and if the people Of the state
# Minnesota could be given an insight
nto the way the nonpartisans have
handled affairs here in this state
n the way of increased taxes, state
,ank which serves the purpose for
which it was established about as we'll
IS sand bank-and several other
helpful?" laws which they have sue
eeded in getting written on the sta
ute books of the state, all the air