The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-19
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EDITORIAL


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The Dutch government has finally
said that it will intern the recent
kaiser of Germany and keep him from
straying off the reservation. The kali
ser has forbidden the clown prince to
give himself up for trial so that the
ex-royal family which has been so
prominent in the bloodshed OF the
world is pretty we'll protected from
harm at this time. But what are they
going to do to- take care of linden
burg, Won Hertling, and lot Of high
pirates who have had a hand in shap-
inc the late war and causing so much
misery?
The republican forces of the state
are meeting in Bismarck today to put
up a list Of delegates and presldentlal
electors to be voted for next month.
The delegates will be elected to at
tend the republican convention to be
held in Chicago in June. The conven-
ton of republicans in the capital city
will no doubt be harmonious one not
withstanding the predictions of the OPP
position to the contrary who are mop,
ing against hope that somebody will
push a monkey wrench or two IN the
works of the republican machine.
This is the one year of all when re-
nublicans and democrats alike IN TINS
state must present a united front to
down bolshevism, socialism and state
extravagances as practiced by the
present administration.
Sentiment for Gen. Leonard Wood,
for president, is growing right along
and the general at this time is the
leading candidate for the presidency.
Mr.. Wood has splendid record back
of him and in Cuba the people are
unanimous for him on account OF MS
constructive administration While ne
was in Cuba. He is strong pro.
gressive, warm personal friend OF
Theodore Roosevelt and is the right
kind of a man to honor with the pres
idencv. His utterances on the way to
handle radical anarchists and social
lists meets with our approval and ne is
a through American gentleman. Inc
Times-Record is for Gen. Wood as
first choice, believing that he best
fills the bill as presidential candl-
date.
John Spargo, the socialist leader
who quit the socialist party following
the action of the St. Louis convention
in opposition to the war and was a
prominent lecturer of George Creels
bureau of public information, in his
book recently published on "Amerl-
canism and Social Democracy con-
dennis the Nonpartisan league as an
organization boss-controlled and not
responsible to the people. Telling OF
the conference of pro-war liberals at
Morristown in July, 1917, he says:
"At this conference the subject OF the
Nonpartisan League of the northwest
and its political significance was thor.
oughlv discussed. The promoters OF
the conference had been in close touch
with the great farmers movement ana
fullv informed concerning it. They
realized that it was governed auto
cratically and that it's methods could
not be closely copied by party when
sought to make general appeal TO
the electorate. They realized, further
more, that the nonpartisan prlnclple
could not be permanently maintain
ed; that the inevitable result must be
either the Development Of a party or
submergence into an existing party
Nonpartisanship in American politics
means for any great movement, soon,-
er or later. political horse-tradlng ana
consequently disintegration and de-
feat
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