The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-15
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EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL
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It is all very true that prohibition
has brought sunshine into a good
MANY homes, but it has also brought
moonshine-that stuff that the Vol
stead law says you can't have-lnto
others. h ..
We have now in the field a goodly
number of political parties, all strlv-
ing for the presidency-namely:, re,
publican, democrat, socialist, thlrd
party and the prohibition party. II
we were any prophet, we would pro-
phecy that another party will soon be
born, that is if tobacco and snuff are
ever banished. 1t will perhaps be
called the Copenhagen" party
The governor of Vermont has recon-
sidered his determination to call a
special session of the legislature OF
his state to vote on ratification of the
woman suffrage amendment and IS
now as seriously determined that ne
won't call special session. The gov
ernor Of Vermont is back number.
He should be thrown into the discard.
He might at least let the legislature
vote on the proposition even If he is
against it himself.
Gov. J. NJ. Cox, of Ohio, democratic
president, has made one promise IN
case that he should be elected presi.-
dent that will meet with the approval
of the people of the country. He says
he will appoint real "dirt" farmer to
his cabinet in the capacity of secre-
tary of agriculture What he means
by a dirt farmer is one who has him.
self turned over the burrows of the
farm and has personal experience
in farm work. We think Gov. Cox
has the right idea.
Attorney Lee Combs, of this city,
we notice by the returns from the var
ious counties in this district, received
a large number of votes in the dis
trict for district judge. The name of
Mr.. Combs was put on the ballots by
stickers. Now that he is on the ticket
there will be six candidates for Judge
to vote on at the November election.
Mr.. Combs will make strong run If
he decides to remain on the ticket and
fight for the position. According to
the law the six highest candidates will
go on the ticket at the November
election if there are six candidates
voted on and three of these receiving
the highest number of votes at tn No.
vember election will be elected and
serve as judges for four years.
Last weeks Peoples Opinion, due
to be published on July s, was receiv-
ed through the mails this morning,
five days after it was dated. This
is fine service for the advertisers of
this paper, who advertised special bar
gains for last week. The value of the
advertising telling this week what
they had for sale week ago must in
deed be gratifying to the patrons of
the paper. In the same issue we find
an extended writeup of the late cleo
ton and in this write-up the voters of
Valley City are referred to as skala-
wags and parlor lizards. Yet most of
these skalawags and parlor lizards are
contributing every week to the sup
port of this great exponent of the al
legged peoples rights. How do you
business men like to be called skala-
walks and parlor lizards?
George NJ. Young, congressman
from the Second district, could not
stomach the Plumb plan for running
the railroads, even after the league
had endorsed it, so he was marked
for slaughter and State Senator Tom
Pendray was put up against him. But
the people of the second seem salts
fed to Let George Do It," and in the
mix-up a good independent will take
Toms place in the state senate and
Tom can retire to that bonanza farm
of his in Stutsman county. And
speaking of Toms farm reminds US
that although the Lord has been good
to Pendray and given him heap of
this worlds good, and he has the
show" farm of his county, he is ever
finding fault with conditions and
roasting the lack of opportunity to
make money at farming in the face of
the fact that he is probably the best
fixed farmer in his county. Home
James,"
If the election returns are right,
and there is no reason to doubt them,
the nonpartisans will be out of luck the
next session Of the legislature. The
independents have nominated ma
jority of the members of the house
so that if these are elected this fall
that red headed clerk and that black
headed clerk will be useless adjunct
to the next session because the nod of
the head is not going to vote yes or
no in the next legislature. The rub
Der stamps that will be elected to the