The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-15

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We happened to mention few days
ago something about a candidate for
the legislature from the thirty-eighth
district. Since that time two very
good men have been presented to US
for that job, either one of whom
would be good representatives for the
people. They are N. P. Langemo, of
Fingal, N. D., and Bert Bloom, OF
Litchville, n D. Both are bright men
and successful farmers and either one
are said by those who know them we'll
to be men who would be creditable
representatives for the people if sent
to the legislature. The Times Record
does not care who goes to Bismarck
so long as it is a man who has the
courage of his conviction to vote ac-
cording to the way he sees it instead
of being voted by boss and then be
on the wrong side of everything. The
past two years this district has had
practically no representation in the
state legislature-we have had rub
Der stamp, and that's all.
-aUY W. s. $780,
The Courier-News political states
are breaking up quicker than the edl-
tor of that paper can make them. A
few days ago the paper said that
Frank Packard was a candidate for
attorney general and had been slated
by the l. V. A. for that position. Now
comes Frank E. who says he does not
want it and would not accept it If Of
L;
it said Langer's boom for governor
would be launched in a big blowout at
Mandan last Monday and this did not
come to pass, and now the NC says
the l. V. A. wants to drop Bill and
there you are. 1t keeps the opposition
guessing all the time-and it is a
fact that the league forces are badly
demoralized at the inroads that the
same Bill is making into their ranks.
So serious is the situation that it is
now reported that Mr.. Townley is to
speak in every place where Fighting
Bill has been so that we rather think
Mr.. Townley will be busy man the
rest of 1920.
Editor Streib, of the Peoples Opin-
ion, facetiously alludes to the Times
Record as the comic supplement to the
Fargo Forum. We thank him for the
compliment. The Fargo Forum and
the Times-Record are read with more
interest than any two publications in
this state and we would rather be a
comic supplement read and apprec lat-
ed by the public than to be rubber
stamp, parrot concern, without any
standing and without being any good
to anybody. We notice that this COM
ic supplement is furnishing most of
the local news for the joke sheet across
the street and its editorial columns do
not have a single thought in them that
is CT any real good to the readers of
that paper-if anyone does read it
most Of the space being taken up from
week to week by an attack on the
comic supplement. AS newspaper
the sheet across the way is one Of the
biggest jokes that ever happened and
it's editor-oh, well, why try to talk
about nothing. The stock holders of
the Peoples Opinion are to be pitied--
if a real man was editor the paper
might be of some use to them.
-BUY ". S S.
We are in the throes of another
presidential campaign and hats from
candidates of both political parties are
being SHE'D into the ring every day.
The great question now confronting
the country is the peace treaty and
unless some great change comes soon
the peace treaty will be side tracked
for a referendum vote at the next cleo
ton. We belive that if the country did
vote on the question it would vote for
ratification Of the treaty with the res
ervations asked by democratic as we'll
as republican senator's Mr.. Bryan, call
ed by many to be the greatest living
democrats, favors reservations, and
most prominent statesmen IN both par
ties do, but the president in his stub
born insistence of notifications without
reservations is running the ship of
state on the rocks. At the last election
the democrats went before the peo-
pie with the slogan she kept us out OF
war" Unless the president changes
his mind the next democratic slogan
will have to be she kept us out Of
peace" No man should stand out
against the country at large ana IilaI
is Just what Mr.. Wilson is doing. He
has been shown most conclusively that
the people want safeguards to the
peace treaty in the way of reserva-
lions and the other nations have sig
nihed their willingness to accept these
reservations. Why not acquiesce
gracefully Mr.. Wilson and let US have
peace. If you fail to do this and the
treaty fails you cannot blame the ire
publican party but blame yourself.
--BUY W. s. s.-
TIE New York legislature a few