The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
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Gen. Leonard Wood carried Mary
land over Hiram Johnson yesterday
bv vote of about two to one. we eX-
pect to see Hiram come back today oy
CARRYING his own state of California.
Suffrage leaders Of the nation are
insisting that the republican party IS
RESPONSIBLE for the delay IN ratl1ca
ton of the suffrage amendment DC
cause the party has not forced the
state of Delaware into acting ia'ora
blv on the amendment. They forget
however, that the larger part OF. the
states which have rejected the amend
uent are democratic, and woman
suffrage would not be as tar advan /.
ced as it is at the present time IL II
was not for the action taken by the
progressive republican states OF the
country.
The Farmers Press of Minot says
that LANCER will not carry his own
county of Morton in the coming pri-
mary election if he should happen TO
he the candidate for governor on the
auti-Townley ticket. The edltor OF
the Farmers Press is pull OF prunes
and pond water Mr.. LANCER has new
or lost his home county of Morton any
time he has asked for the votes OF
his friends in that county, While on
cbe other hand Gov. Frazier has never
CARVED his home county of Pemblna:
The Farmers Press has not learned OF
This fact vet. But these same boss
controlled newspapers are telilng now
thew are carrying the truth TO 'ne
people.
Ma1oney, the labor Townleyite can
didate for mayor Of St. Paul was yes
tcrdav defeated BY Larry Hod gson
the present mayor. after one OF the
warn,est political battles ever pulled
off in the sanity city. At the primary
election with a three cornered ngns'
Maloney was the winner, but When II
s;mmered down to choice between
the two men Hodgson wins the elec-
ton. Hodgson has not been popular
candidate this time and there was
considerable opposition to him, but the
voters of St. Paul evidently inquired
it were better to re-elect hoogsot.
than to have radical at the mead Oh
the city government.
Gov. Frazier has issued a proclan1a
ton making next Sunday. May 91h,
Mothers Day He suggests that al
orr peop!e wear a white flower tor
mother on that day, and suggests that
the national flag be displayed on all
our public buildings in the state.
There IS no one deserving of more
honor than mother. From the time
one enters this old world with all IT'S
cares until one is able to look after
him or herself, mother Is always on
he lob with that devotion that slgn1
fes true motherhood. She 1t Is VINO
stands guard night and day over ner
flock. shielding them from harm and
administering TO them when they are
sick and rejoicing in their health ana
strength. Often times for nights ana
,;avs she sits beside the bedside OF
the sick one administering to ITS
needs. going without sleep and tooa
until the sick one is out Of danger
showing the tenderest devotion that
only woman and mother can show
Hers is life Of unselfishness and de'
votion. not only to her children Out
m her husband and the welfare OF the
home. Surely We could do no greater
honor on next Sunday than TO wear
white flower in her honor. Wear a
flower for the mother you have with
Won and wear a flower for that good
mother who has answered the last
call--no greater friend nave you mac
in this world than your mother.
We were grieved this morning K
mite that the Courier News dld no.
think the declaring Of the excise laH
Of North Dakota unconstitutional D!
the supreme court of the United States
was Of enough importance to give u
big head lines in the paper TO
day--vet that paper is continual,
harDing about how fair it Is and nov
It wants to carry the truth 10 W.
people. The fact of the matter Il
that most Of the league papers arr
10th 10 tell these things to thel
readers because it only shows up tn
unbusinesslike methods and poor leg
islation that the league has been put
ting over on t1ie ptoolN. AN
News this morning goes out OF its wa
to point out that Mr.. LANCER MADE
poor plea before the supreme cooi
in the AZ tax payers case but 1t doe
not say word about the attorne
generals successful suit before TN
same court on the excise law. rum
the rule fails to work both ways.
is mighty bard shedding these days TO
the subsidized press Of the league t
make the people of the state bel1ev
that they had derived anything bu
hugely increased taxation from TN
dawn of a new day that Mr.. Townle
and his rubber stamp legislators hav
fastened on the people Of this stat
Next month will be good time I
throw few of these rubber STAMP
in the discard and we might with pre
fit commence in the twirty-eighth d.
trjct6f Barnes county by nominatin
Mr.. Langemo instead of the prese'
member of the legislature who has
signally failed to give US any re;