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

federal constitution making thlrt.
states in all that have ratified. 1t re
quires only six more states to ratlt!
then we will have universal and con
stitutional suffrage in the United
States. It now looks as if the Womer
of the country were going to get com
plete and full suffrage in time to vote
this wear and probably in time to vote
at the primaries in June if not before
BOOST FOR VALLEY CITY
The republicans OF the state seem
to be taking much interest in the com
ing convention to be held in Bismarck
next Tuesday. February II. A big eff
fort will be made this year to regain
the party from the clutches of the So
cialists who stole the old party OF
North Dakota some three or four
wears ago. We want a real republican
party in this state and the conven-
tion next week at Bismarck if it pans
out the way we think it is going to,
will go long way toward starting
something that will unite all real re-
publicans and give the old party real
place in the state hereafter.
BOOST FOR VALLEY CITY
A.. r.. SAAA>A
one time candidate for governor on
the socialist ticket in this state, has
been nominated for congress to run
against Congressman STEVENSON, OF
the Ninth Minnesota district. Bowen,
who has been very active in socialist
work in this state and was chief clerk
of the famous legislature when house
hill "a was in the limelight. He is
one of the most rabid socialists now
living and if that Minnesota district
selects him to represent them in con-
press we certainly shall feel as if that
district had lost it's reason.
BOOST FOR VALLEY CITY
It seems to US that President VIII
son has made big mistake in getting
rid of Secretary Lansing, but then
that is the Wilsonian way-either rule
or ruin. Mr.. Lansing is at fault IN
irving to do the best he could while
the president was sick, so were the
other members of his cabinet who at
tended the meetings to which Mr..
Wilson 50 strenuously objects and the
restoration Of the other members OF
the cabinet should have been called
for as well as that of Mr.. Lansing.
The president has had more changes IN
his cabinet than any other president
and the one man who has been frost
in the whole caboodle-Burleson-the
man who should have been fired long
ago seems to be of the well st1ck"
variety.
BOOST FOR VALLEY CRY
After the legislature passed the m
famous newspaper bill the North Da-
kota Press Association decided to test
the constitutionality of the bill IN
court and Attorney John r. Sullivan.
of Mandan, N. D., was retained to get
it through the courts for the assocla-
ton. He took it into the district court
in Dickinson recently and Judge Craw-
ford Yesterday handed down dec1s-
ion to the effect that the law was un-
constitutional. Of course the state
will carry the case to the supreme
court and the decision OF this court
will be awaited with much interest by
the newspaper men OF the state: Inc
law in itself is vicious and un-Amerl-
can because it gags free press and is
class legislation designed to build up
kept press appointed by political
machine. Whatever the decision of
the supreme court is all fair minded
people admit that the law should be
wiped off the statute books Of the
state. Attorney Sullivan is a good
serapper and a good lawyer and If
the newspaper men lose out in SUI
irene court it will be no fault of his.
BOOST FOR VALLEY CITY
The University muddle is getting
stronger and stronger each day. The
administration fellows have come te
the point when they are calling each
other liars and the situation is most
interesting one to the outsiders. Three
members of the administration board
are unable to be present at any meet
ing of the board, Hagan, who is ir
Florida 1--WE presume the peepul are
paving his expenses at any rate they
are paying his salary while he is en-
joying himself), Casey is sick at his
home in Fargo, and Miss Nelson Is
recovering from an operation, but
Messrs. Muir and Totten are insisting
that the resignation of the university
president was officially requested by
the board of administration which
could take no official action because a
majority has not and could not hold a
meeting. The secretary Of the board
having big time putting each other
in the Ananias club and things are
stirring at the capital. In the lam
guage Of Shakespeare "Lay on Mac
duff. and damned be he who first cries
hold, enough"
BOOST FOR VALLEY CITY
W. w. Liggett, the prize fighting
former head of the league newspaper
syndicate, speaking to Boston audi
ence as deputy immigration commits
sioner from North Dakota said: eve
are not faced with the necessity Of de-
porting alleged bolshevists, I. w. w.,
or other so-called "red" elements
from North Dakota" he said. That is
mighty fine stuff to be handing to the
people of the cultured and bean eating
city of Massachusetts, but there are
thousands of people in this same
North Dakota who are of the opinion
that there are lot of reds and bolshe-