The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-25

Total for ratification, ~.
Against: Republicans: Borah,
Brandecee. Fernald, France, Gronna,
Johnson (Cal.), Knox LaFollette,
Mccormick, Moses, Norris ad Sher-
man--12.
Democrats: Conner, Culberson, Dial,
Cav, Glass, HaHrris, Harrison, Hitch
cock, johnson (South Dakota) }, Kirkby,
McKe Overn1an, Reed, Robinson,
Sheppard Shields, Simmons, Smith
(South Carolina) Stanley, Swanson,
Thomas, Underwood and Williams
%.
Peoples Opinion,
We have for half century kept
close tab on the political progress OF
the country, state and nation ana
have seen more than hundred So
called platforms adopted by different
political organizations and nearly all
to some degree advanced some pro
gressive thought for the betterment
of people, but the so-called Grand
Forks platform is in class by itself.
1t is more like message from the
underworld with all its condemnations
such as can only be inspired by
thoughts of hardened hearts.
Hundreds of men, lawyers, profess
! sors. editors and old-time politicians
labored hard for number of days to
shape their collective efforts into
words and here comes a long list OF
condemnations; not one single idea
offered.
! Luckily, our friend, Trubshaw, was
there. Otherwise it would have been
dry affair, and without amusement,
! But with his nasterful stroke of brain
production resolution of condemna-
ton, belly-aching, brow-beating and
; fireworks was the result-a fitting
monument of vocabulary to the honor
of the author drawing the most vital
part of the Grand Forks platform.
Generations may be born and bur-
led before another set of men can
produce anything equal to the Grand
Forks platform and resolutions.
! When we for the sake Of informa-
ton ask an I. V. A. to explain his
party's platform, (did you ever try
that we. feel like looking for gas
mask. Their platform is a milestone
around their neck, already dead, and
not worthy of mention. 1t has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting, sadly wanting in those SIM
pie attributes of honesty or sincerity
, Now help in need is help indeed
Let Lord Everson call Moses to the
Forks a second time, and rebuild the
platform. Bring forth the royal car.
penters and get some good timber and
! put into it bolts in place of spikes, and
build it not upon the sands of rotten
resolutions, as they cannot be i'm.
proved upon.
C. J. OLSON.
Mr.. C. J. Olson represents-or al
least he is supposed to represent thu
3sth district in the legislature from
Barnes county. His letter above is {
real gem of maudlin idiocy and con
|vinces US more than ever that for tn,
purposes he was elected, and by whom
he fills the bill to a 100 per cent ca
Ipacity, somebody doing his thinking
land voting. He is the purest kind o:
rubber stamp mechanical toy ant
the only thing he ever did in the wa!
of framing legislation was to warn
This seat in the house of representa-
tfves and vote as he was told to &C
Acording to the dictator who presidet
lat his caucus and the color Of the hal
of the clerk who read the bills in tn,
house. He is the poorest excuse of ;
man to represent the district and W,
doubt if more subservient tool of 50
cialism and wildcat legislation coult
be found anywhere in the whole world
He is so dead to what is going Of
about him that he had to be Awak
ened when it was time to vote ant
ther time had to be given him to &c
wide enough awake so that he coult
see the color Of the reading clerk
hair in order to definitely find GU
how to vote. We venture the asser
ttion that if he were asked what bill
passed the last and special session ant
what any of them contained he coult
not tell you and would have to writ,
to Bishop Lemke to find out That il
the sort of man We are compelled u
stand for from this county. Mr.. OF
son gives US more credit than we ar,
entitled to at the Grand Forks con
vention, but there is one thing w,
can tell that bird, and that is, tina
whatever other failings we have W,
have one thing over him-we do ou
own thinking and voting-he doe
what the. boss tells him to do. 1t il
said that when the Lord got through
creating the earth he had a littl,
waste material left and that he uset
| it for creating C. J. Olson and called
| it combination Of rubber and ivory
Townley and Lemke have since dis
covered it south of Valley City ant