The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-08

The Mississippi house Of represen-
tatives voted 81 to % yesterday not to
ratify the woman suffrage amendment
Poor benighted Mississipians. We will
bet dollar to a doughnut that the
members of that body have moss
growing upon their backs because they
are so far behind the times.
Valley Citys population has only
increased eighty in ten years-elght
per year. Evidently they don't read
the Bible down there. Remember
that injunction to multiply and re-
nlenish the earth ?'-Fargo Blade.
Delaware also turned down woman
suffrage yesterday making it look
mighty doubtful for the women OF the
country to get vote at the coming
elections unless some change IS maze
in Delaware Mississippi appears to
be out of the running entirely. Della
ware might be induced to reconsider:
If that cannot be done the women OF
the country will have to train their
batteries on Connecticut or Vermont.
Herbert Hoover has finally decided
to become a candidate on the republl-
can ticket and we read that VIM. u.
McAdoo has said that he will not be
a candidate for the presidency on the
democratic ticket. The former has
finally quit straddling the fence and
the latter is too good and too astute
politician to run in lost cause. There
is absolutely no chance for any dem
ocrat to come under the wire in the
presidential free-for- all next Novem-
Der. The next president will be a re-
publican but just who is the conun-
drum that is worrying whole lot OF
candidates at this time.
The primary election will be held
in Michigan next Monday and accord
ing to all indications at the present
time it will be lively one. There are
IS candidates in the field; seven re-
publicans, five democrats and one So
cialist, and the one polling the plural
ity in each party will get all the states
80 delegates to the respective national
conventions. Michigan in former
years has gone strong republican and
will no doubt do so this time. In the
1916 election it gave Hughes lead
of $3.50 votes over Wilson and po-
litical observers are inclined to be-
liere that the state will go strong re-
publican.
The miners are to be granted an
other substantial raise in wages and
as a consequence we are told that the
consumer who has to buy coal will
have to pay about $3.50 per ton more
than previously. We fail to see where
the suffering public is to get any ben
eft under such proposition as that
The miners get the raise but the own
ers get it back by boosting up the
price. That's the way John D. Rookie
Teller does when he gives million or
two to some church or educational In
stitution. He put up the price OF gas
and gets back more than he gives
away. That is easy for John D. but
tough on the long suffering public.
Alkal Christian Jehosaphat Olson
comes back at US this week and tells
how the Lord created US and says he
is going to let it 60 at that. c. j.
fails to explain why he voted for the
red flag bill, the muzzling of free
press, putting additional taxes on the
people and for all this stuff that is
causing the farmer to pay the freight.
He denies very strenuously that he
ever fell asleep while attending ses-
mon Of the house. Well, if he did not
fail asleep he might just as we'll. They
tell him how to vote anyway and that
saves him lot ofmental agony and
worry. We might just as well put
stuffed man in his legislative seat.
When the roll is called the red headed
clerk can answer present for him.
At last the federal administration
has finally decided to let 10000 Of the
clerks which are employed at Wash
ington have a vacation--a continued
one. This large number will be dis
missed sometime before July IL, or
at least are supposed to be. This will
mean a saving Of about 81 ,000, 900 a
month for the federal government but
this action could have been taken some
time ago and it would not take very
long to notice considerable decrease
in taxes. The greatest cut will be
made in the employees in the war de-
partment, aind the war risk bureau of
the treasury department will also suf-
fer. Senator Reed Smoet recently
said that there are over 10000 super
f9uous employees employed in govern
ment Offices at Washington, out of 101,
600, compared with 1T 900 employees
when the war ended and $4,000 before
the war.
The state convention Of the nonpar-
tisan league will be held in Grand
Forks on April Is to select candi-
dates for state Office to be voted on
in the primaries next June. Hereto
fore all league conventions have been
held in Fargo but now that Grand
Forks is coming across for the big
mill the place has been changed. We
notice in comparison with the two
cities as compared with figures Of the
late census that Fargo is forging
abeal without this convention just
khe same. The league may think it is
Furnishing Fargo for not subscribing
s tile, M two for big sIush fund