The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29

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A third republican convention has
been called to meet at jamestown on
January 20 and we have been asked
to give the movement aid and comfort
and be present if it is possible to do
SO. The call is signed by James A.
Buchanan, chairman of the Stutsman
County State Organization Committee.
The letter in part says:
To get the state organized we have
decided to issue this call for the state
meeting to be held at jamestown on
Thursday, January goth, 1920, COM
mencing at 8 o'clock a. m. at the ar
mory. A goodly number Of represent
tative men from every county In the
state will be in attendance. We have
selected you because we know you.
We know you to possess the requisite
qualifications and are interested in
good government, and we want your
counsel and advice.
In these days, when the very per-
petuity of the constitution is at stake,
we feel that no good loyal American
citizen who loves his country and his
state should hesitate to devote the
time necessary to meet with his fell
lows for the purpose of seriously con-
sidering matter which are vital to
every citizen of the state.
AS was said by DR.. Shutter of Min
neapolis in recent address:
IF necessary let there be new
alignment of parties. Let every other
issue be dropped, and let there be a
square fight between Americanism and
Revolutionary Socialism an Ameri-
canism that would preserve our con-
stitution, our opportunities and our
institutions against these forces now
working secretly and openly to subvert
and destroy them. If the test must
come, let it come now! Let is come
before the rills and rivulets of trea
son have swelled into mighty hood
that may sweep away the foundations.
While patriotism stands on the con-
stitution, the Bolsheviki will not en-
gulf our civilization"
This is real fight for our state and
for it's future and for the future of
our children, and is fight for real
men. Are you with us? If so wire J.
E. McElroy, secretary, Jamestown,
N. D., that you will attend, and then
be dead sure to some.
There is no question but what the
motives of the men back of this move
n,ent are perfectly all right, but the
whole matter seems to us to simmer
dowr ~ the concrete fact that the
more of these Individual parties COM
posed of men with ambition is born
and put into the field, the more ccr-
tain is it that the league will win cut
again this year. That is the program
of the socialists-to get all the repub-
lican factions split into sections.
There is no need of another convention
CT this kind at this time and we feel
that the Independent, Voters Assocla-
ton is doing good work has fine
organization, better equipped than all
the others put together, and for good
ness sake why not wait to see what
the I. V. A. convention is going to do
next month before rushing in with a
lot of small conventions that are not
called for. Let the forces Of good
government unite under one common
head to put the state back in it's pro-
per place to thwart the forces of So
cialism and profigate spending of
the peoples money. Wait and see
what the outcome of the Grand Forks
convention will be and if it is salts
factory get behind it and push it I'M
der the wire.
Our editorial Of Tuesday touching
on jazz, moving pictures and dress
seems to have created quite sensa-
ton and comments on the same seem
to have been the chief topic of the
supper hour, many comments beng
favorable and of course some the 9TH
er way, which is to be expected. No
matter that appertains to the well
fare and morality of any community
can meet with the approval or sane
ton of all-because those who are
opposed to law and order and are in
favor of having things run wide open
without limit will not approve OF the
general tone of that editorial. We
should worry about that. We are
glad to have been able to stir up the
matter and get people to talk-when
they commence to take an interest IN
what is going on in the community it
speaks we'll for the future because the
mothers and fathers who have been
letting things drift along without a
thought as to what their boy or girl