The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-04

pointIl committee and when the train
pulled into Bismarck Bill LANCER and
Frank Packard escorted the Californi-
an to the Grand Pacific hotel, thus
thwarting the efforts Of tho leagucrs
to make him their candidate. When
he faced the large audience at the cap
ital city the first crack out Of the box
he told his big audience that he was
not socialist and that he did not be-
lievc in any of that socialist stuff. This
brought a roar Of approval from all
but the socialists scattered Throughout
the hall and they felt rather crestfall-
en-. Hiram johnson is mighty clean
cut citizen, he has Il lot Of courage and
good sense and whether you agree with
him or not on the league of nations
you must admit that he is a man who
is not afraid to tell his honest convic-
tons on these matters and at that he
has whole lot Of followers in the ma
ton. Senator johnson is strong
man and his tour Of North Dakota
cannot help but win friends.
The nonpartisan republican conven-
tion-the fourth conve ntion to be held
in Bismarck this winted was held this
week in the capital city with Will
liam Lemkc as the shining figure and
, leader Of the convention. This gath
cring represents so-called republican
outfit who deliberately swiped the re-
publican party some few years ago
and since that time has been masque-
rading under that title. The real re-
publicans of the state object to sail
ing under socialistic colors and revolt
cd reorganizing the full committee by
appointing men who are known to be
republicans The convention at Bis
marck yesterday endorsed Senator Hi
ram Johnson for the presidency,
. which is pretty tough on the senator
as we had Il mighty fine opinion of
Hiram. We have liked his stand on
the league Of nations and his fearless
attitude in letting the country know
his views. He is no pussyfooter and
is what is termed a fighter from the
keeps must have some impression on
,,eople and when he chooses to select
Lemke and that bunch as bedfellows
well enough said.
" G.. Taylor, of the LaMoure
Chronicle, who is spending the win
ter in California--we don't know
where he got the money--writes to
the Chronicle under the head Of Tay-
lorgrams about the flu in the follow
! ing vein:
BY the way. influenza is neither con-
tagious nor infectious. We pointed
this out in The Chronicle q year ago,
but some of you wouldn't believe it.
, Now we are confirmed by a no less i'm
reccablc authority than the journal of
the American Medical Association,
which says:
''Influenza and grippe are Sc
we're forms of cold, that are COM
mon every winter. When atn,os-
pheric conditions are favorable
! they sometimes assume epidemic
form They are not contagious
or infectious. When many get
seasick at the same time we do
not say they caught it from one
another"
This belated admission causes an
honest physician to observe that
Goods are now influenza, sore throat
is diptheria. chicken pox is small poX
all to increase the Importance and
revenue of the political doctors. 1t is
a sordid business. causing self-respect
ing members of the medical fraternity
to blush with shame that noble pro-
fession should be so degraded by med
ic2l n1ercenarics.
The Courier News today uses up a
lot of space in trying to tell its read
crs that they really do not know what
a kept press is. The c. N. is correct.
The people do not know just what an
immense machine the league kept
press is but it refrains from telling
it's readers about it. 1t goes out of it's
way to quote Upton Sinclair to show
that the press of the country is really
dominated by big business and that
its work is of sinister character. but
it loses sight of the fact that its fifty
three subsidized county newspapers
is the biggest machine Of big business
now in existence. 1t should quote
Walter w. Liegett. the prize fighting
eN-manager Of the league press bureau
rs to what is meant by a kept press.
linton Sinclair's exposition Of this end
of it fades into insignificance when
it comes down to real business. When
several hundred newspapers of long
standing can be disfranchised from
publishing legal notices in the state
all this pap converted by most via
ious law into the Golfers of these fifty
three subsidized newspapers, YOU do
not have to refer to Upton Sinclair,
lin, Sinclair or any other person to
define what is kept press With fif-
ty-three so-called kept editors dancing
up and down to the will Of the big
boss. shutting off the wind of severa!
hundred already established legal pa
pers in the state. the definition of big
business and kept press evidently has
not found place in the dictionary of
the Courier News or in the memoirs
Of one Upton Sinclair There is a
mighty fine chance for ". W. Liggett
to write book on how to corral big
business and get the money without
any outlay on the part Of the promot-
or. 1t would make interesting readinc
for coming generations if the truth
were told.