The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-05

raise in passenger rates as it will to
the raise in freight rates. The raise
in Pullman rates will only tend to
lessen the travel in those cars, yet we
notice that people pay the price for
any luxury they want no matter how
much it costs. s
If Senator A. J. Gronna allows him.
self to become an independent candi-
date for United States senator accord
ing to the resolution adopted by the
victory gathering at Spiritwood Lake
last Saturday afternoon, there will be
real fight between him and Ladd for
the toga. If Mr.. Gronna goes out and
makes as vigorous campaign as he
did speech at this meeting at Spirit
wood, and goes all over the state, he
is going to be a winner. The junior
senator has large following in North
Dakota and nothing but three cor
nered, foolish fight, beat him out of
determination in the June primaries.
With the lines being drawn politically
as at present it is far better to have
a man like Senator Gronna in the
senate than to have man like Ladd
there who is liable to do anything that
his socialist bosses tell him to do. Mr..
Gronna may have made some mis-
takes-the man does not live that has
not made them-but they are not so
serious as to turn him down for a man
like Laid who is willing to make the
mistake of swallowing socialism and
sovietism in preference to a real
standard of citizenship and statesman
ship for the paltry office Of United
States senator
Townley's plea for new trial in
Jackson county, Minnesota, has been
refused by Judge Dean. The league
president was convicted of disloyalty
some time ago and made application
for new trial and the trial judge has
Just denied the motion. In passing
upon the motion Judge Dean says:
He severely censured the attorneys
for Townley and Gilbert, who were
George Hoke, George Nordlin and
Thomas V. Sullivan, all of St. Paul.
Conduct of the defendants counsel is
characterized as uniformly insolent
and extremely obnoxious"
The Judge states his belief that
many of these "insults" were obvious
ly studied and pre-arranged for the
purpose of bringing about errors that
would overturn the case.
ut would require" Judge Deans
memorandum says, "a court of far
greater patience and more angelic
disposition than this court possesses
to have passed through the insults
and contemptuous conduct displayed
and persistently INDUCED in by some
of the attorneys for the defendant
with an unruffled temper and
tongue
Judge Dean further charges that
nonpartisan league newspapers which
had a representative in the courtroom,
published VICIOUS and untruthful state
ments in an attempt to discredit the
court, the jury and the trial.
Griggs and Steele counties CON-
prise one legislative district. The COM
mitteemen met at CooperstoWn re-
Gently to organize the counties accord
ing to law. When it came time to Of
fer resolutions S. H. Nelson, one Of
the old timers from Steele county, Of
fered a resolution endorsing Harding
and Coolidge, the national republican
nominees for president and vice-pres-
majority refused to accept the
resolution although they were
elected as republicans, and
they were elected as republicans, and
this caused a bolt, part of the COM
mitteemen going down town, reorgan-
izing and passing the resolution as
regular republicans just the same. The
nonpartisan league leaders are work
ing hand in hand with the labor radical
element as is shown by their activities
all over the country. And it would
seem as if this plan was being carried
ont in North Dakota. The following
telegram would Substantiate this
statement and also fastens the action
of the Griggs county folks in not en-
dorsing the national republican ticket
as being part of the league program:
Bismarck, N. D., July 29.-Organ-
izers of the nonpartisan league are
going to work for the third party in
national politics, known as the Farm
er-Labor party, according to word
received here.
Copies of Indianapolis, Ind, news
papers received here quote the chair
man of the Farmer-Labor party in
that state as saying that the league
will send rs organizers to Indiana to
work for the party. 49,. n
One newspaper also states that, A.
C. Townley and William Rodriguez of
Chicago, nominee of the Farmer-La-
Dor party in Illinois, were in Indian
apolis recently to confer with leaders
of the new party movement.
The indianapolis News, which print
ed this report, said:
"While leaders of the Farmer-La-
Dor movement in this state were ret
icent about the conference, it is un-
derstood that it took up the advisable
ity of having organizers for the nom