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


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misrepresentation C. J. Olson during
his opening remarks to the audience
last night at the city hall, alluded to
the Times-Record editor as an "incu-
bator wherein all lies were hatched'
or words to that effect. We cheerfully
accent the impeachment and come
back by saying from the returns from
Barnes county good sized majority
of the people like the kind of so called
lies we hatch out. We plead guilty
to Matching lot of votes against Ol-
SON and his tribe But then Olson is a
great mamie says so himself.
Senator Tom Pendray, Of Stutslnan
county, attempted to explain his po-
sition on free love by saying that the
Jamestown public library is just across
the alley from the Methodist church
and that one Of Ellen Keys books YVES
found in the library. Mr.. Pendray is
also member of the Methodist church
we are told. He did not try to justify
his vote on the red flag bill or the bill
to take away the freedom Of the press,
perhaps he figured that was progress
sive legislation and in accord with the
desires and wishes of the present So
ciaiistic regime that he is linked up
with.
The results of last Tuesdays cleo
ton has been a matter of conjecture
for several days but this morning the
Courier News admits that "reaction-
ary" forces Of the state have carried
the election, carrying with it the ma
tional committeeman and all the dele
gates to the Chicago convention as
we'll as the presidential electors.
Gunder Olson has about $500 ma! or-
ity over the league Olson and what
few counties have not reported cannot
in any way change the result. The reg
ular democrats have also elected their
entire ticket by 2 to l vote. This
frank admission by the Fargo daily
should settle the matter as what you
seeein that paper is true-sometimes.
The Fargo Courier-News roasted
Secretary of State Tom Hall few
days ago because he did not open the
returns from the different precincts Of
the state and tell that paper just how
things went in the election. It claims
Tom was withholding the news from
that paper. There are 1907 precincts
in the state. Just imagine how many
clerks it would have taken to open
up all these election envelopes and
taken the returns from them and what
a time it would also take to do this.
Then again if the secretary of state
opened these election envelopes this
same paper would have come out and
claimed fraud and do doubt would have
said that Tom had fixed the returns
to suit himself. He took the safe
course and will let the canyassing
board do it, 1t is hard job for Tom
Hall, Carl Kositzky or Bill LANCER to
please the Courier-News people these
days.
Attorney General William LANCER
has finally announced himself as a
candidate for governor as progress
sive republican. He publishes his
platform which to our notion is one
that anybody can endorse. 1t stands
for everything the farmers of the
state want and it seems to us that If
he is the nominee Of the republican
party of this state or any other party
will draw many voters to his stand
ard. One of the best things in his
platform is the statement that he
stands for "the government of North
Dakota, by North Dakota men
and women This is strong
indication that William LANCER
has had enough carpet bag, non-tax
paying administration Of state affairs
by lot of long haired, brain tagged
socialists who cannot make living
any other way than by coming to
North Dakota and securing good
job with little work attached to it at
the expense Of the tax payers of North
Dakota-that is the situation today.
Woman suffrage is in sight and the
women of the country now have only
one yard to go as they say in foot
ball game. Washington day before
yesterday ratified the amendment
making the thirty fifth state to give
it's sanction for the women to have
the right of suffrage. Delaware can
now cinch the matter by passing the
amendment but that state seems to be
against suffrage and up to yesterday
it was doubtful if that state would
ratify. If it fails to do this unless
Connecticut or Vermont, the two
northern states that have not acted
on the amendment calls special ses-
sion and ratifes. then the women will
have to wait until the regular sessions
of the legislatures which will con-
vene next January. It seems mighty
poor judgment on the part of Della
ware when it could cast the deciding
vote and with the sentiment of the