The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-27

and all those who had any court deal
ilgs we're impressed by his fairness
and ability The league leader are
rot looking for that kind of judicial
material.
The following extract from the Peo-
piles Opinion is absolutely wrong:
Speaking of the Fingal celebration
Woud-be Editor Strieb says: "A ball
game was started up between Lucca
and Finga!, the boys wishing to fin
ish before dark. The players shout
ed "play ball. The l. V. A. organ of
valley City kindly refers to those who
shouted as hoodlums inferring that
the nonpa1tisan politicians had fin
ger in it. which is lie." The Times
Record editor has refrained from say
ing anything about this but seeing
that Strieb has mentioned it we are
going to tell him this. We referred
to no nonpartisan politicians in our
statement. We referred absolutely
to him as one of them. He tried to
interrupt Mr.. Birchenough while he
was speaking and he had a hand in
starting up the noise trying to STAN
pede the crowd. He is one of the
hoodlums and he ought to be thor
oughly ashamed of himself. We have
several good witnesses to prove our
statement. If he will take our candid
opinion of him as being worth any
thing we will say to him that he is a
disgrace to the newspaper profession.
At the time the speaker was talking
he had only talked about 40 minutes
and they had delayed the speaking
on account of the first ball game
which had taken up the greater part
Of the afternoon. There was ample
time to play the second game before
dark as all the speakers were through
about 5:45. It was a deliberate and
nren1editated attempt to break up the
meeting and Streib had a hand in
doing it.
The Leavenworth Washington
Echo, weekly paper published at
Leavenworth, Washington, carries the
following warning to its readers re-
garding the non2artisan league:
The fight against the encroach-
ments Of the so-called nonpartisan
league is one that arouses all the
energies of the publishers of The
Echo. We come from North Dakota,
the birthplace and roost of the foul
sponsors of this would-be defiler Of
American homes and institutions. We
know first hand that this organization
known to America since the days Of
slavery; that its main argument is
to set class against class--array
farmer against all others; that it has
trebled taxation on farm lands; that it
has given the rottenest political ad
minstration ever known in that state;
and that farmers have been despoiled
of untold thousands Of dollars thru
subsidiary schemes. We know first
hand that there has been no legisla-
ton which has brought about relief
that there has been no relief from the
complaints, real or imaginary, set up
as an excuse for the organization of
the league. We know that the state
owns no grain elevators, hence no
method Of handling the farmers grain
for his betterment. We admit that
the state has one small -four mill, cap
able perhaps Of grinding flour enough
for one small county, but the product
Of this mill is sold at prices higher
than -four can be purchased at any
other mill in the state, and still the
mill is run at loss. We know first
hand that there has been absolutely
40 general benefit to the state or it's
people from or through the nonpar-
tisan league. But on the other hand,
its damage to the state may be meas
ured in millions of dollars.
Knowing these truths, we say: Be-
ware Of the so-called nonpartisan
league Let the state of Washington
avoid making the colossal mistake
made by North Dakota.
P. y. Norton. who several days ago
announced that he would be a candi-
date for the United States senator
ship, advises the Tines-Record editor
that after due deliberation and the
fact that Col. Frank White of this
city is d candidate, he will not now
continue as candidate but will with
draw in favor Of the colonel. Mr.
Norton is a very high minded citizen
who has nothing more in view than to
give the best service he possibly can
to the people of the state. He was
for several years congressman
from the third congressional district
of this state. and made splendid re-
cord. 1t was not out of the way at
al for him to have aspirations, to be-
come senator, he would have made a
good one. He has a fine war record,
so far as he could have, supporting
the government along all lines in true
American spirit. In speaking to US
about the matter he frankly admits
that Col. Frank White has a war
record Of which he can Justly be proud
and that if there is anybody in the
state who is worthy of the honor it is
the same Col. White. Mr.. Norton
certainly shows real spirit of true
citizenship when he sacrifices his own
ambitions in this manner. Every man
has right to make race for any
office he feels like going after, and
had Mr.. Norton remained in the race
he would have received large follow
ing all over the state. His with
d1awal simplifies the situation very
much. 1t will leave clean cut issue
between a. J. Gronna and Mr.. White