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

AS an example of nonpartlsan ad-
ministration it will be remembe, red
that. when about to change the state
tax laws. during the 1919 Legislative
session, the advice of the various
county auditors and county treasurers
was not deemed necessary. Instead
we found the administration depend
ing on the advice and Judgment Of a
Mr.. Roylance. supposedly tax eX-
pert but actually tax theorlst. HIS
theories, as most theories do, appear
ed very nice on paper but the practl-
cal workings Of these theories resulted
in our present tax muddle.
Oklahoma has ratified the woman
suffrage amendment and West Virgin
ia probably fall in line Friday. Ok
lahoma was the thirtythird state to
ratify and only three more are need
ed. Now if the governors of the re-
naming states will call special ses-
sions and take action this job Will be
cleaned up. They might as we'll Go 1t
now and give the women the ballot at
the coming election AS to fool around
and try to stave it Gifts bound to
come, SO why not now.
Attorney General William Lam
ger has recently returned from trl-
umphal tour in the western part Of the
state and has met with signal success
everywhere he has spoken-and he
has had immense crowds everywhere.
In this connection the Times Record
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is the logical candidate for governor
and hopes to see him nominated by
the fusion forces little later. He is
one man feared BY the opposition and
he is the one man who can lead the
fusion forces to victory in the state.
We are again making this declaration
of fealty to Mr.. LANCER to ease the
mind Of Bro. Strieb who has been
threatened with a collapse from worry
over what he terms is our lukewarnl
attitude towards the attorney gen
erals candidacy.
Hiram Johnson. who is touring the
state in the interests of his candidacy
for president. says he is not nom
partisan Lacquer and does not want to
be classed in that company. He says
he is here to get republican votes We
thought Hiram was too big a man to
be tied to the Townley kite. We con-
slider Mr.. Johnson one Of the best cam
didates now before the people for their
suffrage. and should he be the lucky
man next June it would give us de-
light to do our durndest to help put
him over
The university muddle has finally
been settled by the board Of admins
tration coming to its senses and lssu-
ing a statement to the public that
President Kane would be allowed to
retain his position as president Of that
institution 1t took a lot Of work on
the part Of the student body and the
citizens generally of the state to con-
vince that body that the sooner they
cut out that rough stuff with the heads
of our puplic institutions the better
it would be for the administration,
which has gotten itself in bad enough
goodness knows. There has been
nothing but turmoil and trouble in
the state ever since the present board
took charge and the whole people are
getting mighty tired of it.
The political situation in Barnes
county so far as newspapers are con-
cerned. is mighty amusing. We have
a board Of county commissioners that
are all right men in every par
ticuiar-a majority Of the board being
nonpartisan and responsible for the
acts of the board. The nonpartisan
papers of the county, noticeably the
Peoples Opinion. says that the COM
missioners are responsible for the
high taxes. The Times Record-which
has been called everything from Dan
to Beersheba and back again, and then
some. as representing big business,
has defended the commissioners be-
cause it has been conclusively shown
that they are not responsible for the
high taxes but the state board is the
place to put the blame. The funny
part of the whole matter is that the
president of the paper across the
street is one of the county commits
sioners and he can't even get square
deal from his own paper but has to
rely on the Times-Record to place him
rightly before the people of this coun-
~. IL tHe COIlluliSSlOIlSIS are " Uld1AS
why doesn't the Peoples Opinion go
after the officials, and if they are not
to blame why doesn't this paper at least
come out and say that the county COM
missioners are not to blame. We have |
absolutely shown that the commits |
sioners are not to blame and it gives |
us pleasure to say so in justice to the I
board. AS it is a nonpartisan board !
we cannot be accused of representing !
big business, can we? After all the
farmers board of county commission
ers have to come to the old pioneer
Times Record to get square deal.
Senator Hiram Johnson slipped one
over Lemke while at Bismarck. Lemke
and his assocites thought they could
annex the senator to the league kite
and taking an automobile he and sew
eral others drove to station the 9TH
sr side Of Bismarck to meet the sena-
;or and to say that they were the re-
:eption committee appointed to vel
.ome him at Bismarck and that they
Rnd engaged rooms for him at the