The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-19

these lines ne must expect to- get
some of this stuff handed back to him
and we suggest that Mr.. Mcdonald
send him copy of today's Times
Record in order to give him few
more thoughts to help make up a
speech. He said, speaking of the i'm
nense amount of money being ex-
pended for running the government
that more money was spent by the last
congress, which was a republican con-
gress. But he did not tell his hear
ers that the bills were signed by a
democratic president. If they were
excessive why did not the democratic
president veto the bills. He has We
toed every other piece Of republican
constructive legislation including the
peace resolution declaring war at an
end with Germany. He had the same
power with these bills. He did not
tell his hearers that.a republican con-
gress passed these immense expense
bills because he had to have this
money to pay democratic extravaganza
with. He did not tell his hearers that
we have the biggest joke in the way
Of postal service of any country in the
world and that he still retains that
shining example of misfit in his cabi-
net Postmaster Burleson. He did not
tell his hearers that the greatest graft
in the world: was in the aircraft d.
vision during the war under a demo-
cratic administration. He did not tell
them that thousands Of useless office
holders are still holding down swivel
chairs in Washington at big salaries
unnecessary. He did say that they
did not want to go back to the dollar
day wage-neither does the repub-
lican party-or any. other party-but
we do not want to 20 back to the
empty dinner pail either, he might
have added. He pledged that if the
democratic candidates were elected a
saving of two billion dollars a year
would be saved to the people. That
much, should be saved as natural re-
suit Of the cessation of the war The
democratic party is reaping the bene-
fit of war taxes on about everything
we wear and eat and it should reduce
something. He promised lowering
of the high cost of living. The demo-
cratic attorney general Mr.. Palmer.
has promised that for. the past three
years, but it has not come yet by any
process put into effect by the demo-
cratic party. You all remember that
four years ago the democrats prom
ised that if Mr.. Wilson was elected
"'he would keep us out of war" You
also know how he got us into war but
has kept US out of peace. Mr.. Roose-
welt evidently forgot about these
things or else the editorial of the
Times Record had worked on him so
much that he was too frustrated to re-
member them. Really Mr.. Roosevelt
is fine fellow. and has wonderfully
genial and taking way, and in addi-
tion to that has made a fine public
official at Washington. We are indeed
glad he has visited Valley City. He
has bolstered up democratic hopes and
materially helped the candidacy of
Mr.. Harding. We hope they will con-
tinue him on the stump. But there's
"a long, long trail awinding," before
he gets Cox into the White House, and
standing in the middle Of the path
blocking further progress of the demo-
cratic candidate looms a figure Of
benign countenance holding in his
hands lease of the national home
stead good for four years, signed by
the American people and made out in
the name Of Warren G. Harding.