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

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EDITORIAL
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Townley and Ponzi. Their names
don't sound very much alike but their
tactics in getting money resemble
each other.
The Volstead act was one of the
great pieces of constructive legisla-
ton passed by congress but it seems
to have been absolutely overlooked by
Friend Roosevelt in his speech yes
terday.
Franklin Roosevelt said he wanted
the high cost of living reduced. linen
follows the statement up by declaring
in favor of increased wages for every
body in the United States. And still
some of the local wise ones say that ne
is logical.
Mr.. Roosevelt, democratic nominee
for vice president, speaking here Mon
day afternoon declared against the
high cost of living. It was upon this
cry Woodrow Wilson was elected
eight years ago. What has he done
to reduce it? Will the people be fool
ed a second time?
Franklin D. Roosevelt takes great
deal of pride in saying that he is a
progressive democrat and also that ne
is cousin of the late Theodore Roose-
Welt, who was the greatest progress
sive this country has known up to this
time. Wonder if Franklin ever voted
for Theodore Roosevelt-or whether
he is one of these progressives in
name only.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said in one of
his high spots Monday: eve do not
want a syndicated presidency allud-
ing to Mr.. Harding's nomination by
what he terms bunch of United
States senator's. No, evidently not.
Mr.. Roosevelt would rather have a
regularly Tammany branded presi-
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ocratic policies.
The Times-Record editor feels
grateful for the splendid publicity he
received Monday at the hands of a
national candidate. It is seldom that
a small newspaper like this gets to
be made a national issue and shows
that the democratic party not hav-
ing a slogan "he kept US out of war"
to spring on the people this campaign,
must find something to talk about
hence we were the subject.
Editor Carey, of the Courier-News,
has given up that strenuous job and
will be succeeded by Mr.. McClintock,
who some time ago was editor of this
remarkable paper. 1t is some siren
uous job editing the Courier-News
these days. So many of the main guys
of the league are falling from grace
that it drives these editors crazy try
ing to provide alibis for them-and
then they do not succeed very we'll at
that.
The republican party is somewhat
handicapped by the democratic party
this campaign. On account of the war
there are miscellaneous assortment
of hammers left over from the black
smith shops used during the war so
that they have become part of the
present national administra ton. These
hammers can be used by democratic
spell binders now at nominal cost
whereas it would cost the republicans
considerable to provide spell binders
with hammers.
The democrats may have kept US
out of war as they alleged last cam
paign but we have our doubts about
that just at this time, but we are sure
they have kept US out of peace, but we
feel very confident that they cannot
keep Harding out of the White House
after the fourth of next March if he is
living at that time. Peace, progress
and prosperity is a mighty catchy slo-
gan for the democrats, but what they
really mean is bunk, buster and bull
medicines.
1t would pay the republican COM
ullLLce " hire MT. ILOOScVelL W COLI
tinue on the stump to insure Senator
Harding's election. The more he
talks-if he continues along the same
lines as he~did at Valley City-the
more votes he will make for Mr.. Hard
ing. If Gov. Cox is doing the same
stunt for the love Of Mike get him
out in the west as quickly as possible
and every state that went for Wilson
four years ago will give Harding big
majorities next November.
The sixteen column wrie-upt of let
ters and correspondence between Gov.
Frazier and Mr.. Brinton published
some few days ago has not resulted as
the c. N. predicted-in fact it has
proved to be regular boomerang and
will cost the Frazier ticket a lot of
votes. The C. N. is now mighty sorry
it published this dope because it has
only convinced the public that all the
time it has been claiming to carry the
truth to the people it has been carry
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