The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26

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Have the league leaders sent Wat
ers that $1,000? The Brinton- Waters
controversy has so suddenly dropped
from the public eye so far as the
Courier-News is concerned. All you
have to do to keep some of these great
reformers quiet is to grease the palm
substantially from time to time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt told the peo-
ple assembled at the Valley City park
that he was opposed to front porch
campaign. No wonder! If Candidate
Cox were to inaugurate such a cam
paign it would focus the attention OF
the nation on his palatial home, worth
millions. Then what would become OF
Cox's prating about Big Business
According to the dispatches this
morning the fight for reconsideration
of the woman suffrage amendment re-
Gently passed by the Tennessee legis-
lature is going to be a bitter one and
will probably come up today. Charges
of bribery are rife on both sides by
the sufRragists and the ants. It
hardly seems probable that Tennessee
will reverse itself but you can never
tell. The result today will be watch
ed with great interest all over the ma
ton.
Down at Hankinson nonpartisans
unanimously ndorsed Congressman
Baer to run as an independent candi-
date for congress. Baer lost out by
$500 votes in the primaries being de-
feated by O. B. Burtness, of Grand
Forks. If Congressman Baer is a
wise man he will consider that the
hand writing on the wall on June 80
was conclusive enough and will de-
eide to retire gracefully. If he runs as
an independent candidate he will get
licked a whole lot harder in the No.
vember election. The people of his
district have tried him out and have
found him wanting.
MI. 1ChcS, VI AAAAlO1o, WIN "oo OAS
of the delegates to the national repub-
lican convention, says he will not sup
port Mr.. Harding because he was not
the choice of the party and that he will
support Mr.. Cox. The republican
party can afford to lose men like Ickes.
We would like to ask that gentleman
if he thinks his attitude is consistent.
Mr.. Cox is not the choice of the re-
publican party, either, neither is Mr..
Cox the choice of the real democratic
party. Like many other men Mr..
1ckes is letting his thirst govern his
political views instead of the real
needs of the nation. 1t is another case
Of stomach versus principle.
The Courier-News editorially says
Saturday, speaking Of the Roose-
welt speech: "The tenor of his speech
may best be understood when remarks
made by Frank Ployhar and Capt.
Henry, who were present at Roose-
velt's speech, are quoted. They were
overheard to say, one to the other:
us that that damned Bolshevist Town
ley talking" All of which is mighty
interesting only Capt. Henry tells US
this morning that he was not in the
park at the time of Mr.. Roosevelt
speech and therefore did not make the
remark attributed to him. Anyway
this is another fair example of how
the Courier-News is carrying the
truth to the people.
K.
Candidate Cox is already pounding
his little hammer and in his talk rails
because he says the republican party
has a campaign fund of SIS, zoo, 00O
which of course is only guess work
on his part. He should not be 50
querulous and childish. The big brew.
ers will furnish him $50, 600, 900 if he
wants it to boost his campaign, and
besides, he is multi-millionaire him.
self and doesn't need any fnancia
help for his campaign. If Mr.. Cox is
elected he will be the first millionaire
president for many years. Mckinley
Taft, Wilson and Roosevelt were com
paratively poor men as wealth goes
Mr.. Cox is starting along the wrong
lines when he rants about the repub
ican campaign fund.
A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert
convicted of disloyalty and who were
recently denied new trial. have tax.
en- these cases to the supreme court
Of Minnesota. Exactly 1879 errors
(they should have made 1907 were
cited n the appeal document, alleging
prejudice, unfairness, by the presiding
justice, denial by Judge Dean Of
Townley's right to address the jury
his own behalf after he had dis.
missed his attorneys, and refusal BY
Judge Dean Of evidence to impeach the
states star witness, against whom the
defendants had what was held to b<
conclusive proof Of false statements
on the witness stand. One Of the prin.
cipal errors cited in the appeal pa.
pers is the exclusion by Judge Dear
Of all evidence to prove the loyalty 0,
Townley and Gilbert.
$50
81. r. 8. Diesem, who has been loca
editor and manager Of the LaMour.
Chronicle and has been largely instru