The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-02-05

date the farmers will all be busy and
the attendance will be cut down. What
we want is representative conven.
ton from all over the state and pres
ent indications point to large at
, tendance. The main question with us
however, is none of these reasons
so much as it is necessary to nominate
ticket as soon as. possible in order
to head the procession and compel 9th
ers to follow. The state is being d.
vided up into political companies in
stead Of uniting under one common
banner for the good of all. The l. V.
AS represent the most people of in
dependent thought and action and has
a we'll organized body to govern and
work by. If strong, representative
ticket is nominated at Grand Forks 1t
will compel the others to follow the
lead of that convention and the 9th
ers will have no valid reason for ex-
listing at all. The I. V. A. organiza-
ton has the power and the machinery
to 20 ahead and it has the opportun-
ity seldom afforded political party
in this state to nominate ticket that
will and must appeal to all right
thinking and earnest voters OF the
state who desire to see North Dako-
ia redeemed from socialism and mis-
management and extravaganza. Let
the l. V. AS point the way and if
that convention does what it ought
to do in nominating state ticket the
others will be compelled to follow
there is no valid reason why the NOM
nations should be delayed so that
the other new born organizations will
get ahead of it to create a split and
confusion. Now is the time and
Grand Forks is the place for all in
dependents to get together on one
common ground to build ticket and
write a platform that will meet with
the approval Of majority OF voters
Of this state.
The so-called republican convention
at Bismarck met and has sounded the
kew note, now what are we going to
do about it? Nosmatter how tiowery
the keynote speech was or how much
the platform contains Of those things
that 20 to make up great party, the
fact still remains that that convention
at Bismarck was put over and doml-
mated by a bunch of men that are
persona non grata with the real re-
publicans of the state and with those
who are fighting Townleyism. They
may stand up and tell that they have
nothing to do with Alex. Mackenzie
and Townley yet the bald faced facts
are that these men and their followers
formed a large part Of that convention
at Bismarck. We have no real repub-
lican party in this state at this time,
because the nonpartisan league COM
mitted grand larceny several years
ago and deliberately stole it from US.
There are some good republicans lett
in the state and we believe that the
convention to be called at Bismarck
the 18th of February in which each
county is given a certain representa-
ton, will come nearer the mark IN
uniting the forces if the convention is
wisely operated and dominated. North
Dakota politics are in bad shape and
need adjusting delicately and square;
ly. We are still of the opinion that AZ
the forces of good government should
contrive to get together on one cont
mon ground to formulate
plans and select candidates
who will represent the peo-
pie at large in preference to any clique
or faction. Barnes county should elect
a delegation on February 10 to attend
the Bismarck convention. We have
been assigned fifteen delegates from
this county and the caucus is called for
the tenth of next month at the court
house. Republicans Of the county
should bear this caucus in mind and be
present to take part in that caucus.
-BCY w. S. S.