The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-10

span of life will be filled with prosper
ity, blessings and good cheer, for no
matter what mistakes he may have
made, they are doubtless mistakes
made by conviction as his viewpoint
called for, yet he has had a strenuous
time and has given the people the best
he had in him. To the incoming exc
cutive the eyes of this country as we'll
of the whole world will be turned and
his work will be watched with great
interest by all. Mr.. Harding will have
taken upon himself a mans sized job
but his pre-of1ice taking attitude has
been one of good Judgment, federation
and care, and if he follows this up dur
ing his term of Office and gets the
support he should get from the very
excellent cabinet he has formed, our
new president should make a good re-
cord. 1t will take time and skillful
manipulation of governmental affairs
to make the changes that the people
demand but we believe Mr.. Harding
will be equal to the task.
There has been much discussion pro
and con recently as to the effects of
a probable recall of the state officials
and many varied opinions can be Sc
cured if you listen for few minutes
where group of men congregate to
discuss matters of Importance to both
state and nation, and many knotty
problem, that cannot be settled salts
factorily by the best statesmen Of the
country at Washington are very often
settled-in the minds of our political
wiseacres-at the street corner or in
some Office where time amounts to
nothing at this time of the year. But
to 60 back to the great all outstanding
question of the hour, the recall. The
opinion seems to prevail largely that
the recall should not be held now
but that if it is held the only proper
way to do would be to recall the en-
tire state ticket and the legislature
and state the whole machinery of the
state with a clean set of officials from
top to bottom. This idea is what a
lot of men think is the most feasible
who are opposed to signing recall pc
titions at this time. They are willing
to sign up if the entire bunch is re-
called. There is sound judgment in
this. Many of the present state Off
Gals who have not done any particular
damage by their being in office have
been mixed up in these political bat
ties and it is thought that they, too,
should be recalled and thus give the
whole people Of the state q say by
their votes whether or not they want
them retained in Office. If they have
been weighed in the balance and found
worthy the people will re-elect them to
the office and if they have been found
wanting they will be dropped by the
wayside. This seems to US to be fair
way of the mess. Let US get togeth-
and nominate a clean set of men
men who have recognized ability as
business men and less ability as po-
liticians, to run this state. The woods
are full of worthy men, competent
men. who can fill any Office in the gift
of the people with credit to them
selves and to the people. We want
no hand picked convention of fav-
ored few to place on a recall ticket.
In this case let it be matter of the
Office seeking the man instead OF the
man seeking the office. The state Ger
tainly is in dire straits at this time
for safe and sane government and IT
will only be when we get men at the
helm who will conduct such a govern
ment that business and credit will be
restored and this turmoil cease. We
care not what the politics of the men
who go on this ticket of the people,
but we want government elected to
reign at Bismarck that will be of the
people, by the people, and for the
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