The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-10
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Nobody will regret that some of the
members of President Wilson's cabi-
net have taken their chairs away with
them. The less there is left to remind
us of the past eight years, the better.
Running true to form. President
Wilson vetoed the Fordney emer-
pency tariff bill, which was designed
to give relief to the farmers of the
northwest states. We would like to
have seen Mr.. Wilson retire from Of
flee today without having to veto this
bill but it seems he could not get
away from that formed habit he has
acquired of vetoing about everything
that is of Importance to the country.
The new administration will now have
to put in lot of hard work and time
ironing and passing new tarln Dill.
Those in charge of the recall cleo
ton for which petitions are being cir
culated, are taking steps, we think
that at this time is i'll advised. There
is no question about the state needing
change of officials, but the present
officials have done almost all the dam
age that can possibly be done and If
we hold this recall and should win out
all we will have gained is an heritage
of "busted" state, dirty, filthy mess
of political rottenness and no chance
to do a thing for long time. Would
it not be better plan to wait until
later and let the present outfit COM
plete their work of putting the state
on the rocks? If we should lose out
in this recall election we would be left
hiph and dry on the beach of public
disapproval and would be in worse
shape than we were before. 1t should
he borne in mind that the few poll
ticians who are so keen to thrust this
recall election on the people at this
time are the very men who have at
all times been responsible for the bit
ter feeling against the independent
forces, There is dire need for
change, there is no question about
that. but the point is, do the people
want such a thing 1T this time when
money for one thing is scare article
and then for another thing it is the
worst kind of folly to force this recall
election at this time when all the indie
pendent forces have to do is to sit
tight and let the Townley crowd hang
themselves.
The Fargo Courler-News goes out
of it's way this morning to publish
little more nonpartisan propaganda
this time trying to tell what Senator
Ladd and Representative Sinclair are
doing in Washington. In long edl-
torial it glowingly tells how these two
worthless are getting busy seeing to
the distribution of the seed loan funds
appropriated by congress. Under
Washington date line of March 8, ap
pears this news item: Secretary
Wallace, after consultation with Con-
gresham George NJ. Young of North
Dakota, and Riddick, Of Montana, has
decided to divide the seed loan fund
equally between North Dakota and
Montana, with disbursing Office at
Bismarck" This read little differ
ent than the editorial in the Courier
News. Congressman Young is the fell
low who has been doing things at
Washington and he should be given
credit for so doing. The Fargo league
organ refuses at all times to recog-
nize the good work of the congressman
from the second district but this does
not worry our congressman-hei is on
the Job every day while congress is in
session and when it is not in session
and the writer knows from personal
observation that George NJ. Young not
only has pile of work to look after
from his own district but his mail is
flooded from people of other districts
%ho cf,.i1f
was ably looked after from Fargo in
stead of Washington by ex-Congress-
man John NJ. Baer. who did not really
know the run to his own private Of
flee in the congressional office building
at Washington because he did not go
there often enough the past six
months to get acquainted with the
pathway to the same. The Courier
News should once in while carry the
truth to the people and give credit
where credit is due. We have no de-
sire to belittle the efforts Of Messrs
Laid or Sinclair or anybody else who
are trying to do something worth
while, but we hate to see such bald
faced deception being practiced on the
people of the state in this particular
matter.
STATE SUBSIDIZED PRESS
If the Bank of North Dakota is 60
ing after individual deposits, I'M
doubtedly newspaper advertising is as
good a way to get them as any, but
surely it is questionable taste, to say
the least of it. for Mr.. Lemke as one
of the three directors of the bank to
spend the states money in full page
advertisements in his own newspapers.
Of course the mere fact that it is
forbidden by law is of minor consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Hagan has used public
money while member Of the indus
trial commission. to build himself a
house and to make himself a loan on