The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-10

ed for comment on the recall election.
Such was the statement yesterday OF
our senior senator. He says he is still
for Andrew Miller for federal judge:
which shows that he is indeed a
mighty stubborn man and that he is
going to stick by the Mckenzie ma
chine to the end. If Porter J. only
knew it he would know at a glance
that the election last Friday dropped
a monkey wrench into the McCumber-
Mckenzie machine and that next year
it is liable to put crimp into his SEN
atorial aspirations. If he continues
to disregard the wishes Of the people
at home by forcing Miller on the state
he must remember that the people have
right to retaliate at the polls next
June-and they will.
County Treasurer Fisher, who did
all he could and all he dared to sink
our public money in the Bank (Bunk)
of North Dagota, will not fail to no.
tice that the largest majority in favor
of the nine initiated laws in this coun-
ty was given to the bill providing for
the conversion of the purely political
bank which we now have at Bismarck
into rural credits institution; that
the second largest majority was IN
favor of the bill re-designating our
local banks as public repositories in
stead of his pet institution at Bis
marck; and that the third largest ma
jority was in favor of the bill which
provides that the Bank of North Da-
kota should be dissolved and liquidat-
ed. All three carried by substantial
majorities in this county, contrary to
the wish and advice of our
treasurer and other members of his
family. We know when we have had
enough of socialists in public office
and of socialist institutions and laws.
Barnes county people feel that Barnes
tax money belongs in Barnes county
and that it should not be sent to Bis
marck for Frazier, Lemke, and Hagan
to squander.
A. A. Liederbach was up in Dunn
county few days ago and while there
got together bunch of score or so
men and women friends of his who are
rabid nonpartisians, and got them to
pass resolutions asking him to go back
to Fargo and to go ahead and get an
injunction restraining the officials who
have been elected from taking their
offices. Mr.. Liederbach has bad
habit of taking himself too seriously.
He has an exalted opinion OF himself
to the effect that he is the whole
cheese in the nonpartisan movement
and is rather inclined to let Mr.. Town
lev pass away his time in Jail and Mr..
Lemke sit on that fine porch OF his
built by state money, to soliloqulze
on about what happened to his polltl-
cal machine. You know when N. c..
Macdonald was beaten he resorted to
the court and only after going through
the supreme court couple of times
did he turn over his office. This
should be a warning to Aaron that
even though the supreme court is non
partisan in makeup it is still fair
enough to give the right kind OF de-
cision in cases Of this kind. Better
let we'll enough alone and take your
medicine.
The railroad companies are doing
lot of talking about freight reduction
but most of the talk is on the side of
wage reduction instead of freight re-
duction. What the country would
like to see-especially the farmers and
business men who have to pay the
freight-is a real honest to God re-
duction of freight charges and less
hot air. Those big railroad magnates
do not seem to grasp the idea that this
reduction so far is all one sided. The
laboring man is willing to take his
medicine if the railroads will give the
public the benefit of that cut. But up
to this time the public seems to be
holding the sack. There will never be
very settled condition of things un-
less the railroads keep faith and that
they have not done up to this time. We
read in many newspapers that the
railroads have reduced freight rates
20 per cent here and 20 per cent there
but if they have it has not been no
ticeable in any Of the freight bills we
have paid recently. We seem to be
paying the same old top notch prices.
We would like to have the big mag
mates give US a real concrete example
of keeping faith by having them re-
duce the rates in real earnest instead
of spending lot Of money with at
torneys trying to stave it off.
Senator Watson, the fire eating
democratic senator from Georgia has
been making himself prominent in the
limelight recently in the senate by
vigorously vociferating that many
United States soldier boys were hang
ed in France without due trial "just
like dogs" said the Georgia senator.
The matter has been before the senate
for couple of days and finally reso-
l,1tion has heen nassed to have the