The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-02-16

out in open advocacy OF free silver as
advocated by William Jennings Bryan
~ 1896. He maintains that Bryan
was right at that time only that ne
was just few years ahead OF the
times. Why resurrect that free Sill
ver corpse-it is too dead to SKIN.
Tho GUNNER case is drawing near
the end, The defense has been put
tinp on hand writing experts the past
two DAYS and we presume that Gum
mer and Brown will soon 60 on the
stand The defense will not have very
many witnesses. 1t is hardly posi-
BILE, however, that the case Will De
finished this week.
Gov. Nestos asked Mr.. Cahill, along
with George Totten to resign from
the board of administration. Replying
to the request Of the governor Can'll
cows he has done nothing to call Tor
his RESIGNATION and refuses to resign
This is very rude Of Mr.. Cahill to talk
hack to the governor that way. Gust
ter proceedings will now be used TO
prv the gentleman from his Joo'
When the propagandists in favor OF
oonco],at;on of the war debts tel
about the difficulty the debtors Will
have in paying. they are careful not
80 uention the vast acquisitions OF
territory in Africa which added to 1he
wealth Of Great Britain or the French
ACQUISITIONS in former German TERRI
torv We do not envy England VI
France their added territory but we
do think that this phase OF the WAT
settlements should be taken INTO con-
o;dor.a+;on bv those who want the w.
8 IN add s11 ,OOO,000,0Oo more 10 ,'s
contribution to the expense Oh 'ne
war.
Tho cost of private operation since
Federal control has been 81 per cen'
h;oher than under the Railroad Az
r,;r;stration", declared William G'
McAdoo in testifying before the Sen
otto investigating committee. lhae
statement is hardly liable to stand
+ho test of statistical fact. But even
assuming it to be true, it would no'
he surprising. When McAdoo grab,
he'd the roads they were in gooo
shape. When the Republicans COM
nel,ed their restoration to private con-
troll they were about all in. one ran
road man testified that as for a large
number of the freight cars returned
r. the owners, about all that remain
ed of them were the automatic coup
,ers There wasn't anything to cou-
nle, There had been practically no
ATTEMPT at renewals, repairs, and up
keeps. "The time has gone by to urge
retention of the railroads by the
Government, said Mr.. McAdoo. Yes'
and it has gone by six months after
the McAdoo administration OF them'
if it ever before existed. The McAdoo
mess is one which can not be stralgh1
end out for years to come and when
will smother the Wanting ambitions
of the nimble ex-Secretary OF the
Treasury to become the President OF
the United States. Once bitten, twice
shy.
The Tower City Topics is using up
a lot Of space in telling its readers
that the only man in the state who
should be a candidate for governor
and whom the people should elect is
our good friend, William LANCER.
The Times-Record, during the time
that William was the candidate OF
the 1. V. A. forces for governor, was
right with him during that campaign
and he failed of election. That ne
has done much good In helping re-
deem the state from state socialism
we admit and everybody will admit
who wants to be fair, but he has had
his fling at the governors chair and
lost out, that is the fortunes OF pol
itics. At this time, however, with
Gov. Nestos doing so we'll, and with
a probability that will still continue
to make good, why bring out any
candidate to oppose him at the COM
ing primary under these conditions
unless the governor is not DESTROYS
of again filing for nomination as gov
ernor. Surely when Mr.. Nestos went
out and made the fight for good gov
eminent and won, and then has made
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