The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-31
who committed the massacre be severe
ly punished.

promote the cause of protection to
American Industries: "Several barrels
Of transformation have been written to
account for the defeat of Senator Nc
Cumber, The truth is simple. The
State of North Dakota, after years of
eccentric experiment, had made up its
mind to rid itself of the domination of
the Non-partisan League, and the
Senator did not align himself defn-
itely with the Independent Voters AS
ISOLATION, which had undertaken that
much desired task. The issues were
purely local, and had no more relation
to the tariff, the soldier bonus or the
ship subsidy bill than they had to do
with the Einstein theory. Moreover,
Senator McCumber could not, without
neglecting his plain duty to his coun-
try, quit his place in the Senate to
look after his own interests, and he
stuck to his post and let himself be
shot down. It was one of the bravest
things public man ever did, and he
stands higher in the senate today than
he ever stood before. Senator Nc
Cumber bore himself like a gentle
man when defeat came, uttering no
criticisms or reproaches, and he has
patiently and ably continued in his
long fight for the tariff bill without
making a whimper. In brieA State
ment, expressing chiefly his gratitude
to his lieutenants he referred to his
defeat and then turned back to the
great task he had in hand. From the
Washington point Of view the defeat
of Mr.. McCumber in North Dakota
was one of the most ungrateful per-
formances that ever has disgraced po-
litical history. He was man who
served his state with conspicuous de-
votion, even in the tariff bill which
bears his name, securing for her ben
efts such as never have been granted
by Congress before, and keeping stead
lily on his course, without rancor or
complaint, at the sacrifice Of his polit-
ical life. Senator McCumber in de-
feat has much greater reason to be
proud of himself than have the voters
who dispensed with his service. They
could retire him, but they could not
fill his place."
The Courier-News is making an aw-
full fuss about the I. V. AS not sup
porting Frazier in the coming election.
The paper says it is no use kidding
themselves in the belief that they; i'll
do any such thing and it is right. lily
the same token the /. V. AS need not
kid themselves into the belief that the
nonpartisans will support any of the
candidates nominated in lure that do
not line up politically witt, them. They
will go to the polls and knife every
candidate who is not in accord with
their political policies and the Courier
News knows it. Even if til: independ-
ents agreed to support Frazier that
same bunch of political rcnegades
would go to the polls and stick the
knife into the back of every person on
the ticket who was nominated against
the wishes of the league leaders, and
they know it very we'll. All this
bluff on the part of the Fargo rlcrn-
ing distress does not throw any dust
into the eyes of those we'll informed
along political lines. While the en-.
is accusing the independents Of bad
faith in regard to Frazier, the cream
ticket artists sending in contributions
to sustain the Courier News, have
been holding political meetings 70 put
another ticket in the field this fall
against Nestos. There is no use beat
ing" about the bush, we might as well
come out in the open. No self respect
ing independent voter is going to the
polls to vote for a man who has 50
utterly failed to show any ability to
represent the people of the state
either as governor or United STATES
senator and you cannot expect them to
fal! for it. On the other hand we know
very we'll that the Independents, if
they can get anyone to run against
them, will get no thought from the
bunch kicking about not supporting
Frazier. They are great kickers when
their own foot is pinched, but they
have very bad habit of overlooking
the beam that is in their own eye.
There can be no unity of action with
the voters of North Dakota until ev-
cry one of those responsible for the
condition of the state under the late
regime have been relegated to private
life.
It might be of interest to our read
ers to know that when the constitu-
ton of North Dakota was framed a e.
made the constitutional convention