The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-12

candidate from constable to United
States senator ever since we can re-
member and he has always fell by the
wayside. This has embittered his soul
and made him sour and now he cannot
see a bright ray Of sunshine anywhere
all is gloom and despair. Buck up,
old man, everything will come out ali
right, O'Connor will be elected United
States senator, Nestos will be reflect
eel governor and the world will jog
alon even under the great handicap of
Friend Hellstrom's displeasure along
with the other four decent democrats.
Much has been written about "the
house that Lemke built" and persons
who have not followed the political
situation in North Dakota may Won
der why that particular deal draws so
much attention. One of the chief rea-
sons for the publicity which it has
been given is the fact that it gives the
voter true indication of Lemke's
character In the first place Lenke,
as attorney general, was supposed to
know enough about law to be able to
give an opinion as to the meaning of
any law on the statute books. Yet he
openly and flagrantly violated the law
under which the home builders asso-
citation operated in. erecting a $4,000
home for himself when the law clearly
stated that the state should not lean
money on a home costing above
$1,000. After violating that law he at
tempted to explain the violation by
saying that the law permitted the
loaning of $4,000 by the state on a
home but that there was no limit to
the total cost Of the home which the
money could be loaned on. Evidently
he was not we'll enough equipped with
legal knowledge for his job. In ad-
dition to the violation Of the law Lem
Ike toured the state campaigning to
prevent the recall and in his speeches
repeatedly stated that the state did
not have over the $4,000 maximum
invested in his house at any time. The
iday before he left office he paid to
the state $9,371.55 as being the bal
'ance due on his house and thereby
conclusively proved that he land his
speakers, had been deceiving the tax
payers. In fact the records of the as
ISOLATION prove that only once between
June LIST and November 22nd, 1921
did Lemke owe the state less than
$4,000 on his home, and that was only
for a few days. On the amount ow-
ing to the state Lemke lied repeatedly
during the recall campaign regarding
the states interest in his home. The
average man feels that man who
lies to him once in an important mat
ter is not to be trusted in anything
Yet Lemke and his supporters can see
nothing wrong, or they profess not to
in Lemke's false statements when or
the platform seeking the support OF
the voters. If the fact that he lied ir
this matter recommends him to yor
as the man who should administer the
affairs of this state you should vote
for him but the average citizen feel:
that the man who handles the truth
so carelessly is not to be trusted II
matters Of any Importance. That i!
the reason "the house that Lemk,
, built" interests the voters so greatly
One of the Valley City papers i
, trying to buck the Nome Tribune 70
Official County Paper, and has hiret
an eN-League organizer to go on
among loyal Leaguers to proselyt
, for it. We don't believe true Leagu
. voters can be influenced to vote TO
a ''turn-coat" paper. 1t announced il
it's own columns that henceforth am
|, hereafter it would be I. V. A. Tha
9 alone ought to kill it. But if tina
o don't, buying a we'll known ex-league
y to trick his friends to support it, wi
; damn them blacke1' than ever. To on
+ way Of thinking there is nothin
q meaner than selling out to the enemy
+ It's. against our principles, and it
- against League principles. "We'
+ Stick, Well Win."-Nome Tribun,
O. We have no fault to find with thi
=, statement from the Nome Tribune e.
\ cepting that it might have had tn
', courage to state which particula
paper this was, but it did not do i
In justice to this paper we want t
o say that it is the Peoples Opinio
e who has done this most grievou
> thing that has stirred up our Nom
2, friend. And if the P. O. wants to d
IS it whose business is it? The Times
l. Record cannot be termed a turncos
j. because it has always faced the enc