The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-22


votes away from Nestos and conse-
quently they are doing all they can
to throw votes which the league can
not get to Stegner. Indications are
that Stegner is the best Lacquer in
the state at this time and is doing
more than any other person to effect
the nomination of Baker.
The league press is putting up a
fearful howl about some pardons re-
gently granted by the pardon board.
We admit that in our opinion it was
wrong but it. does not profit the lea
guers any to throw bricks. The indie
pendent says: While on the subject
of pardons let US look at the record
made by the League administration.
The Nestos administration has been
in power six months and in that time
nine pardons have been granted; two
of them for the purpose of restoring
citizenship. In 1919 the League adj
ministration granted twenty-five par
dons; in 1920 fifty-nine pardons, and
in 1921 fifty-one pardons. The crimes
charged against these prisoners in
Guided murder, laceny, burglary, man.
slaughter, forgery, rape, adultery,
Bookkeeping and several other offens-
es. Still the League papers offered
no word of criticism. The present
state administration is more than will
ing to make comparisons-either with
Governor Frazier or Judge Miller -
with reference to law enforcement
and pardons.
Senator Baker, in referring to the
farm loan department, drew attention
to the fact that that department had
announced recently, after six months
in control, that they were at last pre-
pared to make loans at the rate Of
several hundred thousand dollars per
month, having gotten the department
fully reorganized and on business
basis. He referred to this statement
slightingly and based his contention
that the league should be returned to
power upon the fact that the present
administration had been too slow in
their loan department which had re-
suited in many farmers losing their
farms thru inability to take up their
mortgages. w. B. Default has a
state wide reputation as business
man and as a man who is very COM
petent in organizing business. Even
with his long experience it required
six months for him to bring order
out of chaos in the farm loan depart
ment after the department had been
under league administration. There
fore the department must have been
handled in highly efficient manner
in the former administration and
therefore, that administration should
be returned to power. Isn't that ar
gument logical? Will many voters
fall for it? We do not believe they
will.
Those who attended the non-parti.
san league convention at Fargo last
spring, or who read the newspaper
accounts of the convention, will re-
member the prominent part which
VIM. LANCER played at that conven.
ton. You will remember that Ian.
ger was referred to as having sat in
the balcony during the session eager.
ly awaiting chance to say some.
thing to the delegates, but the dele.
gates were taking every precautior
to see that he did not get the oppor.
tunity. He was mentioned in press
dispatches as sitting alone, an outcast
among those whom he wanted to join
From his talk last night it appears
that he derived the greatest personal
satisfaction of his life from the fact
that Townley was forced to resign
at the convention, inferring that Bill
LANCER had been largely instrument
tai in forcing that resignation. AS
there were some of those delegates
at the meeting last night we wonder
: how much immersion Lanper's talk