The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-11-02
EDITORIAL


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We read with Amusement in the
Courier News this morning that the |.
V. AS are becoming panic stricken.
Is that the reason why the league
speakers are throwing so much mud
at them?
The state mill and elevator was put
in motion yesterday when Gov. Mes
tos pressed the electric button that
started the wheels Of industry grind
ing out flour. We are expecting the
league campaigners to get up on the
platform and make the assertion that
the wheels have been put on the ma
chinery wrong side to and that it is
not the intention of the administra-
ton to run the mill and elevator.
Bishop Vincent Wehrle, of the Bis
marck diocese of the Catholic church,
comes back at B. F. Baker, candidate
for commissioner of agriculture on the
nonpartisan ticket, for claiming that
the bishop had made speech at Man.
dan asking the voters to support Gov.
Nestos on the groond that 'he had
not taken up arms against the mother
country" Such outrageous state
ments as made and which are denied
by the bishop, are enough to convince
any sensible man or woman that the
league is trying all kinds of despic-
able tactics to win the election.
Mr.. Frazier, in his speech last night
made the statement that if any other
bank had stood as much hammering
as the Fargo bank it would have gone
under, too If Frazier had said if any
other bank had had as much misman-
agement as the Fargo bank it would
have gone under. If any other bank
had half million Of the tax payers
money placed in that bank, with good
management it would be the strongest
because the league leaders looted it. No
other bank in this state had such fin
ancial backing as the defunct Scandi-
navian Bank of Fargo.
One of our lady friends became a
little bit excited last night because we
were running the regular O'Connor-
Nestos ticket without the name Of
Judge NJ J. Englert in it. She want
ed to know if we had gone back on
the Judge. In answer to her inquiries
We desire to state that we have not
changed our opinion on that matter a
bit--we are still strong for Judge
Englert. The opposing ticket is one
adopted by the independent confer
ence and is being run as political
matter the same as any other political
advertising. We announced some time
ago that we were for Judge M. j.
Englcrt and we are still of that opin-
ion. AS editor of this paper we re-
serve the right to occasionally support
some one from personal standpoint
and that is the position we are taking
with Judge Englert.
Lynn J. Frazier has improved in his
educational qualifications since he was
here the last time. He made the as
sertion on the platform last night at
the high school gym. that Nestos was
a Norwegian and O'Connor was an
Irishman. This of course must have
been pleasing to the farmers who
went there to have him tell why the
New Day had increased taxes to such
great extent. Such high degree of
intelligence on the part Of Mr.. Fra
zier certainly entities him to the sup
port of all those who think that a
man capable of arriving at such a re-
markable conclusion as to the parent
age and nationality of, these two men
is certainly entitled to two seats in
the United States senate instead of
one. Somebody will have to wake up
Lynn j. next Tuesday morning in time
to vote or he will be one shy in his
column.
The independent or fusion forces
have endorsed full ticket including
legislative candidate in the fifteenth
district. There is danger of losing this
seat in the Legislature unless there is
:; unity Of action to put it over instead
Of few trying to start a backfire
against the endorsed candidate that
may result disastrously to the state
This legislative district is necessary
te the control of the lower house of
the state legislature and the fight has
become not a district one but state
issue. We must have this seat and a
determined opposition is bound to get
it away from US. Why not cut out
personal feeling and unite on the one