The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-31

senate on September first-'f iie1l-
strom doesn't file Suit res. raining
him from doing so on the ground that
it is immaterial, irrevelent and not
according to the desires r inclination
of Hellstrom.
Sweden does not want prohibition
according to the returns from the
election held over there day before
yesterday. By vote $4,000 to $685.
900 those against prohibition won out.
If you do not like this country on ac-
count of the Volstead act, you can
move over to Sweden and satisfy that
longing, if you feel like it.
Judge J. A. Coffey, Of jamestown,
has handed down his decision seating
r. B. Murphy, Of Grafton, on the state
board of administration and unseat-
ing J. l. Cahill, who was removed by
Governor Nestos last spring. Inc case
will probably be taken up to the sup
rene court. If the decision Of Judge
Coffey is sustained it is possible that
we will soon have a new warden at
the penitentiary, the present warden
being appointed by the vote of Cahill
after he had been removed by the
governor and whose vote is claimed to
be illegal. Stair is one of the most
radical of the nonpartisan league
bunch and if they get him it will clean
up the bigger part of those who con-
stituted the big Townley machine.
The total Republican enrolment in
the state of New York for this year
is 1,4O5,357; the Democratic enroll
ment is 1,065,150; Socialist, 45,341.
Commenting on these figures one of
Mr.. Murphy's henchmen is quoted as
saying: "There is little or no en-
enlargement to Democrats in a calm
study of the enrolment figures. In
this city, as is natural, we have a
margin of 100000 against the Repub-
licans, but in the state as whole the
Republicans have margin of more
than 100000 against u.s." The Re
publicans are solid for Miller's re-
election to the governorship, while
the Democrats are badly split up as
between Ex-Governor AL Smith and
the Hearst-Hylan twinship. In state
politics the Republicans will undoubt-
eddy retain control. From the nation
al standpoint it appears to be certain
that Calder will be reelected to the
Senate and that if the Republicans
lose any Representatives in Congress
at all it will not be more than three
normally Tammany strongholds. This
view of the situation is in accord with
the view of the New York State DEM
ocrats themselves.
1t is hard for the ordinary man to
understand just what the radical ele-
ment hoped to attain in wrecking the
million Dollar Express" at Gary, Ind.
Press dispatches state that confessions
have been received from some Of the
members Of the gang who planned the
wreck and pulled the spikes out Of
the ties so that the express train
would be certain to be wrecked. These
confessions reveal the plot to also
wreck the Twentieth Century Limited
and five men face murder charges for
their participation in the affair. What
could any group of men hope to ac-
complish for the cause of labor by
wrecking an express train, planning to
wreck a fast passenger train and kill
ing great number of people? Com
pers is right. Organized labor must
be cleared of the radical element OF
organized labor cannot hope to live as
an organization. The net results of the
wreck of this train is the death of two
men, the placing of murder charges
against FIVE men and the reversal
of public feeling from certain sense
of sympathy for the strikers to con-
demnation of them for the actions of
the radicals responsible for the crime.
A grand jury investigation of the
Herrin massacre, which occurred as
a result of the mine strike on June
21st and 22nd, was begun on Monday
the first. witness before the jury being
the sheriff Of the county who has been
greatly critisized for his actions at
that time. It is to be hoped that the
grand jury will dig to the bottom of
the affair and return true bills against
those responsible for the outrage that
they may be brought before court
of justice to answer for the murder
The Herrin massacre was the most
brutal affair which this country has
experienced for many years. Such acts
by strikers is the greatest indictment