The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-03-30

tiated until the league convention in
Fargo. All persons other than dele
gates or strong league sympathizers
were barred from the convention but
LANCER remained. LANCER has been
very active in politics since leaving
the league and evidently has not had
much time to attend to his law prac-
tice. He now feels, evidently, that it
is necessary for him to return to the
party which has money to supply to
its supporters. 1t is intimated that
he has gubernational aspirations as
the non-partisan standard bearer. We
have no means of knowing whether
the league will further his political
ambitions or not but we do not believe
that the league, or any other political
party, could elect William LANCER to-
any office in this state again. The
members of the league have been told
steadily the past three years that
LANCER was a traitor, prevarlcator,
a turncoat and numerous other un-
complimentary invectives. OF course
thew later admitted that they had lied
but most people still retain the I'M
preston that these statements had
created and this fact would work to
his detriment. The fact that he IS
81 unstable and will not stay put
would bar him from the support OF
any other political party. 1t is Pc
culiar what men will do, after being
bitten b the political bee, to further
their private ambitions. If William
LANCER possesses any political acu-
men he should know that he has COM
mitted political suicide in this state
The nonpartisan league convention
at Fargo was a great affair. Mr..
Townley was present and lnslnuated
that if Liederbach said certain things !
of him he lied, while Liederbach IN
simulated that if Townley attributed
certain things to him he lied and one
or two women delegates, while not
passing the ugly word, were not
backward in expressing yelled opln-
ion that somebody lied-all of which
we have proven for the past four
vears-that the bunch who have been
running the nonpartisan league IN
the past have wonderfully lied to the
people and the Courier-News, the or
fetal organ of the league, has said
that they lied time and time again.
The convention was one OF mixed |
sensations. Townley was down and
out until he made his three hour
speech, then he came back and
brought the bunch into life: After his
speech he resigned. Then Mr.. Leld-
erbach who wanted to GUST Townley,
cot his. Mr.. Townley's eloquence
turned the tide against Liederbach's
retention of the executive commit
tee, and the convention elected new
committee after which the dove OF
peace alighted on top Of the conven-
ton hall and sang it's love song OF
neace-which is shown on the surface.
A COMPLETE state ticket was nomln-
ated headed by Lynn j. Frazier for
United States Senator. Mr.. Frazier
has b ii ,ried and found to be fail
ure a. :. governor and we can see no
reason Why the bunch should pick
him cut 70" q good senator. II his
record OF governor holds good and
he could be led around IN that capac-
ity and should be elected TO the SEN
ate, somebody will walk into the SEN
ate chamber some day and lead him
astray. Valley City Jared very we'll
at the hands of the convention, Miss
Amidon being nominated for superln-
tendent of public instruction, Judge
Englert for the supreme court, and
Mrs. Fisher on the executive commit
tee. Senator Baker was nominated
for governor. and looking at it from
a nonpartisan standpoint, is a good
selection. Bowman, of LaMoure
county for l;eutenant- governor, is
weak nomination. Taking the ticket
as a whole It is one that will meet
with defeat excepting that Of U. S.
senator. In a three or four cornered
fight Frazier stands a chance to win.
The only thing to do now is to hope
that the independents will watch
their step and at the jamestown con-
vention nominate a ticket that will
win by eliminating two candidates
or more as. the case may be.
"On June % in North Dakota the
farmers and good citizens will make
a heroic effort to return it's favorite
son Porter j. McCumber. Senator
McCumber should be returned with
out opposition, but on account of the
"notionsn and ssisms" which have