The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-04-13
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EDITORIAL



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C. r. Greene, manager Of the Bank
of North Dakota, says that the state
institution is now being operated at a
loss. However, he says that it is
costing about four thousand dollars
less per month to operate the bank
than it did last November. This is
a most encouraging sign so far as
cutting down the expense is concerned
but if the bank is operating at loss
to the tax payers why continue to
operate the institution?
A London, England, dispatch, says
that the University of Wales has de-
cided to confer the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws on Charles Evan
Hughes, American secretary of state,
who is Of Welsh origin, for eminence
as a statesman and for his services
toward securing international peace.
Mr.. Hughes is the greatest secretary
of state the country has had for a
long term of years and will be a
strong contender for the presidential
nomination next time - unless we
miss our guess. There will strong
sentiment for C. E. Hughes in the
next national republican convention.
Pat Norton, former congressman
from the third district, has decided
that they need another candidate for
United States senator, and has given
his sombrero a fling into the senate
rial ring, and hopes to be able to car
nv off the plum. We presume that
he will go into the jamestown con-
vention and seek the endorsement of
that body. Oh, hum. The fellow who
thinks there are not going to be
enough candidates for the senatorial
toga has another guess coming.
If there are any old line politicians
in the state who have not at this time
announced that they are a candidate
for United States senator we hope
they will soon shy their hats in the
ring and ease up the tension occa-
stoned for fear that they will not
come in. Every time we have a pri-
mary election we see the same old
time has-beens coming in to the ring
hoping once more to land a job. 1t
would be real nice if for a change
some real honest to goodness new
candidates could be selected and give
the people Of the state a chance to
say that it is not the same old bunch
that is trying to run things. We have
the Hannas, the McCumbers, the
Gronnas, the Nortons, etc., etc., all
the time, and if the whole bunch |
would go away back and sit down
and let the rank and file select new
bunch of real progressive men to fill
the various offices it would not be
bad for the state. A North Dakota !
ticket made up without some Of these
old timers on it would give the vot-
ers heart failure.
At various places, notably at Far
go and Wahpeton and even Lakota,
if press dispatches are correct, Nc
Cumber won out in the fight for del |
egates at the caucuses held last night.
In Valley City there was no. effort !
made to elect delegates favorable tc
any one candidate, majority of the
delegates feeling that the Barnes
county delegation to go to Jamestown
would be uninstructed, having at heart
the best interests of the state and all !
We have not heard how
many caucuses were held in the coun-
ty yesterday but presume that many
delegates will be in to attend the
county convention which convenes at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The
Jamestown convention gives promise |
Of seeing real scrap for the en-
dorsement of a candidate for the
United States senate and more can
didates are coming out all the time
willing to bear the burdens of the
people and wear the toga for the next
six years. Yesterday Pat Norton got
into the ring and while no official an
nourcement has been made by Judge
W. G. Crawford, of Dickinson, his
friends are starting move to create
sentiment for him, claiming that he
Gould carry the third congressional
district stronger than any candidate
n the field. There is still lots Of
lime for few more candidates to
get into the senatorial game.
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There is much food for thought in
he following editorial from the Bis ;
narck Tribune, and those who have