The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-04-27

THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORD,
Cumber and wanted the convention to
put him out of the race and to NOM
mate some good, strong man for the
position, and we think whoever that
might have been could have been
elected. As it now stands there is
much dissatisfaction and this fact
stands out only too plainly: that you
cannot fool the farmers all the time
and you cannot force McCumber
down their necks. However, the
state ticket was the main issue and
the senatorial candidates can fight it
out along their own lines. The demo-
Gratis also nominated a good ticket
and at the head of it for senator is
J. F. T. O'Connor, one Of the clever
est and best equipped citizens of
North Dakota and even this rock rib
bed republican state has been known
in the past to elect a democratic SEN
ator and history may repeat itself in
this case. Both parties went through
the formality of resoluting according
to the dictates and sentiments of each
the democrats condemning and de-
ploring the woeful Encouragement of
national affairs by the republicans in
the past year while the republicans
loudly acclaimed the achievements of
President Harding and the republican
party. Then both parties adjourned
to the inner sanctum and fell upon
each others neck and fused on state
ticket and other things-mostly 9TH
er things; and thus ended the first
great battle in the 1922 elections.
The Courier News announces, in an
editorial this morning, that the issues
of the coming state political cam
paign are cIear-cut and that that pa
per will confine itself strictly to those
issues, leaving personalities out of
the campaign. They also state that
the independent papers of the state
will attempt to force 'mud-sling
ing, rowdy, abusive, Billingsgate"
contest but that the en-. will stick
to the issues entirely. This is a very
commendable attitude for the league
organ to take and we are glad to note
their reformation--but, inasmuch as
they devote considerable space on the
same page referring to various pap
ers of the state as falsifiers and some
more space to roasting Brinton and
Sveinbjorn johnson, we cannot be-
lieve that they are sincere. 1t has
been stated that a leopard cannot
change its spots and we believe that
it is just as hard for paper to
change it's policy overnight under the
same management. The en-. has de-
voted considerable space in the past
to the admission that it had lied con-
sistently for two years while the in
dependent papers whom they accuse
of being falsifiers have never been
placed in position where they had
to make such admissions. We would
like to see political campaign in this
state into which personalities did not
enter and where the papers would
stick to the issues but as long as the
leading league organ persists in it's
editorial policy the indie
pendent papers are obliged to follow
the same tactics in self defence. The
en-. editorial columns will be watch
ed with interest to see just how long
they follow the announced uolicy.
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A new scheme is being evolved to
get money from the farmer and we
look for it to appear in North Dako-
ia soon, probably after the one hun
dred and seventeen thousand dollar
fund for Frazier has been taken out
of the pants pockets of the leaguers.
William H. (Coin) Harvey, who will
be remembered as being a speaker for
the league during the recall election,
is the chief executive officer and C.
A. Lindbergh, of Minneapolis, is on
the board Of councillors of the new
secret order which goes under the
name of the knights of Civilization.
Lindbergh was the leaguers' choice
for governor of Minnesota. Accord
ing to the official organ of this new
day which is appearing over tie dis
tant horizon, the Palladium, the pur.
pose of the organization is ''tc over
throw the rule of Mammon that now
dominates the world" There is to be
a woman's order which will work CO.
ordinately under the name of the Or
der of the Builders Of the Temple.
The main idea of the movement as
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