Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-04-13

contenders for such offices would SIM
|ply be to cause i'll feeling and to COM
plicate the general situation.
4 There is every reason to believe
that even those voters who are still
favorable to the Nonpartisan League
do not propose to stick very closely
to any league alignment in selecting
county officials. In fact, it is quite
probable that the league county or
ganization will not formally endorse
a county ticket themselves. No doubt
the active leaders of the league or
ganization will have some sort of a
working agreement with certain can
didates. But that wiz: be about the
extent of it.
Two years ago there was consid-
cradle issue in county matters. There
was fight to determine whether or
not Emmons county funds should be
deposited in the Bark of North Da-
kota or in the banks of the county.
Many taxpayers did not like to see
county funds placed in the state in
situation where they would be avail
able for financing the Scandinavian
American bank, and Indirectly the var
ious league enterprises. That situa-
ton no longer exists. Then, it was
necessary to see that the Nonpartisan
sympathizers did not gain control of
the county board, or the county treas
urer, for instance. A fight was made
to that end. However, today, what
we need for county commissioners
are candidates who have firm re-
solve to cut out unnecessary financial
frills and to try to cut down our tax
levies in large measure. It is east
er to spend money than it is to save
it. It is still easier to spend money
If the money belongs to somebody
else.
What we need this year is to elect
three county commissioners who will
be conservative on expenditures with
a capital &C." It will matter little
whether or not they are league or
Independent if they meet the other
qualifications.
Let's make it free-for-all on the
county contests without injecting the
state issues at ill.
/ The United States senatorial stu
alton in this state is rapidly reaching
the most disgusting point one might
possibly expect to see. During the
past six years, while many of us have
been Drawing financial ruin to fight
the Townley revolution, Mr.. McCum-
ber-and many of his closest friends
have sat comfortably on the side
lines. The result has been that many
independents have developed con-
siderable personal peeve against Mr..
McCumber, and would not have been
averse to seeing our senior senator
returned to North Dakota by his con-
stituents. It was known that Mr..
Gronna had reason, and rightfully,
too, to go cunning for Mr.. McCum-
ber's hide in return for Mr.. McCum-
ber's participation in the Frank White
deal two years ago.
1t is one thing to personally desire
the defeat of certain office-holder,
and it is another thing to invite some
thing worse in the attempt. There
was time when the Record had
hoped that the great mass of the in
dependents could get behind real
man and put him over in the primary.
That man seemed to be Judge Christ
ianson. It would be no mean task un-
der any conditions to accomplish such
thing, but it might not have been
impossible. To have any chance what
ever, it was necessary that all parties
work together. This has become inn
possible. It had been generally hoped
that Mr.. Gronna would not inject him
self into the situation, but would ac-
lively fight for man such as Mr..
Christianson. It was supposed that
other active fighters, like Jerry Bacon,
of the Grand Forks Herald, and 9TH
ers, would likewise try to center on
real vote-getter. instead of that.
we find Mr.. Bacon holding up. the
bug-bear Of constitutional limitations
in Mr.. Christianson's case. We also
find that Mr.. Bacon is himself re-
ceptive candidate. P. U. Norton has
also nominated himself Others oro
trying to have Miss Nelson make
fool Of herself by allowing them to
use her name for the place. We again
have the spectacle Of Theo. Nelson,
through his I. v. A. paper, attempt
ing to act as head of the machinery
for selecting candidates and at the