The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-26

WEEKLY TiMES-RECORD, VALLEY
| The Times-Record has received an
advertisement stating that Geo. Ras-
mussen is to be candidate for the
| legislature from the Fifteenth dis
trict, running on stickers. The ad. is
sent in by the Darcy Rasmussen For
Representative Club by it's spokesman,
Mr.. McQuerry. Coming from the
source that it does, it may be taken
for granted that the allegation is COR
rect. We have thought all the time
that Mr.. Rasmussen would be forced
into the race by the sticker route, not
;; on his own initiative, but on pressure
brought to bear upon him by few
radicals. The whole situation there
fore comes down to the point: "Do you
want to elect a league representative
from the 18th district and give con-
troll Of the house to the leaguers?" If
you do not then the only thing to do
is to get behind the candidacy of the
republican nominee, and elect him.
The contest for control of the legisla-
ture is so close that the loss of this
district alone will give the league con-
troll Of the house. Leaving out any
consideration of a personal nature as
to our candidacy for this position this
situation should be taken seriously
There is absolutely no chance Of elect
ing our opponent on the democratic
ticket with three cornered fight. Ev-
cry effort will be made to split the
independent vote in this city and in
the country hoping to elect a Lacquer
as a consequence. The independents
in this district should play safety
first and get unitedly behind the reg
ular republican nominee.
This weeks Peoples Opinion carries
a lengthy editorial relative to an ed-
itorial appearing in the Times-Record
recently about the campaign for the
official paper. They state that the
Times-Record is n1ud-slinging and
undertaking and that statements
were made that were untrue. The ed
itorial which they criticise was one in
which we copied an editorial from the
Nome Tribune stating that one of the
Valley City papers, which was for
merly nonpartisan, had changed their
political affiliations and had hired a
former league man to campaign for
them, using the fact that he was al
former Lacquer for their own benefit.
The Nome article did not state which
paper was referred to and to clear the
minds of the people as to which paper
was meant we printed the editorial
and noted that it was aimed at the
Peoples Opinion. We have no wish to
sling mud at an opponent but we do
not want to be mistaken for a former
league paper and felt that comment
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clear the minds of the public in the
matter. 1t is a fact that the Peoples
Opinion, under different ownership,
was a league paper 1t is also true
that the Peoples Opinion has in it's
employ a Mr.. Papke, who was former
ly county manager for the nonparti-
san league, who is actively engaged in
campaigning for that paper for the
official paper. If the Peoples Opinion
management feels that statement Of
the facts constitutes singing or
undertaking they must be ashamed of
the facts and feel that their position
before the voters is not the strong
est. If they feel that way we are sor-
~ for them but do not feel that the
| Times-Record or Editor Trubshaw
should be condemned for their uneasy
conscience.
The Courier News insists on deny
| ing that the mill and elevator at