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'ite- PAGE FOUR EDITORIAL The Overall Club must have lost its suspenders. You hear a pessimist once in awhile saying that Win. Langer will not stand any show in the gubernatorial contest that is" to be pulled off next month, but that same William Langer is making one of the greatest cam paigns that the state has ever seen. Every place he goes he is greeted by immense crowds and his telling blows on the armor of the socialists is win ning. votes for him every day. The people are not going to show their en thusiasm the way they do unless it means something. The people are waking up to what has been done to them. The Bismarck Tribune yesterday had a statement saying that Col. Frank White had withdrawn from the senatorial race. The Tribune seems to have its wires crossed. The man who has withdrawn is P. D. Norton. vCol. White, is the livest candidate for senator there is in the state at this time and now planning a tour of the' state in his own interests. He is re ceiving much encouragement from all over the state and his chances are bright. The Tribune should hasten to correct this statement at its earliest convenience and let its readers know that Col. White has not witihdrawn' which is the only fair thing to do.' Something is evidently trying to slip one over the colonel by throwing up a dirty gas barrage but the colonel is not going to be caught by that kind of dope. Senator Cahill for secretary of state on the nonpartisan league ticket. I As the senator once said that he could be just as good a citizen under the red flag as be could under the flag of the United States, we presume that if he should be elected—which he won't be—that he would have a red flag printed on the corner of his office stationery. There is no chance for any of thai bunch to be elected this year. The Red, Whi^e and Blue flag of the United States—that flag that! went to the old world to help make the world safe for all the peoples of the earth. looks mighty good to a ma jority of the people of this state in preference to the red flag. Red flags, free love, trebled taxes and graft do not sit very well on the stomachs of the North Dakota tax payers any more, and a car load of calomel and sulphate of magnesium would not help clear the vision of the people along these lines one bit. Some of our over-zeaious league socialist leaders tried to slip one over on the people last Sunday when they advertised Father O'Donahue to speak in the Grand Theater under the cam ouflage that he was one of the great men of the Catholic church and would speak from an educational standpoint. It turns out that this gentleman was billed at all the leading towns of the I tate but after he got into the state nd found out what he was up against I !:c immediately cancelled all dates and I returned to Washington. These fel I laws who are trying to put over this stuff on the people will have to take more calomel than we have been ad vised to take before they can get the people to fall for such stuff. One of our Normal school professors presided :it this meeting and some of the lead ing league leaders were giving the meeting the benefit of their presence in order to bolster it up with a sem blance of respectability along with a few other prominent citizens who should know better than fall for such dope. Calomel and sulphate of magnesium won't help matters this year. The people are getting their eyes opened without the use of either. "Job" Brinton after being greatly disappointed by failing to receive the socialist endorsement for congress from the second district, has now put aside all fears cj the league bosses that he would run independently. In a long letter to Senator Pendray of Jamestown, he goes on to tell how pleased he is that Mr. Pendray re ceived the endorsement -with reser vations—and tries to convince Pen dray that he really never seriously considered the matter, but he does admit, however, that he wrote the convention a letter, setting forth his position very clearly and of course trying as much as possible to per suade the convention to swing his way. '"Job" goes on to tell that Geo. M. Young has completely ignored the farmers and is pulling for "big biz" and is completely ignoring the sen iority of Baer and Sinclair. Brinton forgets to mention the fact that Mr. Young is a member of the wavs and means committee—a posi tion which Baer or Sinclair wouldn't be able to cop oif if they stayed in congress the rest of their natural life., It is we-11 known that the pill is a. bitter one for Brinton to swallow, but when he sees the drubbing that Pen dray will get, he will thank his stars that he stayed out. TRYING HARD TO FOOL THE PEOPLE Father Martin O'Donahue, widely heralded by the nonpartisan league press as "a member of the faculty of the Catholic University of America, and one of the most noted men of the Catholic faith in the United States," didn't speak in Fargo or Valley City Sunday as scheduled. The fact is that Father O Don ahue, after speaking in Moorhead on Friday evening, had an opportunity of looking over the leadership of the nonpartisan league in Fargo on Sat urday, and he quit. Father O'Donahue was in Fargo Saturday evening at the time that he was billed to speak at the Knights of Columbus hall, but he refused to fill his engagement. Instead, he remain MILLION DOLLAR A N Chautauqua Auditoriun MONDAY EVENING AY 31st THE WEEKLY TlMES-RECORD, VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAK01* ed at his room in the Metropole hotel, and departed from the state for Wash ington about midnight. Father O'Donahue, interested, he said, in "co-operative movements," found on examination of the league movement, after his arrival in Fargo, that thd league was an entirely dif ferent proposition that had been pic tured to him in Washington^, and when he discovered the motive power of the league he canceled his entire speaking engagement and quit the state. The story published in Fargo Sunday morning to the effect that Father O'Donahue was recalled to Washington is without foundation, for Father O'Donahue was in Fargo at the hour that he had been sched uled to talk, and he was in the city for several .hours thereafter. That the nonpartisan league lead ers' and their press had engaged in a deliberate campaign of falsehood to establish the speaker as a "noted man of the Catholic faith" is reveal ed also in a letter received today from Bishop Vincent Wehrle of the Bis marck Diocese, as follows: To the Forum: During the last few days posters have been spread at Garrison and neighboring places, reading as fol lows: "Father Martin O'Donahue will speak at a meeting to be held at Gar rison, Thursday, May 27, 1 o'clock p. m. Father O'Donahue is to hold a series of meetings in North Dakota under the auspices of the nonpartisan league. He is a member of the facul ty of the Catholic University of America and one of the most noted men of the Catholic faith in the Unit ed States. "On account of lack of suitable hall in town meeting will be held at Con don's place, one mile west of Garri son. "Thursday, May 27, 1 o'clock." On May 21 1 sent a night letter to Right Rev. Bishop Shahan, the Rec tor of the Catholic University, in quiring about this Father O'Donahue. 1 received the following answer: Washington, May 22, 10:15 a. m.. 1920.' Right Rev. Vincent Wehrle, Bismarck, N. D. "Party mentioned in your telegram is not now and never has been a pro fessor in our law or any other fac ulties. Was a Baltimore ecclesiasti cal student here many years ago. Un fortunate career. Many years out of service. Baltimore chancellor can give exact information. "Bishop Shahan." It may be well that the public know this when this unfortunate priest is advertised as a "member of the faculty of the Catholic Univer sity of America and one of the most noted men of the Catholic faith in the U. S." A political party which uses such men to hold a scries of meetings for their purposes,* must have a very weak cause. Sincerely yours, Vincent Wehrle, Mav 22. 1920. Bishop of Bismarck: Regular $10 Value Sale Price $7.95 Come Early and Get Your Choice ATTENTION SENIORS The public library has on exhibit, a collection of college and university catalogues for 1920-1921, which may be of help to you in choosing your col lege, examining schedules and getting acquainted with interesting details of the university you wish to enter next fall. Four Day Special Sale From May 28 to 31, Inclusive On This Popular Pump The above Pump is in black and Havana brown kid, full leather Louis heel in widths from AAA to C. 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