Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-21
PIER e UNREwARDED BY HIS

PIER e UNREWARDED BY HIS
APPUINTEES.
It is possible that the Red River may
unite on a man to succeed Pierce. That
section has the voting strength, but the
man on whom all can unite has not yet
been named. Therein lies Pierce's
strength. 1t is' evident, however, that
Pierce cannot rely to any great extent
upon the cunning of his appointees, for
the record of the campaign thus far and
the figures of the election on November
4th show that official patronage - in
Pierce's experience, at least is disas-
trous. In Sargent county, the home of
Mr.. Price, whom Pierce appointed United
States marshal, the republican legisla-
tive ticket was showed under, much to
the chagrin CT the clever marshal. Then
there is LaMoure county, where Potter
owns a newspaper-Potter appointed to
Fargo land office, and Jim Stoddard
holding a job under the census bureau
the democratic nominee for the state
senate was successful. And Richland
county, the home of Governor Miller,
and of McCumber, and of Davis, who
was appointed register of the Fargo
land office, and of several other gentle
men whom Uncle Sam-through Senator
Pierce-has taken care of--this county,
the home of H%ankinson and Ink and
Fred Falley-entitled to four members
the republicans-instructcd for Pierce
all beat-except Ink, who gets to the
senate by the narrow margin of two
votes. The Fargo district, with a United
States judge-appointed by Pierce-and
the home Of the new land of1icials-also
goes against Pierce. The Pembina dis
trict-the home of Jud LaMoure, and of
Nelson for whom, it is understood,
Pierce created a port of entry in
structed for a Red River valley senator,
"tirst, last and all the time" Stutsman
county, the home of Internal Revenue
Inspector Warnock and Special Agent
Ha1ght-elects two democrats and Bailey
Fuller-all against Pierce. And up in
the Foster, Eddy and Wells district, the
home of Honest Dave Wellman -
the district from whence Sebring
was appointed to a $6-a-day position in
the census department-only M repub-
lican pulls through and he reported as
anti-Pierce. Johnny Percival got a land
Office at Devils Lake and what's the re-
suit? Ramsey county elects one demo-
crat and n Ransbrough republican. In
the Minnewaukan district where Fred
Shore lives and Palmer, the Indian
agent-himself elected to the senate
opposed to instructions and the whole
three from the district reported eff on
Pierce. Grand Forks county-the home
of two new land officers and the resi-
dence of many others who have been
smiled upon by Uncle Sam in one way
and another-elects only four republi.
cans out of a delegation of 9 to the legls-
lature. Then there is the little red
headed Mccullough of Walsh county
drawing Sc a day and expenses from the
census department-wouldn't even go
home to help the republicans out in a
county for which Pierce secured a pub
lie building; Walsh county with only
three republicans elected to the legisla-
tnre. And then there is Nelson, where
Pierce found Dodds and appointed
him census supervisor-voted down the
straight republican legislative ticket al
most two to one. And so it went all over
the state-disastrous in Burleigh-the
home of a surveyor general, two land Of
icers and one or two appointed to posi-
tons in Washington-and disastrous in
Morton, for whom Fort Lincoln has been
retained.
When one looks around over the state
and sees what an infinitesimal figure SEN
ator Pjerce's appointments have cut-in
his behalf-he can but conclude that
patronage is a curse and that Pierce's
strength lies only in his own personal
magnetism and the record he has made
rs a statesman.