Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-07
WILL TRY TO FUSE
Democrats and Farmers Alli-
ance viii Combine.
POLITICS IN NORTH DAKOTA
The Recsus Rams Gsve 800 . 0roas
Dsennsas % - Fssmsu and
crops WIN - oho.

Or. ~. q. Teieen Of Fargo. Nerth
Dakota. Was . guess ~ Ne Morton
nouse yesterday. DR.. Ts,gsn y vsos
pres,dens Of me North Dakots state
board of health and vac on h,s nay 10
Lansing 70 attend the meeting Of the
American Pubic Health assocsAtson
While chatting with reportss Tor TaB
HERALD ne said: "llakotA v . great
state. bat II Is IN very hard luck nov.
The damage done by the recent storms
has been immense A0de from the
actual devastation u has been % Vet
that anything ike farming rae impos-
sible. Not more than tAree -fourths 1t
the ueual amount OF wheat has bean
sown and the yield may not he more
than two-thiTds OF IN ordinary good
crop. IL 10 about the sane with corn
ana oats. Dakota IL . very resourcefui
state but umes have been sadly against
it this year.
"When matters do get 70 running
smoothly the campaign viii Be on. and
that Will upset everything. There will
be some of the livelieet politics IN North
Dakota 70 be found anywhere TINS
wear. People are some VI hat stirred up
already, and when the light gets fairly
on 10 will he exciting. The contest
ISN'T the customary one between demo-
crate and republicans. Asa matter of
fact, the democrsts aren't In IL ~ ali.
They don't stand the ghost Of show
OF carrying anything; bot the slhanoe
men are in II. first. last and Gil the
time. They claim they can carry the
state, and I should not be surprised II
they did. The alliaasce business seems
TO have become . sort OF craze with
many OF the old time rspubiicans-bot
irs very good sort OF . craze. The
alliance party 10 recruited largely from
the republicans.
Fustsa 10 xorfh Dakota.
There is good propecs now that the
democrats viii coalescc with the alb
ance. BY doing that victory would Be
certain, and the democrats could Oh
tain o certain share OF the state and
congressional of1lcee. That 10 their
only hope, and 90 far ~ they are con-
cerned, 'Barkie is wiilln'.' The ALI
ance men are not yet sure that they
want fusion. They are aimust certaia
that they can carry the state alone.
and If they can 1t would be 90 got Of
| foolishness TO take In the democratic
party and divide the ofhces. There 10
strong sentiment against fusson
among many alliance men. They are
old tins republicans. and the pros.
pects Of working tooth and nail for the
benefit Of the democrats party Isn't
pleasant for them. They went into the
alliance party because they thought that
its principles we're better than those at
the republican party; but they never
had any such idea IN regard 20 dem oc-
| racy, and in case of fusioo might re-
turn TO their old party. With repuhsi-
cans there . great eDthusas1n for
Blaine Just now, and although ] an an
alliance man. I'm nos cure, bal the
enthusiasm extends even beyond Ar.
Blaine's own party.
"This is my first visit to Grand Rap
ids. am very we'll pleased with the
city. l took the street care this morn.
ing and looked II over. l found evl-
dencee that you have had some pretty
hard storms here. The river shows it,
but out our way IL haa bean very mucn
more damaging. The Red river of the
north . tie highest II has been for ten
year,"