The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-30
TO HEAR SIR HENRY
North Dakotans Say They Didn't
Come to Talk Politics.
BUT THEY TALKED SOMETHING
Gov. Whites Timely Boil, Trouble
for HanSbrOuGh, La MOure for
Congress, Etc, Etc.

"The North Dakota Kindergarten
Club" has just made its annual holiday
excursion to Minneapolis and st. Paul.
This organiZation-at least the individual
members thereof-will protest that it is
in NO sense q political machine, and will
point to individual democrats and popu-
lists among its guests and members as
prima facie evidence of its political
innocuousness.r cit is simply social, free
and-easy club" they will tell you, formed
for the amusement of it's members, and
this year we came to the twin cities to
hear Irving and Terry and to eat. drink
and be merry"
Every member of the kindergartners,
from sagacious Jud La Moure to con-
vivial Marshall Mcclure, will say to the
reporter: Now, I'll talk freely with you,
but-remember-I am not to be quoted un-
der my true name. Call me John Smith
or Ole Nelson-and now what do you want
to knoW?"
The party consisted of twenty-five or
thirty young, middle-aged and old, wise
and simple, foreign and native born, office
holders, bankers, editors. farmers and
business men, most of whom have been at
some time in their history members of the
North Dakota Legislature, or have held
other prominent public positions. The
members are uniformly well informed,
most of them play a strong hand at poker,
all of them have decided political ambi-
Ions, and every man of them believes
rl--.S North Dakota contains the smartest
and best people who now occupy, cultivate
and grace the green old earth.
Gov. White and the Merger.
Individually approached, they gave uI
political secrets with marvellous fiuency
II not with volubility, and it was singular
that they were nearly all of one mind on
vital and important topics now affecting
the interests of the great northwest.
'Wil Givernor White participate in the
conference of governors now assembling
in Helena?"
HE will not!' promptly responded q
gentleman widely and favorably known
He is entirely too cunning. Besides, he
is sick. He is just now enjoying a boil or
the back of his neck large enough to di-
vide among the twelve tribes of Israel
Governor White is gentleman. He never
=ppears in good society without his collar
and his neck is too sore to wear collar
and will not heal until after the confer
ence at Helena has closed
do the people of North Dakota sympa-
thiZe with our Governor Van Sant?"
"Well-no-I-thinkn not,' from a wise
politician of the old school. 1--WE are
enjoying a season of prosperity In North
Dakota now, and the people are too busy
attending TO private business TO interrupt
the course of trade. There is no dis
position to shake the railroads over h-ll
any more in North Dakota" All the list
teners coincided in this opinion.
Trouble for CLANS"
Another was asked: ''Will Senator
Hansbrough have a fight on hand next
winter?''
''You bet he will-the fight of his life!
Judge Cowan and Colonel iLttle''-both
of them present with this party-"are
each laying pipe to succeed Hansbrough.' -
Then shrewd manipulation from the
Missouri slope slyly beckoned the re-
ported aside:
Colonel iLttle's candidacy is merely
q blind. The colonel wants Hansbrough