The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-30
NORTH DAKOTA.
VOTERS TAKE NO INTEREST
campalgners In North Dakota Amazed b.
the Apathetlc Conditions.

CampaIgners In North Dakota Amazed by
the Apathetlc Conditions.
BISMARCK, N. D.-Apathetic condi-
tions among the republican voters in the
state indicate a falling off in the vote
from that Of two years ago. Republican
spellbinders report that it is impossible to
get the farmers out to listen to political
exhortations. A meeting at jamestown
few days ago is reported to have been
attended by less than a score Of voters.
Hardly more than fifty attended recent
political rally at Grand Forks. In the
western part of the state there has been
no rallying Of voters, as is usual during
the latter stages of a campaign. General
T.. A. Williams, who accompanied Col
onel w. G.. Plummer on q campaign trip
through the state, says that farmers are
too prosperous to turn much attention to
politics. They are satisfied, apparently,
with present conditions, and take little
interest in the election.
West of the river, there have been no
rallies except in the interest of local can
didates, and incidental to local elections.
At Bismarck the campaign will close Sat
urday night with rally at which ex-
| CONGRESSMAN S. G.. Comstock of Minnesota
| will speak. Seldom in the history Of the
state have republican voters been sc
apathetic as they appear to be this year..
| This condition makes 1t difficult for
| political wiseacres to give an accurate
| forecast of the result. If there were q
nearly full republican vote, the majority
for the congressman, Marshall and Spald
ing, would be in the neighborhood Of 49,
| 900. At these figures it is expected by tho
best posted politicians in the state thai
Whites majority would be 5000 to 1000
But if there isea failing off Of 5000 to TO-
! 900 in the total vote of the state, 1t Is
difficult to predict accurately The dem
| TO ha Whitn cjlt down II
a few Thousand majority. Cronan ma!
been making an active campaign, and i
! is. admitted that White will lose many
votes because Of the merger agltatlon
The republican state committee is devot
ing its efforts to getting the vote to I'M
polls. Personal letters have been writer
to township, school and county Officials.
i There is no question but the republican
state ticket will be elected, but the cam
paign committee does not want to see ma
iorities cut down. It realizes also tina
apathetic conditions regarding the stao
ticket will affect county and leeSlatlV
tickets Some of these fights are clos
and local interest will bring out the vol
on the state ticket.
| Benson County Contest
The supreme court has filed its opinlo
In the Benson county election contes
case, where there was a split in~the re
l SoA@ASS ~~O~-
cts were nominated, one by the Com
) stock faction and the other by the Voisf
faction The decision was made som
: time ago, but the decision on which
was based has just been filed. In it tn
supreme court passes on an importa1
point with reference to political contest
, and that is that where the state centrs
. committee Of a party passes on the rele
> tive rights of factions, that decision WI
stand, as the decision of the h1ghe:
party authority. The republican stat
! central committee, in the question unde
= discussion, held with the Weight tactic
, with reference to delegates to the stat
: convention and the supreme court say
that that establishes the regularity OF II
:. county tickets also. The decision is an II
teresting contribution to political jur1
prudence.
q Three Murder Trials.
If A panel of seventy jurors is being sun
l. moned for the November term OF court
: Burleigh county for the trial OF thr
st murder cases. Nov. 10 has been set
70 Judge Winchester for the trial of Jam
le Smith, the Mclean county murderer.