The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-02
THERE ISN'T GOING.
TO Be ANY CORE
REMAINING
Stand Pat Republicans Certain
of Victory in Ward-some
Political Gossip.
pc cial to the Evening Times.

Special to the Evening Times.
Minot. June 2.-Some two or three
months ago indications pointed toward
a possible victory by the insurgent
element of this county. 1t was not
really believed that the victory of the
stalwart element of the republican
party would ever reach that vast
proportion It promises to reach at this
writing.
The insurgents evidently based their
claims of eventual success, at the
coming primaries, upon the popular
ity of number of the candidates who
had taken it into their heads to teach
the people false doctrine.
Mr.. Spalding and his followers evi>
IDENTIFY conceived the idea that If they
could make the people believe they
had been wronged and that the state
government was in jeopardy in con-
sequence of mismanagement, their
election to Office would be an absolute
certainty.
For time large number of voters
in Ward county listened patiently to
the subtitle overtures of this newly
introduced aggregation of Office seek
ers.
Mr.. Spalding and his first lieutenant
Helgeson, visited Minot some weeks
ago and held meeting in the opera
house which was so SHINY attended
that even the opponents of the cause
represented almost felt like shedding
tears of compassion. 1t is true that
there were a number in attendance
who left the meeting for no, other
reason than that they felt ashamed
to think man who had once occupied
a distinguished position in the halls
of congress, was not able to attract
even a corporal's guard to hear him
speak.
The Spalding meeting, which is still
fresh in the minds of the people Of
Minot, will for long time be recog-
nized as the first frost of the insurgent
campaign.
There was nothing offered at the
meeting referred to calculated to cure
| the ills that are claimed to exist at
the present time. The burden Of the
song as warbled by these two meand-
ering Office seekers. actuated by
spirit of revenge, was to cast refiec-
tons upon the honesty and integrity
of Alex Mckenzie, their former CO.
worker and benefactor. They seem to
think that because great and wealthy
San Francisco corporation had won
out against him and been instrumental
| in landing him in San Francisco Jail,
through the operation of San Fran
cisco court, the political atmosphere
of North Dakota has been correspond
ingly corrupted.
Soon after the date of the Spalding
meeting the people began to investi-
gate and the more they investigated,
the more they wondered what Nc
Kenzies business in Alaska had to
| do with the political conditions Of
| North Dakota. They were not long in
| discovering that whatever Mckenzie
! may have accomplished, or failed to
have accomplished in Alaska. had no
significant bearing upon the political
| destinies of this state. The people
| also discovered that under the pres
ent primary law no man on earth
would be able to dictate the nomina-
ton of any particular county official.
or to name a delegation to the state
convention. Therefore, it is clearly
evident that this campaign. so far
| as it relates to McKenzie's connec-
| ton with any of the local issues. is
one of the most absurd propositions
| that could be presented to an intelli-
gent people.
The stalwart republicans have plac-
ed ticket in the field, also filed petit
tons naming certain delegates to the
state convention. The people are left
unsolicited to choose between the OPP
posing delegation. 1t is for them to
say whether they will send a delega-
ton to the state convention inspired
by wandering gang of Office seekers
| who have been time after time re-
jected. or will they send delegation
composed of men who stand for the
| principles Of true republicanism and
the good of the people.
By the way, have not the people
prospered under the present form Of
government and If so why is change
necessary?
1t is doubly gratifying to observe
that change of sentiment is being
made manifest on every hand, and
that those who we're at one time al
most persuaded to join the ranks Of
the insurgents now shrink from that
organization as would person from
the Shiny coils Of a serpant- .
Yes, It is about al! over now, and
the going down of the sun on June
Is will mark in the history of North
Dakota politics one of the greatest
victories ever won in the country. 1t
will do more than thia. 1t will reveal
to the thinking classes the absurdity
Of inaugurating an insurgent move
ment based purely upon a greed for