Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-20
MEMBER OF Assoc lATED PRESS
THANKSGIVING PRocLARiA. :.
BY the Governor

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!. BY the Governor 4.
!: In accordance with the beauti- s
3 full and appropriate custom Of =
: setting aside a special day af- $
= ter the harvests are garnersd $
4. each year as a day upon which
{. we can make manifest cur graf !.
3 itude to God for manifold bless =
= ings, /, John Burke, Governor Of Z.
the State of North Dakota, do =
I: hereby designate ...S5
: Thursday, the 28th day Of No-..s
s MEMBER 8
:. as a day OF General Thanksgiv- q
s ing and prayer throughout the $
: state. The year, now nearly s
:. gone, has been one of peace and =
= plenty in state and nation: peace 8:
s at home and abroad, universal :.
4 peace: plenty almost beyond the :.
I = capacity Of the country. Provi- :
= dence has smiled upon us with I:
.. a bountiful harvest, and has with I:
: held pestilence and disaster. Di-. =
:. vine guidance is lifting the I:
= whole people up to higher, s
3 healthier moral plane, making 8
the world better and brighter !:
8 and pointing to higher ideals in s
I. public life. On this coming &
!: Thanksgiving Day let us unite :
7 = in praise and thanksgiving to :
~ !: God for all HIS kindness and {.
!. mercies, and fervently beseech :
= Him to bless and preserve our =
:. people and our country. 4.
Given under my hand and the I.
\ = Great Seal of the State, at the =
= Capitol in Bismarck, this 18th Z.
= day of November, A. d., 1907. :.
= JOHN BURKE, >
Governors
= BY the Governor. =
Alfred Blaisdell, 1.
Secretary of State. &
4 4. = 4: q 9. = /. = = $50 1850
THE OLD AND THE NEW GANG 4
& The CooperstoWn Courier, pub
lished in ex-Lieut. Governor Bart
I let's toWn---in a very pronounced in
\ surgent stronghold, to which senti-
nent the Courier has contributed
not little, in speaking of the ambi-
tons of some of the insurgent lead
ers, says: .ss@
The Grand Forks Herald
wastes a lot of time and space
these days in defending the atti-
tude of the insurgents in holding
meetings around the state and
endorsing candidates for various
4#8s state and national offices. The
Courier does not question the
right of this litter of self-ap-
pointed bosses to hold all the
meetings they feel like but they y
should not condemn the stall !
warts for doing the same thing. #
OF what use is the primary cleo
tion law to the people if it is to
be stultiied by these self-ap-
pointed guardians of the peoples
INTEREST," This law was passed \
by the last legislature upon the
clamor brought to bear upon it 81
by the people of the state who
wanted an opportunity to select
their own candidates without the
dictation of either the old gang
or the new Now comes this new 4
e. gang who meet In divers places,
& selects a ticket for the people in
the usual o1d-gang way and says.
81, to the voter thesear the men you
must elect There is nothing to
commend the primary law If the
people stand for this kind of Y
bossisn The Herald claims that
In endorsing different candidates
for the offices It does not keep
others out. True. But how
much show will another candi-
date have II the united support
of the insurgent wing Of the re-
publican party Isl given To these
fiesl None whatever. therefore
.s the action Of these men deliber-
ately crowds out of the race 4
lot Of good men who under fair
& means might be selected by the 4
voters to be their state officials
Instead Of building up d new
ma chine and using gang meth