Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-28
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MARSHALL AS AN INsuReENT.

MARSHALL AS AN INsURGENT
The position OF Congressman Mar
shall as an insurgent candidate for the
senate has been yariously alluded to.
As the matter will appear to the SEN
sible observer, Mr.. Marshall is a poll
tician and is ambitious for the senat-
orship. He has always been an or.
ganization politician and his success
has been achieved largely through d
close and careful organization of Dick
ey county and the fourth judicial dis
trict. :53
It will not be argued BY any OF
those who may support his claims
most ardently that his election to OF
fee was accompli shed without organ
ization, or, in the first instance, in
response to any demand Of the PEG
pie Of the state, for the convention
(which nominated him had heard no
such demand, and he has chosen in
the way Of politics, as an available
man after it was found that the con-
vention would not renominate Coz.
gresham spalding
The primary election law Afforded
him the opportunity to go before the
people as a candidate for the senate
and by a direct vote at the primaries
seek to insure himself the election.
There was no demand for his in iorse-
naent as an insurgent candidate BY the
rank and file of the insurgent organi-
zation, but the matter Of his indorse-
nlent has been vigorously pressed iy.
two or three also ambitious insurgent
leaders, who see an opportunits TO adj
vance his cause and to profit them
selves politically Another organiza-
ton Of candidates was necessary to
further his cause and that resulted IN
the irsurgent convention at Grand
Forks
Mr.. Marshall wants votes. He wants
file insurgent votes If he can get them
and he wants staIWart votes and, like
every candidate, he wants as many
votes as he can get. His Judgment in
espousing the insurgent cause will
find its necessary reflection in the
vote that is cast for him, and as the
result Of 1t is good or bad, it viii
affect him, and HE will have to abide
by IT.. His position is that he is more
progressive than the stalwarts of the
state, and his platform would indicate
that he believes the insurgent organ a.
ization is better qualified to give tase
people OF the state the administra-
ton they should have.
Mr. Marshall is not a radical. His
past political and business Affiliations
] have not tended to make him SO. He
is serVatiye, and is making a poll.
sieal fight TO win political position.
AZ, In the making of that FIGHT. he
stands upon platform, some Of the
pianks OF which are new to him, or il
ne claims to be part stalwart and
part an insurgent for the purpose of
gaining votes, those facts will be ap-
parent to tine voters. If he is entire
~ sincere in his belief In the irsur-
gent cause. that will doubtless be
made plain to the insurgents. Nova,
days people read a great deal, they
observe a great deal and they think
\ q great deal No candidate should de-
hide himself with the idea that he can
& long conceal from the people just
where he stands and why he stands
there.
IN casting his lot with the insur-
gents. Mr. Marshall does not expect,
1T IS likely, to cut loose altogether
from the ties that he has helped to-
bind about the republican organiza.
Ions in the past He will hardly make
J campaign upon the theory that past
admin ations of the state lave been
cious. In that respect he will hard
" meet the ideal Of an insurgent fol-
lowing For they would naucn prefer.
We believe, a candi date who viii wade
into the ataiwarts hammer and tongs,
throw oratorical and pyroteehnical
bombs into the ranks of TIC opposi-
ton, slash about him with nsaee and
battle axe and sword and otherwise
lend eltslli siaanl and dash 10 vi ii
appears 70 be distinctly waning
cause LII the state.
PASSING or Al PIONEER