Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-02

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OF GOV BURKE |! /
NORTH DAkoTA's EXECUTIVE i'm.
INTERVIEW PUBLISHED i'm DIES
MONIES cAPiTAE, ArsNotJscEss
1 THAT FLickERTAiL DEMOCRATS
ARE UNITED FOR NEBRAskAN.
William Jennings Bryan, twice the
nominee for the presidency of the
democratic ticket, lis the choice of
Gov. John Burke of North Dakota
for the demo cratic nomination In,
1908, and the democrats of the state
are almost united in favor Of him.
according to an interview with the
North Dakota executive published in
The Des Moines Capital, Des Moines,
la, last Thursday. ri II: 4
Governor Burke is now in Iowa
where he is visiting his old home
before going to- Memphis. Tenn
where he will attend the deep water
way convention on Friday Of this
week. The Capitol publishes two
column cut Of Governor Burke
with the following under the head
Of Lawyer Burke Returns Here "a
Governor: .sss. n. 5a53 o5S'
John Burke, governor of North.
Dakota, is spending today in Des
Moines en- route to his old home at
Sigourney, Keokuk county Twen-
tye years ago Governor Burke was a
member of the Des Moines bar, and
returning today 4 evidenced much
pleasure in the progress Of the city.
Wonderful progress on every
hand, !" remarked the governor in an
early morning walk Twenty years
/ ago / occupied law offices in the
| Clapp block which was then the only
structures in the city whichwas in
1.-THE least pretentious. Des Moines
lat that time did not give promise
Of the great center which it has
since become, and while the town
in a general way seems familiar
there are changes which show pro
gress on every hand. @s,..*4s$
/ 1.-THE Fleming building is a hand
some structure and were 1t not fol
| the Clapp block and theKirkwoot
j I fear Walnut street would not b.
| recognized as the same street once
| knew so well, ..st4 u; .as.Sss. III
| Governor Burke spent today Wis
| iting with local friends, some O
them boyhood. acquaintance y. II
/ Keokuk county and others slawye,
| friends of his early days of practic'
at the bar ::ss.s's, e. 5 - :: d
4 IS Walter McIenry and John Reat
were among the attorneys receiV
ing calls from the North sDakot,
governor this morning. A. X. Stew
art, State Superintendent Riggs AM
! other Keokuk county natives VIII,
had known the governor and hi
| family in Keokuk@ county were til,
recipients of friendly calls p Ssh zs
| This afternoon the, governor wa
/ rendered an informal reception y
Office of Governor Cummins greet
| ing the state officials. 80 M
| Tonight he leaves for Sigourney
| to visit with his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. John; Burke, ST. ~, .-".'. "a
i .tNorth Dakota has made grea
| strides forward in the past eightel
i years, which represents the, periol
of its statehood said the governor
''ToS my mind, however, it is eve
in the earliest stages of its develop
ment, and no better plaees;can 81
4 found in the country for the invest
ment of capitol or the laying Of;
4 foundation for wealth. ,4s:. 81
n Immigrants have poured into TIL
state in the past few years and til,
Iprairies which but $three or fep
years agoswere undisturbed now an
thickly populated and yielding h;
wealth of products. The future 10
North Dakota is fully as bright al
| the future of Iowa. Onesais mereE
| before the other in development ant
las North Dakota grows older it viii
| equal Iowa in everything NJ ss
Il & Governor Burke expresses the 10
| pinion that Bryan will be the nom
| inee4 of the democratic party at tn,
Sfnext election and that the democrat
lof North Dakota and other centra
western states are, almost united il
favor of him.. IS. ,s (. r5sss5
/ Governor Burke is q democratic
i governor, Of a republican state, AMI
IhaS naa riy his antira farn1 ahesffrl