Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-09-13
AN lNSURGENT'
Newspaper Airs its Views Regarding
Coming Senatorial Campaign


atorial fight is culled from a re-
cent issue Of the Fargo Search
light. The Searchlight has been,
and is, regarded as the leading
insurgent sheet in the state:
1t looks now as though the
senatorial fight would find Big
Alex behind the ambitions of
Little of Bismarck and that Sen
ator Hansbrough would have a
good cause of action against Mac
for "willful' desertion. McKen-
zie has probably concluded that
Hansbrough is not as strong as
he was with the people, or, per-
haps, Hans has taken a notion
to act on his own conclusions
without asking the permission of
the big boss, and in that event if
an action should be brought
against our national republican
committee men for "willful and
premedltated deserton,' he
would plead justifable cause.
This candidacy of Little is no
joke-it is the real thing and
Little is not in the habit of pass
ing a piece of pie that he is after
to the other fellow, just because
that other fellow wants it. With
Little in the field it will create
some division among the old lin
ers, unless Hansbrough can be
pulled out. Hansbrough is not
in the habit of passing a piece of
political pie along to the other
fellow just because that other
fellow asks for it.
The candidacy of Little is the
mask for Mckenzie to change
his support from Hansbrough.
Mckenzie was never thoroughly
in love with Hansbrough, but be-
lieyed him to be the most useful
man he could elect. Hansbrough
never was thoroughly in love
with Mckenzie and the gang
in fact, if he had a little more
moral courage, he never would
have belonged to them at all as
it is not a matter of first choice
with him.
! If Mckenzie has deserted
Hansbrough and taken up Little,
there will be something of a
struggle between Big Aleck and
Hansbrough as to who shall have
the support in the senatorial
fight of the papers that have
. heretofore supported the senator
on account of appointments to
Office, and other like favors, Nc
kenzie will claim the support for
Little, on the ground that he,
Mckenzie, is the real big boss
and has at all times been the
power behind the throne, while
Hansbrough will claim the sup
port of the papers on the ground
that he has delivered the goods.
| This contest between McKen-
zie as supporting Little, and
Hansbrough being an active and
avowed candidate for reelection
will leave the Fargo Forum in an
Embarrassing" position. It has
long been faithful servant" of
Mckenzie, and now, after Plum
ley getting the postofhce, with
the appointment credited to
Hansbrough, if Big Mac should
demand as matter of right that
The Forum switch" to Little,
the editors of that paper would
lprobably have to wrestle in pray
Ter with the Lord to determine
which is the straight and mar.
now path it should pursue
Jordan of The Call it is believed
Twill stand pat for Hansbrough
(which The Bismarck Tribune
will of course be for Little. The
Minot Optic will probably take
the senatorial matter under az,
visement" for a while.
There are a number of othe]
parties who are willing to serv,
, as senator. Tom Marshall O:
|Oakes wouldn't take it as an in
, suit if the people should decid,
, on him, and Marshall isn't rea
bad timber.
=, The most available man anon.
the co-called insurgents is SpalG
ing of Fargo. He is at presen
: supreme judge and attending t.
] his duties as such. But so far a
0 the insurgents are concerned j
Q isn't a question whether SpaId
: ing wants the place or not-the,
are not counselling him abo,,
that-it is a question whom d,
they want, and Spalding seen,
the most available man, and /
r surely some Of the best timber il