Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05


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estly supported the statewide p
bill In the legislature that It No
away With conventions. bose
gangs OF al sorts. But It seen
the Winship branch Of the insu
were far from acting In good
when they advocated the mi
Several weeks ago several Of tn
ship insurgents met at Valley
and after discussing the avail
OF certain candidates for uoml
ON the republican ticket adjout
meet at Grand Forks. later
week the meeting was held. ri
adjourned there was . regular .
and parrot time. Congressmal
shall. who wants to 90 to the !
had large number Of delegat0
ent from his section Of the state.
as is we'll known. Mr.. Marshall
gentleman who. by tho aid ofs
called old gang succeeded .
ting himself nominated for CO
in Mr.. Spaldins's place. He I
ways been counted with the
organization. and owed his post
congress to his continued Z
with the "old gang But, as
Senator Little was in the field !
position Of senator, Mr.. Marsha
that he could not expect a very
vote from the Missouri Slope
knowing that he would have I
to other parts Of the state 4
votes necessary to his possible
tion, all OF a sudden we find Z
insurgent, and talking just like
who had been working with Il
ton from the beginning. His
the Cakes Times. which had
torn Its shirt-metaphorically
ing-in efforts TO help the new
at once begin to talk Of "h
gangs ana so forth. just as /
1t had been born in the ins
faith.
But the candidacy Of Mr.. II
did not at all suit Mr.. Winshi
truly good man Of Grand Norag
has been the insurgent Moses
long time And Mr.. Winship
plainly that Mr.. Marshall had
training with the anti-insurgent
right along, and that he wasn't
surgent just q little bit. But
was a bunch Of the insurgents
although they knew Just as =
Winship did that Marshall was
gang volt clad in tho innocent
ments Of an insurgent sheer
that they might be able to %
for pulling their political che
from the fire. and that he wass
yea, eager-to be used. Thu
didn't-and don't-care a tinker
tinental whether Narshall Isl
wart or a mugwump; but.
should be successful, he would
der obligations to them. and
would be able to accomplish th
for which they had been 30 long
ing-that Of getting a chance,
official fodder trough.
With matters and things in thi
dition, last week the mug
clans gathered at Grand Forks.
was Joe Devine, who obtained th
the regular organization-the 80.
old gang-every Office he has
and who became an insurgent
he became a "has-been." Likew
the convention went John Sorley
sold out his party years age
helped TO elect Mr.. Roach to the .
although the republican leaders
nation were praying that the 1
tous scheme might not be CO,
mated. This. too, when the ell
OF Roach gave the democrats Al
ity in the senate. There was
present Editor Packard, of Valley
a young political missionary who
TO the state a couple OF year,
and has since been diligently
ployed in an effort to convert repul
heather TO mugwumpism "by
tollc blows and knocks" One Hell
was also present. This gentlem
known as an unselfish patriot
can seq nothing good in the re-
can party unless il be the mi
for procuring Helgesen an ONCE
at the Grand Forks gathering he
ceeded in getting himself named
candidate for congress.
Now, one would suppose that
truly good men would have recog
the unfairness Of their plan to
the provisions Of the primary
II the old convention system was !,
was at least a representative ~
The delegates sent there were eli
by the people-last year. at leas
der the provisions of the primary
They represented those who
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