Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-20
RELATIVE STRENGTH

The recent Republican convention
at Minot served to clear the atmos-
phere so far as the relative standing
of the various candidates for the
United States senate is concerned.
So far as positive strength is con-
cerned Mr.. Little easily distanced all
other candidates in the race and a
poll of the delegations showed him
to have clear lead over the other
candidates. The western part of the
state was nearly solid in support of
his candidacy and of four candidates
in the field, Mr.. Little had the sup
port of half the total number of dele
gates, if not more. Senator Hans
brough practically abandoned the
field, so far as the Stalwart Repub-
licans were concerned, by allying
himself with the Insurgents in the
convention, and Congressman Mar
shall's strength was also thrown to
the Insurgent forces. Both of these
candidates, it is hardly necessary to
say, are playing politics and seeking
Insurgent support and their alliance
with the Insurgents and with each
other, as was pointed out before the
convention, was for the purpose of
breaking into the Insurgent ranks
where possible, and of seeking to eff
feet the defeat of Mr.. Titles friends
in the convention.
The result of the convention, there
fore, leaves Mr.. Little as the only
Stalwart candidate in the field, with
the Insurgent votes to be divided
among Johnson, Marshall and Hans
brough. 1t is hardly necessary to
state that Both Mr.. Marshall and
Mr.. Hansbrough have been in the
past allied with the Republican or
ganization of the state, and their con-
version to the opposition is due to the
fact that they hope to gain Insurgent
votes, trusting that their supporters
of the Stalwarts might believe that
Notwithstanding this, they were a
heart Stalwart candidates, maxim,
pretenses of Insurgentism merely TO-
political purposes.
A good many Insurgents, too, will
support Mr.. Little, on the grount
that he has made a clean, fair ant
square and creditable campaign
without trimming or evasion, stand
ing by his friends, pledged to serv,
in the interests of all the people o
the state. There is a distinct anl
general prejudice among the voters
to political dodger, who seeks tt
curry favor with all factions, VIII,
promises all things to the people
and who changes his political spot
in the hope of deceiving voters int,
supporting him. The thinking voter
of the state will see through tn
pretenses of Messrs Marshall an,
Hansbrough in this campaign, an,
will not fail to rank them as the
belong
Mr. Little has had many pledge
OF support and friendship since tn
Minot convention, in addition to tn
large support he had prior to tina
time. His campaign is progressin
rapidly through the state and this i
evident from the double team wor
of Marshall and Hansbrough in a
effort to stem the tide. The wester
part OF the state will rally splendid
to Mr.. Titles support. The delegate
at the Minot convention were fres
from the people, and it cannot b
said that any special county in tn
state has corner on morality, fail
ness, or representativeness in cleo
ing it's delegates, although this clair
would be made by some of the In
surgents. So the Minot conventio
is pretty good test of the respee
tive strength of the several cand
dates and Mr. Little appears by ia
the strongest Individual candidate.
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WHAT THE GOVERNORS THIN