Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-06-11
a sIALWAR1 CANDIDATE.

A STALWART CANDIDATE.
One OF the mcss satisfactory con-
ditions connected with the present
campaign is the good word that comes
from all parts Of the state concerning
the candidacy 81 State Senator {. B.
Little for the Republican nomination
for the United States senatorship.
Old residents in Cas- couDty-men
who have for years observed the d.
rection d the sifaws in political cam
paigns predict that the Missouri
Slope candidate for senator will carry
that county by as large majority as
the Staiwarts received at the caueuses
70 the county convention which
named delegates 70 the Min1, conyen-
ton. In tia, contes, Tfeadwell
Twichell aud his Gas, county InsDr-
gents were defeated by something like
a thousand majority in the county
For many years he countie, I tie
Missouri Slope we're i,eid in small es-
TEEN by the politicians # tie then
more popul,us eastern part OF lie
state. The river counties we're iljen
sparscly populated, and il Vas the
custom in the Red River Valley L, re-
fer u them as The Cow Counties =
But those days have pissed. The
Slope Is now through the force Of
numbers, in a position to demand POI
litical consideration at the hands Of
the people Of the state, and there
seems to be a strong disposition in all
parts To grant that consideration.
For the first time since statehood
the western half of the state has a
bona tide actual resident as candi-
date for senatora man who has re-
sided In the state quarter OF cen
fury, and who will continue 10 reside
here whether or not he succeeds in
winning the exalted Office To which lie
aspircs. Mr.. Little has been one OF
the leaders in bringing the Missouri
Slope to the front. In the early days
he had faith enough In the future of
this region to cast his lot in the
Slope metropolis. From the day that,
ia Bismarck, as a young attorney just
from college, he tackled up his lawyer
sign, he has been loyal to the Slope
and to its interests. AS business
man, as citizen and AS neighbor lie
possesses the respect and confidence
OF all. For nearly twenty years lie
has been member u the state senate.
being at the head Of the judiciary
committee, the most important CON-
mittee OF the upper house OF the legis-
lature. During all the dark days
when at every session there WIS a
tight to get the capital away from Bis.
marck, Senator Little was always
found In the forefront OF the battle
FOR It's retention.
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1t may be said by some that the
other parts OF the Slope were not in
terested in Bismarck keeping its posi-
ton as the capital OF the state. /, il
not a fact that in any section the
growth OF city adds to the value OF
the real estate to considerable dis
lance from that city, Another thing.
Had the capital not been retained by
Bismarck, and had that place re-
NAMED as " was a few years ago-a
frontier town u shacks-there would
have been little induccment for rail.
roads to 90 TO il from the northeast
The 500 and the Northern Pacific
branch--the roads that have brought
III settlers and made the prairies of
Emmons county to blossom as tile
rose did not come this way in order
To reach Linton, or Hazelton, or Brad
dock, because there were no towns az
any consequence in the county until
the railroads came. And these rail.
roads came because they were ON their
way to Bismarck, the capital city Of
the state, that continued to be the
seat Of government because men like
Alexander Mckenzie, C. ID. Little and
other prominent and loyal citizens Of
bismarck and the Missouri Slope had
i'm the legislature and out Of it-pul
forth their best efforts for its reten
tiOn.
OF all the candidates for the sen
atOrial nomination there is none VIII,
SO well knows the wants of the Mis-
souri, Slope as g. Is. Little, the honorct
citizen who has represented Burleigl
county for two decades in the stat
senate.
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