Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-23
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term. The party leaders who have
always been back of him seemsto have
taken it for granted that he would
retire, and decided to push G. B. Lit
tie, the Bismarck banker, who has
been a state senator since there was a
state, for the senior senatorship. Tom
Marshall, who has served his party
eight years in congress-, quite accept
ably, as believe, thought there was
chance for him to go higher.
IN. NJ Johnson, who had also
served four terms in congress, thought
he saw good chance to renew his
candidacy for the senate. He has al
ways claimed that he could be elect
ed, if he could get before the people,
and the new primary law gives him
the chance he has been seeking.
Four-cornered Fight.
"Hansbrough has also stayed in the
game, and thus We have four-cor-
nered fight that is very interesting.
When he found that the party leaders
were against him, he evidently
blamed Mckenzie for it, and attacked
him through his newspapers This
was unwarranted, and not only lost
him number of friends, but it solidi-
ned the stalwarts, of whom he still
claims to be one, against him.
He made the issue SO strong that
even men whom he got appointed to
federal positions, and who felt friend.
~ toward him because of this, were
forced to come out against him, be-
cause they considered that they got
their appointments through the party
organization, rather than the senator
himself. 81
Having thus antagonized the party
leaders, Hansbrough has been forced
to build an organization of his own.
He Is having a hard time Of 1t,
imagine.
He has always been carried along
by Mckenzie and other party leaders.
and his duties of late years have kent
MIN almost entirely in the east. and
ne IS out OF touch with the people.
think the stalwarts will have the
! Mlnot convention by such a large ma.
3orlty that they can afford to be gen
| erous and show a consideration for
| the insurgents that may bring the two
factions together. ii will be demon
strated then that Mckenzie is NOT .
candidate for national committeeman
| he does not want it, and did not want
It the last time he was elected. Nei-
Their do his friends want to have him
| appointed, SO this abuse should ston
He has always been a true Rennh.
ican, ana mas as much right as any
one 70 40 Just what he is doing now
trying TO help his friends and party.
Solid for Taft.
Ihere Is no division on the santi.
ment for Wni. H. Taft for president
| mere was an Indication in the early
| 1ali that La Toilette might get the in.
surgent element back Of him. When
| ne appeared at Fargo / understand
tnat men who sat on the platform
with him We're, without exception.
those who were identified with the
insurgent cause. They, however.
found out that the party was so over
whelmingly in favor of Taft and the
continuation OF the Roosevelt policies
tnat did not hear La Follette's name
even whispered during my ten days'
stay in the state. see no opening
for his followers to even make a bInff
like they put up at Minneapolis. when
they succeeded in causing some az.
citement, / understand from the Min.
nesota newspapers.
Il am hurrying gack to Washington
to vote against the Aldrich bill. / an.
already paired against It. but want
to 90 on record against it, as con.
slider 1t very dangerous measure.
one that Is framed up in the interest
of Wall street spectators as against
banking and commercial welfare
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