The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
should Elect johnson


1S,e snnrema court decided that Democrats could
-, vote for 10 s senator, but they seem to have
acne il good and plenty. One inspector Of election
living in precinct that is 50 to 70 percent Repup-
.;c.n stated to us the other day that in his pre-
c;nct they handed "the little ballot out to every
body and asked no questions for they didn't con
slider they had right to inquire into a man poii-
i'd If this same policy was followed tnruout 'ne
state it can easily be seen that the courts oroer
was not obeyed. The matter Will proDaply pe
carried to the same court again with the cnaices
that the whole proceedings will be thrown OUT anu
aha election Of a senator left to the legislature
next winter There quite lot OF le4lo"s ~
likely to consider their pledge worth two Wnoops
N that case and then there will be things doing.
va ; ar l. freely stated that Hansbrough may
succeed himself. However johnson is the man
Nominated by the pepople AMI he should be electeu
THIS is strenuous job-running for United
States Senator in North Dakota under the primary
election law Let us what it means. IN .ne
hrst place there were the four candidates before
.be primaries on the Republican ticket VIZ Llt-
He Hansbrough, Marshall and Johnson The law
states that unless any one OF those canoloates -
ceivs majority of ali the votes cast, the two ngn
candidates shall fight it out in the fall This is
inst what Marshall and Johnson have finished, or
., least NJ N johnson thought that ne was thru
With the lob after working for nearly year, ana
receiving a comfortable majority. No sooner mad
tha vote been announced than the senior senator
from North Dakota steps to the fore ground, ana
boldly asserts that the primary law Is all Eosn'
that the Democrats helped nominate Johnson, ana
10 will make an effort to be returned to the SEN
ate himself. Johnson must get busy again appeal
to the members of the legislature Isn't mis-
great law? Why should the candidates Tor the
- Eoy1tin IN 10
Why not nominate them in the primary the same
that the congressman the sherifs or any other
officer is nominated? What is the logic of making
the Senatorial candidate go all over the hgnt
ssain9 It isn't fair The law should be changed,
and we venture to assert that it will be corrected
when the state legislature is amending the pri-
marv election law this winter, they should not
forget to correct the evil arising from the use OF
she little ballot" 1t is well known tact tnat
the Democrats took some part in selecting Inc ne
Uubican nominee for the senate. We DO not pc
1eye that the result would have been any --nerent
in this case. had not single Democrat voted LOT
the Republican candidates, for we feel certain Mar
xba11 secured as many Democratic votes as john
err and perhaps more But that matters not.
The law is not right in that particular and
should be changed. If the Democrats are not a.
lowed to participate in the senatorial hight IN ene
spring, then by all means they should not De
allowed to vote for the two nigh men in the fall.
if they have right to vote for the Repuoncan
senator's in the general election, they should nave
ahe same right in the spring. They were not sup
pnsed to vote for the Republican candidates IN
IA general election but everyone knows that
MANY did So 1t looks to the Independent that
ahont the best manner of changing this law would
se to settle the matter deinately in the primaries,
rhen the Democrats would have their minds well
occupied in nominating their own candidates.
rfere is the latest rumor in the senatorial hgnt.
The Minneapolis Journal publishes an article
yhica states That Marshall, Gronna and Hans
'rrouGh have pooled and will combine their IN
huences for the election of HansDrough TO the
senate 1t is a we'll known fact that Marshall ana
l1ansbrough have been bitter political enemies.
marshall himself informed the independent that
hls ohiect was to defeat Hansbrough, even tho he
might lost the race. If this report is true then
Marshall must have had change of heart The
Journal claims that Gronna is supporting Hans
aroush because NJ N johnson is resident OF
Nelson county Of which county he himself is
resident and so small county cannot we'll fur-
n;sh two statesmen The article says That John
son win have the support of McCumber. These
ytmors may not betrue. We await an explana-
TO- anxiously.
TIL, following editorial from the Bottineau News,
paper that stood back Of Marshall for the U. s.
Senate. will be read with interest. The Indepen-
sent notes that practically every one of our ex-
changes with the exception OF the Devils Lake
snter Ocean is willing to abide by the will of ma
5orfty Of thevoters of the state. The Inter ocean
ae5ng practically owned by Hansbrough, could not
Dc. expected to take any other stand:
Roosevelt whom it was rumored to have
faksa Platts place Senator from New York, de-
tnotb wifi, not