Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-02

ouu AoGAoAdl ISSUES. LILO oulCOF OF the
Moons comment as compared with
others alluded to would indicate that
the Moon mistrusts the, ability of the
republican ship of state to weather the
presidential gale.
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Campaign literature from the insur-
gent press bureau was distributed in the
form of a supplement last week by a
number of papers that for the past two
years have been %espousing the cause of
what is dubbed progressive republican
ISM" The rank and file of insurgency,
who are expected to do the voting are
believed to be honest and sincere in their
ideas. AS for the "bunch," whose high
ly intellectual chromos adorn the sup
plement, hardly as much can be said.
There is a life like resemblance to parties
known over the state as having dubbed
upfor office %everytime there was an office
to be grabbed. One feature of this
illustrated write up of the "insurgent
gang" which we fail to understand is
the omission of Marshall from the
picture gallery. Has he been crowded
out of the show ?
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There was more discord than harmony
in the republican caucuses Tuesday and
when the smoke cleared away the First
was found to be the only ward in the
city where the insurgents made a show
ing. In the First ward 81 votes we're
cast the insurgents naming two of the
delegates and the stalwarts one. The
Second ward named a stalwart delega-
ton without opposition, 33 votes being
cast. Twelve votes were polled in the
third the stalwart ticket being merely
opposed by about three scattering votes.
Langdon city delegates to the county
convention being held today represented
by wards is:
First Ward.C. Chisholm, w. B.
Gordon, j. ID. Milne.
Mcmillan, w. j. Welsh.
Third Ward-A. r. Marshall. .Jno.
Crawford.
TX
1t is Ole L. Axvig of Milton, who
appears to be the first to display
sufficient courage to take a header into
the icy cold and turbulent political
waters, announcing himself a candidate
for Office. Last week Mr.. Axvig started
his petitions in circulation at several
points in this county, asking the re-
publican nomination as one of the state
board of railroad commissioners. We
don't expect to vote for Ole, or sign his
petition either, but will say that his
wide acquaintance over the state, gain
ed through nearly twenty years of
political activity, is likely to do a good
deal to help in landing him the nomina-
ton. But Mr.. Axvig will do we'll to
remember that it will be up to his
friends, the enemy to tender him
a place among those who "also ram at
the election in November.
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AS yet there has been no talk of candi-
dates for legislative honors in Cavalier
county, but it is none too early for the
voters of these two legislative consti-
tuencies to have their attention directed
to the fact that the new apportionment
made by the last session of the legisla-
ture makes quite a radical change in the
Fortleth district, which from now on
will have only one senator and one
representative. 1t is also noteworthy
that the precinct of Mt. Carmel town
ship has peer transferred from the
Fortieth to the Eighteenth district.
This will have the effect of materially
altering the political complexion of
things. The solid democratic vote of
Mt. Carmel at the last election came
mighty near being the Waterloo of
Senator Plain in the Fortieth district.
who no doubt was anything but aversed
to having the political location of that
precinct put back into the Eighteenth
district.
Money always on hand for first and