Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-28
Politics and Politicians
Random Shots at Politics Over the State

s Random Shots at Politics Over the State :
Apparently there will be a large
variety of secondhand county office
seeking lightning rods for sale after
June oath.
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Now the entries are all in it certainly
looks as though the republican legisla-
tive candidate who gets a nomination at
the primary election on June oath will
have to fight for it.
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In speaking of the candidacy of f. j.
Moen for tho democratic nomination at
the primaries for representative in the
Fortieth district the Osnabrock indie
pendent says: If a democrat is to be
elected we like lrick pretty good"
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b. o. Yates, who was here for some
time up to about a year ago, has been
heard from since the opening of the
political campaign, some of his old
Langdon friends having received cards
which that he is a candidate
on the republican ticket in Mckenzie
county for the office of county superln-
tendent of schools. Mckenzie is one of
the newly opened up border counties in
the western part of the state adjoining
Montana
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Republican nominations on the legis-
lative ballot at the June primaries in
the Eighteenth District is a veritable
horse race and at the first heat to be
run on the oath of next month will show
three entries for the event, of which
two will start at the November sweep
stake. Up to last week when Dune
MciIwan, of Dresden filed his petition,
Banker Burdick of Munich and Hon.
Robt. Meiklejohn, who are out for re-
election had the field to themselves.
Dune IN as a dark horse, but has
been around political training quarters
long enough to avoid being jockeyed.
Even the running in the first heat is
likely to be viewed with interest from
the grand stand.
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Announcement OF the candidacy of f.
j.. Moen for the nomination on the
democratic ticket for member of the
house of representatives from the
Eortieth Legislative district appears in
this issue. Mr.. Moen Is ii young mar
who is quite widely known in the section
of thecounty which he seeks to represent
at the next session of the Legislative
assembly. AS to his democracy there is
nc uncertainty as To Its genuiness and
aside from his staunch party affiliations
he has any number of warn personal
friends in the vicinity of Osnabrock and
Milton who consider him both a capable
responsible man to serve the people in
the making of laws for the welfare of
both county and state. The sentiment
is very generally expressed throughout
the Fortieth district that the prospects
of MIR. Moen's election at the polls in
November is exceedingly good.
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An episode of more than passing local
interest at the Mlnot state convention
of North Dakota republicans is related
by the Valley City Patriot in the follow
ing clipped from last weeks issue: All
old time politicians in the state know
John Simons, ex-sheritf of Barnes county
OK railroad commissioners, etc. John is
a big, strapping fellow, and when dressed
up and in ii crowd of politicians he
might easily be singled out as one of the
big ones" Well, John put on his best
bib and tucker and went up to the con
v@ention at Minot. He was standing in
the lobby of the Leland. and for the
moment disengaged, when he was ap-
preached by a delegate and addressed
as 'Mr. McKenzie." Now, John is
something of a josher, and at once saw
an opportunity of enjoying a little quiet
fun; SO he did not deny the cognomen,
but entered into conversation with the
man, talking "stalwart" huently to the
delegate, who was evidently flattersd by
the attention he was receiving from the
''big boss" Pretty soon Ole Axvig of
Cavalier county approached and entered
into conversation, addressing Simons IN
Norwegian. The two carried on the
conversation for some time, when Ole
went away Turning to Simons the
delegate remarked: Il didn't know you
could talk Norwegian" sob, yes;" said
John, "my mother was a Norwegian"
and he turned away with a bland
excuse.