Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-13

gubnatorial candidates but Hon. G..
"A. Johnson seems to have the best
of the situation at present.
1t is claimed that w. e. Taylor,
Insurgent dictator of the county, has
been guilty of trading some offices
which he is supposed to control, for
personal support. It is also claimed
that he has agreed to leave certain
Stalwart candidates alone if he is
not molested in certain places. The
spreading Of this rumor is playing
havoc with the Insurgent chances of
carrying LaMoure. This town has
about 200 votes and of that number
the regular candidates expect to poll
over 100. Their expectations are
borne out by poll Of the town in
which many men who were Insurg-
ent two years ago stated they had
switched and would support the reg
ular party.
The senatorial contest is attract
ing the most attention here. Col.
C. B. Little, the Slope candidate, has
many friends in this place and they
are all working for him. The Bis
marck mans ability to get large
vote here is unquestioned. and he is
expected to at least divide the
strength with Tom Marshall and this
was formerly supposed to be Mar
shall's private preserves
There does not appear to be any
Insurgent sentiment in the congress
ional race. Everything will go to
L. B. Hanna and A. J. Gronna. Both
men will carry the county by large
majorities.
On the state ticket Mr.. Taylor, be
ing local man, is expected to secure
more votes than his associates on the
ticket, but 1t is freely predicted here
that p. C. Cooper will cary the coun-
4ty and get a large vote in the city.
The people are averse to putting an
untried newspaper man in charge Of
an office which requires expert know
ledge. Mr.. Taylor's hold on the peo-
pie here has been maintained
through the newspaper, but there
have been SO many expressions Of dis
gust at the methods persued BY that
paper that public sentiment has fore
ed the establishment OF another
paper, called the LaMoure Echo The
new paper is edited by r. q. Hart
man, a new man in North Dakota,
but from the way he has started out
it looks as If the county would get
fair treatment in all things from
him. While the paper has been pub
lished but six weeks there are over
600 paid subscribers on the list and
nearly all of that number are in La
Moure county, showing the demand
for a paper here which will not
spend all its time and space in crit
icising state officials.
The voters here do not seem to
know that there are two men out
for the place Of commissioner of ag.
riculture and labor and that is about
the same story that will be told at
the polls. w. G. Gilbreath has won
many friends by the manner In
which he has conducted that Office
and all the farmers around here
openly proclaim that they want him
retained. G. S. Diesem, chairman Of
the railroad commissioners, is one
of the best trusted men in the coun-
ty, and one who most of the people
feel indebted to for the good he has
done the county. His Endorsement
and active support Of the regular
Republican ticket has caused many
of the doubtful ones to line up
against the self-indorsed Office seek
ers who would run the state for
their own advantage.
Many of the business men here
claim that the delegation that rep
resented this county at Minot was
not representative Of the county BY
any means. The active politicians
fooled the people and when the votes
are counted in June there will be
found a great number of the resi-
dents Of this county supporting the
regular ticket.
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