Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-19
IMPORTANCE OF
The MISSOURI SLOPE
WHAT AN oLD-TlMER HAS TO
SAY ABOUT COL. c. 3.
LITTLE.

LITTLE.
Emmons County Record: One of
the most satisfactor., conditions con-
nected with the present campaign is
the good word that comes from all
parts of the state concerning the can
didacy Of State Senator G. b. Little
for the Republican nomination for
the United States senatorship. Old
residents In Cass countv--men who
have for years observed the direction
OF the straws In political campaigns
predict that the Missouri Slope candi-
dite for senator will carry that coun-
try by as large a majority as the
stalwarts received at the caucuses to
the county convention which named
delegates to the Minot convention. In
that contest Treadwen Twichell and
his Cass county Insurgents were de.
feated by something like thousand
majority IN the county.
For many years the counties of the
Missouri Slope were held in small es-
TEEN by the politicians of the then
more populous eastern part of the
state. The river counties were then
sparsely populated, and it was the
custom in the Red River valley to re-.
fer to them as 'AThe Cow Counties"
But those days have passed. The
Slope is now, through the force of
numbers, in a position to demand po-
litical consideration at the hands Of
the people of the state, and there
seems to be a strong disposition in all
parts to grant that consideration.
For the first time since statehood
the western half of the state has a
bona fide actual resident as a candi-
date for SENATOR man who has re-
sided in the state quarter of q cen.
fury, and who will continue to reside
here whether or not he succeeds in
winning the exalted office to which he
aspires. Mr.. Little has been one OF
the leaders in bringing the Missouri
Slope to the front. In the early days
he hadi fash II tshe future Of
this region to cast his lot in the
Slope metropolis. From the day that,
in Bismarck, as young attorney just
from college, he tackled up his lawyer
sign, he has been loyal to the Slope
and to its interests. AS business
man, as citizen and as a neighbor he
possesses the respect and confidence
Of all. For nearly twenty years he
has been member of the state SEN
ate, being at the head of the Judiciary
committee, the most important COM
mittee Of the upper house of the legis-
lature. During all the dark days
when at every session there was a
fight to get the capital away from Bis.
marck, Senator Little was always
found in the forefront Of the battle
for Its retention.
It may be said by some that the
other parts Of the Slope were not In
terested in Bismarck keeping It's posi-
ton as the capital of the state. Is 1t
not a fact that in any section the
growth OF city adds to the value Of
the real estate to considerable dis
lance from that city? Another thing:
Had the capital not been retained by
Bismarck, and had that place re-
manned as it was a few years agoa
frontier town Of shacks- there would
have been little inducement for rail.
roads to go to it from the northeast.
The 500 and the Northern Pacific
branch-the roads that have brought
IN settlers and made the prairies Of
Emnons county to blossom as the
rosedi not come this way IN order
to reach Linton, or Hazelton, or Brad
dock, because there were no towns OF
any consequence In the county until
the railroads came. And these rail.
roads came because they were on
their way to Bismarck, the capital
city OF the state, that continued to be
the seat OF government because men
Alexander Mckenzie. G. B. Little and
other prominent and loyal citizens Of
Bismarck and the Missouri Slope had
lin the legislature and out Of It. put
forth their best efforts in It's reten.
tion.
OF all the candidates for the SEN
atorial nomination there is none who
80 well knows the wants Of the Mis-
souri, Slope as G. B. Little, the hon
sored citizen who has represented Bur.
leigh county for two decades in the
state senate.
You certainly cannot afford to miss
the white goods and embroidery sale
lat Webb Brothers.
Good eating potatoes, 35c per bush
EEL. At Willis Seed Store.
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