The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1908-09-25

La Moure Echo: The Fargo Forum
has discovered some of the papers
that were insurgent before the pri-
mary election are not disposed to be
fair even yet. The Forum wants them
to give National Committeeman Ken
nedy chance to show8what he will
do for the interests of the republican
party and does not want him preju-
diced.
aOakes Journal: Republican Ma
tional Committeeman James r. Ken
nedy Of Fargo is to be congratulated
on the success he is meeting with In
bringing the party together after the
break at and before the primaries.
He is the right man In the right place
and. can be relied on to do what is
right and just to all.
Braddock News: The supporters of
Governor Burke and his administra-
tion are making no particular claim
for anything great, more than the
simple act of the enforcement of the
prohibition law and the appointment
of a number of his tender on the bit
republican friends to Office. The
enforcement of the prohibition
law and every law on the sta
tute books was a duty which
he is bound by his solemn oath to
perform, and the appointment of his
thin soup republican friends is the
payment of what is perhaps just
political debt. But, has Governor
Burke enforced the prohibition law?
Has he made an honest attempt to
enforce the prohibition law? If he
has, The Braddock News would like
to know when and where he did so
lin order that 1t may enlighten its
readers on what is apparently so i'm
portant a matter. The facts in the
case are that at this moment in the
capitol city OF Bismarck and right be-
meath the nose of the pious John
Burke, the prohibition law is being
violated every hour of every day of
the year. The News cannot prove
that the governor is aware of the con-
stant infracture of the prohibition
law, but il he is not, he is too stupid
to govern a colony of crabs. The
governor and his crowd have driven
a few men who were politically dis
tasteful out of the liquor business at
Bismarck by series of prosecutions
and star chamber trials that were SO
truly democratic that they were a
disgrace to our American civilization
while other men have, whether per
mitted" or not, stepped behind the
bars of the Bismarck blind pigs.
Rutland Leader Thomas Hail. as
sistant to National Committeeman
Kennedy, and the nominal head of the
state committee on organization mat
ters, has visited Devils Lake, Minot,
Rugby and Wiliiston during the past
week, and this week has been at
Grafton, Oakes, and Fargo, where
meetings have been held for the pur-
pose of instructing and organizing the
scattered members of the organiza-
tion.
Harmony is the watchword, and the
efforts along this line have borne good
fruit. There is Tightening of the
lines, and more united front pre-
sented to charge the enemy. The ma
tional fight has had much to do with
this, an dthe heads of the late re-
bellion are rapidly being healed into
pleasant forgetfulness.
Tom Hall has his forces well or
ganized now, and If a good stiff or
ganization fight is worth anything the
republicans should easily take the
honey, comb and all, when the votes
are counted again in November.
Even the bitter senatorial fight be-
tween Thomas Marshall and M. N. |
Johnson Is not splitting the party
ranks. There is a general desire to
let these two fight 1t out as they
please, and the other candidates are
leaving their hands OFF. Al number of
efforts have been made to drag others
into the fray, notably the assault and
battery on Al, ]. Gronna, the big
hearted congressman OF Lakota. But /
AISLE took or the overalls he was /
wearing out TN the harvest field. and
went to the telephone, which said tel
ephone suddenly became warm and |
hot. and now everybody has every
reason to know Just exactly where
Mr. Gronna stands--to wit-right |
square In the middle, on top, On bot /
tom and on both sides, firmly planted |
there, and smiling that same happv /
smile that has always made him
friends.
And since 1t Is impossible to string I
Mr.. Gronna into light that NAV he
Of such vital interest to his future
political welfare, 1t is sure d. melo-
dramatic fact that those less inter-
ested win leave their hands on. and
let Marshall and johnson have all the
pleasure.