The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-12
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Type Of Senators Who Crave Election

more responsive to the demands of the people.
This year there are some star rascals who seek
tired.
OF the 80 senators whose terms expire: in
1909 and who are therefore now campaigning
for their reelection, the worst are:
Albert J. Hopkins of Illinois.
James A. HemenWay of Indiana.
Bots Penrose Of Pennsylvania.
Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio.
Charles w. Fulton of Oregon.
Jacob H: Gallinger of New Hampshire.
Weldon 3. Hepburn Of Idaho.
Thomas c. Plat of New York
All the above named senators are drag
upon popular government. They are the men
who help special interests to thrive; who kill off
parcels posts in the interest of the express COM
panies; who fight forest preservation in the in
terest Of the lumber trust; who oppose rate leg
islation in the interest of railroads; who kill
Philippine tariff revision to aid the sugar tariff
who, in short, are opposed to things honest
and helpful, and who do all in their power to
help on the designs of those people, who belong
in Jail but are still wearing broadcloth and pre-
senting our principal cities with art galleries.
Hansbrough began by serving the railroads,
and is part of the railroad machine in North Da-
kota. He has been a railroad and trust voter
whenever needed in the senate, but is very
smooth withal.-St. Paul Daily News.
Is there anyone who is skeptical regarding
the rainfall of the coming season? The editor of
the Independent does not pose as a weather
prophet, but you can bank on getting enough
rainfall between this time and harvest to insure
good crop if it is properly planted. We get
seventeen inches of rainfall on the average in
this section Of North Dakota, and since last har-
vest we have received but five inches of that
amount. This gives us twelve inches to bank on.
Just when it will come, no one knows, but it. s
pretty certain to come for large part in the
month Of June, just when the crops are growing
nicely, and when it will do the most good. So
go ahead, get your. seed ready, throw little ex-
ira feed into your horses and let us all hope that
we will get bountiful crop. Be careful to re-
member that the old adage is perhaps little
more to be observed in North Dakota than in
some other states, 1t is not how much we do,
but how WELL"
We made prediction iii recent issue Of the
paper that L. D. McGahan would be doing some
thing before long, to again get his name in the
for man who possesses the nature that Luther
D. McGahan has to contend with. He is work
ing with all his might to gain control of the dele
gates Of the county convention, which will bel
held in this city March 26, and while those who
believe in clean, fair, manly politics are not go
put up the fight of his life. Hansbrough, of
course, is going to spend few sheckles in Ward
county before that time, and will buy the dele
gates, if possible. Hansbrou1 Oh always has been
noted for throwing his friends and buying up his
enemies and he has not changed his tactics any,
Beware of Hansbrough, McGahan and their
political methods.
It has been demonstrated time and again
that corn can be successfully grown in North
Dakota and good many Of the farmers in this
part of the state are growing several acres every
year. There's nothing that makes better forage
crop, and besides you get forty or fifty bushels
of splendid corn if you plant the right seed and
cultivate it we'll. w. H. Mann has secured sixty
five bushels of corn per acre at his garden farm
east of town. Mr.. Nelson, a picture Of whose
field Of corn we published in a recent issue of
the Independent, was very successful last year.
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The Independent has been asked by several
Of our farmer friends concerning the herd law
as it now stands in Ward county. At the Janu-
airy meeting Of the board of county commissions
ers Commissioner Willis made motion that the
herd law be placed before the voters at the next
general election and there let them decide
whether such a law should be in force or not.
We feel certain that the law will be repealed in
this county by an overwhelming majority.
The Stanley Sun is booming James johnson
for State Senator c. A. johnson for Governor,
and John Mcdaniel for representative This
isn't such bad trio and Imperial Ward might
do far worse than select these same men.
The Independent is DESTROYS of printing al
number Of pictures Of the better class Of farm
houses and farm scenes in Ward county. If you
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