The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-12
ors who wanted the place.

| tors who wanted the place.
! The appointment is regarded here as
/ having made no change in the repub-
/ lican senatorial situation in the state.
The appointment Of an insurgent re-
publican would nave affected that sit
uation, and the appointment Of a
prominent and aggressive democrat
might have done likewise. Thompson
is so little known over the state, how
| ever and has heretofore had so slight
connection with state politics, as
to leave the republican candidates for
the senatorsnip in just the position
they were before the appointment was
made.
Sizes Up Situation.
The Grand Forks correspondent of
The Minneapolis Journal sizes the pol
itical situation UP as follows:
Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 11.-With
the appointment of an immediate sue
cessor to Senator M. N. Johnson, the
republicans of both stalwart and insur-
gent persuasion, are planning for the
campaign next year, when Senator Nc
! Cumber's term expiring, the voters
will have an opportunity under the pri-
mary law to designate the two men
they prefer to have represent them
in the upper branch of congress.
There is no lack of candidates, an
nounced and prospective. In fact the
state is full Of them and new ones keep
cropping up daily so that the North
Dakota voter when he goes into the
booth at the primaries next summer
will doubtless have an opportunity to
choose from a list in which are repre-
scented all shades and degrees of re-
publicanism.
Mccumber's Running Mate.
Senator McCumber has already an
nounced his candidacy to succeed HIM
self and the old line republicans who
have stood with that branch of the
party headed by Alex Mckenzie will
undoubtedl.- support him. Who will
be his running mate is still question.
Several stalwarts in good standing
have been mentioned. Prominent
among these is Congressman l.. B.
Hanna of Fargo. Congressman Hanna,
who is a nephew OF Mark Hanna, is
understood to have senatorial aspira-
tions. He is widely known throughout
banking business and has the money
necessary to make a successful cam
paign under the primary law His
election as congressman in 1908 has
given him a prestige and in many re-
spects he is the logical candidate.
However, those close to Hanna say
he has not yet decided whether he
wants to run for the senate He had
his first taste Of congress at the recent
special session. was placed on some
important committees and enjoyed the
work. and he may decide that 1t
would be better for him to remain in
the house for the present, though there
is little doubt that he will at some flu
ture time seek a seat in the senate AS
yet Mr.. Hanna has made no announce
ment Of his intentions.
Another stalwart who looms on the
horizon of senatorial possibilities is
George McRae, who has been in the
Legislature several terms. Though he
was the stalwart candidate for speaker
of the house at the last session and
was defeated, he Is considered mod
crate kind OF stalwart and might be
brought out in an effort to harmonize
the two factions OF the republican
party.
Slope Would Like Recognition.
L. A. Simpson of Dickinson is an
other stalwart who is mentioned in
connection with the 'toga. He Is one OF
a group Of republicans who are PLAN
ming to start a newspaper at Dickin-
son. The argument in favor of his
candidacy Is that the slope" has never
had a senator, and rs 1. is rapidly be-
coming an important Par. OF the state
industrialIy and commercially as well
as politically, it would seem to be time