The Washburn leader., 1910-11-04
Democrats Are
Now Lining Up
Claim They are Not Trying II
Build up a Democratic Ma
chine.

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Build up a Democratic Ma
chine.
The followings article was writ
ten by Hon. H. G. Hansbrough:
[ learned long ago how important.
how satisfying. indeed, how neces-
sary it is to be able to put aside
personal animosities for the larger
objects in life. Thus it was that
| came to place a greater value up
on being a consistent republican
than upon the poor privilege of
"getting even'' with a supposed or
even a real enemy by voting the
democratic ticket. The man who
swears to avenge himself upon one
who has wronged him and is will
ing to sacrifice political principles
in order to accomplish his pur-
pose, invites much unhappiness
and in the end gathers little reward.
Looking over the political field,
| find decided tendency toward
closer fealty in both party organi.
cations. Democrats in North Da-
kota, although few in number, are
quietly lining up for their candi-
date for governor. the same as they
are doing in Ohio, where there are
more democrats porportionately
than here; only in Ohio they are
advocating democratic principals
openly and squarely. In North
Dakota one democratic leader
the only one who hopes for success
in November-says in his artful
speeches that he is not trying to
build up a democratic machine.
His soothing utterance is intend
ed to further mistify the ''indepen-
dent" voter. But republicans are
coming to comprehend it's mean
ing: democrats have understood it
right along. One should visit Bis
marck and take note of the Burke
machine that has sprung up in
the capitol building if he cares to
sound the depth of the governors
''non-partisan' talks. And, if the
inquifer is not then convinced, let
him read the announcements of
political speakers: democratic ral-
ly," !" democratic meetings. % "dem-
ocratic gathering" These may be
read in the shop windows all over
the state. One of the orators is
now member of the United
States senate by the grace of our
s'non- partisan" governor. Anoth-
er, now running for the house,
wanted to go to the senate, for had
not his democracy been regular?
There were others, indeed, it may
be said that even now there are
other democrats looking hopefully
to the possibility of a vacancy in
the senate. Should there be va
cancy while the present governor
is in office. would he reward any
republican that helped to put him
there by appointing him to the
senate? Did he do so when there
was a vacancy last year? Of course
not. This, it seems to me is a COM
plete answer to the governors
"non-partisan'' talk, and accounts
for the democratic machine in the
shop windows. In other words, a
democratic machine is already a
full fledged institution, here in
this republican state, and John
Burke is its patron saint and par
ty prophet.
Bit history fails to record a sim
gle instance wherein and consider
able number of republicans, hay-
ing strayed from the party. fold to
the sound of the siren notes of the
democratic machine builders. have
not returned when they discovered
the deceptive methods employed
to seduce them away. And history
is again repeating itself; republi-
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