The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-30
WHY HE IS SUP
PORTING THEM
A Sound View Of Party Obligations
by the Editor Of the Times
Record Of v. {.

The Devils Lake journal, edited
by Col. Bloom, like other demo.
cratic newspapers in the state,
would be pleased to see the ''insur-
gent or ''progressive' republicans
go over to the democrats. The
reason for this is evident = the
journal wants to see democracy
perpetuated in the state and the
way opened for many hun
cry democrats I to get into Of
fee. Consequently, it is the aim
of the journal to approve the
course of Grand Forks Herald
(democratic), and justify insur-
gents or progressives in abandon
ing their party affiliations because
they may have been disappointed
in some of the results of the pri-
mary. Nothing could be more
destructive of party organization
than this doctrine, and the earnest
ness with which the democrats are
urging it ought to be enough to
warn republicans of whatever fac
ton against it.
Editor Taylor Of the Valley City
Times-Record disposes of Blooms
arguments in a recent vigorous
editorial, when he says:
For months before the late pri-
mary election the writer, through
his editorial connection with this
paper and the LaMoure Chronicle,
strenuously and persistently op-
posed the reelection of either SEN
ator McCumber or Congressman
Hanna. Every possible effort was
made to convince the republicans
of the state that their interests
and the general welfare would be
best subserved by retiring these
men from official life and electing
in their stead the progressive can
didates who opposed them. But a
majority of the republicans who
went to the polls on the Doth of
June had a different opinion about
the matter They instructed the
legislature to renew Senator Nc
Cumber's certificate of election
and they gave Congressman Hanna
tremendous majority. And yet
the Journal, with incredible ef-
frontery, asks the editor of this
paper, who was himself candi-
date for Office in the primary cleo
tion as a member of the same
party to which McCumber and
Hanna belong, why he is sup
porting them!
Doesn't the Journal know that
SO far as Senator McCumber is
concerned the factional contest
ended absolutely, both politically
and morally. when the polls were
closed on the 29th of last June {?
Is there progressive republican
in this state SO contemplate that
he would ask q republican men,
ber of the legislature to violate his
solemn obligation to support the
candidate for United STATES SEN
ator who received the highest vote
in the primary election !? Didn't
Marshall and Gronna, the insur-
gent candidates, specifically prom
Use to abide by that result ? We
are not supporting McCumber,
because there is 10 need to sup.
port him. We fought him as hard
as we could and were licked. The
only way we could fight McCum-
Der now would be to try to elect
democratic legislative candidates
candidates who would vote for Nc
Cumber's neighbor and opponent,
Mr.. Purcell. There are several
good reasons why we would not
attempt anything Of that sort,
Mr.. Purcell himself. being one Of
them. Nothing could be gained
and much lost, we believe, by the
election of Mr.. Purcell instead of
Mr.. McCumber.
The same unassailable logic APP
plies in the case of Mr.. Hanna.