The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-08
PREDICTS STATE BOARD
KEEP DOWN ASSESSMENTS
J. W. Foley Writes Interestingly Of Conditions In the Flicker
tad State-Says RooseveIt'S Visit Will Be One
Of Greatest Features Of the Year

has been on the qui vive ever since
Congressman Hanna got a promise
from Roosevelt to make speech at
Fargo on Labor day. A general recep-
ton committee Of a hundred has been
named, comprising officials and old
timers from all parts of the state.
Some of the former presidents old
ranch and plains comrades have been
invited from the western part of the
| state, and good many thousand WIS.,
itors will be in Fargo when the big
day comes. It is not expected that his
| address will be political, as the former
presidents admirers in the state in
clude all parties and classes.
Crop Outlook More Helpful.
Reports from the harvest fields show
the usual North Dakota spirit Of
optimism. Fields that were expected
to be passed over are turning out Ave
to eight bushels to the acre. In some
sections yields Of twelve and fifteen
bushels are reported. The grain is OF
unusually good quality and grades well.
Seed will be gotten back in a good
many cases where it was thought the
grain would be a total loss. Later
grains are in fair shape. Corn is maxi
ing good crop, and in some sections
will solve part of the feed problem.
Reports from the section of the state
in which there is the greatest number
of new settlers depending wholly upon
this years crop are encouraging. West
of the Missouri river the settlers are
hopeful and report better yields than
expected. In some sections west Of the
river the crop will reach 60 to 70 per
cent Of the average. While there Is no
reason to believe that wheat will make
anywhere near a normal crop, the dis
tribution of the crop is about as good
as 1t could be made in a year of short
crop, for the new settlers get the long
end of the crop.
Harmony Meeting Shelves Fight.
Politically, the state Is in the dog
days, and harmony meeting in Fargo
seems to have exhausted political dis
cussion until the next gathering of the
political clans in September. Some in
teresting stories come out OF the har-
mony convention. One Of them is as
to the insistence of Chairman Devine
Of the progressive faction and H. T.
Helgesen, progressive candidate for
congress, for the adoption of a declar-
alton consisting of twelve or fifteen
progressive planks by the candidates
at Fargo. This was finally put over for
the consideration of a committee that
will report in September. 1t was point
ed out in the discussion of these pro-
posed planks that it was not the prov
ince Of the candidates at the time to
make any platform-that this was the
duty Of the state central committee
when 1t met with the candidates in
September. 1t was also pointed out that
the factional representatives at the
meeting could not afford to start fight
over the platform at this time.
There was a rumor that the demo
Gratis would have a campaign fund of
a good many thousand dollars to make
a campaign for member of the SEN
ate in the legislature, and this had
tendency to lessen the eagerness of
some of the candidates for a fight.
Neither faction of the republicans in
this state is anxious to get sentiment
started favoring a legislative fight
over the United States senatorship,
for there is no telling just where such
a fight would end, and for the demo
Gratis it would be "aR to the good"
McCumber is anxious for an election
without any further fight, and Gronna
does not want to take any chances on
carrying off the plum he has at his
fingers ends. Had either faction been
successful in carrying off both SEN
atorship Endorsements at the pri-
maries, d legislative scrimmage could
be started at the drop Of the hat, and
lively one, too.
Another matter that caused some
discussion at the meeting was the
charge that one at least of the candi-
dates on the republican ticket was a
supporter of Burke, and the sugEes-
ton that all candidates purge them
selves of democratic leanings or get
over into the democratic camp for sup
port. One of the speakers went SO
far as to declare that unless all can
didates were loyal to all candidates on
the republican ticket, from governor
down, he would be in favor of making
a campaign against the republican
candidate who did not get out and
drill for the election Of the eutire
ticket There was some pretty plain
talk INDUCED in, and disposition to
retaliate against any candidate whose
loyalty to the republican ticket could
with truth be called In question. 1t
was pointed out that republicans could
vote for democrats just as well In the
case of one office as another, and that
no candidate could consider himself
out Of the woods until election was
over.