The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-03
North Dakota Political Gossip

Mandan Pioneer: We have looked
over the various candidates for gov
ernor who have been suggested thus
far and we confess we haven't found
one of them who to our mind would
be half so strong as A. M. Packard
Of this city.
Page Record: w. E. Purcell of wah-
peton is said to be a candidate for
United States senator on the demo-
crat ticket. He is an old line demo-
crat of considerable experience and
ability and as a candidate would be a
credit to his party, but it is not at all
likely that he will ever be sworn in
as senator.
The Denhoff Voice: 1t is about time
for Fred Kehrer to start on his hunt
after his 120 votes. Fred got 12O
votes in six months for Tom Marshall
last primary. During this time he
gave Tom a dozen or more full front
pages of The Stats -Zeitung and i'm
Vulnerable smaller articles in his in
imitable pidgin- English.
Rock Lake Ripples: The 1.-TWO At
flnities is the wall that some of our
exchanges allude TO Marshall and
Gronna. These gentlemen may soon
be around to do a little explaining.
Perhaps they can tell how it happened,
and whether on a dark or light night.
Why not get up joint meeting Of the
senatorial candidates where they would
have the opportunity to tell 'how it
happened'-that they were nominated
so quietly?
Plaza Pioneer: Senator McCumber
has shown up that the big twin city pa
pers who are working for the interests
of the Minneapolis millers and de-
Tending the department stores who pay
them hundreds of dollars yearly and
who are constitutional free traders, are
doing all they can t. prejudice the
people of N. d. against our Senator
McCumber who voted for the tariff
bill passed by a republican congress
and signed by a republican president.
1t looks as though that Senator Nc
Cumber would be more liable to show,
and do, what was for the benefit of
North Dakota than would any man
backed by the Minneapolis press who
are only interested in Minnesota and
it's large milling interests. If Minne-
sofa did not get what they wanted on
tariff, it is their own representatives
fault, who worked against the adj
mfnistration's policy.
Rugby Cptimist: Some people think
that just because he has made for
tune by his avaricoius, extortionate
methods of business, charging poor
farmers and other people who were
compelled to do business with him ex-
horbiant rates of interest and robbing
them of every last cent possible, that
Tom Marshall should represent them
in the senate We may not be right,
but we wouldn't be afraid to bet that
a man that will skin his neighbor and
fellow men right here at home will do
1t with a great deal less compunction
when he gets way down to Washington
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Marshall has been practicing those II
per cent stunts ever since he has been
in the state-and now he is orth a
half a million. Did he earn it honestly
Could he earn that much money hon
estly, in half lifetime? No, of course.
he could not. Take M N. Johnson, for
instance. He had more ability in a
minute than Marshall ever had in all
his misery life. Did he acquire for
tune? No. Why? Simply because he
did not want to take advantage of his
neighbors' misfortunes and by extor-
tionate business methods extract every
available cent from the pockets of the
unfortunates.
Tom Marshall 1t noted, where he is
known at all, for his penurious. close
listed business methods. OF course, he
loosens up once in while when it is
necessary for him to buy a newspaper
like The Valley City Times Record--to
holler for him and tell him what great
friend he is of the common ''peepul."
oh, Tom lis reat friend OF the people.
Hundreds of farmers throughout Dick
ey and adjoining counties can tell you
what a great philanthrophist and pub
lie spirited man Tom Marshall is, when
1T comes TO helping the people.
We don't believe 1t is necessary that
a man should have half million dol
lars in order to properly represent the
people of this state in the United States
senate.
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