The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-04
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\ NEWS AND MO7E

Mott Pioneer Press Governor Burke
Is doing a great deal of good for him
self in his recent tour, SO he thinks,
but we fail to see 1t that way, as 1t
| is very plain from comparison of his
remarks and those of whom he accuses
of misdOings, that the people are daily
becoming convinced that he is not all
that he pretends to be, and that his
record of the past is not one that will
stand before an enlightened public as
that of a man who is best suited for
the office of governor. From any point
of view, there is no reason why c. A.
Johnson of Minot should not make
every inch as good a governor as
Burke, and with little exertion, would
have no trouble in elevating himself
to a position of political prominence
where the present governor has so far
failed to shine in the eye of the public.
Edinburg Tribune: The republican
state campaign is now on in full blast,
and without a tinge of overconfidence
in the outcome or eXaggeration as to
the present outlook, it can be truthfully
said that the prospects for a complete
victory are most encouraging. Chair
man Frank Talcott with Secretaries
| Otto Strom and Capt. Frank Henry,
and Grant Hager as manager of the
bureau of publicity, are not sleeping
at their posts. They are lining things
up in fine shape and are already MAX
| ing Rome howl. OF course the fight
will center on Governor Burke and he
! fully realizes that the end is near. He
has had two terms and the third term
| idea is repugnant to many. They are
! daily increasing in number those who
have supported Burke in the past, but
will do so no more. His sensational
| fasco last fall caused most of them
! to sit up and take due notice of the
| fact that he had about as much back
! bone as an eel. His rank discrimina-
I tion in the matter of appropriations at
the last session of the legislature also
won for him many enemies. Those
! doubtfully inclined should get a copy
of the senate and house journals for
the last session of the legislature and
satisfy themselves on a few of these
matters touching on appropriation. OF
course he could not see anything wrong
about chopping to pieces the appropri-
atoms for the agricultural college and
! institution for the feeble minded, nei-
| ther did he see anything wrong about
discriminating in favor of Devils Lake,
But the people are going to remem-
Der it,
| The $4,000 he appropriated for the
| building. and equipping of a biological
station at Devils Lake-a lake thasas
| going dry unless the governor and his
| friends carry water to it-would, yhave
| been better spent at Grafton or Fargo;
everybody knows that except the gov
ernor, but in that case he wasn't car
ing any more for the peoples need than
| he cared for the peoples will When
he appointed Thompson for senator.
| Minot Optic: While the lobby SPELL
binders" around Minot hotels are harp
| ing day in and day out anent Cover
nor Burke's wonderful administration
and telling the boys what a fine thing
| for this part of the state it is to have
him in the chair. they fail to instill
the proper conviction because their ar
guments lack weight.
Any voter who has made any kind
of an investigation at all relative to
the governors attitude towards this
section of the country knows that the
chief executives so-called love has
consisted mainly of wind, and when the
| opportunity arose to do something sub
| stantial he has had his feelings di-
verted elsewhere. True, the governor
was kind enough to favor the north
west part of the state with a deputy
game wardenship, carrying with it a
| salary of some $1,000 per year, and
during the switching of officials plen-
| ty Of publicity was given to the APP
pointment, so that the people might
realize how we'll they were being treat
ed. But really with the support Given
: the chief executive during his two COM
paigns he should have been more alive
| to our interests than to think that a
| little dinky office like the appointment
of chicken sleuth" would salve the
peoples minds and detract their atten-
ton from other things vastly more i'm
portant. If the governor had not all
along been stringing the people of this
community he would have at least
given them thought before he shaved
certain appropriations which were of
vital interest to them. Northwest
North Dakota is strictly farming
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farmer and in fact every citizen de-
ponds upon the rapid development OF
agricultural iterests for their prosper
ity. When the governor strikes blow
or shaves appropriations directly af-
fecting these interests he strikes a
blow at every man, woman and child
in this community
If the voter will but stop and reflect
a moment he will quickly see where
John Burke is not as friendly to this
section of the country as his adher-
ents SO ardently proclaim him to be
During the legislature session last year
he time and time again trimmed appro.
priations which were of supreme i'm
portance to the farmers OF the state
and while doing this he signed bills
carrying thousands and thousands oil
dollars of the commemorative money
for other interests, and incidentally Sc
Toured over $4,000 for Devils Lake, his
home city. Just think of the contrast
II Was not this carrying favoritism Il
the limit? Devils Lake gets the mag.
/ lnificent sum of $40. 900 by turn Of his
wrist. while entire northwest NORTH