The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-07

This publication taken in connec-
ton with the statement made on the
cor OF the senate last Wednesday by
Senator'S Raynor and Bailey, wherein
they stated that few men on the re-
publican side had combined with the
democrats and asked the democrats to
vote for their measures and that they
had voted with them, but whenever
there was democratic measure to be
voted on that was strictly democratic
these men could not be depended upon,
that is, from the men who voted with
the democrats all through the tariff
bill. Senator Bailey stated that the
democratic party hsvd no republicans
In it. whereas the republican party had
four or five democrats in 1t who had
voted with the democrats all through.
but that the democrats now were tired
of trting with them and they either
had to come over and be democrats or
else the democrats were going to quit
them.
Bismarck Tribune: While The Bis
marck Tribune does not wish to anttc-
ipate or speculate on the division of
the courts in relation to the question
of designating the terms-or making
no designation whatever-on the part
OF candidates for the United States
} senate, we do wish at this time to
affirm our adherence to the editorial
expression made by The Tribune many
months ago, before the question reach
} ed the degree of serious consideration
as to how the official ballots should
be printed.
While The Tribune Is willing to ad-
NIT that there is some force in the
J contention OF those who believe that IL
is the Office of United States senator
simply that candidates are running for
and that the term Is to be determined
by the legislative body, which. OF
course, is under the constitution the
, electing body-thev ote of the people
being simply advisory-yet we still
hold to the theory that the term Ii
correlattve with the Office. In Other
3 words, the position OF United State.
senator is plural instead of singular
When our first two senators wer,
sent to Washington, their respectIv,
terms were decided by lot--the United
) States senators being divided Int
three classes. We believe that afteI
the first designation of terms" Of
. class on the admission OF a new
q state, succeeding senators elected
thereafter must or should be for |
I specific term. Thus Senator McCum
j Der, having served his full term, ant
; being a. candidate for another term
; very naturally and properly shout,
3 expect, IL elected, to have another full
term. Unexpectedly, Senator johnson
I died before the expiration of his term
s and his successor should be electe,
q to fill the unexpfred term. Thus tn
q offices of long and short" term
: two offices-instead Of one Office, a
y the position of United States senate
might be construed wehe there blu
i one senator to be elected by the legis
" latura.
: If there was only one senator to b
: chosen, there would be no question a
: othe term, and 1t seems entirel
q proper, and we believe obligatory, tina
! aspirants for the Unieed States senat
. declare the term" as well as tn
h office" for which they are candidate.
d Cakes Times: Probably no candi
! date who has yet announced himsel
: for the supreme bench is ais we
: known or more popular than r. f
d Rourke of Lisbon. For twelve year
It he has served eminently as Unite
y States district attorney, has min
q that readily grasps judicial question:
d and Is In every way qualified to q
10 on the supreme bench. He has been
d resident of Lisbon since 1882 and d
le a lawyer and official has been devote,
! efficient and painstaking. In point {
ability and standing Mr.. Rourke stand
N at the head of the candidates so 10
u announced.
ID Kathryn Recorder: II McCumbe
i was operated upon for advertiser
Dr. purposes, as the editor OF The James
lie town Capital seem sto think, 1t nigi
l. have been a serious manner of adve,
Using.