The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-21

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Cooperstown Courier: The stalwart,
and insurgents have practically divided
even on the nomination of a state tick.
ct, each getting senator and
congressman. While on the other state
offices they have bEoken, even practical-
ly. 1t is Just as important for one
side as the other to support the ticket
this fall in order to secure success at
the polls in November so that it looks
like q united republican party now
with every man on the ticket winning
out
Valley City Times Record: The
Times Record is not deeply impressed
with this view of the matter. The
republican party can never be truly
united-or reunited, rather-on the
basis of an equal division of offices.
and whatever Of Harmony" Is secured
Oh that score will be found to be
spurious and short lived. If there is
any merit in the nationwide contest
between the stalwart and insurgent
factions of the party 1t will never be
settled until it is settled right, and
the division of offices and distribution
Of political spoils can never touch the
real issues.
In the best sense it was not a set
of candidates but a set of ideas that
each faction of the party in this
state submitted to the people at the
primary election. Primarily they were
asked to choose between the opposing
political ideals and conceptions of
these factions rather than the men
whom the factions had put forward.
In the main the result of the pri-
mary election showed that in the
minds of the electors the candidates
loomed large while the issues dwin-
died into insignificance That is bad.
The result of the primary election is
absolutely meaningless so far as issues
are concerned. 1t shows the need of
Keeping everlastingly at the work of
education and the spreading of the
gospel of political and civic righteous
ness.
On the other hand, this paper can
not endorse such a betrayal of LOYALTY
TO party as every man certainly owes
as that suggested by The Cakes
Times. We place party integrity far
ahead of party regularity, but there
must be some point at which the
factional struggle for supremacy shall
suspend or else COM
plete disruption of the party will be
the result. The Cakes Times snecifc
ally names three candidates who were
nominated at the primaries which II
believes progressive republicans would
be justified in knitting at the general
election. Suppose a movement were |
started with the purpose of defeatine
these three republican nominees. n
happens that each of them received q
big vote in the primary election |
Eact IN itself at least mildly suggest
we. They We're candidates of the
faction, and that crowd |
would quite naturally and properly /
resent any attempt which might he |
made by the progressiyes to single |
them out for slaughter. The form IN
which that resentment would and eY.
preston is perfectly obvious. The re-
suit would be political chaos with /
democratic trimmings.
The whole proposition is untenahIA
n state wide primary the neon,a
chose their candidates for Office with
,at let or hindrance. 1t is eninent1,,
proper to abide by the result az thai
expression of popular choice SO far a.
relates TO men but not with resnect
2 whatever principles are involved
Nhen the choice Of candidates has
'een made truce should be called IN
II the will of the people-or Of the
dominant party--shall have been car
led into effect. After that IT win ha
proper to again resume fra 1
.attle for principles and to turn loose
ne dogs Of war upon Cannonisn Ala
ichism, predatory wealth. high taries
spoilation Of natural re-
and all the brood of evils
gainst which progressive republican