The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-05
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go and vote for the initiative and re-
; terendum and otherwise vote for whai
ne thought right In behalf Of the PEG.
lple.
Certainly, we do not want too mucf
party loyalty. That's right! Their
why should we democrats and insurg-
ents vote for Burke?
When has Burke shown himself ar
lnsurgent except in talk? Is it not
an open story that Wilson, the oil in
spector saved the political neck Of
Judge LaMoure? If Wilson had not
worked against the democratic nomi-
nee for state senator, LaMoure would
nave been defeated, and as reward
is not Wilson oil inspector still, while
Burke goes around talking fighting
such men as LaMoure? AS between
stalWarts and insurgents, where is
Burke? He would certainly resent
any statement that he is with the stall
warts. OF course Honest" John
Burke is with the insurgents! Well,
pardon me- If / say that to my mind
ne has proven himself absolutely as
much against an insurgent as any
stalwart.
Did not Honest" John once upon
a time appoint a certain Fountain l..
Thompson as United States senator
from North Dakota?
/ Burke, who goes around the state
blowing his horn to the effect that he
has always fearlessly appointed men
to Office regardless of his own political
future, did not have backbone enough
to pick one of the many, who by all
that is fair was entitled to the APP
pointment for having fought and fl
| nancially bled for years in behalf of
what they considered the good of the
people and good government, and in
cidentally for the democratic party
| and Burke. Well after all was over
Honest" John Burke solemnly as
sured the citizens of this state and
the democrats in particular, that Mr..
Thompson was a friend of his, a good
democrat and Furthermore a very able
man. Well, let us take John Burke's
work for that as he had known him
Tor twenty years, he said, and ought
to know. No one else claimed to. On
the other hand the paramount ques-
ton among the leaders of North Da-
kota at *he time was: Who in HI
is Thompson?
1t certainly was not through pressure
from the democratic party. Or was it
the insurgents who wanted him? When
asked who Thompson was I was told
that he was a partner of Lord, "and
Lord is one of the incest fellows you
ever met" Well, who was Lord? ooh,
ne is an old stalwart republican, one
of the certain push that Burke claims
to fight" Well Burke ought to know:
he said he had known Thompson for
twenty years and he was a very close
friend And as Burke did not have the
excuse of the stalwart senate blocking
his appointment we can come to but
one conclusion, and see John Burke lay
back in his chair and say: 81 love nv
democratic and insurgent friends, but
oh, you stalwarts.
What did Thompson do? He gave
out in the twin city papers, when in
terviewed, that he was a conservative
and would vote with the conservative
element What did that mean but that
Honest" John Burke had delivered one
more vote to help the Aldrich- Cannon
programme? At least that was where
the conservative democrats were to be
found.
Certainly we democrats, having seen
the true side of Burke and his idea of
a good democrat" have ever since had
reason to join the insurgent enthusi-
asm for Burke.
And Burke told us Thompson was an
able man, very able" / believe he
said North Dakota democrats who could
not understand Governor Burke pass
ing them up and other citizens who
expected a noise" listened for that |
far away sound of North Dakota de- |
at Washington. Some of us
even still had faith in Burkes word |
even If it had proven frail in some |
things. Surely in so important mat |
ter his word would be good. We had |
governors word, remember. Did any |
body see Thompson or hear of such a /
man? And the gentle breezes from the |
west, around the Washington monu- |
ment, up through Pennsylvania avenue,
tanning the Lafayette and Jackson /
statues whispered, and answered with |
that far away sad refrain from North |
Dakota. Now, who in Ii Is Thomp- /
son?
And who gave out the secret of |
Thompson's resignation and appoint
nent Of his successor? Do we tell these
secrets to our friends or political adj
Well, who told us first?
/ seem to remember a democratic /
daily denying strenuously the report
BY virtue of a governors word.
Was 1t through an insurgent source?
No, the news came out through The
Forum.
We can guess the rest.
The News loyalty to Burke and to
he democratic party is beautiful to
behold But / take The News advice
n that do not consider party label /
sufficient and | have manhood enough, |
f such treatment is accorded men
n a political party by man SO much
lnder obligation as Governor Burke,