The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-26

Bottineau Courant: Hon Edward
Engerud of Fargo. former judge of the
supreme court and at present repub-
lican candidate for United States sem
ator was in Bottineau Wednesday
night and delivered an address at
Greiner's operahouse. Scarcely any
notice of the meeting had been given,
nevertheless a good audience greeted
the speaker, who was introduced by
Peter Scott 49,. .
Judge Engerud's address was devot-
ed mainly to a history of the insur-
gent movement I'm North Dakota and a
discussion of the tariff bill passed by
the present congress.
In reviewing the causes which led
to the insurgency he called attention
to the fact that the two politicians who
now have appropriated to themselves
the leadership of the progressive" re-
publican faction had themselves been
the beneficiaries of the political sins
committed by machine leadership. In
1900 the bosses had turned down Judge
B. F. Spaulding, then representative in
congress from North Dakota, and given
his place to I. r. Marshall, for ne 9TH
er reason than that they could not con-
troll Mr. Spaulding. In 1902, the state
having been given an additional rep
resentative MIR. Spaulding was again
sent to congress, but his independence
had so displeased the machine leaders
that in 1904 his place was given to
A. J. Gronna. ....-.
The selection of Marshall and Gronna
and the unjust and arbitrary manner
in which Mr.. Spaulding had been twice
displaced were causes of the insurgent
movement and the primary laws of
1905 and 1907 were the result With
the enactment of the primary law it
had been presumed, and not without
reason, said the speaker, that bossism
and gangism as then dominating the
republican party in the state, would
disappear. But this was not to be the
case. A new machine was organized,
the primary law was violated in spirit
and in fact, by the holding of the
Grand Forks conference in 1907 and
the creation of the elimination COM
mittee of twenty one in 1910. And the
self appointed leaders of the new ma
chine are the same Marshall and
Gronna who had been the cause of the
insurgent movement and whose ele-
walton to political preferment had been
the result of the sins committed by
the old machine.
In discussing the tariff bill, Judge
Engerrd called attention to the SINH
la fity of conditions now and as they
existed twenty years ago after the
passage of the Mckinley tariff bill, and
as they have existed after every revis-
ion of the tariff schedules Mckinley
was mallgned and defeated for re-
election. But a short time thereafter,
the people saw their mistake and
showed their approval Of McKinley's
course by electing him president. of
the United States. He showed how
utterly impossible it was to frame a
bill fixing the duties on several thous-
and items and make it satisfactory to
the diversity of interests of a great
country like the United States. He
denounced the methods of the muck
raking magazines and the insurgent
speakers who were using the same
methods 20 discredit the republican al
minlstratlon.
Judge Engerud is one Of the solest
lawyers n tbs state ard his addl ess
was a sensible analytical discussion
of the conditions which now confront
the republican party. His remarks
were well received and be was heartily
applauded at the close of his a11~ess
The Bottineau Military band fur
nished excellent music.
jamestown Alert: 1t is hard work
to convince the average resident of
North Dakota that there is anything
wrong with the tariff. The attempt
to do so is being made, 1t is fair to
say, by only a few candidates for of
flee who are supported and encour-
aged by a few newspapers These
candidates are endeavoring to create
the impression that people are being
imposed upon and robbed In some
manner by the tariff law passed by the
last congress The voters generally
can't see how this il and the majority
do not believe 1t, for the evidence lis
too plain against 1t. There is plenty
of work in every branch of trade In
North Dakota. No mechanic or labor
ing man has any excuse to complain
of lack of work at good prices In
fact there is more work in the towns
and cities than there are men to be
had to do 1T. Merchants have good
business conditions confronting them,
with nothing but bright prospects for
the future. Land values are rising
Throughout the state Farmers are
getting good prices and have had good
prices for everything they raise to sell.
Some of the papers and speakers APP
pear to- argue from standpoint that
the government ought to support
every man who il dissatisfied with his
own fortunes, no matter how ir1eni-