The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-14
North Dakota Political Gossip

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Wheatland News: with the diRni.
Ned and orderly arrangement OF select
ed facts Of The Fargo Daily News
before us, In an article captioned How
McCumber Favored the Trusts. pub
lished In reply to the Cass County
News editorial which was supposed TO
take q fall out of the insurgents. we
should feel properly abashed and abas-
ed. Before the mighty regiment OF
allegations Of McCumher's treachery
to the people OF North Dakota. we
should bow our heads and hide our
faces, because The News has said so.
But alas we are not abashed. We
can not, despite the tremendous array
OF facts CD, bring ourselves to believe
MIN to be such a conscientious trader
OF peoples rights for party spoils we
cannot bring ourselves TO view the
acts of Senator McCunber as they are
characterized by The Fargo News.
The Cass County News is willing to
endorse and use what influence 1t has
for the election of any man, regardless
of party Affiliations, who will make a
more capable and efficient senator than
Senator McCumber, but until the North
combine can In their ranks discover a
man OF the requisite calibre, we shall
support and stand by the incumbent
Of that high Office.
The Cass County News does not be-
lieve, nor does 1T wish others to believe
that Senator Porter j. is an angel Far
from 1t. But 1t does believe as a great
majority OF others, that he is far ahead
of the other two candidates, Thomas
Marshall and AISLE Gronna, when ability
is reckoned with. 1t does further say
that of the records Of the first two in
the national assembly, Senator Nc
Cumber, has ably represented North
Dakota, both in committee and on the
floor Of the legislative halls, and
Thomas Marshall in all his career,
never so much as opened his head any
more than to vote with the republican
party or against the democratic party.
There was an alleged speech, which
was franked over the country. purport-
ing to have been made by "the man
who does things-for himself" Also
we should refer The Fargo News TO
the proposition before ~ in4 regard to
the tariff bill Its main Argument is
based upon the yeas and nays wherein
McCun1ber voted in contradiction to
the alleged downward revision Of the
tariff. The News places before the
public, and from its phrasing, one
would believe gullible pubIic-a long
list Of things on which Aldrich and
McCumber voted the same way. Take
this list and analyze It from first to
last and the dear public, whose in
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Gates, will find only one or two items
that would make a vital difference in
the North Dakota citizens pocketbook.
Then let us take up the question of the
tariff on wheat and other grains and
the position of McCumber on it. The
placing of wheat alone upon the free
list, as was wanted by a few, would
have resulted in loss of $4,000. 600
during 1909 to the people Of this state.
And then of all the listed items the
people of this state would scarcely
purchase in one generation at the adj
vance under the new tariff enough 10
wipe out what they would have lost
in one year IL wheat had been free
listed.
And what does insurgency mean in
North Dakota Pin the half dozen other
states? On its face it represents
group OF men who have tried to gain
the ascendency over the rest of their
party, and to control the patronage.
Having failed in this instead of taking |
their medicine like strong men and US |
ing that moral courage which faces
defeat and SMILES" they became what |
Is commonly said to be sore" and
tried to avenge themselves by CRYING |
big interests" "allied with the trusts" |
traitor to the people," and a number |
Of other things In order to bring the |
officials in disrepute with their con- |
stituencies. Instead of showing the |
people, concretely, the insurgency has
shown itself to be abstract in policy, |
polity and politics. 1t has shown itself |
to be only--and we do not infer that |
all Insurgents are a lot OF sorehead |