The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-11

pc called an insurgent and with them
stand unless he wears the Marshall
brand. And there you are.
| Lisbon Free Press: The poIiticaI
conditions in this state and the nation
at large are not of the most harmoni-
| Gus kind. Both in the republican and
democratic organizations. leading and
active partisans are out WITH thair
aXes-not only % grind, but to back
their supposedly factional enemies This
y PROBABLY the outcome of the personal
CONNECTS that have been carried on ia
the past and as nearly all our great
questions now relate to trade, trans
portation, conservation and regulation
OF the trusts there is plenty of room
Tor personal politics to get in it's
work
Party loyalty sets loosely now on the
RANK and file and under such conditions
there may be abundant cause for sur
prlses. Mr. Tafts injunction to carry
OUT the platform of the party is not
ldIe pombast, and If the republican
party is to remain coherent powerful
ana influential there must be IegisIa-
ton enacted by the present congress
Ihat VIII stand four square with orr
promises, or the party win suffer de-
Ieat, not because the country has anv
confidence in the democratic party hut
because they will turn to them with
protest against existing non-action bv
the dominant party.
Pembina Pioneer Express: Whore
are we at? Once, not so long ago. we
We're all stalwarts. Then came d
change of heart among some of them |
"a sort of holiness movement Hon.
est among the rank and file, and mar
tlcularly earnest among some polite !
ians or would be's.
All of which is now somewhat an
clent history-some so old that II
smells, but the present status of things
Is little confusing. The case of Mar
snail, who assembled so high on the
holiness aeroplane on. of the very
1epths OF stalwartism, and later de-
seemed to earth on the ides of q
'hlH November, has been commente5
"a and is an old story. Blu. here comes
Mr. Gronna, who was a stalwart in1
ne stormy gales of two years ago. as
running mate for Marshall in theI
lew deal. Then there is Judge En-
'erud was appointed to the supreme
'ench supposedly as one of the very
loly OF holies-and now seems to be
ne most prominent candidate as a
win for our own stalwart, Porter 7
dcCumber. There are a whole lot of {
ther fellows that are getting their ]
James printed in the papers whose mast
nd present status are apparently va:
isome. If this thing keeps on we will
ave to have each candidate carry his '
edigree or church letter. along to1
ct his standing in the party. much as
hey do over at ST. Vincent now whend
man steps up to the bar and asks
~ drink before he gets 1t he must !
how his birth record in order to show
nat ne has no Indian blood in him.
ne lhdlan should be shown UP also
efore the political bar. 4
In the present kaleidoscope political !
ondltlons we are even at somewhat of 1 f
loss to define that whilom progress
tier" Editor Andrews, Of The Lidger-
GOD Broadaxe, without some sort Of Z
geographical chart, as of late he has q
cen making a noise SO much like ~ Q
Lalwart democrat. And there are t,
theirs, whose names and vagaries arel
D numerous to mention.
The whitherward of all this must Il
2 a. pleasant speculation for those fell a
ws who have in previous years 6
atched us go by from the branches e
the trees. 1t looks now as If by
ext November we will have killed :.
lough political people TO furnish :.
'rpses for first-class funeral, and =
lat the most of the live ones in the !,
recession will be democrats. Un-I >
oubetedly the present mix-up If con-
nued, leads to the republican ceme- F
ry. ~ In