The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-07
MAKING SENATORS.

The editor Of The Minneapolis Trib-
une takes a facetious view of Govern
or Burke's continuous performance on
the appointment af United States sem
ators from North Dakota He says:
The disjointed twins of Dakota have
contributed much to the gayety of
American politics since the huge ter
ritory impinged upon our political sys-.
tenn, split in two from the shock and
blazed into statehood.
But we remember no political fruit
of the agile Dakota mind more deli
cately humorous without aspect calcu-
lated to bring the faintest tinge to the
cheek of modesty than the new device
of making senators while you wait.
The repair shops have rung the changes
upon this joke, with some tedium and
some grossness, from the barrel car
toon of the Pantoriums to the cruel
satire Of the tooth carpenter, with the
tormenting suggestion of an Ideal
painless dentistry. but Governor Burke
has given 1t novel form.
The new member of congress with
many henchmen and limited patronage
has been known to split his clerkships
up either successive appointments or
by imposing a contract to divide salary.
Governor Burke is credited with in
vention of the original idea of dividing
a senatorship, salary and honor and
all, so as to make it fill the democratic
crib in North Dakota like the marvel
Gus cruise OF sacred history.
1t is more like the magic of the con-
jurer, who pulls rabbit after rabbit, or
watch after watch out of apparently
empty space. He has pulled two sem
atorships out Of one vacancy and is
said to dream of farther multiplied
ton of patronage. The idea is so slim
ulating that metaphors crowd the mind.
Let us say that it is ike the railroad
presidents notion of doubling traffic
by doubling farm production and stop
GREATNESS.
1t is as simple as the balance of
Columbus eggs. You line the hungry
up before a Invisible office and let them
draw straws, like boys with an apple,
for the first bite. The winner is sworn
to let go by resignation in a MONTH
the man who got the next longest
straw gets his bite and so on till the
| legislature meets.
If there be any gratitude in politics
there should be return support enough
in this device to keep even an accident
al democrat in office till he is tired Of
it. It's no small thing to be able tt
write former United States senator
in Who's who and on ones tombstone
If|Now Is the time to boost fol
Fargo.
ET Beef has been barred but cereal:
are continued into the next edition.
~ A square meal is one of the kline
that isn't tainted by the Deef trust.
EB1t Is said that the Paris fashion,
this year will be the high water kind
Eg Some people appear to be II
doubt whether congress can't legislat
or don't want to.
lt|The packers have already begun t
cut down the prices paid for live stoc1
but are not reducing those on cut
OF meat
IA England appears 20 be slippin
rrife and to be losing its hold o
European control.
o Eg Many farmers are purchasin
autos. This ''back to the farm ide
n is not SO bad-after ALL
n The Fargo city council will Civ
a pink tea this evening. The air ma
be blue before the session is over.
ar Boozeless baseball is the bran
that managers will insist upon TIL
u year. Fargo had some great experienc