The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-03
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Lansford Journal The Willow City
Eagle is Wrapping it to The Grand
Forks Herald 60 it, Thad, there are
others who feel the. same about it as
you do.
Greene Reporter: IN this issue of
The Reporter appears the fun republi.
can state ticket from c. A. Johnson.
candidate for governor, down. We
claim to be one OF the original insur-
gents in this part Of the state. We
! fought for principle, not party, like all
other insurgents did. The time has
come when as republicans. our little
differences have been sufficiently adj
! justed and it behooves us to stand by
4 the whole ticket.
Governor Burke has twice been hon
ored by election. He has no kick com
/ ing The mistake he made was in al
lowing his fool friends to persuade him
to ask third term.
| Bismarck Tribune General HID
| to congress on the democratic ticket,
says the Jamestown Alert. He is de-
sirous of succeeding Congressman
| Hanna and in recent speech attempt
ed to show that Mr.. Hanna had many
shortcomings and was not the right
man for the place and that the general
was General Hildreths only chance
| to go to congress Is to convince
enough republican voters that some
thing is wrong with Mr.. Hanna, which
will be something pretty hard to do.
Congressman Hanna has made good
during his one term, and General Hid
reth will have hard time to secure
enough votes from among Mr.. Hanna's
republican friends around the state to
defeat the latter after his strong en-
dorsement at the primary election last
June. Mr.. Hildreth's main argument
seems to be that as a democrat, he
can serve the state more efficiently
than a republican member of congress
possibly could. The argument is
good deal like that upon which some
of the ardent admirers of Governor
Burke hope to see him re- elected. They
claim that he has enforced the laws
better than any other governor the
state ever had; a claim which, closely
examined, proves to be principally an
early campaign assertion. The friends
of Mr.. Hanna need not worry about
General Hildreth defeating him for
congress. Mr.. Hanna will be the choice
of the great majority of the republican
voters at the November election.
jamestown Alert: An article is no
ticed in one or two newspapers of the
state discussing the judicial situation
and attempting to discredit the mo-
tives and the endorsement of the COM
mittee of lawyers who deemed it a fit
ting and proper act on their part to
recommend three candidates for the SUI
preme bench. The article attempts to
show that the executive committee of
the state bar association refused to
endorse the candidates and attempts
! to discredit the lawyers committee by
an alleged reputation on its part of
the executive committee.
1t is unnecessary to say that the
statement regarding the opposition
of the executive committee Of the state
bar association is untrue, as practical
ly all of the members of this commit
tee have already signed the endorse
ment of the committee of 100 lawyers.
The article further undertakes to
show that the movement to endorse
Judges Fisk and Ellsworth and Mr..
Cooley is backed by corporation attor-
neys only; that is, lawyers who repre-
sent railroads, elevators and foreign
corporations as a speciality. This is
manifestly untrue as a glance at the
list of names of the lawyers commit
tee will show. While it may be true
that certain attorneys employed by
railroads and other corporations favor
the movement, it is equally apparent
that there are even more attorneys
whose practice is general or is directly
aimed against such corporations. These
endorse Messrs. Fisk Ellsworth and
Cooley, and advises their friends and
voters around the state to support
them at the polls
So 1t seems that this recommended
ton on the part of the many leading
lawyers around the state comes d.
rectly as a movement from the bar and
without regard to the practice of itC
members who are naturally interested
in the selection of judicial timber. The
bar has a perfect right, either as In
dividuals or in association, to endorse,
support and endeavor to elect the men
who are believed to be best qualified
for the bench. In fact it is it's duty to
give to the people all information it
may possess with reference to this i'm
portant matter; and failure to do so
may subject it to just criticism in case
of mistake in judicial selections. The
action of the lawyers in endorsing the
above candidates is nothing more thar
an endeavor to acquit themselves of
this responsibility.
AS far as Judge Ellsworth is con-
cerned any inference or statement
that he would be biased on the bench
in favor Of corporations as against the
people, is wholly without good founda-
ticn. His friends and acquaintance of
many years standing in this communi-
ty all know that his practice as we'll as
his judicial record, do not warrant any
such aspersion, and it is unnecessary
to refute any such proposition And
the local. supporters as well as the
lawyers of the state at large, vouch the
same for the other two candidates re-
ferred to.
A Generous and Charitable Wish.