The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-25
North Dakota Political Gossip

Norwegians of North Dakota. They had
elected him to Office. They had humor-
ed him. They had been his faithful
friends in spite of himself. But he saw
no use for them while he toured the old
country. The old friend of the north
amounted to nothing to Tom Marshall
In that visit OF his across the Atlantic.
1T was his own pleasure that he was
consulting. And he found no pleasure
in anything Norwegian. And when nc
came back to the state that had been
kind TO him, to the commonwealth
which had honored him unduly he told
the Italian and the Spaniard OF the
pleasure that he had found in the old
castles and the historic streams. And
TO the kindly old Norwegian, who
hungered for a word from the land
OF his birth, the former member Of
congress had nothing to give. Tom
Marshalrs visit to Europe was his best
evidence Of how he felt toward the
Scandinavian who had come into the
state and made Ii blossom as the rose.
Minot Reporter: 1t is barely pos
sibly that Minot may develop new as
pirant for political honors with the
launching OF the 1910 campaign. 1t is
understood that some of the insurgent
fathers are grooming our effervescent
friend, Ruth Angelina Nestos, ex-oficio
member of the w. c. T. u, Woman's
Federation and the Daughters of the
insurgency. 1t is suggested that he
might become a candidate for lieuten-
ant governor or for secretary of state.
MNw g.. IA
position goes without saying. He is
fluent speaker with accent on the
'flue;" he is a Scandinavian, Son
of Norway, booster, a Y. NJ G. A. en-
thusiast, gentleman, Is suspected Of
being lawyer and he keeps pretty
close tab on the political game. He
/, looks not upon the wine when 1t Is red,
or any other particular color and is as
satisfied with cold water for a bev-
erage as q crocodile. AS a man he is
somewhat of b rare avis; while he is
not suffragette, he is forever and
eternaIly the male member of most
feminine committees for club purposes,
church socials, library benefits and the
like. He always appeared to us as a
sort of blending between the hooking
bird and the owl; doubtless as time
and political experience season him, he
will evolute into a combination of the
American eagle and turtle dove, for
Nestos surely loves his country with
a hot, sizzling love- He has a clean
record as a citizen, a liberal education
in all that the term implies, is affable,
| talkative. pleasant, well-posted, and in
fact has all the qualifications that
should go to make up the politician.
| He did youman service in the last cam
paign for G. A. johnson and was the
last one to give up hope even after
| the returns were in. If Mr.. Nestos
| should shy his castor into the political
| game he would make 1t interesting for
mis- opponents. While it seems hard to
put a man into the unsavory game of
| politics, who has been hitherto un-
sullied by the faint of political skull
duggery, we almost feel that IL Ward
county is to get the representation in
state affairs that she is entitled to,
Nestos Is the Moses to lead us through
this slough of political chao and turn
back Pharoah's army, hallaloo. While
Mr.. Nestos. has not peeped publicly in
comment of his political aspirations or
intentions, little dickey bird whisper
ed that the dope has been peddled to
him and that he may be able to keep
1t down. If not, then this comment Is
idle and we will have to excuse by say
ing, ITS just another one of those
d-n sparrows."