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

Abrose Newsman: 1T wouldn't suit
the stalwarts and it wouldn't please
the insurgents to see two such men as
L. b. Hanna and Bardi G. Skulason as
our next representatives i'm congress-
but how would II suit the pecple2
Hettinger Record: A number of our
state exchanges are pleading for har-
mony in the republican ranks of the
state but the factions just won't be-
come reconciled. Meanwhile the few
widely separated democratic sheets are
attempting to widen the breach, in the
interests of the dear people--ostensibly
Edinburg Tribune: It's small mat
ter of course, but 1T serves to prove
to what extent political or personal
prejudice leads some fellows to mis-
construe the acts and intention of those
not of their faith.
Walter Cushing, of The Fargo News,
intimates that McCumber's bill for an
experimental farm Eat or near Man
dan" is not much Of a guarantee that
the farm will ever be located "at or near
Mandan," but figures That Bismarck
has 1t all bottled up, hence the latitude
expressed in the title of the BILL
We are reminded that in the last
senatorial campaign an avowed enemy
Of ex-senator Hansbrough made the
same charge. Now, a great many bills
are framed just that way in our state
legislature and no fault found. In fact,
the title of every bill providing for the
establishment Of an institution OF q
public nature should read sat or near"
1t gives the necessary latitude for
choice of location inside or outside OF
/ city or village limits. We note that the
bill establishing the Institution for the
Feeble Minded reads "at or near" Graf
ton. The fact that the bill was framed
that way caused no boiler. The blind
asylum Is 'at Bathgate" accord
| ing to the bill providing for its location
there, yet, it's outside the city limits
In fact we have never heard that this
| question of at or near ever led anyone
estray. The intent is specific enough
and the use OF this safeguard should
be appreciated rather than deprecated
/ At any rate, It's no argument against
the merits of a bill or it's author.
/ Williston State: After Tom Mar.
shall burned up a lot of money In
| unsuccessful races for the United
States senatorship there were certain
conditions which justified this fruga
gentleman to take trip to Europe
And ne mapped out his itinerary with
a good deal OF pains. He decided tc
see all that would interest him. He
wanted to go there and study the PEG.
pie. He wanted to see how they lived
And he went in becoming style anC
made his tour. And then came back
/ He saw much that was worth seeing
He had a good time. But the hate tina
ranked in his heart for the man whc
had beaten him for the senatorshiI
i governed him. And there was nothing
in Norway that interested him
Scandinavia did not appeal to him
He didn't want to see Saetersdalen
Not much. Florence and Naples fol
him. Those historic cities would af.
ford him better insight into life al
he would know it than the views of the
country around Borgund. Scenes #
France held him charmed while h,
scorned the Naero valley, A thousand
scenes in southern Europe made him
glad while he overlooked the possibil.
tiles Of Stalheim. Bergen knew him
not But dear old Lunnon did. The
land of the Vikings failed to draw him
away from the vineyards in the south
Tom Marshall owed too much to th'