The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-07
INSURGENT
ADDRESSES
FALL FLAT
Buchanan and Helgeson Make
Poor Impression
Had an Audience Of Fifty-one
at Harvey
Calamity Howl Fails to Arouse
Any Enthusiasm

| at the coming primaries IN June, spoke
on what is usually termed, the issues
Of the day, to a very small audience
in the operahouse last Saturday night
We say small audience because there
were only ffty-one people present,
which included the chairman of the
meeting and the kid" who distributed
hand bills for the Hon. B. G. skula-
son meeting. There were seven ladies
included in the ffty-one present.
The Hon Otto Grethen, republican
candidate for the legislature, was
chairman of the meeting, and intro
duced the speakers in a few well
| chosen remarks. The addresses caus-
ed little or no enthusiasm and only
slight applause, given at the begin
ing and the end Of each address.
Mr. Buchanan could not be consid-
cred as a platform orator, his adj
dress which lasted about twenty five
minutes could hardly be classed as
anything but talk. Mr.. Helgeson
showed more familiarity with stump
speaking, clearly demonstrating that
he had been a candidate for office
many times before. though his address
was far from being a finished one,
being somewhat lengthy. lasted about
and hour and fifteen minutes, a large
part Of the time being consumed in
repetition. The general opinion form
ed of Messrs. Buchanan and Hedge
son, from their platform efforts was
! that neither gentleman had any spe-
! ciaI qualification or any peculiar fea-
! lures for the positions to which they
aspire.
/ Mr.. Buchanan in complimenting the
ladies took occasion, TO mildly advo-
cate woman suffrage. After few
remarks. ne gave a short biography
of his life since coming to North
| Dakota. Then complimenting the
state on it's progress, defining accord
| ing to his idea the difference between
a stalwart and an insurgent republi-
can, deciding for himself and to his
own satisfaction, that a stalwart was
one of a great party who was salts
fled with political conditions as they
are, while an insurgent believed there
If so the insurgents were the ones who
were willing to make such corrections.
Referring to the much noted ques-
ton. prohibition. Mr. Buchanan stat
ed that he believed in the principal
of prohibition and advocated the en-
forcement Of the prohibition law, to-
gether with all other laws upon our
statute books. He favored legisla-
ton tending to develop the Ignite
coal resources of the state Mr..
Buchanan frankly admitted the pri-
mary law had many shortcomings
and needed much fixing, and if he
were governor would lend his assis-
lance in amending it. But said moth
ing about an amendment to abol-
ish eliminating committees AS |
was to be expected. he paved re-
spects to Aldrich, Cannon and Pay
ne, using the usual stock argument |
against them. On nearly all the planks |
of the platform upon which he talked, |
there is no issue, and were such that |
nearly all republicans believed in, and |
upon which there is no division of |
sentiment. be he stalwart or insurgent |
Mr.. Buchanan did not discus national |
issues.
Mr.. HelgosOn's remarks dealt large |
ly with matters i'm connection with |
the tariff. he practically made no men |
ton of the affairs of the state, con- /
demned severely the congress on the |
matter of tariff commission All of |
his remarks on this subject were /
such as could only be made. with eff |
feet, after congress had adjourned /
and If it fail to provide an adequate |
tariff commission to adjust the con- |
fficts arising from local conditions. |
and interests in the different states, |
and then 1t would be up to the peo-
pie to fix the responsibility. 1T SEEM |
ed bad taste to condemn a part of a
legislative body for what they had /
not failed to do. Mr. Helgeson en- /
deavored to 81 ow his audience where's
in the late tariff bill Disseminated
against the peoples interest he was
careful, however, to discuss only what +
he considered an increase, on account |
of phraseology of the bill in three or
four items, while the bill dealt with
scores of schedules and thousands of
items 1t was noticeable that Mr..
Helgesen sidestepped the efforts of
Senator McCumber and Congressman
Hanna, in protecting the farmers Of |
our state on practically every article
they could produce. This Is a large
country with many diversified inter- /
ests, and if we get what our interest
demands a little application of the
golden rule In principal to others, will
surely be approved by the tcitizens and
farmers of North Dakota.
Both speakers urged republicans
after the primary election to support
the ticket nominated. stating that
nothing could be gained by support
ing the democratic party, as 1t never
anything and was al
ways fighting with itself. At the close
Of the meeting, we venture to say that.
all Of the audience came i
away fully convinced that there was
nothing In either address which would
make any good republican sit np ind
take notice that there was anything
raaically wrong III the political or busi-
ness conditions of the state.