The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-17

Engerud, who would not give several
thousand dollars to eliminate the Sc
nior senator from the field. Howevs r,
he is fighter and if the combined i'm
terests succeed in defeating him they
will know that they have had a fine
fight. He has had to fight for every
thing he ever received. He was never
known to be a gutter.
1t is rather early to attempt a guess
on state offices but 1t may be, safely
assumed that the two factions will
clash on about all the state offices. All
in all the campaign of 1910 will be up to
the well known standard of North Da-
kota political rows. In fact, we may
reasonably say with the advance agent
of the show, there will not be dull
minute during the whole performance"
Williston State: There was a rumor
current over the state that Tom Mar
shall would withdraw from the sena-
torial race, but it now seems that in
spite of the discouraging prospects he
will go through and take the defeat that
is so generally predicted. 1t is rumored
that Marshall will not get the corpora
ton cash again, the interests having
looked upon his former use of cam
paign funds with some dissatisfac-
ton.
Michigan Arena: Grant S. Hager of
The Grafton Record and ST. Thomas
Times is apologist extraordinary to
one Thomas Marshall of Cakes. who
rose from mercenary obscurity by the
hand of Mckenzie, attained congress
sional office, betrayed his chief. out
ragged the fair fame of insurgency and
became a selfish and self-ordained
priest of progressive republicanism.
Hager has followed the Marshall for
tunes with the whining pertinacity of
a jackal At present he bitterly as
saults those who are demanding re-
muneration for advertising accepted
from his patron, MARSHALL The Arena
is one of the fortunate few thae de-
clined to publish the Marshall press
notices from the outset-at any price
or consideration, and is naturally not
subject to any loss-either of shekels
or self respect. Financiers of the Mar
shall type are adopts in the many wiles
of petty bunprise that the gulible
members of state newspaperdom have
dStCIIlIiIGu lHlS IEuLI IN their dealings
with one of the "12 per cent twins. =
Editor Hager, however, is of the elect
to him are whispered the condolences
of the great; he may publish the Mar
shall notices, land the Marshall merits,
and gloss the Marshall flaws. with a
certainty of receiving seven fold the
bread he casts upon the waters. To
Hager was promised an important job
at Winnipeg-and the defeat of Tom
Marshall two years ago alone delayed
a :realiza tom of his dream of official
dignity, And now--who knows?
Williston Statec when Senator Tall
colt retired from the gubernatoriaI
race it was in the interests of har-
mOny generally and TO secure a better
geographical distribution of the public
servants. The people up this way like
Frank -Talcott and his unselfishness
will be appreciated in time to come.
Williston. State; There are some sur
face indications that The Fargo Daily
News is not exactly pleased with the
candidacy of Judge Engerud for the
United States senate. But this will be
one morec instance where the friends
will have to- conaesin' and console The
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