Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-12
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solicit their support for these men
because they are republicans and rep
resent republican policies. We re-
cognize the fact that there 'fs some
dissatisfaction in the state and that
there is a class Of republicans who
sail under the banner of insurgents,
some who sail under the banner Of
progressives, and others who apply
the term stalwart to themselves.
I'VE have discovered in the last
two weeks in which these headquar'
ters have been opened, and as wehave
been getting in touch with the re.
pubAcans of the state, that the line
of cleavage between the rank and file
Of those who classify themselves as
progressives, Insurgents and stall
warts, is not wide; that the spirit OF
insurgentism Of two years ago has
cooled out in many localities in a re-
markable degree with the rank and
file, especially among the farmers,
who have thought this matter over
carefully and are beginning to rea1i'
ize, and do realize, that they have
been mislead. They were sincere In
their fight against so-called boss rule
and domination of the party BY, a
clique: thought that there were evils
that should be corrected, and believed
that the only way to correct them
was to break away from the regular
organization and to do as is now pop
ularly known. 'insurge.'
Says There Are Bosses.
MANY of these honest and sincere
citizens now see that they have been
n..sled to great degree: that the
representations of the leaders or the
seif-assumed leaders of the insurgent
movement, were not founded in fact,
and they are convinced that Messrs.
Marshall, Gronna, Lauder, Helgeson,
and Buchanan are as much bosses
as ever were the so.called old gang
and are attempting to dictate and
control not only the nominees for all
state and legislative, but, as we'll,
county Offices.
"This sincere element recognizes
that in selecting an elimination COM
mittee, composed of two members
from each judicial district in the
state, and leaving to the committee
Of twenty men the naming of q re-
publican state ticket, is the worst
form Of boss rule. They know it is
directly in the face Of the spirit and
letter of the primary election law,
and they are resenting strongly this
and 1t is rejecting seri-
ously upon the candidacy of Marshall,
Gronna, Helgeson, Lauder and Bu-
chanan.
I'VE are not attempting to select
Or to name a ticket. We are content
to leave the selection of the ticket
to the people June 20. There are, of
course, men who have been eliminat-
ed toward whom we feel kindly, there
are others who have announced their
for different positions that
We consider better fitted to fill the
places than others named by the
bosses of the progressive movemnt,
md we may, In the future, align
ourselves with them; that is, If they
Will come In and run as republicans
md not as stalwarts or progressives.
I'VE think the time has come In
his state when factional strife had
better cease and it would cease In
>ur Judgment If 1t were not for the !
political ambitions of the bosses that !
ire named above.
Senator Mecumber's Prospects.
Now, as to the prospects Of Sen.
ltor McCumber, Judge Engerud and ,
Hanna, we will say that |
We are satisfied thus far that they are j
he choice of the majority of the re.
'ubltcans in the state. Men who op-
nose the insurgent movement of two
ears ago, including the supporters
It johnson, Little and Hansbrough,
or the senate, are lining up with us.
They want to be recognized as re-
)ublicans and not as members of u |
action within the party. We have
lad proof Of this statement in let
ers from, should say, nearly 500
men, who, two years ago, affiliated
With the so-called insurgent move
nent, and are now emphatic in their
Endorsement, particularly of Senator
49,.
while I know that our progress
We friends and democratic friends are
that Senator McCumber will !
'e the low man in this race, yet, l
NOW that they will have another
hink coming in a very short time.
We have not been able as yet, to
each into every county in the state
md ascertain the conditions and the
but we have been into and
tudied closely the conditions in the
alley counties and the western coun.
les, and few in what might be
allied the central counties of the
tate, and we know that Mr.. Marsh.
III is inherently weaker than he was
wo years ago and we know that Mr..
delgeson, who was q candidate two
ears ago, is no stronger than he was
hen and in certain sections Of the
tate, which includes some territory
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