Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-10-18

out the pledges OF your party"
He liz helpless to do anything
with a republican legislature. Its a
good thing that he can make
speeches, for II he couldn't do that,
/ don, know OF what use he would be
Since Governor Burke went into
office, the democrats have been build.
ing up quite machine. They hope
to get enough men in the legislature,
70 re, dead lock- They are not to
be blamed.
referring TO the proposed anti
pass law, the speaker said four prom
inent democrats had voted ii down
in the senate after it had passed the
! house
! II know If johnson is elected we
can carry gu, our platform" the speak
er said. Four years, he declared is
enough for any man TO be governor.
The political outlook, another we'll
worn elemen, of doubt, is steadily i'm.
proving. says Henry Clews' weekly re-
view. Radicaliym is being rebuked in
all directions; issues have now been
clearly defined, and seem 10 depend
; very largely upon personality. The
comparative lack of interest In cleo
ton issues is shown by the falling
! off in registration in all parts Of the
country compared with previous years.
; IT Is taken for granted that republi-
cans will have TO face considerable
losses at the polls next November,
and there is some probability that the
next congress may become democratic
/ This fact, however, appears to cause
little real uneasincss, and the cleo
lions are certainly much less threat.
cnjhg element than two ~ three
months ago. 1t is alsv d noticeable
fact thai public opinion IS becoming
less hostile TO CORPORATIONS; this being
due partly to public recognition Of the
fa', that corporations are here to
stay, and partly 10 the fact that man.
ayers Of the latter recognize that they
must submit to some form Of regu-
latiOn, obey the law and show decent
regard for public opinion. The chnge
in the latter respect manifested in
| various quarters is highly encourag.
ing as tending to disarm much of pub
lie criticism. No one now seriously
fears the forthcoming supreme court
decisions on the OIL tobacco and other
cases. The cort may force reorgani-
cation, but Is not going to destroy
property values. The decisions when
issued will probably have no fu:ther
injurious effect than the famous
Northern Securities case. No harm but
good followed that decision. The
present situation as whole warrants
more cheerfulness. The country is
still passing through period of re.
adjustment, evidently not entirely
completed. In all probability it is 20.
ing to be a quiet winter for trade at
large. The diasters so long expected,
however, have not occurred; and the
outlook for satisfactory solution of
some of the graver economic prob.
lens OF the day is more encouraging
than has been the case for many
months.
The editor OF the Mercer County
Republican is anxious that its readers
shall know exactly where he stands
and in the last issue says that the
politics Of the paper is republican,
though lenient, because it believes
the policies advocated by the progress.
sive leaders OF the republican party
are right, and because he believes
the republican party has the con.
fidence OF all classes from the fact
that they have arleeady done the great
est good to the greatest number of
people, and are not unmindful of the
rights of the minority. Don't let any
one make you believe the democrats.
have changed their policies since last
they were in power. They are, ma.
terially the same party that were in
power the time we had 81 sheep and
so cent wheat. Talk Is cheap, but
1t is always safe to vote the repub-
lican ticket.
The supreme court of Wisconsin has
just decided that the provision in that
state that a candidate in order to
have his name printed on the official
ballot must have received twenty per.
cent of the total number of party
votes cast at the proceeding general
election, is constitutional. And down
in Illinois the supreme court has just
held that senatorial committees Of
the various parties may fix the num-