The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-27

Hannah Moon: Judging from thu
comments in the Michigan Arens
Judas Iscariot was an honorable mar
in comparison with A. J. Gronna w.
do not believe the honorable gentle
man from North Dakota so bad as that
but we do think his love OF principle
is weaker than his desire to win.
N Bismarck Tribune: We have beer
given, through the courtesy of The
Herald at Grand Forks the personnel oi
the committee on elimination OF the in
surgent organization in the state-the
committee that will select candidates
for primary support by the process re-
verse to nomination--not by selecting
those who most fit but by eliminating
those who are in the way. We take It,
from the action of the Valley City con-
ference and the admissions of the in
surgent leaders through the state, that
| there Is no longer any intention of
needing the spirit of the primary law
It's letter. of course. will have to be OBJ
served, but the spirit OF 1t has been
cast out. A select committee Of twenty
one will assemble all the ambitious in
the insurgent ranks, weed out those
able. and finally present an insurgent
| ticket, consisting Of one candidate for
each Office, for the support of the in
surgent forces in the state. While this
does not prevent any candidate from
running who may wish, the fact that
the factional organization will support
only those blown in the bottle and
branded o. K. will put an end to the
hopes of the candidates who do not
come out of the elimination committee.
II we remember Alright there was a
convention at Grand Forks some few
years ago at which sentiment was de-
clared-or manufactured-to fit certain
emergencies. The result of the subse-
quent election seemed to indicate that
convention ran counter to the beliefs
Of the people who do not attend many
conventions but do their thinking at
home. 1t may be that we shall have
similar results following the delibera-
lions Of the committee on elimination,
Williston State: The Grand Forks
Times under date Of Jan. Z, contained
an editorial under the caption: Let
Us Get Together" AS is indicated by
the heading, it Is evidently written in
a spirit of harmony, and urges that the
republican party get together, or rath~ |
er "the party that should rise above
personal preference and factionaI
choices and unite upon a common
ground for the nomination and election |
of a republican ticket" claiming that |
party supremacy is paramount to fac
tional victory"
While The Times editorial reads
soothingly and the principle espoused |
is highly commendable, it is to be re- |
GREETED that the end is a hopeless &C. |
complishment. There is an old say |
ing: "'Tis dogs delight to bark and |
bite because God made them so'-and |
1t is lamentable fact that the nature ,
Of men-and especially politicians-is |
but slight degree removed from that /
OF their canine friend.
The present state of dissatisfaction
and of factional strife, is not confined
to the ranks of the republican party /
In North Dakota. 1t is in the air-is /
arises from a natural cause. In North I
Dakota it is one thing; in other states /
1t is other things: in national politics /
1t is a little Of everything, and hinges
upon questions of great Importance.
In fact the development of the coun-
try is plunging forward with such
rapidly that legislation cannot-or at
least does not-keep pace. An assum-
ed proposition of today, incredible
and tahooed, turns up tomorrow a
stubborn fact or gigantic condition
with all its startling complications and
results. All the i'll results are charged |,
20 the administration and each locality
affected holds it's local representative
responsible. In these days of big things
when the gigantic industrial and flnan-
;ial instructions wag the government:
when we find them robbing the gov
'rnment like highwaymen: when the /
,ost of living increases faster than the ,
Gale of income and the question up
'ermost in all minds is: Where will !
cease?" when in the height of an
prosperity we have strikes {
nd are threatened with numerous 3
'ublic troubles; it is but natural that {
he political field should suffer. PoIit- 9
cal conditions are like the tide. ans s
8 uncomfortable The present trouble t
n the republican party-and national Nv
nd state-is, we believe, like a fever.
nd must have it's run--or be fought a
ut. 1t will do the party and the ma t
lon good, painful though it be--and no D
mount of oil-Standard or other-wiI N
ave soothing effect. o
The Times further says: cit does D
eem that all republicans can unite Il
! the conduct of a clear. manly, cam p
align, devoid of personal abuse and S
ituperation," etc.,--but there YOU are
gain. 1t certainly would be most ac- Z,
eptable to the majority-or. we will a
n.y. to the better cIasses-but there W
re so many hot-heads, vicious, even "
Infamous politicians, that to attempt IN
curb would be as extending the hand d
gainst the gals. m
Summing the whole situation, we fl
e it but thus wise: A radical con- pl
tion exists; 1T must and will be met
z drastic means; there is sort of &c
little revolution on In the party and al
must be fought out; and while the OF
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