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


zeal OF The Times IL to be commend
ca by all true party men, yet to an
ticipate a realization of it's desir
would be merely to dream of the mil
ieneum. To some IT would be the s,ir
render OF a principle: 10 others 90 bur,
grudge; to all It would mean TO IL,
down In hght--hence a hope forIori
pr anticipation.
Barlow Enterprise: Senator Me
Cumber has introduced a bill which
VIII hit the trusts pretty hard, il Il
passes. Stock Jobbing and wateret
STOCK would come to a speedy end un.
der its provisions, for the secretary OF
the department of commerce. and laaoo,
would be enabled to reduce the stock
OF corporations to correspond with the
caSn value Of the corporation assets.
Barlow Enterprise: Through the Eff
forts OF Hon. l. B. Hanna, jamestown
college received fifty three specimens
| OF fossils from the Smithsonian of
washington. These specimens. will be
placed in the museum of the college
ana will be OF service In the science
work Of the students. They are labeled
and classified for use. They form a
valuable collection OF characteristic
fossils Of the Paleozoic and Cenozoic or
tertiary periods in the geological for
nation. These were secured by Con-
gresham Hanna upon request of Pro-
ressor VIM. Thomas head of the de-
partment Of science In the school.
Pembina Pioneer Express: Some In
surgents numbering fifty to one hun
dred, according to different reports met
at valley City last week to consult on
campaign matters. A publication com
mlttee was appointed to tell as much
as they thought necessary for the pub
Tic to know, and the rest Is their own
business.
The Grand Forks Herald SAYS that
the stalwart press will jump on the
fact of this meeting with both feet.
though these people had a perfect right
to meet and consult if they chose. But
incidentally before II gets through
with its remarks, it takes occasion to
jump with all it's four feet on the old
tlme custom of meetings at the Mer-
chants hotel in st. Paul for similar
purposes, and by the same token there
by criticises some of the very men at
the Valley City meeting who were COM
mon participants In the Merchants ho-
tel meetings of other years.
The notable feature Of the Valley
City meeting is, that the fact proves
beyond question that such meetings
are necessary, and in fact is the only
sensible thing to do. Parties and poll
ttics cannot run themselves without
some sort of organization. Politics is
a business. While I'm a general way
1t is everybody's business, yet the old
proverb holds here as everywhere.
That which is everybody's business is
nobody's business" Naturally some
men VIII, for various reasons, be more
interested In political matters than
others. Naturally some men will take
the lead in party organization and
management. There is nothing wrong
in these things. When done with right
motives and purposes it is commend
able.
Where the "insurgent" press have
laid themselves open is that they were
the first to begin q universal howl
against such political meetings-in-
surgents" of this state began with and |
mas continued to be a revolt against |
the Merchants hotel political gather |
ngs and state conventions, and now
mat they find similar meetings neces-
sary in carrying out the revolt, it is
not remarkable if other papers remark
IN their inconsistency.
But If such meetings are found to be
needed in order to carry out party or i
PARTISAN work, wouldn't it be better to
nave such meetings really representa-
I've rather than to be attended by Just
certain invited" people? The real
rouble with the Merchants hotel gath
rings was that the public at large
lnally got an idea that certain men
Who met there at intervals met for the
purpose of running the republican
'arty of this state in their own special
interests. From this idea, whether true
r not came the revolt and the insurg-
mt faction. And this idea was ievel-
ped more from the fact that such
atherlngs were to a certain extent
ecret, and were not representative of
ne people, than from any particular
yrongs done there to the people.
The men who have howled loudest
gainst the convention or representa- I
We system of nominations, are now q
rowing the very necessity of such Z
ominations. They have passed q
rimary law and are now breaking It's
rovisions which abolished conven- I
ons, and hold meetings which are as 3
rivate and personal as those held in {
t. Paul.
Perhaps after all we will finally have ;,
adopt the old convention system
ong with the primary law; that is.
It'll the principles of the so-caIled
'hite bin by which the convention
axes the nominations and then I'M I,
n some sort of referendum rule SUBJ +
1t the nominations made to the party 8
r confirmation or rejection at thel
'imary.
Anyway, it seems necessary to hold c.
inventions, even by the people who +
e opposed to conventions--pri v
no primary.
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