The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-29
North Dakota Political Gossip

Hankinson News: when the mum
erous conferences and -elinination
committees" finish their work, the
voters OF the state win take hand
and select candidates on their merit
with little regard to past or future
factional Affiliations
Verona Independent: Congressman
Hanna is being very generally indoors
ed by the press of the state. There
IL no man in public Office in the state
today in whom the writer mas more
confidence. A clean man, above all
political trickery. We cannot help
but wish him success in the coming
election.
warwick Sentinel: Senator Me-
Cunlher will prove to be a very hard
man to Dust from his present position
and there will be very stiff and BIT
ter fight on between the Gronna- Mar
shall forces and the McCumber fac
faction. Senator McCumber has made
many friends in this section who will
work for him long and earnestly.
Warwick Sentinel: Rumor has 1t.
and 1t is a fact, that the Gronna- Mar
shall forces are going to put up one
OF the strongest political scraps that
was ever pulled off in this state. we
are listening, yet listening, to hear the
first big boom! OF the cannon.
Glenburn Advance Senator Nc
Cumber rs not using his frank" priv
ilege Of the mails this year to send
out mis- political matter. We have
noticed that all his letters of polit-
ical nature are sent out under cover
of stamps. This is very commend
able act on the part of the senator
and one that should be emulated by
other representatives in congress. Nc
Cumber evidently intends to make a
clean cut fight for a denomination and
whether he wins or loses will be a
stronger man before the people than
ever.
Carpio News The political situa-
ton, both in the state and of the
county, is chaotic in the extreme.
There are up to the present time
about nine candidates for the con-
gressional offices and nearly as many
for the senate. Political leaders on
both sides of the fence are scurrying
around in a vain effort to hold down
the number of candidates for the state
offices so that they may line up some
kind of ticket and concentrate their
forces. AS in former years, they are
trying to name all the candidates that
the people will be supposed to name at
the primary elections It viii be the
a.. - -AtaT 1rv 4 HaA
didates with especial care between
now and the primary elections. We are
tied to no faction and to no clique and
will do. all that we can to help the
voters of Carpio and vicinity to pick
out the right men. In the past we have
been handed some gold bricks" and
without doubt we will get some more
in the future but every effort should
be put forth to get the best men we
can for the various offices. All of the
state and county officers are to be fill
ed this year Except one or two that
need reflling badly and it will be up
to the people to pick their men wisely.
Hampden Guardian: 1t is wonder
full how busy this man Gronna has be-
come since his return to Washington.
He must nave had pleasant holiday
- give him so much energy. He has
actually tried to do something for the
common people. At a recent discus
sion of a bill before the house which
was to provide leave of absence dur
Ing the winter months, for homestead
ers, our dear friend 90 Gronna, took
a course that would have been laugh
able were il not for the serious part
Of it. In his usual halfhearted way he
butted into this discussion and made
statement which will be of more
harm to this state than most people
think While making his plea for aid
he threw out the statement that the
roads i'm this state were blocked ant
would be impossible until about the
18TH of May. What his object was IN
making an assertion of this kind il
hard TO determine, but it shows ne il
not i'm touch with things generally In
this state, and that from the time ht
| leaves here ne has entirely forgotten
our existence. It is very pleasant Il
lhave such man representing us. We
would like to have the facts at Teas
brought before the public not partia
facts or exaggerations. AS long al
we are to have representation a
Washington let us at least try to sent
man down who will tell the trutl
about weather conditions. This stat,
has suffered enough already iron
these kind of reports and we can GER
4 tainly get along nicely without then
on the man who makes them.
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