The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-03
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| Bisbee Gazette. "Honest"(?) John
burke has been lauded for the past
Years so strenuously from his partisans
that one has grounds to ask Is hon
esty among democrats so rare that it
lcauses such furore when it is or is
thought to be found in one of the clan?
! Berlin Record: VIII Governor Burke
please explain, while he is making his
grand defense, why, if he vetoed part
of the appropriation for the Agricul-
tural college for lack of funds, he APP
iproved an appropriation for a building
at Dickinson, which was not to be built
for two years, and could have been
taken care of by the coming legisla-
ture.
| Lansford Journal; 1t must make the
rest of the democratic ticket feel pref
| ty small to be made stool pigeons for
the great and only John Burke It is
said that some of the democratic can
didates are taking it to heart, too. A.
gentleman in Minot who thought he
was running for state office on this
ticket feels greatly aggrieved, and says
that if he knew before the primaries
| he would have seen John Burke in hi
| first. So it goes, when there is only
one great peerless leader in party.
Glendale Record: The chances of
Governor Burke's re- election have ma
Iterially lessened since the Grand Forks
Herald has swung democratic In the
| past ten years The Herald has been a
lhoo-doo to nearly every candidate It
has supported whether state county or
lefty, The same has also been equally
a fact as regards any local or state
wide principle that it has championed.
| 1t has been even worse than hoo-doo
! 1t has in fact amounted to a fatality
1T is almost truism that what The
Herald wants the people refuse--and
the people are generally right.
Neville Journal: John Burke vetoed
several important measures of inter
est to the farmers because there was
not enough money, and vetoed small
appropriation asked for by the old SOL
diers becuse il was unconstitutional
The constitution says that state Off
GERS salaries shall not be increased or
diminished during period for which they
shall have been elected" Honest John
Burke signed a bill. however to give
himself $1,000 per year more salary but
he gets around the constitution by call
ing the raise personal expenses" (See
1909 session laws page 1870. What is
salary used for except personal ex-
penses?"
Leipzig Sentinel: For governor we
urge the election of the Hon G. Al.
Johnson of Minot We have become
convinced that he is man of real
greatness, and much to be preferred to
Governor Burke. who, moreover, has
already had two terms
One more name we wish to mention
1t is that of Congressman Hanna. He
has helped the writer greatly in deal
ings (wholly legitimate) with the de-
partments of the government. and we
certainly feel grateful toward him. Mr.
Hanna does look after the interests Of
his constituents. and that is the Sc
cret Of his popularity In conclusion:
We believe we can say in entire good
| faith, vote the republican ticket. BY
all means, vote.
Barlow Enterprise: A dispatch from
Gratis will appeal to the progressive re-
publicans to aid them in their fight
against T.. b. Hanna, because he has
been allied with the stalwart faction
of the republican party. But 1T will
hardly win. The progressives have a
fine representative on the ticket In the
person of ri. r. Helgesen, whom all re-
Epublicans are Loyalty supporting, and
what could they expect to gain by cleo
| ing Hildreth over Hanna, except ex-
changing a strong man for weak one?
Hildreth stands for nothing which re-
publicans desire and Mr. Hanna GER
tainly stands for much that even the
broadcast progressive cherishes. The
| myth of Cannonism which is so often
evoked is akin to the DOGGY man with
which nurses frighten children, and
even the Payne tariff law SO often ig-
norantly shaken in our faces lis not the
greatest evil that menaces the rights
Of the people and that we must face.
but rather corporate greed. the trusts.
financial system and upon all these