The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-01-10
North Dakota Political Gossip

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i The McFIenry Tribune: The Harvey
Herald boosts for Alfred Blaisdell ais q
candidate for congress, and we don't
know ourselves but that he is a pretty
Igood man.
Bisbee Gazette: The Michigan Are
ma is very explicit in It's charge Of hy-
pocricy made against Gronna. The
article IN question shows Gronna TO be
politician of the kind that one
learns TO despise as soon as one be-
4 Igins to know him better.
j carpio News: From the way the pa
.1pers of the state are grabbing up the
heavyweight knock that The Minot
Reporter handed to Jim Johnson. and
are spreading ii in full on prominent
pages, 1t would look to a man up a
tree as though that boom of Jin's for
congress would. with the first mild
breezes Of springtime, follow the snow
drifts into the thin and ambient at
Emosphere.
| Petersburg Record: It is said in
political circles that Judge Edward En-
gerud, OF Fargo, will make the con-
gressional run for the short term. He
is quoted by those who know him as
OF the best and most capable men of
the state. Should he enter the race he
will make the "affinities" gyrate no.
ticeably. Fargo has certainly contain
ed valuable political timber, with a
4 good reserve still on han.
Wahpeton Globe Gazette: A Fargo
report says that Warden f. o. He'll
strom OF the penitentiary is 20 soon re-
sign his position in order to take over
the business management of The Far
go Daily News in which paper he is
heavily interested. 1t is said that
Sen. D. II. Macarthur of Bottaneau
county will get the wardenship. The
poor old News does have an awful
time keeping its owners and mama
gers, and some of the democrats and
insurgents leaders must be getting
tired having to dig up so often to
keep the papers creditors satisfied.
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Bisbee Gazette: North Dakota is an
agricultural state and as long as 1t SO
/ us pSOple are III IaV0r OF a
protective duty on wheat, oats barley.
and such grains as are now raised in
| great abundance in the Canadian
| Northwest. and which will compete
i with the products of this state without
this duty.
Cur representatives in congress, with
the exception of Gronna,. voted for this
protective duty and by so doing acted
In conformity with the wishes Of a
majority of the people of the state.
/ Senator McCumber and Congressman
Hanna can therefore be, said to, ask
for your endorsement for doing what
you Instructed them to do. Can YOU
withhold your endorsement. and act for
for your best interest?
Matt Johnson editor of The Omemee
Herald, says he has never sold his ed
itorial support and Is against that sort
Eof things, etc. Now Matt may be con-
stituted differently from most pub
fishers, but we don't believe that he Is.
Perhaps the reason why Matt has new
er yet sold out is because the price Of
lfered was not large enough. When an
editor puts on long, santimonious ex-
lpression and solemly declares that
there is not enough money in the uni
verse to influence him-look out.
Chances are that he's either lookins
for big chunk or else he's hoping
that the dear people will take recog-
milton OF his simo-.-pur qualities and
place him on some political pedestal.
We have learned in our experience
with men, that those publishers who
do not fiaunt the Cant be Bought
banner to the breezes.
Minot Reporter: Rumors are rife in
the Magic city today to the effect
that within a very short time, two
gubernatorial candidates viii be
launched from this city 1t is said that
both G. A. Johnson and Judge Nehe-
miah Davis will announce themselves
as candidates for the republican nom
ination for governor of North Dakota.
johnson it is said, figures that he has
already spent the money for advertis-
ing and that he is a logical candidate
Davis has allowed the passing comment
of bunch of country newspapers to
tickle his vanity and those who are
supposed to know think that he is
really serious in his candidacy. we
can hardly believe that either OF the
n gentlemen above named are serious or
that they will ever get so far as to
launch a candidacy for governor; and
yet Ward county has always been for
tunate along this. With hundreds of
men at hand who would command the
support and respect OF the voters at
large, we find men of the calibre of
Johnson and Davis pushing themselves
to the front and eliminating legitimate
and worthy timber. While we have no
desire at this time to comment partic-
ularly on either of the gentlemen
named we rise 20 remark that there
are several men in Minot and several
more in Ward county who could easily
be considered gubernatorial timber and
johnson or Davis are not on the list.
Johnson tried it, fell fiat and skim
ned his face; Davis-well, when we
see his announcement it will be time
enough to comment In the mean
time, brethren. let us pray that Ward
county may be delivered from any such
calamity as the candidacy Of either
gentleman.
Kenmare Journal The Kenmare
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