The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-28
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Plaza Pioneer: The campaign is
over, but the fall that Prof. Aaker
took during the latter days will follow
him through life. A few thousand
people had confidence in him during
the primaries and gave him a compli-
mentary vote. When G. A Johnson
was nominated, Mr.. Aaker came out
Immediately and pledged him his most
loyal support and substantiated it by
asserting that had he been nominated
| he would of expected the same from
Mr.. Johnson. This manly action add
ed many more friends to his long list
and it seemed that Aaker would be
the logical candidate in two yea IS
from now; but suddenly, in a moment
and a twinkle of an eye, Aaker comes
out for John Burke This aroused the
/ indignation of every true republican
and the suspicion OF every Aaker ad-
mirer. Thousands of people will be-
lieve that he was bought either by
money or by a political promise. Time
win reveal which It was or whether it
was either; but the people will have 10
be convinced. Aaker entered the game
primarily to help his school, but his
sad ending will be a blow to his in
stitutions.
Prairie Press: A story has been cir
culated from Fargo to the effect that
| Tom Marshall now aspires to the gov
ernorship two years hence But ac-
cording to a story one of the ex-con-
CHEESEMAN'S friends in Cakes told the
Prairie Press last week, Tom has no
notion of running for governor against
his friend Burdick, and has not yet
abandoned the hope of reaching the
u. S. senate.
AS the story was told The Prairie
Press the support of Burke by all, or
nearly all of the Marshall organs dur
ing the late campaign was in accord
auce with a well understood scheme,
and that, If elected, Burke in return
would do all in his power to have the
democratic members of the incoming
| legislature join with the republican
insurgents and thus secure the cleo
tion of Marshall for u. S. senator over
McCumber the republican nominee at
| the primaries.
In spite of the unlikelihood of the
existence of any such understanding
and of it's success even if such an UNI
Outstanding does exist, our informant
was so cock sure of it's truth and sue
| cessful termination that he wanted to
bet all sorts of money that McCumber
would not be reelected this winter
But the size of the republican ma
| jority in the next legislature (about
seven to one), would indicate that if
Marshall, or his friends, should at
| tempt such a flank movement on the
senatorship, it must end in miserable
| failure, far worse than either of his
open attempts to reach the goal of his
ambition.
Possibly some of the democratic
members of the legislature might be
| induced to go into the scheme, on the
principle that half-loaf is better than
none, but he would find insurgent re-
publicans too intelligent to thus
commit political hari-kari for
| themselves for the benefit of
Tom Marshall or anybody else.
Even Burke himself, two years
ago, warned the legislature of their
duty to vote as the people at the pri-
maries directed them, and it is ex-
tremely doubtful If a single insurgent,
republican member of the legislature
could be fould who would do anything
else.
If there is anything in the Cakes
story, the talk about Marshalls being
a candidate for governor two years
hence is sent out only for the pur-
pose of concealing his real ambition.
But just how the democratic and in
surgent members are to be approach
ed. or by whom they are to be sounded
4 4,
Publicity of the scheme before it can
be executed would kill it deader than
doornail.