The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-10-15
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DoLtinsau county News: OF all the
rot that is going through the demo-
cratlc and mugwump press about q.
a. johnson and his candidacy FOR gov
ernor. None has been able to cast
anything disrespectful against his
character or political record.
Hope Pioneer: Any republican who
thinks he can reform the republican
party by electing democrat to office
IS barking up the wrong tree. The
democrats do not do that kind of
business. They help the republicans
select ticket at the primaries and
then do all they can at the fall election
to defeat the candidates they helped
to nominate. That was the case in
the Finley precinct. At the primaries
this spring there was but one demo-
crat-now there are quite a number.
Cooperstown Courier: If John Burke
was on the republican ticket as a can
didate for governor, how many of you
democrats would be asking the repub-
Hcan voters to vote for him? Not one.
He would not be such a great man
under such circumstances and the
democrats would be boosting Their can
didate, whoever it might be, Just as
hard as they are now boosting for
Burke. They would be trying TO get
the republican voters to vote for the
democratic candidate and John Burke
would get it in the neck from them.
You know this is true. What a won
derful person Is a man who happens
to be on the democratic ticket-iust
like Lincoln, and Governor johnson
and so on. oh, piffle! 1t makes us
tired.
Bantry Advocate: General Hildreth
of Fargo Is out after the election to |
congress on the democratic ticket, says
The jamestown Alert. He is DESTROYS
of succeeding Congressman Hanna, |
and in a recent speech attempted to |
snow that Mr.. Hanna had many short |
comings and was not the right man |
for the place, and that the general |
was. General Hildreth's only chance
to go to congress is to convince
enough republican voters that some |
thing is wrong with Mr.. Hanna, which |
VIII be something pretty hard to do. |
Congressman Hanna has made good |
during his one term, and General Hill |
dreth will have a hard time to secure |
enough votes from among Mr.. Han
mas republican friends around the
state to defeat the latter after his |
strong endorsement at the primary |
election last June. Mr.. Hildreth's |
main argument seems to be that, as a /
democrat, he can serve the state more
efficiently than republican member
OF congress possibly could. The
friends of Mr.. Hanna need not worry
about General Hildreth defeating him |
for congress: Mr.. Hanna will be the
choice of the great majority of the
republican voters at the November
election.
Dickey County Leader: Packard of
The Valley City Times Record has
broken out with a severe attack of
politics, and over his own signature
roasts G. A. Johnson, the republican
candidate for governor 1t seems that
Mr.. Johnson occasionally goes to Bis
marck and somebody told Packard that /
johnson, while there, spoke to Alex
Mckenzie.
Mr.. Johnson is a courteous gentle
man, and should he go to Valley City
and happened to meet Packard. no
doubt would give him the same cour-
teous greeting he extends everyone
with whom he is acquainted. If
Packard were the man he thinks ne is,
or was as prominent in politics as the
alleged boss of the republican party,
just as like as not some peanut poll
tician would deride the republican can
didate for speaking to Packard.
This man pa ~onS+aJ v,aa 1
every one of any political prominence
in North Dakota. In fact, he has done
the roast act so often that it has be-
come sort Of second nature to him,
and people wonder sometimes how
much he gets per roast AT one time
Packard acted as political spy for the
and went about the state
prying into the political affairs of
every county. 1t now appears he has
a job boosting Burke, and using his
old time Shiny tactics trying to be-
smireh the character and political
honor Of c. A. Johnson.
Walhalla Mountaineer: The demo-
Gratis of the state, assisted by few
wishy- washy republicans, are making
strenuous efforts to land Gov. John
Burke into the gubernatorial chair for
another term. Just what special quail
fications Mr.. Burke has had that a
third term should be given him is hard
for anyone to say. OF course we shall h
be told that Mr.. Burke is an honest
and conscientious man; but there are
hundreds of men, republicans and u
democrats, of whom the same may be
said, who are no more qualified to be
governor than "the man in the moon"
1t is said that Mr.. Burke is the only
governor North Dakota ever had OF
course he is the first and only demo-
cratic governor North Dakota ever had
and we venture to say will be the last
Governor Burke during his administra-
ton has been strictly partisan, and
this the republicans of both factions
ought to keep In mind. The republi-
can nominee for governor is a man
of whom the republicans might be
proud and who would do credit to the
state. Mr.. Johnson was a candidate
two years ago, and when he was de-
feated took his defeat in such way
rs to make every one feel that he was ]
a man of honor and integrity. In fact,
had Mr.. Johnson been elected two years
ago he would have had the support of :
every honest republican for a second
term this fall. Had Mr. Buchanan
been the republican nominee, this paper
would have given him as hearty sup
port as it accords to G. "A. Johnson,
and every insurgent republican who is
4 man Of principle will vote for john +
son for governor, just as every stalwart
will vote for CsrOnna for senator and