The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-16
THE PILGRIM oovERNoRs.

1As bFVokiyu IlneS HAQ the LOl-
lowing editorial about the northwest
ern governors who have invaded the
eastern states:
It is not easy to comprehend the
motives which inspired the governors
OF eight northwestern states and the
lieutenant governor of a ninth, rep
resenting the governor, to tear them
selves away from their native heath
in body and precipitate themselves,
accompanied by a numerous escort,
upon the effete but hospitable people
Of the east. The governors confer
ence, which seems suddenly to have
become an annual rite, Is easy of ex-
PLANTATION; Its alleged object is to se-
cure some unity of legislation be-
tween the different states; a iaudable
object, il it were possible Of attain
ment. But why the northwestern gov
ernors should suddenly make up their
minds to come here in bunch is not
so easy to explain. 1t looks as If the
railroad companies and land agents
who are interested in western devel-
opment had induced one or two gov
ernors to visit the east to exploit
the advantages Of their states, and the
other governors, suddenly became wise
to the situation, had resolved to ac-
company the party, lest the interests
of their own states might be jeopar-
died by the prominence given to the
advantages OF their rivals. If this
was the real inspiration of the crusade
Of the governors. 1t is apparently UNI
g. ~.
the railroad and land corporations do
all that seems necessary in that direc-
ton. All the same the visiting gov
ernors and their escort are welcome,
and they will receive a hearty greet
ing and a generous hearing wherever
they may go. We have all heard of
the splendid opportunities that are to
be found in the northwest, and we
can spare portion of our population
who may desire to avail themselves OF
the opportunities that present them
selves in the more sparsely peopled
lands of the newer states bordering
on the Pacific coast.
New York is endeavorlng to show
the western governors that our hos
pitality can be as warm as their own
NAAAEASs ACS SOAlE ~ imp CSS US
of the growing Importance and pros
pertty of the Rocky Mountain states
and incidentally to boom the Panama
exposition. 1t was cleverIy thought
out plan to get some legitimate adver-
Using and 1t has succeeded admir-
ably. But 1t will be Of advantage to
New York. too. Certain interested
politicians have systematically endeav-
ored to stir up feeling of enmity
on the part Of the rest Of the country
against this metropolis, and have
often succeeded. New York as
metropolis is a cosmopolitan town,
open to new ideas and ready to utilize
the best. As the chief seaport and
market of the country 1t is inevitable
that 1t should also be the financial
centre, and that petty jealousies
should exist where the facts are not
fully recognized
+ But New York recognizes her debt
of gratitude to the west. Some of
her most successful and enterprising
citizens got their start out in the
prairies or in the mountains, and in
many cases are today her money
kings. We also draw upon the land
of the setting sun for ideas, social
and political. We are a little less inn
pulsive, perhaps, and are not always
inclined to take up everything new
until worked out and thought over.
The referendum and recall are the
matters political which are now in
teresting the people out there, but
New York is not very sure about them,
as Mayor Gaynor indicated in his adj
dress yesterday.
This western executives have made
a splendid impression, as a lot of
sterling young men, filled with
sense of the dignity and Importance
of their commonwealth. They are
loyal TO the core, and are ready to
lay aside mere official dignity If they
can do their fellow citizens a good
turn and at the same time help
@boospP business out there. New York
sympathizes with that idea and has
already voted their excellencies fine
fellows.
"A very pleasant and genial as well
as stalwart and handsome set of
men these western governors appear
to be. The people Of the east are glad
to make their acquaintance, and to
make them acquainted with the de-
lights Of the great communities to
which they will inevitably gravitate
when they have made their pile
For It was never more true, as used
to Ea said. that all good Americans
Whea they die go to Paris, than 1t is
today, and is likely to be forever
and ever, amen, that all good western
ers. when they can afford it, take up
their abode in New York.