The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-08
Gratis conduct themselves in the mex,

Gratis conduct themselves In the next
two years.
The conditions that caused New
York to go Democratic we're some
what similar to those In Maine. The
senatorial deadlock will be broken no
doubt, but In what manner is hard to
say. Since my retirement from the
.hause have not taken great deal
of interest In politics.
There are three men who loom up
prominently as candidates for the
Democratic presidential nomination
Governor Harmon, Woodrow Wilson,
and Governor Dix Of New York. The
latter may prove formidable factor
Champ Clark may be u candidate. He
is an able man and probably would
make a strong candidate"
IF there is any opposition to the
return of Tom Martin and Claude
Swanson to the United States senate,
have failed to find It," declared
Marshall Mccormick of Richmond,
Va, one of the most prominent law
yers of the Old Dominion. 81 sup
pose my practice takes me to more
sections of the state than any other
lawyer in Virginia, and have yet to
find a single voice raised against eth
er Martin or Swanson. / was for
Swanson for governor when he was
beaten by Montague, and was for
him again when he was elected. am
for him now.
II do not hesitate to say that be-
lieve Tom Martin is the most compe-
tent man that has been sent to the
senate from Virginia since the war.
He has accomplished more for the
state than any other man, and an ex-
animation of his record will disclose
1t. What do they say about Martin?
No one attacks his record; no one
says he is not competent. They de-
clare simply that he is at the head
of the machine Perhaps he is, but
will present any one with chrome
who can point to any one county in
the state in which Senator Martin has
attempted to use methods that any
honest man would not use. 1t is true
he has friends on the state commit
tee, so has Senator Swanson, but is
that to his discredit?
"It is my belief that Martin and
and Swanson will win in the primar-
les by an overwhelming majority. I
am ready to guarantee that the city
of Richmond will give Senator Martin
1000 more votes than it did six years
ago."
"Twenty-nine years ago was in
the house of commons in England
when Sir e. J. Reid, then head of the
Rritiah nAvv declared that in Suuad-
ron the ships of the navy could not
steam 10 knots an hour" said Will
lam ID. Forbes of New London, Conn.,,
mechanical engineer. This state
ment caused an uproar, and bitter
discussion followed, resulting in a
speedy trial a few months later in the
Mediterranean sea. 1t was found that
the ships not only could not steam at
the rate of ten knots an hour, but
that they could not attain speed of
nine knots. It was argued that no
matter how fast a ship might be, it's
speed was of little use If it had to sail
alone. There followed a complete
revolution in engineering methods.
Today the British navy in squadron
formation can attain speed of more
than twenty knots, and this condition
has been brought about solely through
improved engineering methods and
greater skill Of the engineers.
THE battleships of this country are
somewhat behind the English navy in
point of speed, but can say with en-
phasis that there is no navy in the
world that has more competent