The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-25
WILL BURKE QUIT
WILSON BANNER?
REPORTED PACT BETWEEN
NORTH DAKOTA EXECUTIVE
AND HARMON pisTAsTEFuL TO
MANY DEMocRATs-soME SAY
TALK is FOOLISH.

The following appeared in The st.
Paul Pioneer Press under q Grand
Forks date line: 1t is right about
face for Gov. John Burke of North
| Dakota in the event that Harmon and
Burke is to be the watchword OF the
campaign that will be waged by the
4 Ohioan's supporters in the west in
the democratic presidential nominal
ton fight. Only a few weeks ago.
| when he was absent from the state
for brief period. the governor OF
| North Dakota declared that he was
in favor of woodrow Wilson as the
democratic candidate for president,
and the alignment now supposed to
have been made came to the Dakota
| democracy as a bolt from clear sky.
| The "favorite son" slogan that
could be devised with Harmon and
Burke as companion candidates could
not but have its effect on the North
Dakota situation, so far as the fight
| for first honors is concerned, as many
Of the leaders already have declared
themselves to be in favor Of Wilson,
and would hesitate before participant
| ing in a plan whereby there would be
delivery Of votes to Burke, with the
understanding that the Ohioan was to
be supported.
Oppose Alignment With ohioan.
There are many Of the democratic
leaders in the state who insist that
| Governor Burke will not consider
favorably any alignment with Har-
mon, declaring such talk to be foolish.
14ok d. Vxy
man by the very nature Of things.
There Is another feature attendant
to Governor Burke's return to the state
from the tour of the east. The ques-
ton of partisanship, on which the
governor delivered an address during
his tour, has been made the basis for
more or less discussion among some
of the democrats who have expressed
themselves as being somewhat adj
verse to the views Of the executive.
whose attitude, they contend, is fav-
orable to the merging Of progressive
republicans ana a certain element OF
the democratic party in the formation
of new party, thereby bringing about
the dissolution OF the democratic
party, which has thrice elected him.
Must Fight for denomination.
To the uninitiated the announce
ment was made during the week by
George p. Jones of LaMoure county
as candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor means little,
although to those on the inside 1t is
topic of no little interest. 1t pos
sibly may bar Governor Burke from
becoming a candidate for recollection
again, unless he wants to make a fight
for the nomination, and few can con-
ceive of such a condition. The bring
ing into the democratic party OF
fight for the gubernatorial nomination
would cause dissensions that would
harm the successful candidate, who
could not hope to win against the re-
publican nominee without the united
support of his own party.
With respect to the governorship,
the present executives attitude has
been trying on the nerves of some
party leaders also. They MAINTAIN that
his attitude has been an uncertain
one, as they judged 1t from several
printed interviews, and that by his
position he had deferred others from
entering the race who might wish TO
seek honors.