The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-15

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Minot independent There aro many
things political thae one can learn MI
home if he appears wise aH an owl
and keeps bis ear to the ground. Then
there are other iftnga that must never
be repeated out of the holy of holes OF
the sanctuary of the Merchants hotel.
St Paul. If you want to get the latest
political porridge dished out to You iii
regular red hot weiner wurst style, you
want to go to Bismarck and talk with
Tommy Poole. I'D. Patterson, the gov
ernor and q few more De the battIe-
SCARED veterans Of numerous wars.
You'll ind AIeck Mckenzie. pompous
looking, pussy footing about the Nc
Kenzie hotel, the seven story monu-
ment that Ed. Patterson built to per-
petuate his memory. Aleck has trained
his beautiful voice to speak in low
whispering tones. Hushl Not too
loud. The enemy might awake It's
from q force of habit with the big fell
low is Aleck out OF politics? Well,
the newspapers were full of some such
dope a few days ago. Alexis press
agent has been working overtime.
Why Mckenzie has merely been taxi
Ing vacation. He has been playing
on the bench, so TO speak. He has
gotten his second or third wind and
will bob up In his usual way.
Talk with Tommy Poole, the suave.
dappy little fellow, who is known as
Alexis political vane-then Judge for
yourself.
They say Aleck drifted into Bis
marck one afternoon about the time
that the state board OF equalization
began to consider the matter Of rail-
road assessments. The state board is
still In session and AIeck will not re-
turn to ST. Paul for several days.
1t looks very much as though Gun
der Olson, the state treasurer, will be
a candidate for governor, and Ii he is.
he is pretty sure to be elected. Down
at Bismarck 1t is generally believed
that Governor Burke viii have The
audacity to try for a fourth term.
Think Of It'll They say that the fact
that he has been up for election three
times and got away with It every soli-
tary single time. notwithstanding G.. a..
Johnson and others, has turned his
head. The boys believe, however, that
John Burke is a doomed man POLITICAL
ly and think that Gunder Olson is just
the man to trim him up. Ask Gunder
about this and he will laugh good
naturedly and tell you that he is not
looking for anything. He defeated
Bickford for the state treasurer and
1t is believed that he can line up the
voters all right in the coming cam
paign, IL he only wants to. This is
a strong Scandinavian state. Al name
helps some and Gunder Olson Is a
name to conjure with.
John Burke has political ambitions.
He resides in the central congressional
district. A happy thought! John
Burke. congressman, would even be a.
more powerful man than John Burke
governor. Burke has become some sort
of a national figure. Now, John, no
doubt, has been day dreaming some
thing like this: why not run for
congress in this district. There is only
Tom Marshall that / need to fear. un-
less 1t be George Young Of Valley City"
A political fight Of this sort would be
worth watching.
There are about thirty willing to be
congressman in the state at the pres
ent moment, that are known. We do
not know how many hundred there
are that have not expressed their feel
ings on the subject There is bound to
be a pretty scrap in the western dis
trict in which Minot Is located. It's
hard TO say Just who the candidates
viii be, but there's Blaisdell. Jim John
son and Nehemiah Davis from Minot,
and at Bismarck it was rumored that
Major Murphy was talked Of some
There's Jim Hanley of Mandan, Bur-
dick of Williston, and others Then
there's Hanna and Helgesen la the
eastern district. one Of whom may
be taken care OF In some other way
and thus eliminated. Some good man
lis likely to bob up and beat both OF
them IL they don't watch out.