The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-02
HELLSTROM HIT
H.. At THE FORUM
PENlTENTlARY WARDEN AS.
SAILED HANNA AND DOOMED
sWEET-DEFENDED HIS OWN
OFFICIAL RECORD IN SPEECH
HERE LAST NIGHT.

Warden Frank o. Hellstrom Of the
state ~penitentiary, democratic noml-
nee for governor Of North Dakota
against Congressman Hanna, attack
ed The Fargo Forum in his speech at
the Sons of Norway han last night
when he addressed about 200 people
on the issues of the state campaign.
His effort was replete with bitter in
vective centered on the person of his
opponent.
During his harsh attack on Mr..
Hanna many people left the hall. Lib
eral minded people not only expect
but do not object to good hundred
criticism directed against an opponent.
1t is considered a part of the political
game, but when it comes to abuse,
their resentment is generally shown
no matter how little their sympathieS
may be with the other fellow. AS long
as Mr.. Hellstrom kept within the
bounds Of polite and mirthful sarcasm
he had the attention of his audience.
1t was only when he stopped to a
lower of attack that he failed
to retain the interest of his listeners.
People seem to feel the day of per-
sonal abuse as a political argument
Is a thing of the past.
The democratic nominee was quite
generous of his praise Of Mayor
Sweet, the Roosevelt nominee for gov
ernor. Although the former presi-
lent has no bitterer enemies than the
democrats, Mr.. Hellstrom, running for
governor on a democratic ticket, laud-
ed a Roosevelt candidate and urged
his support by saying everybody knew
what Mr. Sweet stood for. 1t was a
demonstration of the political charge
that has been made throughout the
campaign, that Mr.. Hellstrom is urg-
ing people to vote for Sweet in order
to curb the Hanna plurality which
will make his own chances for cleo
ton greater, In other words it is ev-
ident he realizes that a vote for Sweet
Is a vote for Hellstrom.
! Mr.. Hellstrom landed on The For
UNI, The Bismarck Tribune, The Nc
Intosh County Republican and the In
ternational Harvester CO.. He at
tempted to deny the charges made
against him in the management OF
the Irvine business during the last
from The Bismarck Tribune which he
said was obviously inspired by the In
ternational Harvester Co..
The article has been very extensively
copied by the leading papers through
out the state during the present cam
paign. If the charges it contains are
untrue it is strange the democratic
hOlillLSS Az lOL BO lIIO TIC matter
in detail or deny them or show
wherein they were misleading, insin-
uating or untrue in any respect.
He appeared to think that all that
was necessary was to make a state
ment to the audience that the article
bore the ear marks of the ~Internation-
al Harvester Co. and The Bismarck
Tribune. What the people have been
interested in is the truth Of this ar
ticle which was so widely
copied. The fact that he did
not answer any of these charges
was a grave disappointment
to many of his friends as they can
only come to the conclusion that the
charges set forth in the article re-
ferred to were founded on fact and the
warden was unable to dispute them.
Mr.. Hellstrom seemed to feel he was
unduly censured by The Forum for
shooting a man whom he thought was
an escaped convict. He read at
length from the interview which APP
peared in The Forum between Erick
Larson and Halvor Nelson.
This is the clever work of The
Forums funny artist" he said. " Now
I don't know who their funny artist
is. I'm almost inclined to believe it
is Jim Foley if 1t weren't for the fact
that Jim is working so strenuously for
once in his life at the republican
headquarters"
The warden made a lengthy talk.
speaking until 1870 o'clock and by
the time he reached his peroration
there were a good many drowsy eye
lids in the audience.