The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-01
Press Comment

Fornan News-Independent: Little
Opposition to the candidacy OF L. b.
Hanna OF Fargo has been heard since
MS nomination for governor. Mr., Han
2 Is doing q very good and timely act
Of p~acihcation through his candidacy In
bringing the warning factions together.
New Rockford Transcript: Reports
from Fargo state that the fair this year
Is h biggest and best aver held in the
state. Fargo always did have a way of
making the rest of 'en sit UP and take
notice.
Grand Forks Herald: The Herald yes.
terday morning presented to it's read
ers an accurate account of what was
In many ways, one OF the most remark
able political gatherings ever held in
the state OF North Dakota This was
the convention held at Fargo to attend
to the preliminaries OF the organization
on the new party. This party, as ev-
eryone knows, is being organized by
Mr.. Roosevelt as a protest against some
OF the actions of the late Chicago re-
publican convention, and as a means of
assembling in one party those who,
weary of the fight of the older parties.
wish to make a new alignment and as
semble in group the really progress
sfve elements Of both.
hat the Chicago convention was dis
appointing to a very large number of
people goes without saying. without
entering into the merits of the various
contests which were instituted, or the
grounds o which they were decided, 1t
Is clear that Mr.. Taft is anything but a
popular president. Had 1t been left to
the voters of the party to choose their
candidate they would most certainly
not have chosen aim. Yet the conven-
ton did choose him, in defiance of the
known wishes of the party voters, and
at the behest of some influences which
are not the most useful to the country.
1 NH ara me- e. GnranaGc aud ~GEA1fYfa Ana
when Roosevelt announced the
formation of a new party, a good many
people hailed this as the best means of
~remedying h undesirable conditions
which confronted them.
The call for a Roosevelt party con-
vention In this state was issued in pur
suance Of the desire expressed at the
Roosevelt headquarters, and the meet
ing was held on Friday. 1t was called
as a mass convention for the purpose OF
electing delegates to the Chicago con.
vention, nominating candidates for
electors, and nominating q state ticket
Men were there who had opposed
Roosevelt in the primaries with all their
might, and others were present who
had supported him. Outside Of this
little group of self-constituted leaders
there were few present who had any
well defined idea of what should be
done. The same uncertainty existed al
that meeting which exists with refer
al. We believe 1t may be said accu-
rately that all those present were dis
satisfied with the present shaping OF
| things political, and most of those al
the meeting were DESTROYS OF giving
| fun and frank consideration to the
whole situation, and arriving at some
plan of action which would be general.
ly beneficial.
Those who expected that there would
be a fair consideration OF anything
were speedily deceived. While there Ii
a general belief that way, 1t has some
times been denied that there was q
steam roller at Chicago, But the ex-
tstence and operation OF the n at Far.