The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-30

party's expression Of what ii desires,
and as a ticket composed of men we'll
ntted for the duties of the positions
to which they aspire
In The selection of this ticket there
was no question Of packed conven-
lions, Of purchased delegates, of steam
rollers, or of anything of tina sort.
The ticket represents the free express
party which, az now constituted in
North Dakota, represents the most ad-
Yanced thought in state legislation.
The proposal which is made TO create
a new party here for state purposes,
and to nominate a new state ticket,
means the abandonment Of all that
has been accomplished in the repub-
lican party, the segregation of a con-
siderable part of the party under a
new name and a new organization, the
weakening of the present organisation,
and the wrecking of the prospects OF
sane, intelligent and really progress
sive legislation for years to come.
Some of the men who are most insist
ent in favor of a third state ticket
were supporters at the primary Of
nearly all of the candidates who were
then nominated. And yet they are
willing TO throw the entire state into
confusion, and to bring defeat to the
very men whom they formerly sup
ported, in order to crafty a personal
ambition and vent a personal spite.
This PAPER has no patience with that
style of politics.
The national situation is less clear.
President Taft is exceedingly unpop-
ular in this state, and in many other
states. There are good reasons for
much of the feeling which Is enter
tained toward him. However regular
and legal his nomination may have
been, it was not the nomination that
would have been made had the indi-
Vidual republicans all over the land
been permitted to vote directly on the
subject. 1t is charged that even with
fha N IA Graz InnEENGqcH hU the I'D
m~inistration through control of con-
ventions that were perfectly legal and
regular, still other methods neither
legal nor regular were necessary to In
first Chicago convention nominated
Mr.. Taft. A large number of the dele
gates withdrew n took steps for the
creation of a new national party
which was intended to be more fully
representative of the best deal Of
both the old parties. How successful
the movers OF the new plan have been,
or are to be, remains to % seen. The
new party is under observation. Many
republicans are in doubt whether the
best results are to be attained by
ing to success the advanced movement
that is now under way within the re-
publican party, permitting the presi-
dency, for the time being, IL necessary
to take care of itself, and devoting at
tention to the selection of suitable
congressman and the strengthening of
the lines in the various states, or to
abandon what has been gained in the
republican party and join forces with
the new organization, and attempt the
building up of the Whole work from
the bottom.
whatever decision may be made with
regard to the national situation, ii is
manifest thai nothing is to be gained
by sacrificing on the altar of personal
ambition all hat has been gained in
the state in a forward direction. This
is what a third party state ticket in
this state will mean, and 1T is against
the best interests OF the state, against
the prospect of proper representation
in congress, against good state govern
ment, and against the highest useful
ness of any political party in North
Dakota