The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-09
Press Comment

Pembina Pioneer-Express: The po-
htieal term progressive as used or
abused I'm this state of North Dakota
has assumed caoutchoucic qualities in
a most amusing degree. 1t has become
SO elastic as to owe ony sort Of politi-
cal complication.
The advice ef some old Boston fellow
OF years ago. TO hitch your wagon to a
star" has been so faithfully carried out
that the progressive stables are now
all of ring-boned and spawned equines
with faded stars under their forelocks.
originally In this state there was q
BODY or insurgents whose p~rogenitors
wumps while the father was OF the
race OF kickers- The descendant took
after his dad mostly, in length of ears.
use OF heels and fondness for oats from
We viii not attempt at this time to
detail all the different celestial bodies
TO which the band wagon OF the insur-
gent hermaphrodite has been hitched
North Dakota, but it is a matter OF
common knowledge and is written
down in the poll books OF history.
1t is also a matter of record that none
OF these supposed stellar equines were
true stars but have proved to be hut
meteors which nave invariably fallen
TO earth-and sometimes even found
themselves in courts accused Of false
But as we said, the c-aoutchouo ouaii-
ties of the insurgents have ALWAYS
brought them to the front smiling as
though nothing had happened. origi-
who were against Alex" That was
the shibboleth and password. Along
about that time the band wagon was
hitched onto the starry Tom Marshall
who had as moons such satellites as
Devtne, Stockwell. Bfckford, ct all. But
the moons waxed and waned as moons
have a habit of doing and Tom also
Waxed and waned
Meantime there were other mug
wumps n kickers in other states, and
a new star was seen by the shepherds
of b progressive sheep in the state
of Wisconsin, n straitway the wise
men Of the west went after LaFollette,
whose short name is Folly" and about
this time these same wise men of the
west rebaptised themselves as progress
sives," which was the name OF the gnu
lot of politicians. Like Dakota Dan"
they felt as though they were of that
family, though they might need to have
a lawsuit to prove II.
So they painted progressive on the
sides of the two-wheeled art that con-
tanned the personnel Of that crowd and
h hitehed tt Folly" convinced that
unknown in politics and feed in the
heavenly pastures, but something hap
pened to "Folly'si ~aeroplane in a wick
ed city called Chicago, his gas engine
SoL out OF oroSrS anu uOWn came Dapy
Did it hurt 'em? Not a bit. AS we
said elasticity is the m great quality
of the crowd. The IA only bounded
up into the air with Judge Lauder In
the shafts who just tied the vehicle to
Teddy Roosevelts airship in a fifty.
Two months ago these people refused
to accompany Teddy in his aerial flights
without his permission, which however
only again proves the india rubber
powers of stretching possessed by this
funny crowd.
sive faction of North Dakota Is making
cycles like q tin a tied to q dogs
tail. Poor dog. While we must smile
we cannot help but pity him.
Scranton Register: The recent meet
ing in Fargo to follow up the third par
ty organization seems to nave been
nothing but ar abortive attempt on the
an attempt to beat L. 3. Hanna for gov
ernor From the beginning of the
meeting Judge Lauder and a number of
his followers determined that no one
should be allowed a seat in the conven
ton Who supported Mr.. Hanna In
the primary for governor. Such a pro-
cedure can not be tolerated by anyone
who is In the third party movement In
good faith. L. B. Hanna was one OF
the first to support Theodore Roose-
welt. 1t is a matter of much commend
alton to many of the progressiyes lead
ers that such a procedure will not be
generally c-ountenanced.
Maddox Standard: According to
reports the third party convention al
Fargo last Friday, must have been
cats in a back yard on q moonlight
/ night in early spring.
Mark the returned yacationer. BY