The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1912-01-12
m0CRATIc MEET
Chairman Macarthur Talks OF Biz Gath
erIng on January II and Is
NOT FOR ANY POLITICAL BOOM
Statement That It Is to Be Harmon
Meeting Has no Founda-
tlon In Fact ~

meet0ne mas no founoa-
tlon In Fact
Recently several papers have
criticised the chairman of the
democratic state committee for
advertising that w. J. Bryan
would be at the Fargo meeting
on January II and 18 when, as
they alleged, he could not and
would not be there.
In reply to these criticisms,
Mr.. Macarthur quotes the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. Bryan:
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8, 1911
ID. H. Macarthur, Fargo, N. d.
MY Dear Mr.. Macarthur:
Your favor at hand. / cannot
answer at present in regard to
January. [ am preparing for
a trip to Jamaica and do not ex-
pect to be back until some time
in January. AS | may not be
able to return in time for your
banquet, [ will not make any
promises. If I get back in
time for it / shall be glad to at
tend. Appreciating the invita-
ton, l am,
Very truly yours,
Nv. J. Bryan
The chairman adds:
Mr.. Bryan is now back in
this country and will speak at
Washington, DC, at the Jack
son day banquet next Monday,
and | have no reason to believe,
in view of the above letter, that
Mr.: Bryan will not be with us
as promised, although, of
course, he, or any of the othef
invited guests, may possibly
change their plans.
las to Governor Harmon,
he, with other prominent men,
we're invited to attend this
meeting as stated above, espe-
cially as it was known he would
pass this way to the coast about
that time, and being one of the
prominent democrats of the
nation it was supposed the
democrats of North Dakota
would be pleased to meet him
regardless of their choice for
president. 1 told his mana ger
frankly at the time the invita-
tion was given that personally
l was opposed to the governor 8
presidential aspirations, but
would be glad to meet him just
the same.
The committee has definite
acceptances to attend the meet
ing as follows: Governor Jud-
son Harmon, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Governor Edwin l.. Norris,
Montana; Senator r. F. Petit
grew, Sioux Falls, S. d.; Hon.
Martin J. Wade, Iowa City,
Iowa; Hon. J. T. Walsh, He
lena. Mont; Hon. Fred B.
Lynch, st. Paul, Minn.; Hon.
J. B. Sullivan, Des Moines,
Iowa; Hon. Fred Whiteside,
Kalispell, Mont; Hon. ]. E.
Kelly, Coleman, S. d.; Hon.
]. Bruce Kremer, Butte, Mont;
Hon. T. NJ. Simmons, Huron,
S. d.: Hon. Thos. J. Walker,
Butte, Mont.
In the conception or carry
ing out of this reunion of North
Dakota democrats continued
Mr.. Macarthur, there has not
been nor is not now any scheme
to further the political ainbi-
tons of any man or men, and
it is to be regretted that any
such impression seems to pre-
vail in certain quarters. Gov
ernor Wilson, Speaker Clark,
Joseph Folk, Alton B. Parker,
Governor Marshall, Governor
Foss, and many other promin-
ent democrats were invited to
this gathering and it is a mat
ter of the deepest regret that
these great leaders of the party
could not be with us, but mas
much as others of equal prom
inence are coming it is hard to
divine any good reason why
every democrat in the state
should not attend the banquet
and enjoy the good speeches
which will undoubtedly b e
made, probably from as many
viewpoints as there are speak
ers.
The best test of the COM
mittee's sincerity in this mat