The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-06

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Williston State: Politics is warm
ing up over the state, and there may
be much of interest to chronicle with
in a fortnight. Mr.. Bruegger has dis
claimed his approval of the mud sling
ing made by his committee at Fargo,
and throws the entire blame on the
members of that committee, according
to The Devils Lake Journal. Mr..
Bruegger leaves the impression that
he wouldn't do such a thing The
people Of WiIliston would expect Mr..
Bruegger to disclaim this, but his re-
lations in the future with the perpe-
traitors of the work will be interest
ing. His heartfelt approval or disap-
prevail will be best proved in time to
come.
VIM. Collins, present national COM
mitteeman, and the man who betray-
ed Bryan was here some days this
week comforting with q local democrat
who fought Judge G.. ]. Fisk for re-
election to the supreme bench. 1t is
the first visit of Mr.. Collins here since
the democratic state central commit
tee passed a resolution asking him to
tell what he did with the money en-
trusted to him by the national commit
tee and which he failed to comply
with.
The State proposed to go into some
political matters this week but will
postpone the matter for a big edition
that will go to every democratic voter
in the state and call a spade a spade.
1t will also deal with the mud singing
of another period and tell all that
were connected with 1t.
Pursuant to it's usual custom The
State will speak right out and give
names, dates and incidents.
Northwestern Agriculturalist: The
North Dakota political situation is
such as to discourage one with faint
heart and weak nerves-especially If
one be concerned lest the reciprocity
law become an actually through the
election of either President Taft OF
w. j. Bryan to the presidency next
November.
North Dakota has listened to the
siren beguilements of Mr.. Bryan, and
at it's primary election March 10, has
given Mr.. Bryan's candidate an over
whelming majority over Theodore
Roosevelt.
To accomplish this result, OF course
the main force of democracy and So
cialism concentrated to split the re-
publican defenses and caught the
Roosevelt camp asleep.
There is nothing in the North Da-
kota primary law which enforces the
purity of the ballot, as is the case in
other states, hence democrats and So
| cialists took advantage of the opening
the law gave them to attack the
| strength of their opponents, and, so
listening to the words Of strategy from
their own peerless leader, they voted
for Mr.. LaFollette's nomination with
no intention whatever of voting at the
November polls for his election. The
election would tell a different story.
In a speech in the st. Paul audi.
forum last month Mr.. Bryan said:
'If you want a progressive in the
republican party, why don't you take
the man who blazed the way? He
was a progressive before Mr.. Roose-
welt learned to spell the word.
And later when speaking at Fargo
Mr.. Bryan reiterated this advice to re-
pubIicans, assuming with immense eff
| frontery that the republicans needed
advice from the democrats as to the
selection Of a republican candidate
However, when Mr.. LaFollette him.
self, in his speech at Valley City, N
d., EXPRESSED q similar assumption Of
priority as a progressive. four Of thu
LaFoIiette candidates for election al
delegates to the Chicago republican
convention published a card protest
ing against his impairment democratic
slur on Roosevelt's progressiyeness
and Mr.. LaFollette's attack, and as.
serted that they recognized Mr.. Roose-
welt as the founder of progressiveism
The effrontery of Mr.. Bryan gave
the cue to North Dakota democrats
and socialists to break the organization
OF the republican campaign by voting
for LaFollette for the nomination