The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-02-24
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Lankin Reporter: Editor win s.
Mitchell OF The Mimic Journal. and his
wife were Lankin visitors Monday be-
tween trains and incidentally dropped
in to pay The Reporter a fraternai
call. Mr.. Mitchell said he was pleas
ed to note that we were on the right
track politically. He says he has been
travelling over the state of late and is
satisfied that l.. b. Hanna will be
elected governor, and everywhere Id is
Roosevelt. Mr.. Mitchell and his broth
er r publishers of one OF the best
weekly papers In this neck-o-the-wood
and they have been in the harness for
more than thirty years.
McHenry Tribune: According to
Mondays Fargo Courier, there was to
have been a rousing progressive rally
take place here yesterday afternoon,
for the purpose of organizing a La
Toilette club. No III here knew any
thing about the movement and just
who is responsible for the article APP
pearing in The Courier News, we are
unable to say. A. T. Cole was adver-
tised as principal speaker. Cole is the
associate editor of that beaming sheet.
The Searchlight, and probably wanted
to make sons one believe that he was
a speaker. Cole would have, in all
probability, received q rather cold re-
ception had he put in an appearance
here.
Cooperstown Courier: Contrary to
the glazing statements made by The
Fargo Courier-N News. the courthouse
was not crowded to overlooking ON
this occasion by a long way, but there
was a representative gathering of
earnest workers for LaFollette present.
Hon. w. s. Lauder of Wahpeton was
he speaker for the day and he is a
good one, too, but he used most of his
time in administering a singing roast
to Hon. L. B. Hanna, who is a candi-
date for governor, which to our notion
smacks too much of personal spite.
We do not believe that Mr.. Hanna de-
serves the roast he received by a long
way and if the editor of this paper was
not SO we'll informed about politics
past and present in this state, we
might swallow a whole lot of this per-
sonal abuse in one gulp and forget it
but too many of these speakers are
tarred with the same stick. But this
meeting was called to organize a La
Toilette club and there are many adj
mirers of the plucky wisconsin states
man who want to see him president,
and he would make a good one-fear-
less and independent. We don't care
a rap who is elected governor, what
we want is a progressive in the pres
idential chair and whether it be Rob-
ert M. LaFollette or Theodore Roose-
welt the people will be satisfied, The
Griggs County LaFollette club was
organized by the election of the fol-
lowing officersa
President-Theo. @. Thompson.
Vice President-John S. Byington.
Secretary and Treasurer-A. M.
Baldwin.
The executive committee is COM
posed of o. P. Feiring, c. A. Porter
vile, II. A, Sundeen, David Bartlett
and r. L. Jones.
Mr.. LaFollette deserves all the sup
port he can get and while we are for
Theodore Roosevelt for president, will
be glad to lend a helping hand to La
Toilette if he is the choice of the re-
publicans of North Dakota. The vot-
ers will settle that point on March 19.
Let the people rule.
Linton Record: The Roosevelt
boom seems to be spreading through