The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-07
Press Comment

Milton Globe: Hon. L. B. Hanna
has returned from Washington and
taken up an active compaign in THEM
terests OF his gubernatorial candidacy.
The Buchanan-Johnson boosters who
predicted MIR. Hanna's withdrawal
from the race have another guess
coming. Their loud talk against Han
ma doesn't amount to more than a puff
Of hot air, as they have not a single
item upon which, to ground their at
lacks. Mr.. Hanna has performed his
duties in q fair straightforward a.
ner, always bearing the best interests
of his state in mind. He is a business
man of experience and will make a
state executive second to none. Mr..
Hanna has done much towards the up
building of North Dakota and as gov
ernor he will be able to do even more,
and we predict that under his admins
tration our state will prosper as never
before. He is liberal. yet conservative,
but always keeps in mind that nothing
is too good for the fiickertail state and
that there are possibilities within our
reach without number. Vote for North
Dakota's pioneer business man and
farmer next month, and help in the
perpetuating and u~pbuilding of the
land of opportunity"
Ryder News: With all due defer
ence to MI. Buchanan and his cohorts
we maintain Mr., Hanna is the only
real progressive candidate for governor
Of this state at the present time. He
isn't frantically running around the
state yelling he is a progressive at ey-
cry step, nor is he posing as a pranc-
ing progressive, but what is more to
the purpose he invites the closest scru-
tiny of his official acts while engaged
in his duties as a legislator in state
and nation. Waving aside his state
legislative record that has never been
assailed, Mr.. Hanna stands ready to
furnish every voter who asks for it q
list Of every measure, in congress he
stood for or against, leaving to them to
pass judgment. Is this not the proper
method in determining a candidates
past Affiliations and fitness for the po-
sition he aspires to-? TO whom do you
give credence when o employ a man
to conduct your business-the blather-
skite who is merely loud with his
mouth, or to the man who quietly
proffers his antecedents? Is that a
fair way to judge a man, or is it not?
Enemies have dubbed Mr.. Hanna q So
called "standpatter" on the score Of
his attitude In congress, In rebuttal
he says, here's my record. Judge"
Do so. Don't be so credulons as to
believe everything you hear. A little
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vince you you art temperamental too
often without reference to reason.
Demand proof on either hand. We are
convinced the voter who exercises dis
cernment at the primaries will cast a
ballot for Mr.. Hanna in preference to
Mr.. Buchanan, who has no antece-
dents in a political sense, and who at
best could give the state but a perfume
tory administration, however we'll in
tentioned. On the other hand Mr..
Hanna's business training, his thor
ough information Of the states past
history and needs, his wide acquain-
lance In a nationwide sense, his tact,
ability and prestige combine qualifl-
cations in an executive the state can
use to fine advantage at this time, a
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particular. We are on the verge of
big things out this way; national aid
to make the Missouri river navigable
from its mouth to the Montana border
is fraught with possibilities Of wealth
that make the head reel. Hanna as
governor would be a real asset in the
furtherance Of this project. Mr.. Blu
chanan's weight as governor wouldn't
make a dent in the water.
We are fully aware the average mar
is prone to make the off-hand asser-
ton, what's the difference who is gov
ernor " but we want to ISL this
debonair individual there is a lot o.
difference to him who will be governor
in the next two years--it may mean the
fighting chance between man-made
opportunity and supine indifference tx
this big factor in the general scheme oi
things. Either you believe in the blind
chance that drops advancement in youl
lap or you believe in human endeavor
Far fetched as this may seem, you
choice Of a governor al this time has &
real bearing. Think it over
Bathgate Pink Paper: one of the
democratic delegates to the nationa
convention from this state whites us ii
criticism of the statement which APP.
peared in the Fargo papers last weel
as emanating from Chairman Near,
thur, to the effect that our state dele
CATION would not cast its vote for Gov.
ernor Burke. He says that in this
statement the chairman reflects on til,
honesty of the delegates and intimate,
that they will be false to the trus'
which the democratic voters Of thii