The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-24
Press Comment

Mandan Pioneer: on wednesday
neXl the voters of North Dakota win
aseiae IN the primaries who viii be
zen candidates on the party tickets
IN November. 1t is Unfortunate. but il
seems to be one of the sequences of
tne primary that SO much of bitterness
that even whan g nom-
nee u successful his further success
q the general election is threatened,
20 tnat the primaries as q means OF
SSIsctlng party nominees spells often
Times party disruption. Even before
Lne primaries the side that forsees de-
teat Is too often tempted TO threaten a
polt. We are not surprised, therefore.
y read In the ~insurgent press that
nannai nomination al the primaries
YOU'D mean q democrat for governor.
inc defeat Of III insurgent candidate
LoE governor tive years g and four
aesertion Of the party nominee by the
insurgents, and the election of a dem
ecrab and h threat to bolt lis the
Rrsl real down right confession made
However, this attitude will not re-
sIfaln the supporters of Congressman
tanna in their determination to give
nm the nemination, for there is a
Ilcious attacks made on him by a few
on the msurgent leaders, the great
Inass or voters will esteem it a privi-
lege to cast their ballot al the pri-
maries and the general election for a
eandldate for governor, fer enc who
possesses as many qualifications for
1ne nigh ofice as does Mr.. Hanna.
workers in congress-, Mr.. Helgesen and
senators Gronna and McCumber are
among his supporters, That he has the
opposition OF. Tom Marshall and Alex
Mckenzie look like a close alliance be-
tween the insurgent leader and the old
time boss. Mr.. Hanna can stand on
MS own merits as q candidate for gov
ana ao ef,e IS | aas se : lens reg ibs Sf faithful
ana IN congress as his best recon-
mendationi he has nothing to apologize
Tor, and as q loyal citizen of the state,
one Who has always shown an abiding
faith in North Dakota and who is aver
ready to give OF his time and means to
advance the interests of the state and
lis people, he represents our ideal of 9
man that the people should esteem 1t
an honor to point to as the governor OF
this great state.
Bismarck Tribune: Immediately fol-
toWing the primary in 1910, as every-
enc SHOWS, who was interested in poll
tics, Mr.. Buchanan wired @. A. John
son his congratulations on the nomina-
tlon and promised him Later
4L the district committee meeting in
bismarck Mr.. Buchanan Joined with the
rest OF the members and candidates Of
that convention in endorsing the whole
state ticket with C. A. Johnson at the
nead as nominated and pledging their
When the election came in Novem-
per there We're forty votes cast in Mr..
Buchanan's precinct of which thirty
We're FOR Governor Burke and only ten
for 9. A. Johnson. At the same cleo
ton the republican candidates for CON
gfess received nineteen and twenty
votes as against fourteen and sixteen
votes. a careful anvas of the pre-
cinct hnds ten reputable men who say
they voted for Johnson, but these are
entirely outside of the Buchanan fam
liy, which, We understand, comprises
four voters and yet Notwithstanding his
pledge the gentleman is pleased to cir
5culate his picture, and circled over the
head thereof "the man who never side
stepped an issue"
Milton Globe: L. B. Hanna's candi-
daoy for governor has our endorsement
because we know he Is fitted and quail
and give the people of this state the
Kind of an administration they need.
His record of service in this state and
In the halls of congress has proven him
70 pc a man of ability, devoted to the
best interest OF the people whom he is
serving. That record alone ought to
make him governor without any other
argument. He will not be an untried
Dakota ought not to be alarmed into.
the deluBion that in giving Hanna this
high Office they are restoring to power
IAS So-Oa4LSd TlHS, ne alone VIII be
governor, and nc one else. He will give
the people a clean, STRAIGHTFORWARD
business administration. He will not
trick them with prediction promises
that will never be fulhlIed-merely to
get votes. Make Hanna your first choice
and in order to make your ballot
legal NIL out the second choice also.
You cannot vote for the same man for
both first and second choice,
Cavalier Chronicle: There ought not
70 be more than one candidate for
E9xer aTs G fn The The FSs aIg tS' ticket q Pgt
one man among those four, however,
who stands but most prominently be-
Tore the people is Hon. L.. B. Hanna.
he is prominent and the people know
him and his worth because he has been
in public life as servant OF the people
Tor several years, both as state senator
and as representative in congress,
splendid service to the people. But
what do the people know about Buch-
anan, Johnson n Mtdtbo, the other
nothing aside from what the sectional
press and warped politicians tell them.
They have no records of service to the
people behind them and their ability
are unknown. The choice of either one
or the other of them would be a mere
game OF chance. Not so with t. b.
Hanna The people know him and
. rAAAS NAAoN AA3 HAAa0 AGAhCISA dpl6 Auu
efficient service to his state and ma
ton, and they can bank upon the fact
that he will make an able and service
able governor In this statement we
are not seeking to disparage the quail
lhcattons either of the other candidates
might possibly possess, but they are
all untfied men and nothing is known
line.
jamestown Alert: Robert Clenden-
ing of Wimbledon, for thirty years a
resident of North Dakota, was among
ton at Jamestown yesterday. Mr..
C~lendening is a candidate for member
OF the board of railroad commissioners
Of North Dakota. He is well qualified
for the office, having a q long bus
mess experience in the grain and ele-
yator business in this state, but has
now practically retired, so that he can
fee, which works toward a fair ad-
justment of rate problems, service, and
other difficulties between the railroads
and shippers.
Lisbon Free Press: AS the primary
approaches, the more radical Of the
Insurgents are attempting to defeat L.
:; Hanna for govsrnor but their new
count of their ~prejudiees and evident
purpose to defeat the most prominent
candidate and best fitted for the exe-
and b~oomerangs. They say Mr.. Hanna
was a former stalwart. So was Mr..
Buchanan, Tom Marshall and Joe De-
vine and every prominent politician be
fore the progressive or insurgent
movement was inaugurated. They at
tended conventions and divided the of
hces as republicans, for that was the
blames Tom Marshall that he acted
with his party In these distributions
and then why should they denounce
Hanna as a staiwarf uudpr these cir.