The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-10-18
THOS. P. king
SUPPORTS hanna

Editor The Forum: Please allow me
through the columns Of your valuable
paper to call the attention Of my
republican friends, especially my pro-
gressive republican friends, to the con-
test now being waged for the COVER
norship Of this state.
1t seems to me hat if our primary
election laws are to have any in
trinsic value at all, all parties in the
state should be content to abide by
the results OF these primary elections.
Otherwise, what Is the use of holding
primary elections at all?
At the last primary election I was
a candidate for a very important state
office, but being defeated by the re-
publican voters of the state, ! am
taking my medicine like a little man
and intend to support and aid the
election Of every republican nominal
ed at that primary election in every
way that / h~onorably can do So. "a
What 1 wish to call the attention
OF my friends more especially to, is
the election of the republican nomi-
nee for governor.
At the primary election l. B. Han
ma, one of Fargo'S most prominent
business men, was nominated for that
important office. Now, in some parts
Of The state it is being argued that
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republican voters, especially the pro-
gressive republican voters, because he
belongs to the stalwart faction, or ole
gang Of republicans Of the state.
New, let us zee how far the above
statements will bear investigation. II
is true that Mr.. Hanna has always
professed to be a stalWart republican
in politics, but has he not, while a
member Of congress, been able to do a
prraaf Iaal IN hnnnfif tho manila M
North Dakota?
Has any North Dakotan ever asked
Mr.. Hanna to use his influence as a
member Of congress to aid him in
getting n wrongs righted or getting
any proper favors from the govern
ment that was in his power and been
turned down by him? Have not many
old soldiers in this state had their
pensions increased through Hanna's
influence?
Does any voter in North Dakota
imagine he could go to Washington
as a member of congress, act entirely
Independent of all the other members
and accomplish anything?
Common sense will tell any sensible
| man that he cannot act sc n ge
the first iota of favorable Legislation
for his state.
If that is sc, why, then, condemn
| Hanna for doing what any onei
| common sense must tell him to do.
Another point I wish to make Will
I am referring to this North Dakoti
stalwartism:
If it is wrong for progressives t
supper stalWarts why was 1t tina
last June such so-called progressive
as Jas. A. Buchanan, Thos. Marshal
Fl. N. Tucker and Sidney Adams in
dorsed such known stalwarts as Gund
| -. NIn1- II r uto xyI~~ Mr. Mann ~
Mr.. Stutsman, when there were plent
of good dyed-in-the-wool progressive
wanting Endorsements for these posi-
tons?
Can the dyed-tn-the-wool progress
i've republicans of North Dakota thin
for a moment that their leaders sol
their party out for a cash considera
ton?
Ii this is not SO will Messrs. Blu
Lchanan, Tucker, Adams and Marsha
explain why they Endorsed known stall
warts at their Bismarck meeting Il
June, after refusing to indorse an
candidate at the two meetings held i
| April at the Gardner hotel in Fargo
Why should there be two ~republica'
tickets in the field in North Dakota
The progressive republicans of Mort
Dakota appear to be ardent admirer
of Robert M. LaFollette. Well If the
are why do they not follow the lea
of Robert M. LaFollette. Lafollette |
not for starting a new party. ell ma
not believe much in Taft, but he be
lieves a great deal less in Roosevelt
and / don't think he viii advise hi
followers in this state to vote TO
| Roosevelt.
Why should w. d. Sweet be a can
didate for governor of this state at thi
late hour? If he wished to aspire t
that Office why did he not do SO C
the June primaries. instead OF tryin
to break up the republican party
North Dakota after the primaries de
cided that Mr.. Hanna was to be tn
republican nominee2 Would he hay
been a candidate now If Mr.. Buchan
an had won the primary election?
/ wish to inform MI. Sweet that
am just as good a progressive republi
can as he, and that | believe just a
hrmly In the rule of the people as h,
but that when the primary election de
cides the candidate OF the party, 1T
the duty of the members of that part
to abide by such decision. Such bein
the case I Judge it to be the duty {
Mr.. Sweet to either withdraw his car
didacy and support MIR. Hanna or els
1t liz the duty of the progressive re
publican voters TO refuse to give M
Sweet any support, whatever.
We don't need two republican partis
In North Dakota. ! therefore call 9
MY republican friends throughout tt
state to not only support Hanna *
governor. but to support la whole ~