The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-20
THE FARGO FORUM AND DAILY RHP0RIToAN, THURSDAY EVENING JUNE . 1919

not agreed among themselves. North
Dakota delegates are more bitterly op-
posed to Taft than to Roosevelt. That
is the attitude of some Wisconsin men,
and they are at outs with Walter
Houser and John J. Harmon, LaF'ol-
lette's personal representatives, who
share LaFollette's hatred to Roose-
YeIt.
Say They Are For LaFolIettes
The LaFollette managers are sus-
picious that men who pulled for Me-
Govern yesterday lean toward Roose-
Welt, but all Wisconsin and North Da-
kota men continue to insist today that
they will stand by LaFollette, SO
Houser and Harmon do not indulge
openly In criticism.
Talk is going about freely that
Roosevelt managers have offered to
make McGovern candidate for vice
president and that McGoyern and his
~lieutenants have been tempted by the
bait. There Is no doubt that tremen-
dous offers have been made by Rooseve-
welt to set some kind OF working
agreement with the LaFollette men.
They are bitter toward the irrecpncil-
able wing headed by Houser and in
innate that these men T really Taft
allies.
North Dakota men are anxious that
their position shall be understood at
home,
Lauder Not Candidate.
7 did not want TO be a candidate
for temporary chairman" says Judge
w. S. Lauder. Il urged Wisconsin
men to put up McGovern, and let
Roosevelt men vote for him If they
wanted to. They were at outs on the
matter and we waited for them to
come to a decision. They held q caucus
just before leaving for convention, and
came and told US that they had de-
cided not to present a. candidate. They
told us to go ahead and put up a man,
and that they would stand by us. SO
our delegation decided to support me
and with that understanding we went
to them. We hard hardly entered the
Coliseum when Mr.. Cochems presented
Governor McGovern's name. ! told my
colleagues Immediately not to vote for
me, and said / would regard any man
as my enemy who would do so.
Il think Wisconsin men who voted
for me made q mistake, but they are
in a different position from us. We
are for LaF'ollette, will stand by him
and think he has a good show to be
nominated, but we are from a state
where hardly anybody is for Taft. We
could not make a campaign for him,
but we could carry the state for Roose-
welt if he should be nominated, as he
has many friends in North Dakota On
the question Of organization as be-
tween Taft and Roosevelt we should
have stood with Roosevelt"
Thinks LaFoIIstte viii Win.
Thomas F. Marshall, national COM
mitteeman select, declares LaFolIette
his choice and that LaFollette's nonin-
alton is now very probable.
Taft is beaten he said last even
ing, " and l believe the only way he
a prevent the nomination OF Roose-
welt is to throw his strength to La
Toilette"
Mr.. Marshall declares that North Da-
kota will stay by LaFollette to the
finish and says he was opposed TO the
alliance with Roosevelt men on the
craftsmanship.
One of the North Dakota delegation
refused to vote for McGovern and so
stood out against an alliance with
Roosevelt. r. M. Pollock Of Fargo cast
his vote for Walter L. Houser.
When the fight comes on report Of
the credentials committee. LaFollette
men will vote with Roosevelt men in
some cases, as a matter of principle
and justice, according to John J. Han
non.
we would not stand for the deci-
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case like that of Washington" said
Mr.. Harmon last night. ''There are
several cases where we probably would
vote to overturn temporary roll, when
once presented to the convention, but
whether committees report in block or
separately, We would insist upon a
separate vote. 1t would not be fair to
ask us to vote yes or mo- on an en-
tire list Of contests"
Opposed Pursings.
The Wisconsin and North Dakota
delegations met together in caucus just
before the session and conferred on
the course of LaFollette men In con-
vention. There vas a difference Of
opinion but the majority agreed not to
support the Hadley motion to purge
the temporary roll. Most of the LaFol-
lette men are consistent with the pre-
cedent in Wisconsin and favor respect
ing the action of the national COM
mittee until changed by the regular
credentials committee.