The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-06-12


THE voluminous report Of one Mr..
Buck on the legislative record of
Congressman Hanna has caused quite
a ripple OF amusement in local repub-
lican circles" said a prominent re-
publican last night to a Forum repre-
sentative.
"The idea OF a disappointed inves-
tigator from some other quarter Of
the county passing Judgment upon Mr..
Hanna's work in the state legislature
seems rather out of place." he con-
tinued. st in itself is rather an in
suit to the intelligence OF the people
of North Dakota for the opposition
to bring a man up here to make such
an investigation, as it would almost
indicate that the people Of the state
themselves have no minds Of their
WI to ass judgment on the merits
Of the bills that are passed by its
legislative representatives.
For may own part / have always
found that the people of North Dakota
were heretofore able to decide the
difference between good and bad in
legislation as in anything else and as
a general rule they do not go on re-
electing a man to office who cannot
serve them in the right way. AS for
myself / think the people of North
Dakota are fully capable to deter
mine whether Mr.. Hanna's bills have
been constructive or bad without Mr..
Buck telling them and / have thorough
confidence in their judgment and do
not think they would believe an OUT
slider should come in and tell them
more about what they need than they
know themselves.
mo one needs to blush for MIR.
Hanna's record in the state legis-
iature so far as / can see. In point
ing out MI. Hanna's bills MIR. Buck
fails to tell US how many Of them
have been repealed. If he wants to
be absolutely fair, why doesn't he do
that? Every one of the bills Mr..
Hanna succeeded in having passed
have stood the test Of time and have
filled the needs of the people sufi-
ciently for them to want to hold or
to them.
"Mr. Buck gives Mr.. Hanna credit
for introducing the pure food law.
though the credit of drawing ii, how
ever, he says belongs to Professor
Ladd. No one denies that, but it vas
Mr.. Hanna that introduced it, and en-
gineered its passage through both
houses so that it became a law and a
part Of the statutes. 1t is evident
that this MI. Buck is not altogether
familiar with legislative work else he
would not have been guilty Of such
criticism of another. Let him intro
duce a Dill n see now IT GareS. III
wager it would never even have a
second reading in the house in which
it is introduced.
1.-THE people of North Dakota are
too familiar with Mr.. Hanna's record
in our state legislature and with his
~meritorious measures, such as the ed
vocational law and the board OF grain
commission law, to take Mr.. Bucks
or any other specially-imported OF
self-appointed critics criticism OF
him and his work"
The speaker laughed good natured-
ly and concluded with the comment,
the people ought to bear in mind that
| this Mr.. Buck was one of La Follette's
prominent publicity men, and con-
Quoted the Wisconsin senator's pri-
mary campaign in the various states.
Mr.. Bucks coming here just now
looks very much like the fulfillment of
a pre-campaigr promise to the insur-
gent leaders OF the state. The in
surgents carried the state for La Fol-
lette in March and nov La Toilette Is
sending Mr.. Buck to help them elect
their candidate for governor.
But" he added, II think this in
vestigation will serve rather as a
boomerang and do more good for Mr.,
Hanna in the long run as 1t gives his
supporters a chance to tell now what
his record really was"