The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-11
Press Comment

Hettinger County Herald: When
ever you find a republican voter on the
slope he Is a friend of L. B. Hanna
and they are not hard to find. Mr..
Hanna is the strongest man that the
party could nominate for the ofice of
governor and it looks like an over
whelming majority for him this fall.
He has been a resident of the state for
over twenty-five years and has made
good in the opinion of the North Da-
kota people.
Cogswell Enterprise: There is a
growing sentiment in Sargent county
among the p~Pogressives hat L. b.
Hanna Is entitled to the support of all
who took part in the republican pri-
maries.
Rugby Tribune: G~oyernor-elect l..
B. Hanna wen to Maine after congress
adjourned, on business connected with
Fargo college and was there taken sick
and was confined to his bed for owe a
week. He is rapidly recovering and
will shortly return to North Dakota
and take up his campaign for governor
OF this state, His multitude of friends
throughout the state are glad to hear
OF his recovery
Grand Forks Herald: The progress
stve party convention at Fargo nom
mated a party candidate for governor,
sent out a search warrant for some
man to run for the position of agri-
culture and labor, and invited all the
other republican state candidates to
accept nominations on the new party
ticket. Those in control of the con-
yention seem to have shown surprising
ignorance of the rules governing the
placing of names on the ballot, fol-
they decided that If it should be found
that these latter candidates could not
run on both tickets they should be
asked If they were willing to accept
the progressive nominations. Every
person who has had much to do with
elections knows that for many years
1t has been Illegal for the name of thu
same man to appear on the ballot az
the candidate of more than one politi,
cal party. Petitions must be circulated
for the nomination of the candidates
of the new party. IT any of these pc
titions contain the names Of men wht
have already been nominated as re.
publican candidates. it will be for thes'
men to say whether they wish to run
as republicans, or by petition as pro
gressives. They cannot u in boil
ways, There is just a possibility-w'
do not know what the law is on tn
subject-that a candidate already nom
mated on the republican ticket, AM
intending to accept a place with tn
progressive candidates., may delay tn
announcement of his decision until
date so late that the vacancy on TIL
republican ticket cannot be filled, thu
leaving the republican party without
candidate on the ballot for that office
We take it that there is no man OF
the ticket who would do this. IL i
should be done, the natural and prope
way to deal with such a piece of bare
faced trtckery and sharp practice wi
be for every man in the state who be
lieves in fair play and decency to vot
for the democratic candidate for tina
i particular office. There is no reaso
why a man should not accept a nomi
nation on the bull moose ticket IL 1T
rendered him, and he wants it, but
any candidate already nominted by an
other party entertains that purpos,
i let him make his purpose known i'm
mediately, let him resign at once froi
the ticket Of his former party, and no
try to ride two steeds at once.