The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-20
Press Comment

Devils Lake World: with the return
OF L. B. Hanna to the state the re-
publican campaign promises to take on
a new lease of life. and the members
of the party will probably assume the
aggressive all along the line. With
a set of candidates for whom no apollo
gies need be made and with a party
as nearly united as it has been for
several years, there is no reason why
a winning fight should not be made for
every office. The third party move
ment seems to be growing beautifully
less with each passing day and the
democrats never were dangerous, ex-
cept when there was a split in there
publican party, and this year the ser
ious differences seem to be between
the democrats and the progresstyes
who so far haven't been able to get
together on a single candidate, state
or national. The reign of democrats
and traitorous republicans in the state
house at Bismarck is about drawn to
a close, n there will be few mourn
ers when the end comes.
Grafton Record: A state wide pri-
mary, duly called, s~afeguarded by
statute and regularly held gave ample
opportunity for every republican voter
in North Dakota to express his choice
for the various state offices. The re-
suit was known before the meeting Of
the national convention n was ac-
quiesced in by all factions of the party.
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election means a Reputation of the ex-
pressed will Of the republican electors
of the state.
The third party movement in this
state, so far as a state ticket is con
cerned, is the result of political spite
work-the getting even" of a few men
who insist upon the defeat of Con-
gresham Hanna at any cost.
Their candidate comes before the
voters with no endorsement, save that
of a few sel~f-constituted bosses of the
new party. Their convention in the
first instance was not representative
and when, the nominee of that gather
ing withdrew his name another was
substituted over night at a star cham
Der session of these bosses.
The honest, consistent and real pro-
gressives of North Dakota are opposed
to the abuses of the old convention
system and have at great sacrifice and
cost written upon our statute books
the state wide primary Jaw. We are
satisfied that these men will refuse
to be ghosted by a few self-seeking
politicians into repudiating the pri-
mary and adopting the result of the
old convention system in it's most ag-
~gravating form-the rule of the gang.
Willow city Eagle: Any old thing
to beat Hanna; seems to be the slogan
of the progressive insurgent bullmoose
party. If they wanted an experienced
c~ampaigner and a man who is used to
defeat why didn't they choose Aaker
instead of Sweet. Aaker has been
carrying that lightning rod around so
long that it has made him round
shouldered.
Minot Independent: We doubt very
much the a~dvisability OF the progress
i've party of this state nominating q
complete state ticket as was done at
the Fargo convention. we attended
this convention, not as a delegate, but
as a representative of the press, and
took considerable pains before the
convention opened to sound a number
Of delegates on the subject. Out of
a score or more with whom we talked,
not more than one or two thought
it best to nominate a complete state
ticket. We don't know just who it
was that mixed the political medicine,
but suspect it was one other than
Judge Lauder If Colonel Roosevelt
advised this, we believe that he did
not understand the conditions very
well, for it would hav been far easier
to carry the state for him without the
third state ticket in the field, than with
II. The Independent, like most of the
other newspapers of the state took a
stand before the primaries for certain
republican candidates and the editor of
this paper, like thousands of other
who participated In the primaries, does
not at this time to turn down
the nominees without good cause, Mr..
Hanna was nominated for governor
most fairly and we believe that he will
be elected with an overwhelming
majority.
Glendale Leader: Now comes the
report that the nomination of DR.. Cree
gan by the bull moose party can not
stand because the doctor is not eligible
under the law of North Dakota be-
cause he has not been a resident here
a sufficient length of time. The ques-
tion arises in the minds of some
whether this Is Ignorance OF the law
by the new party leaders, or whether
the fact was known and DIR. Creegan
put UP only as a bluff to scare Hanna
and his friends. Surely the political