Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-01-26
TEE SITUATION IN PROGRESS
! s1vE AND DEMOCRATIC CAMPS

0AV1 AMI OEsmOVS<A13C VAmES
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 20.-James Han
ley of Mandan, speaker Of the Nortf
Dakota house, is off the progressive
reservation and there are prospects Of
serious trouble in the organization as
a result of the state progressive met
ing here Tuesday. Hanley has his
fighting clothes on, and special meet,
ing held on his case yesterday, from
which committee went forth to labor
for his concilliation, was without eff.
feet.
Hanley, who is little Irish lawyer
with fighting blue eyes, spoke his mind
freely and without reserve. He charged
yesterday that the LaFollette indorsc-
ment and other results of the meeting
were engineered. by Thomas F. Marsh
all and four or five others who planned
the whole proceeding. The meeting:
he says, was not representative, and he
threatens to call q melting of progress
sive members of the legislature. Such
meeting, he predicts, would endorse
Roosevelt for president, and some one
other than James A. Buchanan for gov
ernor. Mr.. Hanley says that he may
decide, instead, to run Independently
for governor or congress, and tells the
public how methods of the old stalwart
crowd have been outdone in the pro-
gressive organization. Hanley is
smarting from a sense of personal
wrong, and in his complaint he has the
sympathy of nearly all Of the progress
sives who attended the meeting. They
are trying hard, however, to get him to
subside and not run for any Office.
Rejects on Burdick.
Speaker Hanley's story reflects on
Lieutenant Governor U. L. Burdick,
who also attended the meeting. Bur
dick is the man who announced himself
for governor and then withdrew. Han
ley says Burdick agreed later on to run
for congress and to support Hanley for
lieutenant governor. Hanley preferred
to run for congress, but gave way to
Burdick, who agreed to help Hanley
and to get him the Endorsement for
lieutenant governor at the meeting
Tuesday. Later Burdick decided not to
run for congress.
At the meeting Tuesday afternoon it
was decided not to vote any indorse-
ments except for governor and national
committeeman. The meeting was re-
sumed in the evening, and when Han
ley arrived he was informed it had
been agreed to indorse Burdick for
lieutenant governor. Hanley, who
already had announced himself for
that position at home, was incredulous.
He was told that Burdick had taken
part in the conference. Hanley left in
DISGUST. The Endorsement was pro-
posed, and the others present, suppos-
ing Burdick and Hanley had an under
standing, agreed. Then they asked Bur
dick if he would agree not to with
draw this time. 81 will" he said,
eff it is satisfactory to Hanley." This
statement resulted in sending a COM
mittee to Hanley, who learned the stu
alton, came back and brought a re-
scinding of the Endorsement.
Won't Agee to Step Aside.
Yesterday it was agreed to drop both
Burdick and Hanley, and bring out a
Scandinavian, such as R. A. Ncstos, of
Minot, or A. T. Kraabel Of Clifford, for
lieutenant governor. There was a con-
ference at which George NJ. Young
and W. NJ. Tucker were appointed a
committee to wait on Hanley and urge
him, in the interests Of the cause, to
step aside. He refused to agree to
anything.
81 don It know yet what shall do, -
he said after the committee had talked
with him. "I could drop out entirely,
but my fighting blood tells me not to
do that. I may call the progressive
members of the legislature together. If
they considered that it was not a viola
ton of the spirit of the primary law
to indorse anybody, they probably
would indorse Roosevelt for president.
This conference was not representative,
but it would have Endorsed Roosevelt if
Tom Marshall and a few others had
not promised Walter L. Houser to get
the Endorsement for LaFollette. Houser
wants North Dakota because it will be
the first state to declare, and it would
have an effect on the country. Roose.
welt will beat LaFollette in my judg-
ment, in this state, if his name goes on
the ballot.
Speaks His Mind.
"Marshall has been beaten twice for
the senate, and has had nothing to dc
with our progressive legislation. The
men who have framed that legislation
were not represented here. They
would not indorse Buchanan for COVER,
nor. Every one here admits that Buch.
anan cannot be nominated. Now they
want a. Scandinavian for lieutenant
governor to bolster up Buchanan.
III may run for governor and tell
the people of the state how this affair
was handled, or I may run for congress
in my district. And my decision in