Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-23
Contemporary
Opinion

New Rockford Transcript. In his
trip through the western part OF the
state last week the editor was nue.
| pleased at the way the people out IN
| that section are supporting l.. B. Han
ma for governor. On the Slope coun'
try ii seems to be practically unan'
imous--even the democrats are sup
porting our popular congressman--to
! the confusion Of Hellstrom.
Neche ChrOnotypc: ~. B. Hanna
governor should be the slogan OF ey-
cry believer in good, honest and ell
cient government for North Dakota
| Mr.. Hanna has done more for North
Dakota than any man who has ever
represented this state and he voters
will reward him by giving him a big
majority November 5. The indepcnd'
ent voter who votes for the man, re
gardless OF politics, will put a cross
after the name OF Mr.. Hanna on cleo
ton day.
Cando Herald: Samuel Blythe says
| that this is a mystifying and uncer.
tain campaign, so far as the outcome
is concerned. In other words, you
can figure out any result that suits
your convenience OF preference. lie
is right. What SENS settled today
may be terribly unsettled tomorrow
| Party lines are breaking and new
alignments are being made. We are
| coming to q two.party nation, con
~servatiye and liberal, and the vote
this year will witness 4 long stride in
that direction. One thing we do
know--Hanna will be the next gov
ernor of North DAKOTA.
Stanley Promoter: l.. Z. Hanna OF
Fargo is the mar who Won the right
TO make the race for governor OF
North Dakota at the statewide prim.
aries against men who had former
ly made the race for the position, He
was preferred over them by the vot.
crs. He is a pioneer of this state and
is familiar with the hardsllips Of the
early settler and the homesteader.
He is farmer, merchant, banker, and
for many years has loaned money to
the people Of North Dakota and taken
mortgages. In all that period-Drob-
ably covering more than a quartz: Of
a century-it is to his credit that he
never %foreclosed n real estate mort
gage. Mr.. Hanna has served in both
branches of the Legislature. lie has
been a member of congress. He has
held other public positions of trust
II confidence ard every time has
made good. BY natural ability, train
Ing, and experience, he is emincntly
fitted for the high position to which
he aspires-namely, governor OF the
young and growing state Of North Da'
kota. Let US take advantage of the
opportunity to secure SO capable q
man for the office. The voters of this
state will give l.. B. Hanna a big ma
jority Tuesday, November 5.
Lidgerwcod Broadaxe: The demo.
cratic candidate for governor alarms
us ny announcing, in a signed Gircll-
lar letter which reached the Broad
axe this week that the republican
candidate for the same office and his
friends "oWn and control nearly all
the newspapers of the ~state,' and will
therefore have access to the columns
Of these papers. Possibly the gentle
man has inside information on this
subject Of which we have no inkling.
At the same time it is borne upon
us that it is certainly neither good
politics or good sense to make such
an accusation against the newspapers
Of the state. A great many of the
newspapers Of the state are accept.
ing the republican nominee in silence
and are driven to it by just such
breaks as this by the democratic
nominee. When a man like John
Burke was running there was no such
talk made, for the newspapers had
some choice and indicated it pretty
plainly. But in this instance there
seems to be an entire indifference on
the matter Of governorship-and this
indifference is not usual with the
newspapers. There must be some
cause for it. But the cause is not the
purchase or control OF the. newspa'
pers by the republican nominee OF
anybody else.
Cando Herald: The proverb "lct
another man praise thee, and not thy
own mouth is we'll demonstrated be-
low
One sometimes hears the assertion
made that the Taft administration
has accomplished nothing.
The following is Theodore Roose.
velt's own answer:
"The republican party has a right
to appeal to the people from tho
standpoint of national achievements.
During the 10 months following
March 4, 1909, a long list Of laws en-.
bodying legislation most heartily to
be commended as combining wisdom
with progress was enacted by Ca re.
publican) congress and approved by
President Taft.
The interstate commerce law was
amended.
The tax power lii connection with
big corporations doing an interstate
business was applied.
A commission was appointed tC
frame measures to do away with
over.capitalization.
The law providing the publicity Of
campaign expenses was passed.
The policy. OF providing for q disin'
terested revision of tariff through q
high class commission OF experts was
inauglrated, with a view to- protect
ing especially the American wage
worker.
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