Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-09-05
AAkER WITHDRAWS
HIS CANDIDACY !
ANNOUNCES HE WILL NOT MAKE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR ON
THIRD PARTY TICKET.
Two More Presidential Electors Re-
sign, Refusing to Support
Taft.

Fargo, Aug. 31.-H. H. Aaker of
this city who resigned as nominee
for presidential elector rather than
support President Taft, last night
set at rest all aumors that he will
be candidate for governor on the
Progressive ticket in North Dakota
by an open letter in which he says
he is not and has not been an cam
didate for governor.
Mr.. Aaker's Statement.
s'.I notice in a number of papers" F."
says Mr.. Aaker in his statement,
that it is claimed that am a can.
didate for governor on the third par
ty ticket. ought probably to know
as much about that as some of the
editors, and / know for certain that
I ana not a candidate for governor,
nor any other Office.
8 Has Held no Conferences:
"I think a person can refuse to
vote for Taft and resign as presiden-
tial elector and join the party that
stands for. the principles that I@stand
for without being candidate for
governor.
$50 far have had no consulta-
tions with any one, have attended no
secret nor public meetings, have
conferred with no leaders nor poll
ticians, and have asked no one to
support nor advocate my becoming
a candidate for governor.
Not Sick for ONCE. s
''If were sick for an Office, as
many, papers claim, common sense
would dictate that I must 'whoop 1t
up for. the Republican party, be
regular, not kick over the traces,
but stand by 1t through thick and
thin no matter what II stands for
nor how much it betrays the best
interests of the people. Such blind
party service have seen, ID reward
ed with q nomination and election
to Office. Reform movements. on
the other hand, offer little induce
ment along the lines of public pre-
ferment; but they are excellent fields
for personal sacrifice.
Held Public ONCE Once.
81 am now so years old and have
not held public office more than once,
and that for one year IA mayor Of
the city Of Moorhead, at the age of
80. This does not bear out the
claim that have got the office-itch
very often or very bad. ], have been
a candidate for Office few times.
but only when a reform needed q.
personal sacrifice, and then as pro-
test against fagrant wrongs or at
the solicitation Of friends.
Duty to the State.
Gas citizen, I owe it to myself
and to the people Of the state, not
only to vote but to be awake and use
my judgment and line up on the
right side. A person that supports
q party out Of partisanship, and
votes against his convictions, is a
bad citizen; he puts lie into the bal
lot box and If the party he votes for
is successful, the party, II it does its
duty will carry out his Instructions,
which were false, and give the peo-
pie government which is just the
opposite Of what 1t ought to be"
Four Presidential Electors Have Re-
signed. One Remains.
OF the i've Republican. presiden-
tial electors selected by the voters Of
North Dakota at the presidential
primary election March ~. 1912.
four have now resigned, stating they
cannot support william H. Taft.
nominee at the Republican nation
al convention, while the fifth asserts
that he will stand by the president
The Ave were all elected as LaFol-
lette candidates. They are H. II.
Aaker. Fargo. resigned and now sup
porting Roosevelt; Gilbert Johnson.
Muhall, resigned and supporting
Roosevelt; D. p. Barnes. Glen Ullin,
resigned and supporting Roosevelt;
Theodore Thompson, Cooperstow
VINO declares he viii resign, but not
as yet decided TO- Join the Progress
siye party and r. W. Cathro. Bot ]
tineau. who states he will stand BY
the Republican nominee.
This leaves four vacancies to be-
filed BY the state Republican cen-
tral committee at their meeting IN
Bismarck, Sept. ,',sss |
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