Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-10-03
REPUBLICAN HEAD
QUARTERS AT FARGO
STATE CHAIRMAN GRAY AND
sEC'Y. FOLEY COMMENCE
CAMPAIGN IN NORTH
DAKOTA.

of Kenmare, chairman Of the North
Dakota Republican state central COM
mittee, and Secretary James W.
Foley of Bismarck, have arrived in
the city to open the state Republi-
can headquarters and to commence
the campaign. Chairman Gray is
very optimistic over the outlook,
which he says is very encouraging.
Campaign headquarters for the
state Republican party have been
opened in the A. o. U. w. building
on Roberts street near the postofice
where both Chairman Gray and Sec
retary Foley will be glad to receive
their friends at all times from now
on until after the election.
Mr.. Gray has made careful anal
ysis of the state situation in the last
week or so and after summing up
the conditions in nearly every Sec
ton within the boundaries reports
the prospects for Republican sue
cess in the state this fall are excep-
tionally brilliant.
Hanna Highly Favored.
Il have made a careful analysis
of the state situation during the last
week. said Chairman Gray to For
um representative today. Every
county has been thoroughly covered
and while every person is busy gath
ering in the splendid crop, still there
is an interest on the part Of the
voters.
There appears to be we'll de-
veloped feeling that Mr.. Hanna and
the entire state ticket should re-
ceive the support of the Republican
voters, that the party has given good
men to the state and clean and
capable set of men were selected
after hard fight At the primary.
20 MANY feel that there should be
no chance taken on establishing a.
precedent which would in any man
ner weaken the primary election fea-
ture. Mr.. Hanna is especially strong,
the people recognizing his eminent
fitness for the Office"
Mr.. Gray said an active campaign
would be started at once and from
now until election no stone would
be left unturned in bringing about
Republican victory on Nov. S.
Speakers will be sent out to every
part of the state to get in touch with
the people in every village and ham
let, and regular old fashioned
campaign as in the days of long ago
will be the program for the next six
months.
. New methods of conducting the
Republican campaign are to be fol-
lowed in North Dakota. Instead of
all being under one tent, the nation-
al, the congressional and the state
tickets will be fought for separate
ly. In the old days the state CEN
tral committee bore the brunt Of all
the battles, but since the last state
wide campaign North Dakota has
been divided into three congression-
al districts. 1t has been determined
by the state central committee that
its duties will be confined entirely to
the election Of the primary nominees
on the Republican ticket for state
and legislative Offices.
This will necessitate a congress
sional compaign committee in each
Of the three districts, which will no
doubt cooperate with the national
congressional committee. All the
for congress will be sur
rounded by their, own personal
friends and wage an individual and
personal rather than congressional
campaign.
The fate Of the Republican elect
ors will be left with National Com
Marshall.
The new plan is generally indors-s
ed. In former campaigns the cna1r-
man and members of the executive
have at times been charg-
ed with devoting too much OF too
little to national affairs. They have
been compelled to bear the burden
Of the entire fight and dissattsfac-
tions have arisen. This year re-
sponsibility is fixed. Each candidate
for congress can have his own per-
sonal committee. National Com
Marshall will be held re-
sponsfble for the electors and the
state central committee will be
praised or blamed alone for what
they do on the state ticket.
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