The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-27
Press Comment

Buffalo Express: Most OF the state
papers are in favor of L. +. ann for
governor, for the reason that he is a
man of wid knowledge relative to
state government. The Express be-
lieves that the state at large will n
fit by the prudent and businesslike
methods of Mr.. Hanra as governor.
WalhalIa Mountaineer: The Herald
has already. expressed itself on the
subject of a third state ticket. 1t stands
for the ticket nominated by the repub-
lican voters of the state at the pri-
mary election in June. The movement
for a third state ticket was inspired
by the personal spite of two or three
men against the republican candidate
for governor. These men nave deluded
and b~amboozeled other adherents of the
new party, and have succeeded in maxi
ing q catspaw of the estimable gentle
mar whom they have induced to run
for governor on their ticket. What
representations they may have made
to Roosevelt we do not know, but 1t
chances of carrying North Dakota ave
been lessened fifty per cent by the &C
ton taken at Fargo.
Mandan Pioneer: Former President
Roosevelt has come and gone, and
those best in a position to feel the pub
lie pulse are not slow in expressing the
opinion that his coming has materially
w LIE pAOSpSSlo W q y L
North Dakota. there are thousands of
voters in this state who greatly admire
the ex-president and the principles he
stands for, but who ~disapprove of his
meddling in state politics to the extent
that he demands a new candidate for
governor who will bow the knee at his
behest.
Hon. L. q. Hanna vas nominated
fairly and squareIy by the people of
his state, and as the nominee of the
republicans of North Dakota he was
in honor bound to abide by the will of
the voters, n the platform adopted
mattered not to Roosevelt and the
little coterie of anti-Hanna men who
seemed to dominate the so-called pro-
gressive party that Hanna was the first
and foremost in the state last March
in advancing Roosevelt's in the
presidential primaries. Hanna was
heart and soul a Roosevelt man, while
the present supporters of the colonel
knife him and throw the state to La
Toilette. And because MI. Hanna was
too honorable to renounce the obltga-
tons imposed upon him by the republi-
can voters and follow the lead OF
Roosevelt in leaving the party, and
mainly because More, Lauder and
others willed it, the former president
in turning his back o n Hanna has turn
ed away thousands of votes which
otherwise would have gone to him, The
mess of pottage prepared by Lauder,
| Baker and More garnished to suit the
occasion may be satisfying for the day
but when the votes are 1t Will
be found that Roosevelt had infinitely
more to gain from his association with
Hanna than Hanna could possibly gain
| from Roosevelt. .
Willow City Eagle: The candidacy
Of L. 3. Hanna for governor is gaining
strength every day, and especially
since the state convention of the pro
| gressives'' when they made it SO plain
that Hanna is the man they are after
The nomination of Creegan, n later
when they found him disqualified, OF
Sweet to oppose him has been branded
as dirty politics" by all fairminded
progressives in the state.
| party in North Dakota cannot help but
feel gratified with the present pros.
poets for party success in this state al
the November election. Reports through
the and otherwise show
| that party workers all over the state
| are. predicting the election of i. B
| Hanna as the republican candidate fol
governor by an overwhelming majority
Every candidate on the republican
state ticket is interested In Mr.. Elan
mas candidacy, and, is predicting hii
| election. This same sentiment extend;
| dates everywhere. who are anxious
that Mr., Hanna should receive the big
gest vote possible.
Secretary Foley Of the republican
state committee who recently opened
| h~eadalarters in Bismarck Is daily re
ceiving letters from every county from
!people who express the desire that tn
Republican gubernatorial candidate b.
/ elected this fall.
Mr.. Hanna was elected to the leEls