The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-11
SAYS BURKE IS
TRYING TO BOSS

The following dispatch from Wash =
ington is from Robert w. McWade and
was published yesterday in The Bis
marck Tribune:
Washington, Aug. 9.-North Dakota
iemocratic politics must smell like
Diazes at home, If they are anything
ike as malOdorOus there as they are
r)annlng out in Washington, takino, the
ugly night over the position of receiver
OF public moneys at the landoff1ce at
Dickinson, N. D., as a sort Of sample
brick.
There are two candidates, whose re-
spect1Ve claims are being energeticalIy
pushed before the senate committee on
public lands, of which Senator Cham
Oerlaln of Oregon Is the wide lava ke
and undoubtedly fair-minded chair
man. One of the aspirants, Otto r,
Meyer OF Dickinson, Is being strenu-
ousiy backed by State Chairman D. n.
macarthur, who has considerable pull
with the administrations; the other
man Is f. A. Lilliebridge, also of Dick
inson. who is endorsed by the would
De political boss of the state Governor
burke. Meyer, who has been ap-
pointed to the job by Secretary Lane,
IS opposed by Burke and several 9TH
eTs, who, in order to wipe up the floor
WIN MIN and his prospects Of success.
nave informed the committee that he
used to keep blind pig, to which
Meyer replies that if he did, he ran a
iegalized saloon, for he paid his fines
every month, just the same as if the
sums were for a license fee. Nothing
whatever is urged against Meyer'g
character beyond that, OF against his
ability or Integrity, or even against his
standing as a regular democrat
On the other hand, Lilliebridge is not
regarded as saint, for he is claimed
to be in the real estate business. an
aVocation which the responsible and
remunerative position of receiver Of
pubic (or private, for that matter)
moneys would help out very material
ly Some folks are rude enough to
insinuatingly intimate that he's a bit
or a land shark, whatever that NAV
mean out in the fertile and breezy Da.-
kotas. OF course, he is quite a re-
spectacle citizen, well fitted for the lob
In every way; but he is a candidate
for a political federal place and, ap-
parently. he must get his share-nay-
DC a little more--of the mud that is
usually flung at such individuals.
whether or not he is deserving of the
slurs that are cast at him, or that
Meyer Is to be thrown out Of the run
ming because of the blind pig" bust
ness the committee is trying hard to
determine, and has, of late, reld sew
eral exciting and most interesting ses-
Slons TO none of which were the dear
public admitted.
For the washing of dirty democratic
linen involved in this and several 9th
er cases, 1t is claimed, Governor Burke
Is solely blameable. He is irving ro
hold up the Meyer appointment. and
the nasty accusations and tnsinuations
which are now public property are now
not only showing up his own political
party in an unpleasant light, but are
assuredly cutting a rod with which he
may hereafter get a possible whaling.
Calling names and making ugly acc1I-,
sations against hitherto highly re-
spected citizens are not likely to he
easily forgiven by any community. or
forgotten by the objects of such dis
graceful nOtoriety.
1t is stated at the national capital
that Burke is the political boss Of The
state and is so recognized by his fell
low democras and that, adding point
and emphasis to his chieftainship, he
has invariably insisted that "the peo-
pie shall rule, so long as he Is their
dictator. Whether that is false or 9TH
erWise, the assertions are openly made
that, even If "the people" by a numer-
ical strength Of nine to one endorse
any candidate for any political Job,
tLoL Cdlluludte Is III lne soup II Burke
doesn't like him. There are men here,
too, who say that the real reason why
Burke didn't endorse Meyer was be-
cause he was nominated by Secretary
Lane, whom he cannot boss,
A typical case of Burkes political
bossism is pointed out in the postmas-
tership of Bowman, for which Burke
had nominated Myrtle Nelson. 1t is,
claimed by reliable authority that
of the democrats of Bow
man wanted Otto H. Boyeson appoint
ed to the postmastership, and that
very many respectable republican citi-
zens frankly endorsed him; but he is
not the sort Of man whom Burke can
BOSS, so, 1t Is stated, he wanted and
got Myrtle Nelson nominated But she
las not been confirmed, and her nom
nation will be held up long enough by
Senator Gronna to allow Boyeson and
lis friends to get a full and a fair
rearing by the senate committee on
1ostoftices and post roads It is also
whispered that Senator McCumber is
likely to take a hand in the game.
yhen he returns to Washington.
Maybe the democratic chances of
Harmony (spelled with a big H) and
fraternity are not likely to be knocked
nto cooked hat by the persistent at
empts to Burke Norh Dakota's polir-
cal patronage-and some folks snicker
It the assertion that "he is states
nam.
The daughter Of A, Mitchell Bag
lad, KY, had bad case Of kidney
rOuble and they faared her ShaaItJ1 8x1,, ~