The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-20

Cogswell Enterprise: A purely agri-
cultural state like North Dakota should
not De represented in congress entire
~ by lawyers and bankers. but the
farmers should have their share of
representation. At present and here
totore congress has been made up too
come before congress that are of vital
interest to the farmers of the country
and those questions can best be set
tied according to the judgment of men
1amlllar with farm problems and rural
conditions. Moreover, it Is the plain,
every day farmer whose interests need
Iooklng after and consequently they
should be represented by men thor
needs rather than by the owners Of
thousands of acres, which they are
either exploiting or upon which they
are fostering a system of tenantry,
disastrous to the country, says The
Fargo Blade.
The farmers of this state have it
IN their power to nominate and elect
who is thoroughly familiar with rural
problems and the kind of education
that best promotes a prosperous and
satisfactory country life. We refer to
John H. Worst, who went from his
farm in Emmons county to the presi-
dency of the North Dakota Agriculture
al college and dictatorship of the gov
experiment station, both Of
WHICH ne mas SO successfully managed
for the past 10 years as to attract the
attention of the whole country. Dur
ing this period he has labored con-
stantly for the betterment of rural con-
ditiOns, for pure food for the con-
sumers, for cooperation among farm
ers, and for lower interest rates, etc.
The farmers will wait a long time
before another candidate thus devoted
to their interests and to the interests
of local business men will come before
them for endorsement
Cakes Times: President J. H. Worst
IS by all means the strongest candi-
date now before the people for United
States senator. His life in this state
has been an open book. He is CONVEX
SAINT with every phase of farm life, is
a very ready platform speaker, and in
the senate of the United States would
state, Already he is a national figure.
having attained that through the in
ternational dry farming congress, of
which he has been president. His at
tainment Of the United States senate
would be a fitting crown to bestow on
a well spent life.
Braddock News: There is a grow
ing sentiment among progressive far
mers that the agricultural interests Of
the country are not adequately rep
resented in the congress of the United
States; that congress is too thor
oughly dominated by representatives
sonable. therefore. that this state.
which is so exclusively agricultural,
mould elect a man of President
Worst's caliber and experience to rep
resent North Dakota in the United
States senate. 1t is up to the farmers
practically. to decide this important
question. for they a an overwhelm-
ing majority at the polls. They
should make their choice from their
own judgment however, for willy poll
ticians who nave no regard for the
state can paint any candidate as black
as may seem necessary to insure his
defeat. This is an old trick and the
farmers have tumbled to it too often In
the past.
Mr.. Worst's loyalty to the farm
ers and to the producers of the states
wealth cannot be called into question.
He also believes that those who pro-
duce wealth should receive their share
of 1t. This they do not do and is suf-
fcient reason Tor ignoring the demands
of politicians and for the election of a
a thoroughly progressive In all
things that make for clean govern
ment, honest enforcement of the laws,
and for general prosperity.
Sanborn Enterprises: North Dakota's
Grand Old Man." DR.. John H. Worst,
president of Agricultural college,
whose work for the past third OF a
splendid commonwealth and to educate
its. people to a knowledge of it's great
possibilities and vast resources. is a
candidate for nomination as. a united
States senator of North Dakota he
connection with the senatorship by the
Spontaneous and unanimous action OF
the trNstate graingrowers' association
in convention at Fargo. The action of