Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-04-23
1t has become certain Chat the yf

1t has become certain that the yo-
tiers OF Emnons county and the rest
of the state will be allowed chance
to cast their vote for the nomination
OF John II. Worst, president of the
Agricultural College at Fargo, for
United States Senator. Last week
Mr.. Worst finally decided. to answer
the call of his many friends and ad-
mirers throughout the state and run
for Office.
Mr.. Worst will carry this county
by a large majority and there is q
very good reason why he should.
Mr.. w. is product of the early pio-
Deer days in Emmons county. He
was one of the settlement of pio-
neers that came to the WiIliamsport
country about the time the county
was organized. For twelve years he
battled to overcome the hardships
which beset the little community.
As did the others, he was forced to
drive nearly half hundred miles to
buy provisions-a Bismarck. He it
was that did the first work of organ
izing public schools in what was lit
tie better than a frontier. He was
a help to every one of his neighbors.
MIR. Worst came to Emmons county
from little Ohio town and had per-
haps the best school training Of any
of those pioneers. He farmed and
raised sheep; he developed local
schools; and he provided the COM
munity with about the only divine
services to be had-he being min
lister of the gospel.
Thus it will be seen that in every
respect }. H. Worst is product of
Emmons county While lieutenant
governor of the state, a position
which he held just prior to his TAX
ing charge Of the agricultural col
lege, he was a citizen of this county
and went from here to assume the
position which he has so ably filled
and which has placed him high on a
plane amongst educators and
agriculturalists This fact alone will
make him the choice of the present.
day Emmons county resident. But.
that is not all. In voting for Mr..
Worst we will he able to feel that
we are supporting an old neighbor
and a pioneer of the county. We
will also know that we could not do
better for our own interests than to
see that he be the next United States
senator from this state. He is a
practical farmer and is intimately
acquainted with the needs of the
farmer He is poor man. compar-
atively, and the first point which he
made known to his friends when
considering becoming q candidate
was that he would be unable to
financially further his own candida
cy and that the votes of his friends
must elect him-his money would
not. This is point that will meet
with the approval of the voters of
the state Under the present pri.
mary system it is quite possible
for man with ample means to &c
out in the field and practically work
his way into office, although abso.
lutely unfit for it. The voters dc
not personally know their candidates
and :he best self-advertised stands
the best show.
The Record believes that Mr.
Worst viii be the next United States
senator. The common belief that
a poor man cannot be elected to that
high position is in most cases a cor.
rect one. In this instance. Mr.
Worst holds such a high place in the
confidence and esteem of the people
of the state that it will not be neces
sary for him to spend money equa
to the expenditures of his opponents
Andy Miller is self-seeking poll
tician of the worst stripe. A. j
Gronna is a mediocre statesman
far inferior to Mr.. Worst. There
can be but one result to the cam
paign for this Office.