The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-08
LEADERS SEE THE
WRITING ON WALL
ALL INDEPENDENT FORCES SAID
TO PREDICT END OF Near
THURS DAY Estate CHAIR
MAN REPORTED TO BE OPENLY
AGAINST HELLSTRoM.

Trouble again in the state democrat
ic ranks Is said to be no light-hearted
joke as the June primaries draw near,
and it is whispered that State Chair
man Macarthur sees the writing on the
wall and Is lining up his machine fore
es to make his last big fight.
All the Independent democratic
leaders Of the state who have been
considerably displeased with the way
things are going in the matter of the
state chairman's and National Com
nltteeman Bruegger's disposition of
the federal patronage, are said to be
lining 10 s):idly against Mr.. Near
thur and MT. Bruegger.
A number Of the party leaders have
been in the city this week and have
had conferences with Mr.. Macarthur at
their hotels. What the exact results
OF these conferences have BEEN, of
course, has not been given out for pub
LEGATION. But it is understood that the
state chairman is lining up for a fight.
Some Of those who have conferred
with him have admitted that he is OPP
emily against Frank Hellstrom for the
democratic nomination for governor
and Is going to bring out oliver Knud-
son of Michigan against the former
| warden.
Whether this will meet with the
approval Of the rank and file of the
party seems to be a matter OF doubt
In the minds of many. It is admitted
among the democrats, particularly
since his open fight against Mr.. Nc
Arthur at Washington this spring dur
ing the marshalship ~squabble.
Editor Wilson's Comment.
Frank Wilson, editor of The Bath
Sate Pink Paper, points out some of
Mr.. MCArthur's activities in the gov
ernorship fight in a recent issue Of
that paper. Editorially Mr.. Wilson
says:
mittee said the chairman of the state
central committee had sent word that
a party had been fOund who could
easily be elected governor on the dem
o~cratic ticket and that person was
Oliver Knudson Of Nelson county.
This was a mistake on the part of the
state chairman for he should no die
tate who the choice Of the candidates
should be. MI. Kelly of Grand Forks
has been quite favorably mentioned,
Frank Hellstrom, the candidate last
year, is mentioned very largely. The
state chairman selected the national
committeeman and now is attempting
to select the candidate for governor.
1t is believed by some that the state
chairman does not care so much for a
successful candidate as for n who
would make his political machine
stronger
Supporting CasheI.
Editor Wilson is also very strongly
supporting John L. Cashel for United
States senator. senator Cashel. who
has had a long and creditable record
in the state senate Inc is now the
dean of the upper house, swept the
state several years g in the sena-
toriaI preferential primaries over SEN
ator Purcell. but the peoples choice
was disregarded by Governor Burke
and Senator Purcell was appointed to
fill an uneXpired term.
It Is also said Senator Cashel will
find few supporters in the state chair
mans camp.
The Macarthur organization ma
chine, it is whispered in state demo
cratic circles, received its first severe
Jolt when President Wilson appointed
S. j. Doyle United States marshal. A
body blow was administered to the
observation-disclosures faction last week
when the president appointed George
E. Duis of Grand Forks postmaster Of
that city.
Cry Of Nepotism. -
Some of the independent leaders are
pointing to the appointment Of JOSEPH
A. Kemp. Mr.. McArthur's son-in-law
as receiver of the GAINESVILLE Nationa
bank, and are crying nepotism on the
part Of the state chairman.
What the outcome of the persisten
attacks on MI. Macarthur will be O
course cannot be foretOld, but the in
dependent leaders predict his day o
control will soon be at an end.
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