The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-26
BLOOMS DEFEAT
Laid TO GRONNA
SENATORIAL COURTESY" CON-
SIDERED BACK OF SENATE'S
REJECTION OF NAME-RECESS
APPOINTMENT HINTED AT, AS
PRESIDENT HAS POWER.

PRESIDENT HAS POWER.
Grand Forks Herald: The failure
Of J.. H. Bloom of Devils Lake to re-
celve the endorsement of the United
States senate for the position of post
master of his home city is laid direct
~ to Senator Gronna by leaders of the
party in North Dakota.
state Chairman D. H. Macarthur of
Fargo was in the city yesterday and
he made it plain that the rejection of
Mr.. Blooms name was not ~unexpected,
in view of the known existing feeling
Senator Gronna 'entertains'", as he
put it.
Mr.. Bloom, in his publication, The
Devils Lake Journal, has made some
decidedly V1trioliC attacks uicn United
States Senator Gronna and it was
pretty well understood that when his
name came before the Senare for the
coveted plum, the postmastership Of
Devils Lake, there would he CppOsi-
ton from the Junior senator. "Sena-
torial courtesy" the oft-time Stun
bling block to many a politicians as
~plrat1Ons, came into play, the demo-
Gratis say, and the objections of Sena-
tor Gronna were given weight by his
associates. This is from the democrat
lC viewpoint, as expressed BY the state
chairman; Senator Gronna is vet TO
be heard from as to whether or not he
stood in the way Of the appointment.
Another Chance.
In the opinion Of Mr.. Macarthur and
other democrats, the Devils Lake pub
Usher has one more chance and that
Will be a recess appointment by the
president. in case congress ever ad-
%jouTns; at present, in view of the war
in Europe, Brother Bloom had best put
in his winter coal and not depend on
p~ostot7ce salary money t. meet the
Dill, IN the opinion of the Wise ones.
Had the Backing.
Mr.. Bloom had the solid backing of
the democratic state and III or
ganization, according to Macarthur, as
we'll as literally signed petitions from
ms nome city. There was no fight on
his appointment, as has been the case
in several other official plum contests
in the state, and the democrats fgur-
ed it clear sailing for him until Gron-
ma doomed up on the horizon as an i'm
portant factor in the case.
Macarthur Not Active.
Chairman Macarthur now holds the
position Of internal revenue inspector
for the state Of North Dakota and is
not paying much attention to Lolitics,
Questioned as to his remaining in the
position Of state chairman of the dem
ocratiC party. he was non-committal.
but inquiries of leading LEGAL demo-
Gratis bear out the conclusion that
Mack is out of it and that one of
several we'll known party workers will
be named to succeed him.
Some Possibilities.
Among those mentioned are: ], P
Lamb Of Michigan; P. e. Bvrne Of
Bismarck, former secretary to Gov
ernor Burke; H. H. Perry Of Ellen
dale; Fred Mclean Of Bismarck. Dres-
ent secretary of the democratic state
central committee, and J.. Nelson Kelly
Of Grand Forks.
The wise ones are picking Lamb to
be selected to lead the partv in the
state, but the time is not ripe and 9TH
ers are likely to be in the field. Last
night, a well known democrs t stated
that the name of James Campbell of
Mandan had also been mentioned
All Now Harmony.
All is harmony in the ranks of the
party, according to MT. McArthur: no
sore spots left from either postofice or
federal appointments, and the bovs'
are getting down to business all over
the state In n united, concentrated
effort to win a signal victory this fall,
a happy condition, even if somewhat
unusual in n political partv. and es-
pecially so when the recent disturh.
ances" in the ranks of the faithful are
to be taken into consideration.
Overlooked George.
Postmaster George E. Duis was ask
ed last evening If he had met Chair
man Macarthur and If there was anv
political significance to his visit here.
He had not seen him and as for poli-
tics, George replied that he sis a serv-
ant of the people now and don't even
know how to spell the word. but re-
ferred the reporter to others who
might possibly know. 1t seems evil
dent, however, that Mack" was lust
mere to look up the income tax sif1Ia-
ton n on no special political mis-
sion.
Bloom BIames Gronna,
In response to a long distance tele-
phone inquiry last evening. T n
Bloom of Devils Lake, whose appoint
ment as postmaster of that city was
rejected by the United States senate,
said:
IT. attribute the rejection of NV
name directly to Senator Gronna. and
it is due to his feeling because of ar
ticles published in my paper which
may have affected him.
II have nothing to retract. No man
who ever applied for a public office in
North Dakota had better endorse
ments from not only the leaders of
his party, but from prominent citizens
of his home town, than I did. I served
notice long ago that IL any charges
were brought against me by enemies
opposing my appointment, al / asked
was a chance to answer them. / know
of no charges and I attribute my fail
ure to land the position to Mr.. Gron-
ma. This probably ends it and-it
may not"