The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-03
Worst Sentiment Has
Swept the State

Cakes Times: The farmers at the
Grain Growers convention at Fargo
last week took time in their delibera-
tons to very enthusiastically endorse
John Fl. Worst of the agricultural
college for United States senator.
President Worst is one of the finest
men of the state. its foremost orator,
and would be a credit to the state in
the national senate.
Minot Democrat: The Tri-State
convention held at Fargo last week
unanimously endorsed Pres. j. H.
Worst of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college, for the United States
senate, and that gentleman says that
if the convention was in earnest and
their action meets the approval Of
their neighbors at home he will make
what he considers a sacrifice and be-
come a candidate. Mr.. Worst's
candidacy will be favored by the
farmers Of the state but has caused
dismay in the camps Of the politi-
clans.
Emmons County Record: John H.
Worst, president of the North Dakota
Agricultural college, and pioneer resi-
dent Of Emmons county, is being urg-
ed to become a candidate for the
United States senate to succeed
Senator Gronna, Announcement APP
pears in The Minneapolis Journal
lunder a Fargo date-line, Ehe North
Dakota members of the Tri-State
Grain Growers association being back
of the movement.
John H. Worst came to North Da-
kota and to Emmons county in the
early 1908, In the early days he en-
gagged in farming and stock-raising
near the old town of Williamsport.
He was the first county superintend-
ent Of Emmons county after its or
g%anization and held the office for a
period Of six years. Later, he rep
resented this (the TWenty-Sixth) Sem
atorial district in the state senate.
Mr.. Worst held the office Of lieuten-
ant governor. Near the end of his
term in office he was appointed to
the position Of president of the North
Dakota gricultural college, which
position he has held continuously ever
since that time.
There is no office in the gift Of the
people of North Dakota that is more
important than that of United States
senator. And at no time in the his
tory Of the state has that office been
more important than now, when po-
litical agitation and unrest pervades
the nation, and when every move OF
tariff revision strikes directly at the
welfare of the people Of the state
who depend almost entirely on the
production of wheat and other grains
for their livelihood. Mr.. Worst is
a practical farmer and has the best
insight of the needs Of the. North
Dakota a~griculturalist. He has made
6. nation wide. reputation in agri-
culture during his long service as
| president of the agricultural college
and has brought that college to a
point where it stands head and
shoulders above any similar lnstitu-
ton in the northwest. He is an
able and efficient public speaker and
a man of high intellect and educa-
ton. In the United States senate
he would be recognized as "a leader
and his influence would be far-reach-
ing in the furtherance Of the interests
of North Dakota, which interests have
been so near his heart during all the
time of his long residence in the
state. III ~@ .<'Ir
There is no part of the state where
| Mr.. Worst and his work are not
known and appreciated. The posi-
ton which he has occupied has kept
| him free of the f~ractionalism in the
republican party and he Is unham-
| pered by political debts or friend
ships. The time has come when it
Is necessary for such men to lead the
political fortunes Of the party and
thus accomplish the elimination Of