Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-23

In a vain effort to hold the, votes
that he knows are fast slipping from
him, in his candidacy for the demo-
cratic nomination for Governor, r. o.
Hellstrom is now using the "sympa-
thy racket" He is being abused and
maltreated by a great, ugly gang
the creature of his own imagination;
he is the victim of the Vaccinations
of a Ku Klux Khan that he has invent
ed for the democratic party. This Is
the burden of the wall he emits, both
by word of mouth and in his politl-
cal advertising.
In one of the more recent of his
circulars, just at hand, he shows now
he is being maltreated. He >says in
effect that he was urged to come out
as a candidate, and was promised
that, should he do so, he would not
have opposition and would not be put
to the expense of a primary campaign.
A statement like that would be
worth money on the vaudeville stage.
II would be certain Of a laugh" every
time the merry quipster sprung 1t
across the footlights. But, as He'll
strom takes himself and 1t seriously,
we are perforce compelled to hold our
faces straight and play solemn reason
ing to his solemn folly.
II the gang is against him and he
is fighting 1t ION his own"-who as.
sured him there would be no oppo.
sition? If he is single-handed and
alone-who promised him that he
would not have the expense Of a prim-
airy campaign? What gang has he be-
hind him that is SO powerful that it
can make assurances like that? Alex
Mckenzie, in his ~pal1niest days, could
never give a candidate such assur-
ance. What machine took on such a
large order for Frank? We are GER
tainly curious to meet it. 1t would be
worth having in this troubled politi-
cal world. 1t would make "all our
ways pleasantness and all u paths
peace" Isn't 1t a pity that 1t is only
the mirage from the brain Of q would.
be statesman and a has-been politi-
clan?
Eut this is no mirage: No demo-
crat is fighting" Hellstrom. He isn't
worth the trouble. The facts are that
who are tired of 'bumptious
se~lf-assurance, of exaggerated ego and
of the crudest kind of political blum
on the part Of Hellstrom in
the past, turned with a feeling of re.
lief to OLIVER kNuDsoN, AS THE
CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY. They
would have turned as quickly to any
man with good common sense and one
responsible for his actions and utter
ances. THEY ARE NOT FIGHTING
AEkIsTRoM-THEY ARE SUP.
KNUpsoN.
Democrats desire to stand some
show Of winning in the fall. They be.
lieye they stand some show with
.nudsor-and they are backing their
belief with votes and work.
Democrats are weary of having a
pseudo leader who has misscalled and
abused the greater number Of men
who have ever done anything for
in the state. They are
tired Of the head of the ticket run
ming amuck" and carving everyone In
Ills way. SO they are supporting
A machine fighting Hellstrom? The
machine that is fighting him is
The good sense of democracy and
own half demented &c
lions In the past. And that's machine
enough. When Hellstrom was 9 CAP
1idate last time, he assured his
out Of the large void which
ne often exposes to the public on the
platform, that, If he were elected, lie
would control both the state and the
.,ational patronage. He was not talk.
ng gang" then. He was taking ono
nan-rule-and he was to have been
:hs enc man. A Divine and All-Wise
ruling with mercy to.
wards poor mankind and specially IA
the people of this Common
50 ruled that he should never,
arrive at this one-man position. There
not be a real democrat in the
state, who, on looking back cannot re.
peat, out of a full heart. the prayer OF
THANKSGIVING: "For Ills Mercy Eli
Forever"