Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-12
WHAT WORRIES THE WHITE HOUSE.

The Washington correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune says
opposition Of Colonel Roosevelt; This is rather extraordinary For
vindictive attacks, he might have been left alone in his efforts to
get It f is g ssgnlEea und R n ID t HsT the het co5 RsniHo s n1 n Gnee di GGfe' for
Whitman was inspired by the latter's remarkable strength. The
once had that Of Hughes. So i that, while Whitnan's election put
an end to Roosevelts ambition to control a united Republican
Party in New York, the Colonel may be a source of disruption,
which probably would please the president instead OF giving him
cause for worry.
threaten the Republican party or any other party, The reason
is that there is no room in this country for two radical parties; ana
Sale attacks on business the president and his party have squarely
presented themselves before the voters on on these lines lines; ~ fo,,
most important states in the Union from a presidential STANDPOINT m
in 1916, a very definite answer was CIV given 1ns as t to the causes fs;1sd OF IN IN
people in these states have distinctly declared that they don't like
made e Necessary es ryit by wIfui extravaganza. And above ali, they want
legitimate business let alone and no more hectoring OF the rail-
roads. u
These firm answers very likely give Woodrow Wilson son more cause
for concern than any personal sqqabole between n W thdsn an ana ha
Roosevelt. 1t is the sweeping republican Victory Ill Aese y "s
states that must worry the White House.
Some weeks ago Watkins, who is supposed to be working IN the re
Devils Lake and with the help of a couple Of detectives I've caused
the arrest of several supposed booze vendors. Later a OH IL tor over over
$500, for the work of these detectives, was presented to the boara
Of county commissioners, and the same was very properly y tu Wnt
f SSwn and + h is ds %s S5 there to eu w1 ct TO- to- s %s GS1ia the sS ss!e # an any In:
of Intoxicating liquors. However, we learn that mr.. Watklns ~
e eiaes1a and G in o nG instance St e" that at we We know Of, which was at D1syten
about four weeks ago, he told the people what a bad city Devils
lake is. We contend that Devils Lake is as clean a city as any OF
its size in the state, or for that matter in the whole northwest 9 n
but when we have men like Watkins going about giving lectures,
the whole matter up and our opinion is that ne has done us more
harm than good, by coming here and then going ABOUT 1he sea'e
grossly disappearing us.
The Democrats Of the state are now busy trying TO INA MAKE e 1e
neonle of the state believe that they conducted a nice, clean cam,
paien. We'll, if that is what they call a clean campaign, we would
like to ask what they would call a dirty campaign: me Sd man ann a enf
head of the ticket spent most of his time abusing his opponent
and the other Republican candidates, and it seems that notnng
was too low for many Of the Democratic leaders to stoop 70 IN
Quoted II ANYTHING but a clean campaign, and in their work they
were beautifully aided by one or two, who should aiso De laoe =
Democrats. but who travelled under the guise OF "progressVes;;
The local Commercial club was never on a better footing tnaa
at present and is in better shape than ever to 40 many gooo
Times for our city and county. Let us all put our shoulders to the
hail and boost, and see of how much value we can make this CLUB
for the city and county.
We have received Vol. 1, No. 2, Of the Parshal Leader, a new
paper published at Parshall, Montrail county. The name OF taat
weIl known newspaper man, David Larin, appears at the mast
head which ia sufficient evidence that the Leader will not only be a