The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-09
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1914.
l.. 3. HAN MA

Governor L. B. Hanna, who left
yesterday for Norway will not be back
In the state before the primary cleo
campaign for denomination and Is
leaving his case entirely in the hands
of the people. They will be the jury.
deciding, on the evidence Of his part
record. whether or not they wish to
return him to office.
The Forum has the utmost conf
dence In the fairness and the fntelll-
gence of the people Of North Dakota,
therefore 1t can predict with absolute
certainty that Governor Hanna is 60
ing to be returned to office by a big
popular vote.
This is going to be especially r Of
Fargo and Cass county. The people
who know Mr.. Hanna best. like him
best and appreciate him most. that is
the reason. His old friends and neigh
bors know him for what he is. a man
Of the highest type, a man who, in all
his dealings with others. is a little
more than fair.
l.. B. Hanna has been in the bank
ing business in Cass county since
pioneer days-and he never foreclosed
a mortgage and he never sued a man
for a debt in the courts. There is a
record to be proud Of. 1t is a record
that mighty few men who nave had
the large business dealings that Mr..
Hanna has enjoyed, could point to.
Some men attain wealth because
they grind down those with whom
they have dealings. Governor Hanna
has attained his place in the business
world because he is a capable, efficient
business man, a man who had faith in
North Dakota in the early days of it's
development, a man who grasped the
splendid opportunities that we're offer
ed to the pioneers Of this state.
But, more than all else, Governor
Hanna will get a landslide vote IN
Fargo and Cass county because he de-
serves it. He has done much for his
home city.
LOU wv vi AlO4 ~ 4lOS 6O4AO NO
hind Fargo college, both with his
money n his influence, that import
ant institution would have been closed.
This would have been a calamity for
the city and the state. and the peo-
pie of Fargo realize and fully appre-
ciate it. The governors activities in
every effort hat is made for the ad-
vancement of the city, county or state,
nave always been noticeable in Far
&C. The Fargo college incident is not
the only one where Mr.. Hanna has
saved the day by the weight of his
interest, his influence and his hard
cash.
Cass county las good reason to stay
solidly behind Governor Hanna. He
has been fair with the county and
stood for a square deal for Cass coun-
ty before the state board of e~qualza-
ton.
Some Of the friends Of Governor
Hanna fear that if the prohibition ele-
ment In the state divides the vote be-
tween Hanna and Burdick. Wishek.
the man who is out on a resubmission
ticket. may be nominated. There Is
probably little to fear from the Wishek
vote, but friends of prohibition should
take no chances. While Wishek
would have nothing to say about re-
submission. that being up to the legis-
lature. 1t would be an opening wedge
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is to vote solidly for Hanna who is
the avowed champion of prohibition
and bitterly opposed to resubmission.
The democrats are working for the
nomination of Wishek. They know
he would be the weakest man of the
three and easy to beat in the fall.
Governor Hanna has gone from the
state. He goes on the business Of
the state, to represent the
wealth of North Dakota in his Off
cial capacity, at the great Norway ex-
position. Such a visit will be a big
thing for North Dakota and for the
United States. 1t will bind the old
world closer to the new, and will aid
North Dakota in a very material way
by inducing further immigration of the
sturdy and intelligent sons and daugh-
tiers of Norway to this state. Cover
nor Hanna's visit to Norway is one of
the crowning achievements of his ad-
min%istration.
h One of Mr.. Hanna's opponents, u.
1. Burdick, has recognized this fact
and he stated that when Mr.. Hanna
went to Norway on this trip, he Bur
dick, would close his campaign and
go home. Will he do so?
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