The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-06
: WITH THE EDITORS
IN HAPLBss NORTH DAKOTA.

Still more years must pass before North Dakota
finds itself recovered from the wounds inflicted
by the old stalwart regime. Out in rural districts
the sores still smart with the salt rubbed in by
that arrogant domination and the farmer mind is
|closed tight against everything but : sense of
injury and a determination to even things up.
The rule of reprisal is in force. Perhaps it will
have. to- feed fat its ancient revenge before the
reign Of reason can be looked for. .s.sE
]. The returns from the Wednesday election viii
go out over the country as less than 2 hatfield
tale Only those familiar with conditions in North
Dakota can get an inkling of correct understand
ing. The nation will believe North Dakota sunk
in mire of disoyalty, gone over bodily to the
kaiser and in state Of open revolt against the
United States in it's war purposes: It will take
the seditious sins of the cunning trcksters Of the
Townley league and load them upon the backs Of
the farmers Of the Flickertal state in utter gnor
ance Of the operation Of cause and effect. They:
will inflict an injustice upon North Dakota. They
will put upon i a brand of dsloyalty it does not
deserve and which it win be its duty to efface
through means perfectly clear and entirely
straight forward. 81: ss5-%, 5s 81
The nation. cannot know Of the bitterness and
decentralization of which Townleyism took advan1
tage when it pounced down upon North Dakota
two years ago and organized the seething, rebel
lious situation to it's own purposes. 1t cannot APP
precate the facility with which the discontented'
agricultural interest permitted itself to be capit
allied by the Townley crowd. 4 .: 81 n
North Dakota is torn up today as it frequently
was torn up by the struggles between the old stall
wart republicans and the irrepressible insurgents
Of the same party. It had its remedy, then, i
has the same remedy now. Three times in
succession the revolt Of public sentiment put
John Burke at its head. ignored his democratic
affiliations and landed him in triumph IN the gov
ernors chair n $ss.5 81 4,. ssSf5 sss,S
The situation today. il not Exactly parallel, but
similar causes and effects we're in evidence. The
embers of old fueds still sglowed. The elevator
fight. Of. 1915 was not forgot ten. Il The unscrupu-
lous, though skilful, playing upon the chords Of
resentment and discomfort made enough noise to-
drown out, to large extent, the call of loyalty
in communities where it would have been effec-a
tive. @ .s
Unfortunately North Dakota is left in disloyal
attitude in the eyes of the nation, which will see
but one phase and that one test to the vote. What
will be brought about between now and Novem-
Der is conjectural Whether there will be q rally
ing to Doyle, the democratic nominee for gover-
nor and concededly loyal with . repetition Of the
Burke campaigns, it Is too, early to predict The
good sense and the inherent loyalty Of the state
will assert themselves, sooner Or later, but when
|or by what means must be left to the future to
disclose The fling Of rownleyism must be brief,
in any consideration. The Farmers Dispatch.