The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-02
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted 10 The Task o. Rsepr
lng UP with North Dakota Editors

ing Up With North Dakota Editors
The Mandan Pioneer makes the following plea
for backing up the food administration:
THE food administration of North Dakota
Is getting down TO real business IT. Aaa
and his assistants all Eyer ne s 9a o, d
This is as It should be. Tlia p 20 time
to play with those who continually ana too
often wilfully or at least knowingly violate
Food viii win the war" ana North Da.
kota must do her part IN helping ehFengR
food conservation TO bring about that EnucR
M loysl people VII! back gp The fo9 Gf d.
that It has to perform at times, but they
are duties and must be cared for.
traitors Is going to place North Dakota well
up among the toprnOtchers of the union IN
the matter Of food conservation
The Page RECORD discusses the draining Of
capital from the state as follows:
5a@a Tq 9Sg sget ba paos
is being invested In other states, but DO not
yet appear to realize that the hostile attt7
movement towards legitimate business Of gil
kinds is destroying the confidence OF the
investor. For several months the eastern
loan concerns have declined to make loans
on real estate in this state, fearing adverse
legislation may be enacted by the coming
Legislature Money IKE other Go aphe% aod
while 1t is to be deplored that there may pc
difficulty in securing necessary funas 70
market the present crop and provide Tor Eur
ture farming operations in parts Of the state
where there is a shortage OF crops this
year, some assurance must be given IN
vestors that their interests vi not Pc
jeopardized. We are just beginning TO real
ize the ill~effect Of destroying confidence
between classes at time when unity OF ac7
ton is most needed.
The Valley City Times Record comments on
the political situation as follows:
'The Democrats and Republicans In joint
meeting at Minot recently decided to fuse at
the coming fall election and endorse the
Democratic nominee for governor, s. j.
Doyle, Miss Minnie Nelson, for superintend'
emit Of public instruction and C, J. Fisk, tor
Judge Of the supreme court. The balance OF
the ticket was left to q committee TO handle
and fill as they saw fit. The great fight
this fall of course is to be made on the
govern9rship and Mr.. Doyle Will undeunteny
the Republicans who were opposed to Fra
Eier and in addition will be supported
strongly by the Democratic party. Mr., Doyle
win make safe governor if ha should be
elected that Is one thing certain, and there
would be an end to wild cat legislation
Business men both in and out Of the state do
not know where they are at at this time and
capital Is being withdrawn from the state
because those who have money to loan are
afraid to loan it on chattel security because
of the recent order Of the council OF de-
Tense in regard to the foreclosure Of chattel
mortgages.
The Steele County Tribune discusses recent
election results as follows;
Though defeated in Minnesota, the Non"
partisan league proves to be a. winner in
North Dakota, the state Of its birth. The
Republican candidate for governor and
majority Of the Republican candidates Tor
congress in North Dakota are Nonpartisan
leaguers. If they will act with and as Re-
publicans after their election-of which,
assume there is little doubt-po great harm
will be done. But If they are seeking Re"
publican votes in order to be Nonpartisan!
leaguers after they are in office, they will
be parties to an egregious fraud from their
constituents. No candidate has q right to
bear a. party label and to demand party sup
port unless he is ready to support the party
when the time comes for a show down.
THE Republican party was born in the
Civil war. which it prosecuted to glorious
triumphed again in the Spanish war 1t
stands today as sturdily American and as
looks upon all this nations previous history
as merely preparation for the glorious des-
tiny now about to be fulfilled. 1t viii take
no secondary seat in participating in that
destiny. Republican support of the countFy'S
cause in this and the last congress exceeds
that of the Democratic by actual computa-
what we want in this country is not
Tess politics" but more attention to poll
tics. We have no use for the man who Is
too busy or too good to take a part in the
active politics of his community. We have
no use for those SNUG individuals who sit
with folded hands and expect governmental
affairs to be right when they do nothing in
the bearing of burdens in any effort to make
them so.
Tn this state we have a sad state Of
affairs for the vote her straight" spirit has
been so ground into the voters, through
ignorance Of real issues, that the Nonpar-
tisan league has found 1t necessary to get
their candidates on the Republican ticket to
insure their election. The result Is g. mis-
named ticket which is far from Republican,
except in label. The Republican CD candi-
dates are SNUG sitters" insofar as gov
ornamental affairs are concerned and radical
agitators in state affairs. The true Re
publican voters are, therefore, certainly up
against a hard choice and will probably
choose the lesser Of two evils and vote for
pure brand Democrats since that will at
least be showing an interest in govern
mental affairs.