The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-03-20
SEN. ,M'CUMBER ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR REELECTION
AS STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN
States Plainly That He Seeks
Support of Republicans of
State on Principles of Party
SETS FORTH ISSUES
Urges Lower Cost of Transpor.
tation and Protection for Ag.
ricultural Interests of State.

tatlOn and Protection for Az
ricultural Interests of State
Senator Porter J. McCumber today
wired his announcement of candidacy
in the republican primaries to the press
ofNorth Dakota. Busy with meetings OF
his various committees, on finance and
foreign relations, Senator McCum5eI
points out that he must leave the de-
tails of his campaign to his political
friends. Constant hearings before the
finance committee of which he is chair.
man will keep him in Washington, as
under his leadership the tariff meas
ure and ether issues Of great import
ance to the prosperity Of this state and
the entire Northwest will be contested
in the senate.
Straight Republican.
The senior senator announces that
he will run as Straight conservative
Republican" He confines his state
ment largely to national issues which
he alone must cope with as United
States senator. There is no attempt to
bait his announcement with any appeal,
for class support, but he makes a gen.
eral appeal to all Republicans of the
state who believe in the principles of
the party and the preservation of that
party against which such an assault
was made recently through initiated
laws but which met with sound re-
buke at the hands of both Republicans
and Democrats, who are not ready as
yet to turn over the reins Of govern
ment exclusively to a small coterie of
men to be utilized in building up
strong personal machine.
Senator McCumber's announcement
follows:
II shall be candidate at the June
primary for the Republican nomina-
tion for reelection to the position of
UniteR States senator. l shall run in
this campaign as have run in every
previous one as a straight conserva-
tive Republican.
AS representative of this agricul-
tural state have at all times during
my political life tried to promote not
only the welfare of the state of North
Dakota, but that of the entire agricul-
tural northwest. The committee posi-
tions which l now, hold and which
were secured through years of service
and especially that of chairman Of the
committee on finance of the senate will
enable me more than ever to serve the
interests of the people of the state
and the entire northwest.
Senator Of the United States.
"While ] have at all times done my ut.
most to serve the state Of North Da-
kota / have tried to be more than
mere representative of a state. l have
tried to be a senator Of the United
States and to take an active interest
and part in every national and inter.
national question. There are many mat
ters of Importance to our agricultural
states still before the national congress
which should be settled in the very
near future. One of the foremost ques
tions affecting the interest of the whole
country is the present excessively high
cost of transportation. Every effort
should be made that can be made
through governmental agency to lower
the cost of transportation.
To Assist Agriculture.
Every possible effort should be
made to assist agriculture throughout
the country to secure better and more
stable prices for agricultural products.
There should be established a general
and comprehensive system of co-opera-
tive marketing farm products with
provision for terminal markets in the
great cities of the country to the emu
that the producer and the ultimate con-
sumer of farm products may be brought
into as direct communication as pos
sible and that the heavy expenses of
intermediate handling which must be
borne by both producer and consumer
may as far as possible be eliminated.
Interest Charges.
Every effort should be made to de-
crease the interest charges which the
people of the northwestern Sec
.tions of the country are compelled
to pay on mortgage and other indebted
ness. We should bring about better
understanding and commercial rela-
tions with all the people Of the world
while upholding the protective policy
of the nation and sustaining our
higher wage and higher standard of
living, We should see to it that the di.
yersified industry of agriculture
should have a protection equal to that
accorded our manufacturing interests
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