The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-03
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1884

THE Ri
don the prohibitionists to their foolish
dreams and be progressive by voting
yes for repeal. Yours very truly,
New Voter.
A REVIEW OF POLITICS
Mercer, N. D.,
Nov. !, 1884.
Editor, Tribune:
Election time IL drawing near.
Today We were handed q voters guide
card and were told to vote It straight.
It had on 1t the names Of candidates
Of the LANCER faction Of the Nonpar-
tisan League. This reminds us that
the voters Of this state have q very
important duty to perform at the
polls this year. For on their decision
at the polls rests the welfare Of the
people Of North Dakota.
Let US compare the two tickets that
are in the field this year.
Heading the Democratic ticket as
candidate foc gnv--rc~ =, t>-e Toy,
Noodle. who Is well qualified In every
way 10 1ll Lile b~.~-..... >..... !.
man who, in addition to sucl, Quallfi-
cations as education, experience,
honesty and q record for clean living,
has an abundance Of good, honest,
every day common sense, which, after
all, is the best qualification that any
candidate for office can have. we
have al seen men in high office who
were gifted by nature in intelligence
and were even brilliant In some ways
but who failed because they did not
have enough good common horse
sense to keep them on an even bal
ance.
Let US take 4 look ct the Republi-
can column Of our election ballots.
We find that candidates of the Ian.
ger faction Of the Nonpartisan League
have sole possession Of the Republican
column.
Go back with me, neighbor, to the
presidential campaign Of 1928 and
you will no doubt remember these
same candidates wearing the IA
Smith Derby" and whistling the
campaign tune THE Sidewalks Of
New York"
During the Hoover administration
you will remember them, Is they put
on vicious tearing down program, q
program Of mud singing and bitter
attacks Of criticism much Of which
was unjust. In every conceivable way
they tried to discredit the Republican
administration.
In the campaign Of 1882 they sup
ported such political mavericks ana
fanatics as General Jacob Coxey and
others Of the same kind, but in the
state campaign Of 1894 these same
political fence crawlers are Repubn-
cans, such good Republicans, sigh
ing for the good old Republican times
again, the good old melon collie
melancholy days when Old Andy
Mellon did cut the melon but gave
1t all to the millionaires and forgot
to give the common people any Of it.
Some Of these LANCER Republicans,
who have had their shirts torn off
their backs q good many times by slip
ping through political party fences,
even have the nerve to say that Tom
Noodle Is not . Democrat because he
once upon Q time wrote q Republican
editorial for . Republican newspaper.
Heading these good Republican
candidates We find the name Of "Ly-
dia LANCER" for governor. Not Mrs.
william LANCER, not Mrs. Lydia
LANCER" but just plain Lydia Ian
ger" It seems that Mrs. hangers
campaign manager thought some Of
the good League voters would vote
for Lydia LANCER" II he could only
get them to forget about Husband
Bill" while they were casting their
vote.
We are not going to write anything
lin this letter that will reflect in any
shape or manner on the good char
acter Of Lydia LANCER. We are sat
isfied in our own minds that she u
as fine . wife. and mother O. can be
found throughout the state. Per-
haps the only mistake that Mrs.
LANCER ever made Is the same one
that my wife and lot Of other wives
made. "She married = darn poor
man." As Z wife and mother We are
sure that every voter in the state
wishes Mrs. LANCER the best Of every
thing, but Is candidate for governor
l-well-that Is something else again.
We can not help but feel that II
would be . real crime on the part Of
the electors Of this state to elect
Mrs. LANCER governor, and by 90 do
Ing make her the political goat Of the
LANCER faction Of the Nonpartisan
League. We feel that 1t would be Z
shame to elect q woman to be the
cats paw to pull chestnuts out Of
the fire for the band Of political pt-
rates who are now leaders Of this
clan.
When Mrs. LANCER makes the state
ment that II elected governor she.
alone, will be governor-and no one
else-we can not help but feel that
she can never fulfill this promise be-
cause on the horizon we see the fig
ure Of Husband BILL" who looms up
like q smokehouse on . frosty morn
ing.
We see scores Of others Of the same
kind Is Bill LANCER on the same
horizon, men who. during the LANCER
administration, have shown their
ability and also their willingness to
chisel on and otherwise plumber the
state. We really think that this kind
Of politician would like nothing bet
ter than to have woman In the
governors chair.
It has been said that the Langerites
have overlooked nothing in their
drive for votes during this campaign
and We certainly believe that they
haven't left much undone-but We be-
lieve they overlooked one thing that
would have been . big help to them
in their campaign. They should have
gotten al Capone paroled and had
him stump the state for them, for you
will remember Al was also convict
ed In federal court for chiseling on