Griggs Courier

Walter Muir says North Dakota is being robbed by politicians and that he would rather send two calves to congress than politicians. What is the matter of sending Muir and Stimmel to represent the calves?

Among the rising young men who are being named as being fit for judiciary positions in the new state are J. W. Scott, of Valley City, and E. W. Camp, of Jamestown. They are both long-headed, shrewd lawyers, and would make capital judges.

The one house theory was knocked higher than Gilderoy's kite at Bismarck the other day and the two house theory prevailed. This latter resolution was introduced by Griggs county's representative, Mr. David Bartlett, and shows that he is doing some good work. There are arguments on the one-house and two-house question, but our preference is for the latter.

Herby Root, of the Times-Record, don't like the Courier's boost for C. A. Van Wormer and jumps onto Van with both feet - in fact he is so much chagrined that he has entered the field himself and proposes to bury Van out of sight by capturing the Barnes county delegation himself. Well, it makes things lively down in Barnes and we think if Herbert gets the bulge on Van he will have to get a bigger hump on himself than he did at Watertown several moons ago. Go it, gentlemen, let the best man win.

The gall of some of our wild and woolly self-appointed leaders of the Alliance was demonstrated at Jessie by getting Walt. Muir of Pumpkinville Hollo' on the ground and letting him raise thunder on the tariff. Walt. wants to go to the senate or congress or to the legislature and is working the granger racket for all there is in it. He will probably bring up in the poor house. He is one of these farmers who can always be found away from the farm. In weeding out monopolies with cold wind he gives his wild mustard and wild buckwheat a chance. In keeping his fences up, his fences get down. He wanted to go to the legislature from Cass county last fall but the farmers who knew him would not have it that way. From his starting a campaign in Griggs county it is presumed that he wants to be congressman now. This inflated gasbag talked three hours on the Fourth after nine-tenths of the crowd had gone and while the expressive word "rats" could be heard under his nose, and interrupted what would otherwise have been a pleasant celebration. His speech at Jessie was the same old chestnut.

Vice-President Fancher is being boomed for governor by his Stutsman county friends and the Alliance people. The Alliance has now asked for governor, congressman, two senators, and a few judges, but have not yet fully determined whether they want the rest of the state offices or not. It is to be hoped they will decide before the republican state convention meets in Fargo in order to give the delegates an idea what offices they will be allowed to put candidates in nomination for. The Alliance leaders are certainly out of their sphere when they go into politics. As we understand it the object of the Farmers Alliance is to put down monopolies and work for the best interests of the farmers, and not for political glory. The Alliance is proving to be as big a monopoly as anything else when they throw down their farm implements and rush into politics and then try to monopolize all the fat state offices. In any public enterprise that is for the best interests of our farmers the COURIER will support it every time. The farmers are entitled to a fair representation on the state ticket but not to everything. What do the Alliance leaders care what becomes of the Alliance if they are sent to congress, senate or elected governor?

They don't give a cent for the farmers after they have captured their votes. Land Fancher into the gubernatorial chair and you will have to elect another vice-president; send Walter Muir to the senate and you will want to secure another lecturer--one shorter winded would help the cause some--land Smith Stimmel into congress or the senate and what does he care for the Alliance? Stimmel's reputation in the legislature last winter will set him down as the tool of monopolists.

We would rather support a real, live, energetic, hard working farmer than these gilded politicians-so-called Alliance leaders. If the Alliance will put up some worthy farmers we will support them tooth and nail but these other fellows make us tired.