New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-05

Liberal and well directed efforts had made
Armory opera house a bright and patriotic
place for the holding of Dakota's mammoth
convention. The eighty counties were
designated by banners, streamers of bunting
noated from the ceiling and on the walls were
many mottoes.
Harrison Allen, chairman of the territorial
central committee called the convention to or
der. Aterprayer by the Rev. e. S. Updyke of
Brooklngs the convention proceeded to elect
temporary chairman, and after consider
able balloting Nash of Beadle county was
elected. The convention then adjourned till
O'Clock In the evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session opened with great
deal of brass band and q larger deal Of un-.
certainty. w. C. Arnold OF Beadle moved
committee of nine on credentials and it was
carried, whereupon, after a decent amount of
delay, Chairman Nash named the following,
ltaking the list out of his vest pocket):
w. G. Arnold, Beadle; Sidney Mann, Kings
bury; O. 3. Bassford. Sphinx; w S. Dodge,
Cass; F. Lococque, Douglas; H. d. Hanson
Deuel.; j. w. Lawler, Pennington; A. M Eli
OF, Turner: G. A. Van Norman, Barnes.
The committee on permanent organize
ton was also made to consist of the, follow
T. Huntingdon Day; r. Buchanan, Mime
haha; G.. F. Goodwin, Ransom; George f.
Hopp, Bookings; G. e. Boyden, Godington;
Dan Yorkey, Walsh; F. Baldwin, Stutsman; J.
s. Kelly, Beadle;J. Allen, Turner.
The nine on resolutions are these:
ton, Day; A. j. Edgerton; Dawson; T. q.
Camburn, Brown; John H. King, Penning-
ton; Alex Hughes, Burleigh; A. w. Jonson,
Hughes; NJ. Hankinson, Richland
SECOND DAY.
The day was consumed in settling the
rights Or supremacy in the Black Hills, and,
as usual, Judge Moody is a victor. The
fight before the convention on the contest
ing delegations lasted for four hours and a.
half, and was one which few of the younger
states OF the union could have equaled in
the ability displayed. But the majority of
sixtv-three for Moody does not mean that
Mr.. Clifford is a sure winner. The Moody
men had the equities clearly with
them, and the others the tech
nicalities. and the convention
preferred equity to routine Clifford says he
has 200 delegates and is confident. Allen
claims to bein better shape than ever before,
and Campbell, Palmer and others say they
can see no change in the situation warrant
ing prediction in favor OF any one. Mat
thews is believed to be weaker, on account of
hostility Central Dakota has engendered,
and Grigsby is in about the status. The
resolutions are regarded with high favor and
win votes from farmers, free traders, revenue
reformers, Prohibitionists and all the rest of
them. There is possible chance now that a
final adjournment may come with the end of
! the day. The nominee by the central COM
mittee alone remains to be decided.
The credentials committee concluded their
labors at 5 in the evening after a good deal
of hard and fruitless work. Judge Moody
spoke for an hour in behalf of his delegation,
while Edwin Van else and Judge w. E. Church
did the talking. for the Bullock contingent.
After consideration, Messrs Arnold of Beadle,
Mann of Kingsbury, Fowler of Pennington,
Elliot of Turner and Lecacque of Douglas,
a majority of the committee, decided upon
reporting in favor Of the Moody delegation
as having all the equities in their favor. The
minority, consisting of Messrs Bassford of
Sphinx, Dodge of Cass, Horson of Duel and
Van Wormer Of Barnes, decided to present
report in favor of the Bullock men, and the
North Dakota hostility to Judge Moody had
much to do with their action Prior to. the
convention large number of Scandinayians
met and formed.
The platform was reported as follows, and
adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of North and South Da-
kota in convention Assem- bled, hereby pub
ish and declare:
istration at Washington, emulating the pres
emit Tory administration in the government
of Ireland has maintained and exercised a
tyranny over this territory unjustifed I'M
warranted and subservient of the privileges
of the founders of the republic in denying us
admission into the Union of states for the
sole and only reason that majority Of our
people differ with the administration upon
the political issues of the day.
Second-That we arraign the present gov
ernor of this territory for prostituting his
high office to personal and ambitious ends
and purposes; that he maintains perfect
Indifference to the wants of the people whom
he rules; that he encourages large and I'M
wise appropriations; that he threatens to
veto measures unless the Legislature shall be
subserYient to his will; that his appointees,
in many cases, are men who have no qualii-
cations for office, but are his personal
retainers, supported at the public expense.
Third-That we hail with joy and pride the
action of the late national Republican con-
vention, and recognize in Gen. Harrison a
patriotic soldier, wise and safe statesman
and the early and earnest friend of Dakota; and
recognize the Hon. Levi p. Morton an eminent
statesman and philanthropist, true and
tried Republican.
Fourth-That by every precedent estab-
lished in the history of the admission OF new
states into the Union, by the rights guaran-
the United States, it is the duty of congress
to admit North Dakota and South Dakota
into the sisterhood ofstates, and the refusal
by Dem ocratc house to SO admit is viola
ton of the duties and obligations of its MEM
bers, and we hereby reiterate our unalterable
opposition to admission as whole.
Fifth-That we, as delegates in this con-
yention, will support no man for Office whose
position upon the question of division and
admission isAin the least equiyocal or uncer-
tain.
sixth-That the great agricultur interests
of Dakota demand that they should be pro-
tected, fostered and guarded with jealous
care, and such laws enacted as will secure
equitable rates of transportation, allowing
no discrimination against sections orindividu-
ais; that we favor the improvement of the
great water ways Of the Northwest, so as to
bring close competitions in the carrying
trade we favor warehouse law which will
give every farmer better market, and which
will not leave him at the mercy of any eleva-.
tor, mill or railroad combination; that mo
trust should be fostered or allowed, nor
monopolies created which have tendency
to initiate prices.
Seyenth-We declare ourselves in favor of
thorough revision OF the revenue laws of
Dakota, whereby all property shall be equal
~ taxed and taxed to it's owner. We declare