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Nstertown.
Liberal and wen directed efforts had made
Arm0ry opera house q bright and patriotic
place for the holding Of Dakota's mammoth
aonvention. The eighty-seven counties wero
sssignated by banners, streafners Of bunting
sOated rom the ceiling and on the walls were
aany notices.
Harrison Allen, chairman Of the territorial
central committee called the convention to OF.
der. After prayer by the Rev. Els. Updyke Of
Brookings the convention proceeded to elect
y temporary chairman, and after consider
Die balloting Mash Of Beadle county wa
S;ted. The convention then adjourned till
clock In the evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session opened with q great
deal OF brass band and q larger deal Of UNI
certainty. Nv. G. Arnold OF Beadle moved a
committee Of nine on credentials and it was
hrried, Whereupon, after q decent amount Of
hlay, Chairman Nash named the following,
taking the list out Of his vest pocket):
w. G. Arnold, Beadle; Sidney Mann, kings
bury; o. e. Bassford. Sphinx; w. s. Dodge,
Vass; +. LocOcque, Douglas; III. D. Hanson,
Deuel.; J.. w. LAWYER, Pennington; A. M. Eli
otkTurner: G. a. Van Norman, Barnes.
The committee on permanent organize
oiOn Wd0 H16O HAdu0 " COASlSt u 1uo AOAOW-
4. Huntington, Day; r. Buchanan, Mime
haha; g. +. Goodwin, Ransom; George +.
Hopp, Bookings; @. E. Boyden, Codington;
Dan Yorkey, Walsh; F. Baldwin, Stutsman;J.
6. Kelly, Beadle; J. Allen, Turner.
The mine On resolutions are these:
A. Thomas, Kingsbury; Eugene Hunting
Camhurn, Brown; John a. 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 o victor. The
fight before the convention on the contest
ing delegations lasted for four hours and O
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 o 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 seq no change in the situation warrant
ing o 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
the platform is undoubtedly calculated to
win votes from farmers, free traders, revenue
reformers, Prohibitionists and all the rest of
them. There is o possible chance now that q
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
Ia hnro ar x IN tho ovorinn oftor n rnnd doo1
ofhard Int ~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,
q majority Of the committee, decided upon
reporting in favor Of the Moody delegation
as having all the equities in their favor. Thu
minority, consisting of Messrs Bassford of
Sphinx, Dodge of Cass, Horson of Duel and
Van Wormer Of Barnes, decided to present q
report in favor of the Bullock men, and the
North Dakota hostility to Judge Moody had
convention o large number of S~candinavians
met and formed.
The platform was reported as follows, and
adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans OF North and South Da-
kota in conyention assembled hereby pub
iish and declare:
First-That the present Democratic admin.
.istration at Washington, emulating the pres
emit Tory administration in the government
Of Ireland, has maintained and exercised a
tyranny over this territory unjustifed, un-
warranted and subservient oil the privileges
Of the founders Of the republic in denying us
admission into the Union Of states for the
sole and only reason that O 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 ONCE to personal and ambitious ends
and purposes; that he maintains q perfect
indiference to the wants of the people whom
he rules: that he encourages large and nm
wiae representations: that he threatens to
veto measures unless the legislature shall be
subservient to his will; that his appointees,
sations for Office. but are his personal
retainers. supported at the public expense.
Third-That we hail with low and nride the
action al the late national Republican con-
~vention. and recognize in Gen. Harrison q
patriot}c soldier. q wise and safe statesman
theearly and carnestfr friend 8 Dakota; and
reeoanize the Hon. Levi p. Morton an eminent
atatesman and nhiIanthronist. a trne and
tried Republican.
~Fourth-That by every precedent estab-
liahed IN the history of the admission OF new
states into the Union. by the rights guaran-.
teed under the constitution and the laws of
the United States, it is the duty Of congress
10 admit North Dakota and South Dakota
into the sisterhood Of states, and the refusal
by q Democratich house to 90 admit is viola
ton Of the duties and ~obligations Of it's MEM
berp. and Ne hereby reiterate our unalterable
onnosition to admission a. q whole.
Fifth-That we. as delerates in this con-
yention. viii support no man for Office whose
upon The Question Of division and
admiasion "a in the Ieast e~uuiyocal or uncer-
tain.
Sirth-That the great agricultural interests
n DAKOTA demand that, thew shonld Ia nro-
+acta1 fnotorod ond rrariad uy;th ioafo1a