Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-08
CONVENTION


1t is conceded on all sides that the
ticket nominated at Grand Forks is a
strong one-a winner by an overwhelm-
ing majority. While it Is true that
many delegates personally preferred Mr..
Hansbrough to Mr.. johnson for con-
gress, they believed it to be to the best
interest of the party to have Mr.. John
son named. His nomination was the
acme of political sagacity. It unites the
discordant elements of the republican
party and prevents the possibility of a
third ticket in the field this fall.
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"How do we like the ticket?" responded
a prominent democrat at Grand
Forks. "From a democratic standpoint we
don't like it at all. I'm afraid that when
the votes are counted in some of these
Red river valley districts there will hard
ly be votes enough for a democrat to in
dictate he is running. However, we are
going to do what we can We can at
least make a better platform, whether we
stand on it or not"
TX
How inconsistent the platform is. In
it we heartily endorse both Hansbrough
and Governor Miller-in other words,
we say, "Well done, thou good and faith
full servants; BECOME"
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The truth is MI. johnson had a major
ity of the honestly elected delegates to
the convention and had he been defeated
under such circumstances the result
would have been disastrous to the re-
publican party. The committee on Gre
dentials was probably made up of as fair
minded and we'll disposed men as ever
attended a convention and in this con-
nection it should be understood that MI.
Hansbrough himself urged a fair report
to the extent of not giving his
opponent the best of it. The re-
port, to be fair, was sure to give MI.
johnson the best of it, and there IS a
prevailing impression that in the decis-
ion of the committee Hansbrough, from
his own county, got four and a half votes
more than he was honestly entitled to.
However, the testimony was voluminous
and it was not very unfair, at least, to
compromise the dispute.
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Chairman McCumber made an excel
lent presiding officer.
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Andrew H.. Burke, the republican NOM
inee for governor, is a native of New
York, having been born in New York
City on May Is, 1850, where he lived IN
til he was eight years old, and then
moved to the state of Indiana. In 1862,
when but IL years of age he enlisted in
the rs Indiana Volenteer Infantry as a
drummer boy and served to the end of
the war, retiring with an honorable rec
ord. He came to Casselton in 1880 and
has been treasurer of Cass county during
the past six years. He is a great f~avorite
among the old soldiers, the fremen and
OUuol OlRdulAoUlOu6 W WllCu Lie DolOuRS.
He is frank, jolly and a good friend to a
friend. He is not vindictive and will not
attempt to build up a one-man party.
Every republican can support Mr.. Burke
with enthusiasm.
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The nomination of Captain Burke for
governor and MI. Carey for insurance
commissioner from the same county pre-
vented the candidacy Of MI. Clapp, who
has so efficiently filed the Office of state
superintendent of schools for the brief
period of three months. Prof. Ogden,
the successful nominee, was the choice
Of the educators of North Dakota and is
said to be a very excellent and able
man.
Xxx
It is with great satisfaction that Hon.
r. N. Stevens reviews the work of the
Grand Forks convention. Mr.. Stevens
was not an active open worker himself,
but he had but to give the nod to his
friends and anything Stevens wanted
was granted. He wanted his enemies,
Goodwin and Montgomery-both of RAP
som-laid on the shelf, and that's wheh