The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.

Official notification of his nOmina.
tiOn for governor of the State of North
Dakota by the republican state con.
vention having reached Capt. \. II.
Burke at Chicago, while on his way to
Boston to attend the national q. \.
II. cncampment, he replies with the
following letter of acceptance:
| GRAND Pacific HOTEL, CHICAGO, ILLl
Augusta 1880.
Hon. +. J. McCumber, Chairman Republican
State Convention, Wahpeton, n. ID.
MY DEAR SIR beg leave to nc.
knowledge the receipt of your favor
of the 9TH inst, officially advising me
of my unanimous nomination for the
Office of governor of the state of
North Dakota by the republicans in
convention assembled at the City of
Grand Forks. OH the 29th ult and coli.
tanning a copy Of the resolutions con.
tanning the platform of the republic.
can party then and there adopted.
by the platform, the republican
party of our state has pledged it's in.
tluehce and hearty support to the pro.
motion of what has been recognized
10y orr national party us its best and
most sacred interests for many years:
it has affirmed the declaration of the
republican national convention of 1883;
it has congratulated in appropriate
terms the president and republican
members of both houses of congress
upon their wise and conservative poll.
cy and the fultillment ot every pledge;
it has encouraged our national repre-.
sentatives in suitably providing by
appropriate legal measures for u free
and honest popular ballot and nevery
practicable way encouraging. protect.
ing and promoting the principal inter.
ests of our commonwealth, labor and
agricultural; it has commended tile
action of the party in pursuance of its
wise tariff policy; shown its apprecia.
ton of the acceptable administration
of our states faithful servants. both
i'll congress and the home executive;
pledged its utmost endeavors to
eluitably and fairly adjust all differ.
ences between labor and capital, cor.
poratiOns and individuals. to guard
against oppression and discrimination
and to secure just returns to the en-.
ployer and employe; it has most EN-.
platically declared itself opposed to
encouraging and to licensing IL prac.
tice which must inevitably result in
the most serious detriment to the best
interests of our state, that of legaliz.
ing gambling within its borders; and
renewed its pledges of the past upon
the question of the suppression of in.
Temperance. ....
desire, through you. to express my
sincere thanks to the republicans of
our state for the high honor they have
conferred upon me; and in accepting
the trust. l promise most faithfully to
be guided Ivy the light of those princi.
pies which our party has declared as
its platform.
There is one plank in the platform,
however, which presents question
of peculiar interest to the people of
our state. and its Importance demands
more than "a passing notice. lrefer to
the question of legalizing the establish.
ment of lottery in North Dakota,
the late attempt to establish which
has developed what is deemed by
many Il most dangerous element in
our politics; an element out of liar.
muny with the best civilization of the
age and one utterly at variance with
the progressive character of our party
which in convention ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
ing in consonance with its principle,
and traditions OH all great moral lues
tions-Iirmly met the issue by declar
ing that 1--WE, as republicans Of the
state OF North Dakota, are empllat.
cally opposed to legalizing lotteries il
our state, and that we favor an amend
ment to the state constitution loreye
= prohibiting the license of lotteries"
Every moral, financial. business AN,
political consideration unite in de
=, manding that the people of this stat
= promptly and vigorously repel any at
u y tempt of this character, and wllateye
II the representatives Of our people ma
" have thought advisable as All exped
" ent during the pendeilcy Of Il suppose
= financial crisis-being prompted, let
~ he hoped. by motives which they bt
a lieve to be wOrthy-I cannot believ
that with our present growing pro.
poets, and with more mature percel
ton of the direful results of such
policy. any legislation to that end wi
. ever be attempted; but 1 assure 20,
and the people of the state tllroug
You. that should occupy the distiI
gulslied position for which l hay
been selected by the republican part
-, Of our state, every legitimate mean
nj in my power, including the use of til
q veto if necessary, will he ylgorousl
used to prevent and defeat any legi.
n IlatiOn of this clara ctpr anil I I,o,,t n