Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-22

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THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS.
Another issue of the Weekly TRIBUNE
will not reach it's readers before the day
fixed for the holding Of the republican
primaries, and this is therefore the last
opportunity to urge upon the republic
cans of this county the necessity Of at.
tending the primaries next Thursday.
There ought not to be any question as to
the result. If any county in North Da-
kota ought to be loyal to Governor
Burke it is Burleigh county; if ever a
community had a friend in the executive
chair this community has n in
Andrew H. Burke. The opposition to
him in this county comes solely from
the more radical of what is known as
the Pierce faction. Well may the ques-
ton be asked, how long is this Pierce
fight to be kept up.
Mr.. Pierce came to Dakota Territory
to better his condition. He was a
politician and as such bound to accept
the fates of politics. He was governor,
and upon the states admission into the
Union, was honored by North Dakota
with the senatorship, and in the effort to
succeed himself failed. That was a per-
sonal disappointment only, such as any
man in public life must expect to meet
with. After defeat Pierce left the state
and is now editor of the Minneapolis
Tribune.
Had Gilbert A. Pierce never co me
to Bismarck, he would not have been
governor, nor elected to the high posi-
ton of United States senator; and it is
not at all likely he would have become
editor of a great paper like the Mime
apolis Tribune. Pierce came here to
better his condition. He WAS SUCCESS
full. There is no indebtedness. This
community owes nothing to Mr.. Pierce
and Mr.. Pierce owes nothing to the
community.
There has not been a campaign in
this community since the advent of the
Pierce family that Pierceism has not
been the most prominent factor, and it
is putting it mildly to declare that the
republicans of this County are becoming
heartily disguised with tactics that
keep alive these old issues.
Opposition to Governor Burke in this
county is the worst sort O. short-sighted-
ness, and ought to be sat down upon by
the republicans in every precinct. He
has given the state a good, clean admin
istration, and deserves denomination by
his party.
The opposition to him will tell you
that he has made bad appointments and
that he has even appointed democrats,
but the opposition will fail to tell you
that on some boards the law requires
the appointment of persons from both
parties and that it is the custom every
where to give minority representation to
the opposing political party.
Ah0y WILL AdA4 w Go1l yOu Iudu OOV-
ernor Pierce, when in the executive
chair, also appointed democrats.
They will tell you that Governor
Burke appointed a democratic peniten-
tiary board-a falsehood they have to
admit when the record is presented
them. That board is composed of Colo
mel Robinson of Trail county, one of
the most enthusiastic and popular re-
publicans in the state-a cleaD cut bust
ness man, whom the republicans Of
Trail were proud to send to the state
senate. Another member is Colonel
Lamont of Fargo, whose republlcanism
has never been questioned. Still another
is Charley Showers, who only sixty days
ago was awarded the prize offer by the
republican state committee for the best
essay on "Why a Farmer Should be q
Republican," Another member is Mr..
Van Horn Of Bismarck, whose republic
canism needs no defense, and who was
enlisted in the republican cause in this
county long before Senator Pierce, or
Gerald Pierce, or Moffett and the rest of
the self-constituted party censors set
foot on Burleigh county soil. The fifth
member is Frank Donnelly, a democrat,
whose fitness the governor had every
reason to believe in, from the fact that
the people of his own county had by
their votes given their endorsement.
Nothing wrong with the personnel Of
that board, is there?
To be sure it deposed Warden Will
liams and put Clark Haggart in charge,
but that is not a very serious matter. OF
course this was a disappointment to
Dan Williams, but the party cannot af-
ford to take up personal disappointment
and vindicate individuals. No question
is raised against the wise management of
the institution. It is not denied that its
affairs are as economically administered
now as under the previous management.
No one has a mortgage on an office. Dan