Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-04-16
The Republican Party of North
Dakota Adopts the Straight
Gold Standard.
Delegates to St. Louis Instructed
for Mckinley and q
Gold Platform.
Not q Voice for the Restoration
of Silver Heard in the
Convention.
Senator HansbrOugh Turned
Down HaTd-A ''ROtten
Deal'' COnsllmmated.

Down Hard-A "ROtten
Deal'' COnsummated.
The republican convention at Fargo
yesterday was said by republicans them
selves, to be "the rottenest deal' that
had ever been put up on republicans OF
the state. 1t left many sore spots from
the harshness and gag rule of the pro-
ceedings of the combination, that having
made their deal, put it through regard
less of justice or good policy or fair rep
resentation. The convention wrangled
all the afternoon over the selection of
six delegates to St. Louis, and never
once discussed the merits of any pubic
question affecting the interests OF the
people of the state. The money cues
ton was disposed of in single gold bug
resolution-the Wisconsin platform en-
phaslzed into a still stronger
gold standard platform. There was no
discussion of the resolutions and not a
voice friendly to silver was heard in the
convention. Prominent republicans like
Mayo. w. F. Ball and G. H. Pollock,
the prohibition leader united in extoll-
ing the beauties of the present gold
standard in short speeches. Other
speakers addressed the convention brief
" before the regular business began,
and all lndulged in the clap trap talk
about q return to American prosperity
under the republican party but either
ignored the financial question entirely
the greatest issue before the peopls-or
advocated the gold standard under
which the people Of this state have been
doing business on 40 cent wheat. Bank
ere, money losners. candidates for state
and federal Office, and the best known
men Of the party in the state, were seat
cd on the platform and applauded viRor-
ously the resolutions about sound
money and protection" and the words
Of the speakers.
The following is the financial plank
read by Attorney Spaldiug Of the COM
mittes on resolutions, and adopted by
the convention without debate or with
out q dissenting voice:
The republican, Of North De-
kots are unylelding 10 their
demand for honest money. We are un.
alterably opposed to any scheme that
will give this country deprecated or
debased currency. We favor the use OF
silver as currency, but to the extent
onlv aud under such restrictions that it's
parity with gold can be maintained. We
are therefore opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver, until it can
be arranged by international agreement.
The followingis the resolution on the
money question. which Senator Hans
brough proposed and advocated before
the:committee on resolutions, but which
was turned down for the one adopted by
the convention; and Mr.. Hansbrough re-.
cognizing the majority against him
could do nothing but bow to the will Of
the committee, and to accept the situa-
tion.
His resolution is in no sense for free
coinage, bat it contains little more
Americanism than the enc adopted and
it was argued that from party stand.
point Of expedienoy, 1t would be better
to adopt it, although not satisfactory to
the silver men who mslntain that North
Dakota is not gold standard state.
Nv. Hansbrough, in order to please the
committee, struck out the following from
the resolution he had prepared and ad-
vocated:
1--WE favor bimetallism end are opposed
to both the single gold standard and the
single silver standard"
But the committee and the convention
after wards insisted that the silver senti-
ment IN the state was dead; that only q
few crsnks maintained it, and that the
republican party could not afford to ad.
vocate any such platform which meant
ga virtual reputation OF debte,etc." This
view was held with an iron grip and sill
YER men, pledged to the unit rule, had to
take their medicine and vote against
what they know great number OF their
constituents want.
THE HANSBROUGH RESOLUTION.
We believe that every true American
is ia favor of an honest dollar and sound
money, but that their can be neither
honesty nor sourdnees in a financial
policy which converts the United States
treasury into the purposes of brokers'
Office and makes merchandise OF our
money.
We believe in the use of both gold and