Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-04-17

scnemes, and, true 70 his political record
from the time he was brought to North
Dakota as one Of the capital appurte.
nsnces and belongings. he deserted his
friends and went to bask In the smiles of
Moffet. But he carried no strength, and
his new allies continued to be turned
down with the same regularity and by in.
creased majorities. snall wonder is it,
then, that he was opposed by the chosen
representatives OF. .Burleigh.
Speeches in favor Of viets and against
Hughes were made by e. A. Williams, r.
N. Stevens. Harvey Harris and Others
The former made the best speech of the
convention, and was loudly spplauded.
He said, among other things, that he
failed to appreciate the liberality Of the
convention in giving to Burleigh county
man whom but week before his fellow
! citizens had repudiasSd at the polls
!; When Burleigh county and the Missouri
rslope wanted anything they would ask
for it. and they might be relied on to
know what they wanted.
But the unit rule preserved the com.
blne and Moffets new man was sent to
st. Louis and Senator viets was allowed
/ to stay at home by q vote of 80 to 175.
The platform committee Of
Messrs. Spalding Of Cass, Hansbrough of
Ramsey, johnson Of Nelson. Adams of
Ransom, Fuller of Stutsman, Clifford Of
Grand Forks. Miller of Richland. Halver-
sen of Pembina, Fox Of Bottineau, Tut.
tie of.Morton, and Bartlett of Grlggs--
reported as follows:
With complete reliance ir the ability
of tbe republican national convention to
frame q platform of principles upon
which every republican IN the land may
stand in confident security, We. the repub.
llcans of North Dakota. in delegate con-
vention assembled, embrace this opportu,
nifty to declare ourselves in favor of q
tariff law that will give equal protection
10 agriculturist and artisan, to manufact
urer and miner, and at the same time
serve to bring to our national treasury
ample revenues with which to meet the
expenditures IF the government, sconom-
ically administered, and to carry on all
needed public improvements.
We further declare ourselves in favor
lrOf such policy of trade reciprocity as
will enlarge the foreign markets for our
products without depriving our people of
/ the benefits of protection to domestic en-
teIprise.
Mt only does the tariff law passed by
the present administration utterly fail to
/ produce necessary revenue, hut under its
i operation foreign industries have been
i, .dustrles destroyed, and American labor
degraded.
We denounces and condemn the demo.
cratic party for laying an enormous debt
upon the shoulders Of the people at q
! lime when neither war, plague nor fam
4 lne exists to justify it, and we pledge the
4 faith and honor of the republican party
4 in behslf'dt reduction of our national
I debt and return to policy which will
enable the government to exist without
entering into partnership with bond syn
dIcates.
| We favor the Monroe doctrine, which
we interpret to mean positive opposition
i 10 further acquisition Of American soil by
foreign powers. In behalf of liberty, we
i extend our sympathy to the struggling
| Cuban patriots
The unfortunate and precsri0us condi-
ton of our industries IS enc OF the fruits
Of democratic administration, and We
anxlously await the coming OF the day,
now near at hand, when the great and
patriotic republican party--the party of
4 Hamilton. Lincoln, Grant and Blaine
shall return to power and save the bust
ness Of the country from further reverses
and disaster.
i The republicans of North Dakota are
unyielding in their demand for honest
money. We are unulterably opposed 1o
any scheme that will give to this country
u deprecated or debased currency. We
favor the use of silver as currency, but IL
the extent only and under such restric.
lions that its parity with gold can b.
maintained. We are therefore opposed
10 the free and unlimited coinage of sill
l yer until it. can be arran ged by interna
tional agreement.
1 The republicans of North Dakota ex
press themselves as favoring the election
of United States senators by direct vote
of the people.
4 We hereby instruct our delegates to st.
Louis to use all honorable means to sc.
cure the nomination of VIM. Mckinley,
and they are further instructed to vote on
all questions as unit.
The following paragraphs, presented tc
the platform committee by Senator Hans.
brougl and other bimetalists on the com.
mittee. were refused, by the majority Of
the committee, incorporation In the plat'
form.
We favor bimetallsn, aud are opposed
to both the single gold standard and the
single silver standard.
We believe that every true American il
in favor Of an honest dollar and sound
money, but that there can be neither hon
esty nor soundness in financial policy
which converts the United States treas
ury into the purposes of brokers' office
We believe In the use of both gold and
the republican national platform of 1892.
as any other dollar. In the fullness OF
this belief we unhesltatiugly condemn
the democratic secretary of the treasury
for bringing dlscredit upon one class Of
our currency by putting gambling pre-
been the policy Of the republican party
to maintain the par value Of every dollar.
whether Of paper, silver or gold. and po
patriotic American will discriminate be.
4 tween our dollars or question the integ'
saty Of any dollar issued by this govern.
meat.
The Convention adjourned Wednesday
evening.
CONVENTIONS NOTES.
Deputy Treasurer Robinson was among
those who took IN the convention.
A large number Of the newspaper boys
OF the state were present at the conven-
4 ton,