St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-16
QUITE RUDE TO HANS
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICANS IN
CONVENTION sNUB THE
SENATOR.
SOLID FOR SOUND MONEY.
HIS FREE SILVER
IDEAS.
La INQUIRE ROBINSON COMBINE
Ruled the Gathering With Rod Of
Iron-Hansbrough Insinuates
Fraud and TPickery.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
FARGO, N. D., April Ex-senator Hans
brough was rudely awakened today from his
delusion that North Dakota Republicans were
in favor of the free coinage of silver. The
Republican convention of North Dakota turned
him down even more emphatically than that
Of South Dakota did Senator Pettigrew. Sena-
tor Hansbrough came here from Washington
two weeks ago with the idea that he would be
chosen almost without opposition to head the
delegation to st. Louis for Davis, and to sue
ceed himself as national committeeman.
When Davis withdrew he announced that he
was in favor of Mckinley, If the latter was the
choice of the Republicans of the state, but
his free silver record was a fatal objection to
him, and he does not even get on the delega-
ton. The resolutions adopted contain the
Wisconsin financial plank, and the test vote
in the convention was $50 to 14O. Hitherto
North Dakota delegates have been selected by
judicial districts, and the Hansbrough men
favored the adoption of that plan at this con-
vention, as Hansbrough had carried his own
district by good majority. combination
was fixed up Tuesday night by Col. Robinson
and Jud La Moure, the anti-Hansbrough lead
ers, by which the delegates would be elected
on general ticket leaving out the Hans
brough district and the Grand Forks district
the later being instructed for Col Vietz, a
strong friend of Hansbroughs. Before the
meeting of the convention a caucus of the
sound money men was held, at which 1923 out
Of the .491 delegates were present, and ticket
of sound money men was selected to be sup
n fho bic iolra
four Of the six delegates from two of the seven
districts, and there was considerable kicking
about unfairness, the northern half of the
state being given no representation, but all
the assaults could not break the ranks of the
sound money men, and their ticket carried
in the convention by $50 to 140. Congressman
Johnson was the permanent chairman, and the
result is regarded as being in a certain sense
victory for him and an Endorsement of his
sound money record. Col. Robinson, of May
| vile, will succeed Senator Hansbrough as ma
tional committeeman. The result of the con-
ventlon is regarded as a serious blow to
| Hansbrough's hopes of succeeding himself as
United States senator next winter.
The platform instructs its delegates for
! Mckinley, declares in favor of protection and
reciprocity, in favor of the election of SEN
ators by direct vote Of the people, denounces
the Democrats for increasing the public debt
|
financial question says: "The Republicans
| of North Dakota are united in their demand
for honest money. We are unalterably op-
posed to any scheme that will give to this
country deprecated or debased currency We
favor the use Of silver as currency, but to
| the extent only and under such restrictions
that its 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 delegates are: C. NJ. Johnson Rich.
land; Q: N. Hanson, Trail; S. t. Satherth.
wait, Cass; j. NJ. Devine, Lamoure Ale2
| Hughes, Burleigh; ]. H. Bengenheimer, Mys
ton. The alternates are: Austin King
Sargent; @. w. Soliday, Foster; E. H. Kent
Nelson; NJ. B. Cassell, Steele; H. L. Dick
inson, Stark; w. A. Caldwell, Dickey.
Seen this evening Senator Hansbrough ha(
little to say about the defeat he received a
the hands of the Republican convention to
| day. He said: 81 have no regrets what
| ever. If the victors are happy, am salts
fed. They were beaten so long as the,
stuck to the district plan. and were obliged
to resort to the means they did In order t,
win."