The Dickinson press., 1896-04-18
Press ODiniOn.

Press Opinion.
The fact that Senator Hansbrough
and Congressman johnson were upon
the committee on resolutions, unites
the party on the question of finance,
and places all on a sound money plat.
form.-Bismarck Tribune.
The republican state convention is
over, and will long be remembered.
The combine won at all points; Nc.
Kinley and sound money we're Off.
cially Endorsed, and the delegates to
st. Louis will, no doubt, ably repre-.
sent the state. The platform seems
to define the position of North Dako.
ia republicans upon finance, protec.
tion. reciprocity and the Monroe doc.
trine in no uncertain terms. AL.
though there are some disappointed
ones, the convention just closed, take
it all in all, adjourned with less
heart b%urnings than any n hereto.
fore called together in this state
Fargo Forum.
From dispatches sent out concern.
ing the republican state convention.
at Fargo, it is inferred that Senator
Hansbrough has run up against con-
siderable opposition and that he is
not going to have as easy a fight for
the senatorship. next winter as has
heretofore been conceded. The con.
v%ention, while having no direct bear.
ing upon the senatorial situation,
will have u great deal to do with it,
indirectly, as the removal of Senator
Hansbrough from the national COM.
mittee will signalize the beginning
of a merry political war.-James.
town Capital.
Hansbrough follows Pettigrew.
Lovely in their lives, in their deaths
they are not divided. The Republi-
can yelper for free silver in North
Dakota has been as completely
turned down as the Republican
screecher for free silver III South
Dakota. At the Republican state
convention at Fargo yesterday the
friends of Mckinley and sound mon.
ey had it all their own way. Hans.
brough was not in it. Even his re.
cent humiliating declaration of his
willingness to get down on his knees
in sackcloth and ashes and recant
his free silver heresies did not avail
to save him from the stern rebuke
of the Republicans of North Dakota.
He was completely ignored.-Pionecr
Press.
The action of the state convention
yesterday Was upon the whole an
suspicious opening of the republican
campaign in this state. The names
of the delegates are Il sufficient guar.
anteo of the representative charac.
ter of the body. and the harmonious
earnestness with which the true is.
sues of the time. as frequently out.
lined in The Herald, we're endorsed
speak in no uncertain tone rs to the
spirit of truest republicanism that
permeates the state this year. In
the wrestle for places OH the national
delegation the combination that car.
ried off the honors could have shown
a more generous spirit by a more eq
uitable distribution of places. geo
graphically. The northern portion
of the state was set aside in a man
ner that cannot be commended foI
fairness. Grand Forks county hat
the option of joining the successful
combination, but not approving it.
tendencies the delegation declined
choosing rather to forego the honor
for Col. Viets and the county. Whil'
this is to be regretted, still the more
important action of the convention
the almost unanimous sentiment fol
Mckinley. protection, re%ciprocit.
and sound money-affords the strong
est satisfaction to the members B
the party at large. The R%epublicai
party of North Dakota thus enter
the campaign of 1896 thoroughly ii
accord with the national organiza
tion, with itself and with the need
and trend of the times, and with
continued unanimity of sentimen
and effort throughout the ranks
grand victory next November
assured.-Grand Forks Herald.
Did you ever stop to think what indigestit