Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-09-02
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARMONY AND UNITY.

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mittee, which consists of commit
teemen chosen Indirectly at the pri-
mary election, will meet in Bismarck
today and select it's officers, and
will in addition, adopt the platform
upon which the candidates will stand
in the election.
This is new departure in the poll
tics of the state, inasmuch as here
tofore the platform has been adopted
by a political convention of the party
whose platform it is. -.
But political conventions have been
abolished, so far as the state is con-
cerned under the primary law, and
it is necessary that there shall be
some representative body of Repub-
licans to speak for the party through
a platform. = = y /
While the convention was a body
representative in a large degree of
the party in the state, SO far as num-
bers is concerned, its platform was
usually prepared by the state central
committee, which numbers one mem
Der from each legislative district in
the state.
There is no reason why such a
body as the state cenl1ai committee.
If its work Is done wisel,, thought
fully and conscientiously, should not
speak for the party with as much
authority and wisdom as a conven-
tion. Indeed, the meeting being
apart from the excitement and rush
and turmoil accompanying the ,se1ec-
ton of candidates in convention,
we should get a more deliberative
consideration Of the matters at issue
and platform which is complete
and thoroughly in accord with the
spirit of the party.
In the selection OF a chairman OF
the state committee The Tribune will
be glad to see the committee act
in that spirit of harmony and fair
ness that has been mutually pledged
by the representatives of what were
the factions in the Republican party,
one toward the other. We think
the matter can be settled by the
committeeman without friction, with.
out heat and without doing anything
than to further cement the harmony
which has been pledged through
the Republican party in the state.
The Republican selected as chair
man should be one who by his Re.
publicanism, his fairness, his per.
sonality and his lack of previous
Identification with the stscrappers'
IN either faction of the party, should
appeal to the Republicans of the
state as a man whose selection would
make for good feeling, unity and
amity. Such selection can be made
by the committee and should be
made.
There is no question of the vindi-
cation of any former faction in the
party, no issue where It is necessary
for opposing factions to tear each
other by the threats. a
The primary election has given US
a state ticket that all Republicans
are morally bound to support. The
national ticket is at stake in the
election also, and the harmony with
In the Republican ranks in the state
with regard to state matters will
have an important bearing on ths
support of the national ticket. 81
that it is urgent that good counse
shall prevail in the selection of 1
state chairman. The most that an
candidate can ask is the selection o
a chairman who will lend his bes
efforts to the success of all Repubii
can candidates, who will see that nj
candidate or interest is favored NOR,
& than another, and who will condue
q clean, honorable and aggressive
campaign for the party In the state
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