The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-14

Hans case was hopeless; but George
is man who stays by friend even
though he loses out in the end. 81
will go back to Stanley and run my
little paper, and sell town lots rather
than go back on Hansbrough," Mr..
Wilson is reported to have stated to
a friend yesterday. =,
This was the first Republican state
convention ever held in this city, and
lit is the first convention held under
the new primary election law. At no
former convention was there ever 70
large crowd Of delegates and spec
tators in attendance.
Col. Little of Bismarck, candidate
for the Republican nomination for the
United States Senate, is in the city,
a spectator at the convention. This
is the first time in twenty-six years
have attended the state convention as
a spectator" Col Little stated to an
Independent representative. 'For
twenty-six years l have attended every
Republican state convention as del
egate until this one"
Hansbrough told good story to q
friend Wednesday. He said: Shortly
after had been operated upon for my
ear trouble I received letter from
ia preacher in Pennsylvania in which
he informed me that he was glad to
learn that I would recover. The
preacher said: I am praying for your
recovery every day, for from what the
papers of North Dakota say about you
l realize that you are not fit man to
die"
Little, Hansbrough, Marshall and
johnson, the four candidates for the
United States Senate, are in the city
and interested much in the outcome of
the convention. Their headquarters
are crowded with friends every min
ute of the day.
There was plenty Of harmony" in
the onvention-musical harmony, We
mean. There were three of the best
bands in the state to furnish music
during the two days-the First Regi-
ment band, consisting Of twenty-five
pieces, from Lisbon; the Bismarck
band, an excellent musical organiza-
ton consisting of fifteen pieces, and
the Minot band, which is not the least
of the organizations by any means.
Our band had twenty-five pieces. The
music was greatly enjoyed.
The hotels were taxed to their full
est extent. For several days prior
to the convention the rooms in our
main hotels were taken, and a local
committee arranged with the ~esidents
of the city to take care of the crowds.
The third story of the Roell-Blakey
block was engaged by a local party
and sixty beds set up. Some of the
delegates really didn't go to bed at
all-didn't want to go to bed at all
didn't want to sleep. They were here
to see good live town and didn't
want to miss a moments pleasure.
Jud La Moure, one of the old lead
ers, was here. In fact, Jud arrived
several days befor the convention
opened and got his ear down to the
ground. Jud always does this. He
likes to be on the winning side, does
Jud, but he hates like fun to take the
initiative. He is always with the WIN
ming bunch, and Of course there waa
nothing for him to do but line up with
the Stalwarts,
The Williams County delegation
was spectacle as far as Hansbrough
could make it out. Hans has always
figured that he had Williams County
solid. 1t made him weep big briay
tears to witness the sold stalwart del
egation come down. There were only
two Of the ten delegates who were
friendly in the least for Hansbrough,
and they didn't dare to peep.
| Hansbrough did some knocking to
his old friend, Little. Hans is getting
hard up for campaign ammunition
and must be excused if he does abuse
his former friends.
Hansbrough, Marshall and Johnson
are all lined up against Little, SO IT
is said, since the convention. This is a
sure sign that they consider him the
| the foremost man In the race, enu
unless they do lot of pounding be-
fore June "a Little will win in a walk.
He Will win with a nice majority, no
matterwhat those candidates do.
The Insurgents didn't want har-
mony At the caucus held Wednesday
morning several of the speakers de-
Is ~ j
clared themselves as being greatly
surprised at what the stalwarts did.
They didn't want to harmonize the
affairs.
White attended the convention and
met their many old-time friends. The
crowd could not have been better la-
tured, and the convention took on
the air Of an old county fair as far as