Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-05
ROTH PARTIES Have
ADOPTED PLATFORM
Republican and Democratic
State Committee Meetings.
Finished Last Night
National Platform wls 1lfd
Proposition for Republicans
10 Agree Upon
REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE.
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REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE.
The Republican State Central
Committee organized yesterday
by e,ecting Frank sprasus OF
Grafton 10 chairman; James
Foley, Of Bismarck, ~ secretary
and Herve Robinson, OF Ssnet-
mel Butte, a. treasurer.
The question os selecting the
CITY for headquarters was not
touched upon by the committee.
though several ventured the
opinion that Il might bs Die.
narck, 40 some has sxprssssd
the opinion that the eapital city
is tho proper place for u. The
committee will soon be called I
tooether and this with other mat
tiers disposed OF.
The executive committee was
chosen by judicial districts and
are 40 follows:
First pistriet-Janss Denny,
Grand Forks. ~ !e
second-Axle Eslund, elsbee.
Third-N. c. YoNn9, Fargo.
Fourth-R. J. Hughes, Wahpe.
ton.
Fifth-Fred Brewster, Harvey.
sixth-W. P. Tuttle, Dawson.
SEVENTH. Smith Peterson,
eiehth-eeo. % N. Gray, Ken.
Ninth-c. {. Markey, Pleasant
Lake.
Tenth-L. A. Simpson, o'ekin.
son.
Eleventh-G. F. shafsr, shafsr.
Twelfth-chas. z. Peterson,
New Salem.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE GOA.
,st III MlTIE e.. ts NJ. h, ss. IS.
The Democrats selected the
following gentlemen 70 constitute :
the executive committee: Geo. :
p. Jones, LaMoure; J. 1. Fahsy.
Minot; Geo. e. Duis, Grand &
Forks; Joe Kelley, Devils Lake;
Jens Peterson, HiiIsboro.
The long sessions of two days. and
nights which occupied the attention
of the central committees of the two
great parties in this state came 10
a close last night, the democrats
winding up their affairs early IN the
evening, and the republicans remain
ing in session till almost daylight
this morning.
There being no division in the dem
ocratic ranks this year and there De-
ing no conflict as to policy there was
little difficulty in deciding upon q
platform But it was different with
the republicans; there were the stall
warts and the bull moOsers to deal
with each other, and at the same time
both to remain under the roof of the
grand old party in harmony. Eacn
had to give and take and the task
of getting together sufficiently to
stand on one platform was problem
which called for much effort and con-
servatism.
Last evening after slipper the re.
publican committee was to report
on its resolutions, which 1t did about
ten o'clock. The paragraphs were
taken up one by one, discussed pro
and con; some were revised and 9TH
ers were passed practically as 9
whole.
There were really but two snags
for the republicans, and they were
the endorsement or Reputation OF
either Taft or Roosevelt. To have
done eithe: would have been to read
the opposing faction out OF the party.
1t was not the desire of either to
do this. The substance OF the de-
cision in this matter was, that all
should be considered republicans:
that neither should read the other
out, and that a republican should be
allowed to vote for either Mr.. Taft
or for Mr.. Roosevelt, without any re-
strlctions from the head Of the party,
or by the platform.
The matter, was finally settled BY
the adoption of the following resolu-
tion offered by Smith Peterson.
"The convention system. under:
which candidates for president Of the
United States are nominated, has fire.
quently been subject to abuse and,
manipulation and has steadily grown
in popular disfavor. Under Its oper-
alton, fraud, corruption have been
well nigh inevitable, and the will Of
the majority has been frequently ig.
nored. The methods employed In the
recent national republican, convention
have failed to meet the approval Of
a great number OF the republicans Of
this state. This being true, while we
remain firm in our allegiance to the
republican party and its principles
and policies for which 1t stands, and
pledge our support to the candidates
nominated on the state and congress-
ional ticket, yet We insist that the
support Of the presidential nominee
shall not be a test Of our, party 10y.
atty" M s5
The next bone Of contentious ~
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