The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-01-13
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

the meQu1Cy Wn1cn mas. dTdct6IlAe loIlS1 wi vCAeUUM AnA~ |.
tenn e each ! s state Is was 5. e ssiS 4 t {. four sS95 ms%Ss95 ct 53s 7s5gs in a. ts ss S SG9 IS
generally put to a lumber Of delegates Tn equal hat to do y TIN the sd nafheea
CO eon 'es ssaasndS district IS Which may have had only : a few dozen re-
publican votes the same representation in the =. convention aayeaae a{ tnatw Wa
publican. obviously such districts had too great a an influence afen in
t tag seaEsgt dess not The sn asy 21 pse3ffg f5s, a ss tSs5 e eoa SS be see a aasP p1l
fectly only by placing the entire Re representation eg n1en II hon. on the neo 9iaas Of R fe
new ~ p plan allows four delegates at large to each state, one for each
cong5sssiSeSHsl district str IT,, and o one "a additional additions tbs to sa gs5v d{str tSe w Tepre:
sentaton Of several Of the southern states, and cuts three from
s the eSpre in tSst State ct N tSre e9 Of thu See d Getz as't dGd not s'e cast = enough Ss sa
republican votes to qualify qualify for %u the second eeoam; asaegs g e. four delegates
at large from each state, and one Or two ! from me each fSat congres st@aes
iotted to them, had provided for the acceptance Of delegates chosen
s in aes&rd@ TSss With {Ra ts s5a dsla lsMs T to %h 3eSr So ssf f psfo{ fs% IS e q Jed
viii, as in the last presidential year, be elected at large this being
m Un nSer1 the North North Dakota law there is no such thing as elseting
s s;%piy as iSdi giSses or T Ssxs' there y? might b be in the Il field ten can,
didates committed to one presidential candidate or one set Of o! pl1n-
luton on 1%e ballot there would b no distinction n de among non them
The twenty 21 mo@1d tegs se1gpe Tit a4p Suia Gtaf5S s an a t%e 0 voter o weu7d
be expected to select ten individual names from the list; n ahus
+ tW w or n m ape' w} RRis19 divergent # mt lines Of policy. T6e declaration +
presidential p, preferences + asas;s will ILL., e Of 6o csnd;d 6f e 20 defer 91aaen 4or N him. NJ
self just how long that declaration will remain binding on nm MN
T 7e9s east IS s seds r to % be the the f i1di7idasl act Of Fl the dele delegate ate cast saSE
ing it: ..+n,on : +ho de,eu,tes. . fixed bv the republican
na abe iP eem%iftee' IS is as s follows Se1ss:'' alabama + MAJ IS; Arizona, s: Ar:
kansas, Is; California, 26; Colorado, ~; Connecucu!, II; d@ e aware
e e; f7 Rsnsss =; a S:? &snfq & 7a? e; f {; aiziaDis, +; Maine, z; 'MaEy,,
! e;9sipp D.; n &:s Hisss%si: g; =? %S2 ssSs %sS :; 5 E: % %s%Ps S5Ss s s; Nv !;
Jersey Hs$;;1 NeT VI M 65;a 81 6: n Ns3yh York 9 81; d Meatn G 70; Pennz zd
yania, rs; Rhode 1slandlo; South Carolina, II; South r Dakota u;
T WssSinsten II i4 ?S Wsst vi viig @tah' 81 6; W vS5ss%a5i = e; E Wyom;pg, 8;
Alaska Masaa = District Of Columbia, 2; Hawaii, 2; Philippines 2; and
Porto Rico, 2.
The Non partisan Leader claims that the Non-partisan League
has a membership of 10000, and as the fellows collected SO from
each one joining, it would make the neat sun of $4,000. Nov
this t%i money ION At At the same time they might explain who the fellows
were soliciting these memberships: Were they farmers Q T were
large amount Of money from farmers. # they were not farmers
why were they so interested in the cause? There are many otne r
put up the Sc, and if the Leader will answer the above questions
we might be inclined to ask them some more.
January is slipping away, February will soon be here, then
March and seeding will be with us again, and every farmer shG 9ld
f = essential eMm to a good crop IS good seed, and every farmer should
be cleaning his seed and getting it into shape to put IN Inc; me afl III
cleaning your grain for seed. Remember that good adage: 1.-The
early bird catches the worm"
"Pitiless publicity" was the promise, but the sdministratio2 re-
fused to make public the report Of the General Board :arah Of the e navy a%cy
not seem to have occurred to superior officials, who know nothing
about Naval problems, that the American people pie , would be- be inter- inter-
ested in q report from naval officers who know all about such mat
tiers.
When some Democratic friend Of yours tries to tell you Of the
far sighted craftsmanship and steadfastedness OF woodrow WI
son, put him into. to the asx test Of Of specific Pssi6fc facts Hsoni ASK def emo im no e = and
on which MI: Wilson has not changed his attitude 9e SIN e ne was
elected President. Try it, and see how short the list will be:
It begins to look as though the fellows who were advising the
farmers to sell their grain early did not know what they were talk
How long will It be before xH some se. other %a1 fellow u m; starts eaH a an9t Il r 1 1Te
cutting tin down a a thistle, several more viii bob Up to take its place.
For once we believe Bryan is right when he says that American
citizens should stay off Of foreign boats. There is really no good
excuse for any person jepardizing the peace and happiness OF the