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T~_ THE REPUBLICAN, ED. A. SMITH. REPUBLICAN SI ATE TICKET. For Representative in Congress— B. F. SPALDING, of Cass. For Governor— F. B. FANCHER, of Stutsman. For Lieutenant Governor— J. M. DEVINE, of LaMoure. For Secretary of State— FRED FALLY, of Richland. For Auditor— A. N. CARLBLOM, of Sargent, For Treasurer— D. W. DRISCOLL, of Walsh. For Attorney General— JOHN F. COWAN, of Ramsey. For Superintendent of Public Instruction— JOHN G. HALLAND, of Traill. For Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor H. U. TFOMAS, of Benson. For Commissioner of Insurance— GEO. W.HARRISON, of Ransom. For Judge of the Supreme Court— N. C. YOUNG, of Pembina. For Commissioners of Railroads— L. L. WALTON, of Wells. HENRY ERICKSON. of McHenry. JOHN SIMONS, of Barnes. For United States Senator— T. F. MARSHALL, of Dickey. The Ivaliri Messenger announces that the republicans of that locality have practically agreed on J. Sharpe of that place for slate senat or. Evidently they believe in send ing the best man to the front. An exchange asks if it is legal to consurnate a proposal of marriage without attaching the revenue stamp. Yes, we think so, the old style of attachment is still good, the revenue part of it can be attended to after ward. According to the negotiations for peace now going on between Spain and the United States it begins to look as if it would be against the law to shoot Spaniards about the time the law permits us to shoot prairie chickens. Great county this where we have game of some kind all the year around. Readers of the Minneapolis Journal have lately noticed that North Dak ota political news was very similiar to the utterances of the Grand Forks Herald. Possibly Winship has sec ured a little job on the side. When you read anything in the Journal about North Dakota politics—con sider its North Dakota source, and draw your own conclusions. Up at Buffalo a few days ago a ne gro tramp was cheering for Spain, and loudly denouncing the United States. Some of the boys got a rope around his neck and threw the end -over a telegraph pole. They had to pull some before he would take it .back, but it didn't take but a small amount of air between his feet and the sod to make say he never said it, and when he came to he cheered for Uncle Sam until he was black in the face. The Herald says when the editors meet at Grand Forks next summer they will be fed on bananas and cream. Mr. Winship better look out —the can make pretty good brandy out of bananas, and some of the boys may change their opinion of the Herald man if he should deceive them into taking too many. We are not all immunes when it comes t* eating and drinking good things. The first case of a man making a growl about having to use a revenue stamp is yet to be reported. On the contrary it is a usual thing to notice people executing papers to wonder whether such and such a document needs a stamp or not. and they gen erally conclude to put one on anyhow. The present revenue law is one of the most far reaching ones ever en acted, and the heaviest tax ever put on the people, and yet it seems to be the most cheefully paid* The prohibitionists can take their choice in voting for governor between Hon. Fred Faucher and Druggist Holmes of the opposition ticket. When it comes to enfocing the pro hibition laws the druggist no doubt will be more vigorous for business reasons, but looking at it from a strictly moral standpoint—and the prohibitionists are acting from a strictly moral basis—the majority of them will doubtless cast their ballots for ?h(.n who is internaod in the liquor laiiHe. .3 THEY DON'T HAVE TO. Any American citizen has a per fect right to aspire to public office, and every American citizen has a perfect right to favor or oppose any aspirant, just as he chooses. But the citizen who would lead others into that favor or opposition should have a reason to present. Has anyone ever read or heard of any reason as signed by such organs as the Bis marck Tribune, for instance, for their opposition to M, N. Johnson for the United States senate? Ridicule is forthcoming in abundance, but ridi cule is not reason. The Tribune sometimes pleads for fairness. Fair ness demands that such papers give the people their reasons, if there are any, why Mr. Johnson should not be made senator,—Grand Forks Herald Oh Winship, come off. What is the use of pouring such a silly whine as this into the ears of the intelligent readers of the Herald? There ain't any reason why Johnson should not be made senator—we admit this for the sake of the argument—neither is there auy good reason why Winship or Edwards or Bartlett should not be made governor, nor why Keyes should not have been renominated on the board of railroad commission ers, or why McCumber or Cooper or Little or our own Tom Marshall should not be made senator. They are all good, honorable, intelligent and capable citizens and would make good officials, but they have1 no par ticular string on the paity or the people, nobody belongs to any one of them, and when they seek politi cal favors and fail to connect there is no one who is under the least obli gation to go them on bended knee with uncovered head and give a rea son or excuse why they are not favor ed. North Dakota republicans have made mistakes before, and if they elect Johnson to the senate they will make another one, we think but if they select some other man, don't think for a minute that the party will spend any time filing objections to the complaint of Mr. Johnson, or any other man. They don't have to. In a private letter to Secretary Al ger, Col. Rosevelt asked to have his Rough Riders sent to Porto Rico along with the regulars, saying among other thiugs that they were "three time as good as any state troops." The secretary replied, and censured him for making "inviduous comparisons" and then caused the correspondence to be published. It now transpires that he only published part of Col. Rosevelt's letter and the whole letter, had it been published, would have shown that he intended to cast no reflection on the bravery or patriotism of the state troops, but claimed his men were three times as good on account of their superior equipment. Such expressions are very liable to create feelings of jealousy and should be very carefully guarded. However, Secretary Alger showed far less dis creetness in publishing the corre spondence than Rosevelt did in thus comparing his men with the state troops. The secret of the whole mat ter is, Rosevelt wanted to get his men out of Santiago, and was mak ing an argument why they should be sent to Porto Rico. He had a worthy object in view, and is in a measure excusable for his action, but the course of Alger, under all circum stances, is open to severe criticism. Grant S. Hager in the St. Thomas Times recounts the political history of Grand Forks county, including the part it had in the Fargo conven tion, and concludes with the follow ing truthful paragraph: These facts all go to show that Mr Winship is opposed to the republi can ticket for one reason only, and that because George B, Winship was not' nominated for governor. Had he received the nomination the Herald would today be singing peans of praise regarding every candidate on the ticket and harmony would be preached daily by the self-appointed keeper of the morals of the people of North Dakota. Editor Irving of the Havana Her ald announces that in the coming campaign his paper will be inde pendent of alj political parties, and he will give any and all of them a chance to boom candidates through his columns. His paper should be l' •, OUR DIVORCE LAWS. There is one important question at least which the coming legislature will have to grapple with and settle at its next session, and that is con nected with what is known as the di vorce industry of the state. The question itself has two sides to it, or rather it is two questions. There is the practical view of the divorce mat ter, which is to hold that when either party to the marriage contract be comes dissatisfied for any reason he or she should have the right to be released, and seek happiness else where. As a practical matter alone this view is correct that no man or woman should be compelled to con tinue to live with another when they cannot do so peaceably or happily, even after they are married, no more than they should bo compelled by law to enter into the marriage con tract in the first place with one for whom there was no natural affection. The benefit to individuals and to the race of the married state over bache lorhood are so great that bachelor hood is a condition more to be pittied than regarded otherwise. Yet any law tending to compel bachelors to marry, other than one of natural se iection, would produce more misery and unhappiness than it would re lieve. The same condition of affairs exists when those who are married find themselves uusuited to each oth er and cannot live happily together. A law that would not allow them separation would interfere with their individual happiness and the enjoy ment of life. This view leaves out entirely the moral side of the case, which generally prejudges that the applicant for divorce has no good reason, at least the reason is seldom apparent to the general public, who try the cases {.after the courts are through with them. While we contend that the right of being divorced should not bg en tirely done away with, the practice as now carried on in this state, more especiallj by the non-residents who come here for that purpose, is not far from disgraceful, and is certainly demoralizing. We do no believe re quiring a longer residence in the state would lessen the evil, certainly not the moral part of it, but if a law could be made that no divorce could be granted unless both parties were in court, compelling the defendant to come in and defend as in a crim inal action, it would reduce the prac tice to a minimum, and bar out all those cases where only one of the parties is a resident of the state. As it is now, where the action is purely a civil one, the case is often prosecuted entirely unknown to the adverse party. Divorces are granted on huch flimsy pretenses and with so little difficulty that the tendency to seek relief from fancied rather than real and just causes is on the in crease. If, in order to obtain divorce, it was made necessary to have both parties in court, both sides heard and a decision rendered on the merits of the whole case, there would be none of these cases imported, and North Dakotans themselves would enjoy a greater degree of domestic happiness in their own homes. Fancied wrongs would fade like mist before the sun under the smile of returning reason, our state would have a better repu tation abroad, and the moral atmos phere around the firesides a sweeter smell. Quit kicking and get into line. There's another time coming, and if the officers elected next fall don't do their full duty there'll be a chance to select some who will. But they will —and thats where some of the kick comes in.—Caeselton Reporter, Walter Tousley was a common ordinary printer in Oakes a few years ago, and he loft here to start a news paper in a little country town up in Cass county. Now he is a prosperous newspaper publisher, has one of the brightest papers in the state. A few days ago he was nominated for a member of the legislature, and as it is Cass county he will be elected Walter was always a boy of good principles, and as a man and a legis lator we will bet a box of plates that i'Jiiuii fciULi. S«S¥1» A NEW Q. A. R. The question of whether the boys who enlisted in the present war shall be made eligible to admission in the G. A. R. is being discussed by the members of that organization. We are of the opinion that the organiza tion should be wholly reconstructed on entirely new lines, admitting as members al! who served under the flag on land or sea. Iudeed it would only be an example of the magnanimous charity of the Ameri can republic which the flag repre sents to admit those who fought on the other side thirty-five years ago, but have since taken the oath of alliegence and are today as willing to fight for Old Glory as any american. With the Spanish war has cornea new union betwen the north and ihe south that there would seem to be as little use for a separate organization to perpetuate the causes and results ofjthat conflict as there is of those who took part in the earlier wars of our country. To the soldier who endur ed hardships on the field of battle and shared privations with comrades who were true, there is a sense of lifelong love for those companions that only those who have passed through simi lar scenes can appreciate. It is due to them that they have such an organ ization. and that it should constitute a mark of nobility to wear its badge. Yet if there is ever to come a time when the individuals who took part in that conflict for human liberty and the Union are to forget that they were once enemies, it seems that the time would be when the boys come home from Free Cuba, and all Ameri can soldiers could gather round the campfire of the Grander Army of the Republic. It is reported from Manilla that during the first battle there Como dore Dewey ordered the fighting to cease and the men to go to their breakfast. A yankee gunner turned to the Comodore and replied: "To hell with breakfast let's finish them now." In any other navy in the world the man would have been court njartialed and perhaps shot for in sulting an officer, but in this country of the free it is not an exhibition of disobedience or disrespect, but shows to what extent officers and men, in such a time as that, are on an equal ity. The gunner no doubt obeyed the command of the officer and went to his breakfast with the rest, but the freedom he felt to speak his mind and give expression to his feelings serves to illustrate the fact that there is no fear exercised over the men by the superior officers. Commands are obeyed as a matter of expediency, but there is a sense of responsibility resting on every man to simply do his best, rather than the words of the command, that nerves him to such effectual execution as resulted in the engagements at Manilla and Santiago. Every man is made to feel that in addition to the commands of the officcr he must use his own judgement, and that he is as fully re sponsible for the result of that judg ment as he is for strict obedience to commands. "To hell with breakfast let's finish them now" was a rough, uncouth, prehaps uncivil, reply, but it come from a true American heart that was more willing to shed its blood than its owner was to go to breakfast. When the thanks of Con gress are going around that man ought to be hunted up and remem bered. The republicans of the Seventh leg islative district, Grand'Forks county, held a convention a few days ago, and in their resolutions they affirmed their allegiance to the principles of the republican platform adopted at the state convention in Grand Forks two years ago instead of those adopt ed at Fargo last month. Is it possi ble the republicans of that district have not found out there has been a state convention held since the one at Grand Forks two years ago. The Fargo Forum says that the only men of the fusion ticket who have any state reputation are Dr. Bently and Col. Creel. If Creel's reputation is the standard, the others ,. KijjUuii-lOLL W'fcj• Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, has been declared no longer an accredit ed member of the people's party by Chairman Marion Butler, on account of Mr. Kyle's votes in the senate on important questionsi Mr. Kyle distributes South Dakota federal pa tronage, but he gave up everything that made him first a 'senator to be re-elected. The people of South Da kota elevated him from a poor minis ier to a seat in the senate, but now regardless of party have little respect for Kyle brand of political princi ples.—Jametovvn Alert. The Alert man is badly mistaken in Senator Kyle. That gentleman was elected to the United States sen ate twice as an independent. He has never laid claim to allegiance to any political party or organization, and has voted with whom and when he pleased, regardless of party. Per haps it is not good politics for such a man as Kyle to be sent to the sen ate, but as to his standing with the people of the state, they have far more respect for him that they have for Senator Pettigrew, who wasjjnever loyal to any party or priuciple ex cept the aggrandizement of Petti grewism. Senator Tom Marshall, of Oakes, is receiving commendable notice through the colums of the state press as a logical successor to Senator Roach. Senator Marshall is deserv ing of all the good things that are being said of him and the republican party would make no mistake if he should be the successful candidate. He is among the oldest residents in North Dakota, coming to the terri tory in the early seventies. He has been a hard and faithful worker at all times and is in every respect well qualified for the position.—Lisbon Free Press. The sympathy of the entire news paper fraternity of the state is ex tended to the unfortunate publishers of Bismarck who lost their plants in the fire of Monday night. This is the second time the Tribune has been"burned out, the first time thir teen years ago, when all the files of the paper from the beginning away back in the seventies, were entirely destroyed. The loss this time is over $20,000 oa which there is fortunately $11,000 insurance. The Review of fice lost $500 with no insurance re ported. Mr. Jewell also lost a valu able private library which he has been years in accumulating, and which money cannot replace. M. B. De La Bere was born in England. Anyone would know this to talk with him for a few minutes, for he reminds one of Charlie Dickens every move he makes. However he has settled in Sheldon, runs one of the best papers in the state, has tak en his naturalization papers, and is proud to be called an American citi zen, so proud of it that when any one refers to him as an Englishman he takes particular pains to inform them that he is an American now. We like the fellow first-rate, and as soon at the telephone is connected between Oakes and Lisbon we'll call him up and ask for some more of that Eng lish smoking tobacco, just to prove our loyalty. The Leader recently said that there were a number of good open ings for teachers in Dickey county and upon further inquiry learns the situation to be as follows: Rush needs 8 teachers by October 1, contract 5 months, salary $28. $30 and $32, one or two teachers in view Hillsdale 3 teachers, October 15,4 months, salary $28, Merricourt 1 or 2, salary $30 or more Shelby 2, good pay, long term Spring Valley,1, $30: Elm 2 Albion 1 Valley 2, second grade, experience, six months, $32: Keystone3, good salary Farming Valley 2 Kenter 1, efficent service Porter 1, good teacher Rosebud 1, long term and high salary, October 15 Yorktownl Kent 1 Ada 2 Eaton Hudson 2 Norwav 4 James River Valley 2 Riverdale 1. Supt, Hicks in giving this state ment in thisbrief form added that officers uniformly demand good service, preferring resident teachers when qualified and acceptable over the non-resident, and the working teacher who manifested professional life in the summer school above all others. It is probable that all these positions will be supplied from teachers now licensed and applicants at the August examination. The U.. ..d permits arcs odious with all.—JUeador.