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THE REPUBLICAN.
ED. A. SMITH.
REPUBLIC AH SI ATE TICKET.
For Representative in Congress—
B. F. SPALDING, of Cass.
For Governor—
F. B. FANCHER, of Stutsman.
For Lieutenant Governor—
J. M. DEV1NE, of LaMoure.
For Secretary of State—
FRED FALLY, of Richland.
For Auditor—
A. N. CA.RLBLOM, of Sargent,
1 For Treasurer—
D. W. DRISCOLL, of Walsh.
For Attorney General—
JOHN P. COWAN, of Ramsey,
For Superintendent of Public Instruction—
JOHN G. HALLAND, of Traill.
For Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
H. !j. TFOMAS, of 1-tenson.
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.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
A delegate convention of the Republican
voters oi Dickey county is hereby called to
meet in court house hall, Ellendale, North
Dakota.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH,
at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m., for the pur
pose of nominating candidates for the sever
al county offices to bo filled at the general
election, as follows:
Two Representativei,
Register of Deeds,
Treasu rer,
Auditor,
Sheriff,
States Attorney,
Couiity Judge,
Clerk oi Court,
SujjerintPiident of Schools,
Coroner.
Surveyor,
Four ustioes of the Peace,
Four County Constables,
County Conimisioner, Fifth District.
The basis of representation from each
voting precinct for said convention will be
one delegate as large and one delegate for
each ten votes or major fraction thereof
cast at the last, general election for the office
of governor. On this apportionment the
several ivrccinet* will be entitled to repres
entation as follows:
Ada 2
Albion 3
Bare Creek .3
Ellen
dale \vp 3
Ellendale 1st ward. .1
Ellendale 2d ward. .1
Ellendale od ward.
Elm 3
Elden
Hudson 2
James River Valley .5
Kentner
'2
Kent
Lovell 0
Keystone
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Merricourt 2
Norway 3
Oakes 1st ward.. .4
Onkes 2d ward... .3
Cakes 3d ward -1
Porter 5
Port Emma 3
Riverdale 2
Spring Valley 4
Valley 2
Van Meter 3
Whitestone 2
Wright 2
Yorktown 4
It is recommended that precinct caucuses
be held on Saturday, September 10th, 18'J8,
and that the county committeeman from
each precinct attend to calling the same.
By order of the County Central Commit
tee.
Attest: C. L. WARD, Chairman.
Poikiek.
Secretary.
A reply has betm received to the
cablegram sent to the North Dakota
boys at Manilla, saving that Private
Buckley of Grafton was killed and
Private Berg of Bismarck was
wounded, all was quiet at Manilla
and there was no sickness. This is
the first direct news from the North
Dakota boys.
The Ellendale' Record claims the
only evidence of withdrawals from
the Opposition ticket come from re
publican sources. The Record is re
ferred to the report of the committee
of that conglomeration which recent
ly convened in Fargo, and to the in
terview with Prof, Schmitt of James
town in this issue. Are these repub
lican sources, Brer. Perry?
At a reeeent meeting of a
at Cambridge,
a paper on the
congress
of zoologists held
Prof. Hacket read
present knowledge of the descent of
man, and claimed that science had
established with absolute certainty
that man had been evolved from the
lower forms of animal life through a
period of a thousand million years.
This ought to effectually set at rest
the charge that the crime of seventy
three had anything to da with it.
Senator Hansbrough recently re
turned from the East and
Baid he was surprised to see the
sentiment among all classes for the
retention of the Philtipine islands by
the United States, regardless of the
probable cost of maintaining a large
standing army there for some time
to govern them. The sentiment of
the American people is rapidly
changing to the policy of territorial
expansion, and there are many coun
tries on the earth where the people
living there are willing and anxious
for the blessings of Uncle Sam's
government.
THE STAR IN THE WEST.
The czar of Rusaia has made a pro
position to the powers looking to uni
versal peace and the disbanding of
the standing armies of Earope, if not
of the world.
Can it be possible that the czar has
been looking toward the west and
has seen the star of universal liberty,
universal suffrage, the government of
the people by the people as practieed
in the new world, turning its rays to
ward the monarchial governments of
the old world? Can it be that from
this source he fears the overthrow of
his own reign, and the liberation of
his subjects from the oppression of
Slavonic government? The eyes of
the oppressed over the world are
looking toward the flag that has been
planted in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Phillipiues, and their voices are siug
ing hosannas for the day wheu they
may, by something akin to a miracle,
enjoy the same blessings themselves
Can it be the czar sees this feeling
among his own subjects, stimulated
by the results of the late war, and
proposes universal peace to prevent
being overwhelmed should the move
ment started in Cuba become a tidal
wave and sweep through the Medit
teranean sea?
Desirable as universal peace may
be, from a theoretical standpoint, it
has been truthfully said there are
conditions infinitely worse than war.
These conditions existed when we
declared ourselves free from Mother
England, and defended that declara
tion with the sword. These condi
tions worse than war existed in Cuba
under the oppression of the rotton
and cruel Spanish rule' These con
ditions exist today in some of the
civilized(?).governments of the earth,
and particularly in Russia under the
police system maintained through
out the whole empire. The power of
the throne in Russia is only main
tained by the power of the army.
Can it be the czar see3 the greatest
danger from war is to come from
within and not from without? Uni
versal peace may be declared and
the powers may disband their armies,
but universal peace cannot be main
tained until universal liberty and un
iversal suffrage is recognized as a
God-given right, higher than the
hereditary right of the king.
more errors in judgment
have been.
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There is no denying the fact that
Secretary Alger 1ms proved himself
to be a failure when it came to actual
war. He is a very successful busi
ness man, and has the reputation
of being honorable in his dealings.
He was appointed to the war portfol
io when there was nothing to be done d°^ars and cents they
but look after the business interests
of the department, and if war had
not broken out, Alger would undoubt
edly have retired with a good record
in the administration of the affairs of
the office. That he would prove a
failure in actual \^r could hot be
foretold, therefore no blame can be
attached to his appointment. The
war came on gradually, and was
nearly finished before the country
fully realized that Alger was out of
his element. Everyone now believes
that Miles should have been there,
but in that position even he would
have been an experiment. The coun
try had faith in Alger before he was
tried, as they have now in Milos, and
it is just possible that had Miles been
in the place he would have developed
a weakness that would have been
censured as severly as Alger now is.
But instead of censuring the admin
istration, Alger, or anyone else it
should be regarded as an unfortunate
but unavoidable error in judgment.
The way the administration has con
ducted the war as a whole has been
phenomenal success, and it is really
a wonder that there have not been
than there
Fargo's city treasurer is short in
his accounts, somewhere about four
teen thousand dollars. The matter
is being investigated, and other offi
cials are acusing each other of know
ing all about it for some time.
Grand Forks people are taking
steps to have a street fair in that en
terprising city this fall. They usual
ly make a success of anything they
undertake, which is our warrant for
saying that the street fair will be a
good one.
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SCHOOL
School Books,
Writing Tablets,
Slates,
Pencils,
Crayons.
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Ink, Etc.,
AT HARRIS'
DRUG- STORE.
THE SOO TO ELLENDALE.
It would be a good thing for the
people of this end of the county if
the Soo would move its road into El
lendale, and from there toMerricourt
connecting with the present track at
that point. If the track were to make
a turn near Clement, go straight to
Ellendale and from there to Merri
court, it would only be about ten
miles longer than it is now. This
would do away with the stations of
Boyntou and Kilbernie, move Ful
lerton about three miles and perhaps
create a wheat station between Ellen
dale aud Merricourt.
As it is now, the local traffic, of the
Soo in this county amounts to noth
ing. People can get from the west
end of the county into Oakes, but
there is no way of getting from this
end to the couuty seat. With this
change the people of the west end
would be able to get%i Oakes as well
as now by rail, while the people of
the northeast part of the county as
far west as Fullerton, and the north
west part could reach the county seat
by rail. In addition to that it would
give the people of Ellendale another
outlet to the twin cities by a route
that is shorter than the Milwaukee,
The fare from Ellendale is now based
on the mileage oftheGreatNorthern,
and would probably be no cheaper
from that poiut than now, but the
Soo going to Bismarck would run
better train service to the twin cities,
and this would compel the Milwau
kee to follow suit in that regard.
Railroad companies build their
lines and make their changes for ihe
are able to
see in the business. Such a change
as we have outlined would benefit
the people of Ellendale, Oakes and
all the northeast and northwest por
tions of the county. It now remains
for the people of those sections of
the county to show the Soo company
where they can make money enough
to pay them for making the change,
The Ellendale Record says the in
crease in railroad assessment is not
as great as the increase in farm pro
ducts, Perhaps the Record does not
intend to mislead its readers, but it
should have explained that there was
no increase in the assessment of farm
products in the whole state. There
was a heavy increase in Dickey coun
ty, but it was because* (she average in
this county was that' much lower
than the average throughout the
state. For instance, if milk cows
were assessed at $20 in Dickey coun
ty and an averge of 130 throughout
the state, Dickey county's valuation
was raised 50 per cent to bring it U'p
to the average. In some other1'coun
ties the assessment was found above
the average and reduced proportion*
ately. The board of equalization
leaves the total value in the state
substantially as returned by the asses
sors, only making such changes
will make values average the same
in all the counties. The changes in
Dickey county will be found on the
first page of this paper-
Grand Forks is now connected with
Duluth by anew line of railroad that
is one hundred miles shorter than by
Brainerd. It is a branch of the
of the Great Northern system, and
will be the principal wheat outlet for
that section of the Bed River Valley.
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SUPPLIES.
Reports from the large cattle
ranges in the west show that the
large rengers are gradually going
out of the business, giving way to
the smaller farmer. This means a
higher price for beef and a greater
profit for that grown on the farms.
"Buy a cow when you don't know
what else to do" is still a good rule
for a Dickey county farmer.
The Grand Forks Herald uses
a column of its space just to say that
Tom Marshall is not considered a
senatorial possibility outside of a few
people in Dickey county. Seems to
us the Herald could use its space to
better advantage than fighting im
possibilities, but then they have
those spells about every so often
anyway.
The Opposition committee which
met at Fargo Tuesday filled the
places on the ticket made vacant by
the refusal of Prof Schmitt of Stuts
man, C. A. Bade of Richland and S.
B. Bartlett of Cass. For state su
perintendent they selected Prof.
Schaefer of the Valley City Normal
school, a republican. For auditor,
G. A, Lieber, a merchant of James
town. For attorney general, M. A.
Hildreth of Fargo. Mr, Hildreth is
now second lieutenant of Company
North Dakota volunteers, located at
Manilla. He is too far away from
the scene of action to withdraw.
The name of William Mills has
been suggested as a candidate for
county commissioner for this
district. Mr. Mills says he is in
no sense a candidate, but if the peo
ple see fit to elect him he- will serve.
This is in line with his character as a
man, not seeking after an honor for
himself, but if elected will accept
the position as a duty, aud serve to
the best of his ability. He is a good
business man, thoroughly honest,
careful and conscientious. He not
confined at home by any carss that
would prevent his attending every
seesion of the board and giving the
duties of the office all the time nec
essary. In fact we do not know of a
man in the whole district who is bet
ter qualified to accept this position,
of who could give it better service
than William Mills.
There is a little difference of opiu
ion between the Lidwood Broad
axe aud and Oakes Repuplican that
must be adjusted, or serious compli
cations are going to result. The Axe
Swears McCumber will be sworn into
the United States senate on March 4
next, and the Repub. swears Marsh
all will undergo the same operation
at the same time aud place—and
clearly something will have to be
done about it.—Grand Forks Herali.
You are stretching it, Straub. The
Oakes Republican is not "&weariug
that Marshall will be the next sena
tor," nor swearing to the outcome of
any question that is to come before
the people of the state. We are
swearing that Mr, Marshall is the
best man in the state for the position,
that he appears to have the best
chance of any of the candidates to
win, and—if he does win—he will
make a senator that the whole state
will be proud of. But we wont swear
to what a North Dakota legislature
might do until after it is done. But
one thing we want to impress on you,
and that is that whoever is elected
will be the choice of the Republican
from that time on. We will shed no
tears if our man is not selected, as
the Herald man did, but congratulate
the other fellow.
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Paints,
Toilet Articles,
Wall Paper,
Stationery,
Perfumes,
Cigars and Candies.
Opposite Postoffice.
OAKES, North Dakota.
We favor a rigid enforcement of
all laws on the statutes, and concur
with the statement of General Grant,
that the best way to secure the re
peal of a bad law is to enforce it,—
Democratic State Platform.
This is the way the democrats
want the prohibitoii law enforced, so
vigorously and thoroughly that the
people will become disgusted with
tke continuous litigation and vote
for a license system, as was done in
South Dakota. If the people of that
state had been satisfied with their
prohibition law, and been willing to
wait for education to mitigate the evil
of liquor drinking, they would have
been where North Dakota is today in
this matter. Instead of that they
prosecuted every case where there
was the least color of a show of sec
uring a conviction, filled the courts
with litigation, stirred up bitter feel
ings until the people became dis
gusted and voted for a license system
the first chance they got. The pro
hibition crank, who is always on the
watch to prosecute someone, is al
most as great a drawback to effectual
temperance work as the liquor deal
ers association, People of intelli
gence, like the North Dakotans, may
be reformed through the intercession
of their friends, and through appeals
to their manhood and self respect,
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cratic idea is that the present p.v°hib
itory law is a bad one and the wiy
to secure its repeal is to enforce it.
People who beleive in temprance
principles have a much higher mis
sion in the work for humanity, than
landing some poor, deluded,
aut blind pigger in jail.
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Now that the war is over, let the
United States dig that Panama ca
nal. We found plenty of men whd
were willing to soldier for $13
month and board, is it not possible
to organize an army of men who
would dig this ditch on the same ba
sis, and thus absorb a large num
ber of idle men in the country? There
shoul^ never be a time in this
county when there are any consider
able number of idle men who cannot
get employment, but unless there is
some kind of government service es
tablished where they can always be
employed there will often come times
of business depression when they will
get out of a job At such times if
there was a chance for this class of
men to go to work for* Uncle Sam
$1 a day and board, undtelf army reg
ulations, the river and harbor improv
ments and building coasl! defenses
would not cost as much as they now
do under the contract system, and no
man would have reason to comtl
because he could not get work. Idle
nesses a disease of the social fabric.
Business interests, while they con
trol the industry of the county, will?
"not always provide a hospital for those'
afflicted.
The republican press of the state
are unanimously commending the
action of the state central committee
in the selection of its officers. They
wili-work for tberBtate ticket nomin
ated at Fargo, and let the senatorial
candidates look out for themselves.
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