The Dickinson press., 1884-05-03
DAKOTA Po1rr1cs.
Proceedings Of the Huron Convsutao
DELEGATES TO Chicago.

Proceedings Of the Huron Convention.
Delegates 70 Chicago.
Two hundred of the delegates were
present at the Republican convention
at Huron on the 23d.
After a lively wrangle, John H. King
of Brule county was elected chairman.
Eddy of Watertown, and Sullivan OF
Watertown we're elected secretaries,
Messrs. Gamble, Steele, Howell,
Dewey, Hager, P~ettigrew, Yorkey,
Beardsley, Nickens, Harding, Potter,
Thorson, Taylor, Drake, and Gilbert
were appointed q committee on creden-
tials, and Messrs. Campbell, Frye,
Bogart, Hand and Barber a committee
on rules. Recess for thirty minutes.
Judge Bennett of Clark moved the APP
pointment of a committee of seven on
permanent organization. Campbell
moved to postpone till the credentials
committee reported. Lost by a vote of
11Sto 70. The motion to appoint was
carried, and the chair appointed Bennett
of Clark, Bronson. Reardell, Scoby,
Reynolds, Bronson, Potter and Thiel-
man. Adjourned to Z p. M.
At II o'clock the committee on Gre
dentials reported. A motion to adopt
the report was carried, except as re-
garded contested counties. The con-
vention considered the report of the
committee on the contested seats from
Grand Forks and Turner. Adopted;
The North Dakota men and their south
ern allies voting for it. The forces led
by Pettigrew and Gamble did not vote.
Winship was seated. On Faulk county,
the committees report was amended
by substituting Booth for Turner. The
Roberts county report was agreed to.
Edwards moved that the name of Lieut..
Creel be Inserted in the committee report
and Ensign stricken out. Lost. The
Sanborn county report was adopted.
Potter county, represented by Gen.
Gilchrist, was contested by Springer.
The latter was seated, the vote being
1l64 to 954. Up to this time there had
been many dilatory motions to adjourn,
take a recess, ETC., all being voted down.
The Pettigrew men urged that the
hour was late, they were tired, wanted
to go home, and it was now 2:45 a. M,
but their opponents voted all such mo-
tons down. Long and warm discus
sions occurred on nearly every dilatorv
motion, each side trying to wear outthe
other, but their opponents promised to
stay with them till the end. Waldo NJ.
Potter presented a proxy for McHenry
county, 100 miles north of Bismarck.
This was debated an hour, andthen Mr.
Potter was admitted.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
At 3 (Thursday) morning Judge Ben
nett of Clark reported from the commit
tee on permanent organization Col.
Plummer of Fargo as permanent chair
man, and Eddy of Watertown
and Sullivan of Hanson county
secretaries. This was a minority report.
The majority recommended Maj. Free Of
Sioux Falls as chairman. The minori-
ty report was adopted. Plummer took
the chair and made short speech. He
congratulated the majority of the con-
vention on achieving what it had fought
thirteen hours for. Campbell moved to
adjourn to 10 o'clock. Lost-1O2 to
liz. DIR. Battey of Fargo offered a
hearty vote of thanks to the retiring
chairman. King, for his abil-
ity and impartiality. Carried
by rising vote. Ben
nett moved to proceed to elect twosdele-
gates and two a%lternates to the Chicago
convention. Carried. Bennett nomi-
mated Col. John l.. Jolly of Clay
ty, IN old citizen of the territory, cool
headed, long time Republican and
avowed Blaine man. DR.. Bentley Sec
onded the nomination of Jolly, saying
the latter was an old soldier was four
years in the army, and, as a North Da-
kota man, he took greet pleasure in
heartily indorsing the nomination.
Dewey, of Hughs, nominated Dr. J. A.
Hardy, of Black Hills. Nickens, of
Stutsman, nominated Nelson of Penn
bina, and Plummer seconded it. Hiram
Barber, of davidson, nominatedJ J. Cain,
Of Huron. The roll was called, result
ing thus:
Cain..............1O7
Jolly. Hardy............91
Nelson and Jolly were declared
chosen. For alternates, Byron E. Pay
of Brookings, Robert E. Wallace Of
Stutsman, and r. w. Welch of Aurora,
were named. Pay had 14O, Wallace 1872,
and WEIGH 80. Pay and Wallace we're
elected.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Eddy of Watertown introduced the
following, which was adopted.
Resolved, That the delegates this day
elected to represent the Republican
party of Dakota in the coming national
Republican convention, to be held at
Chicago on the Sd day of June, 1884,
together with the a~lternates elected at
the same time and place, be and the
same are hereby instructed to vote and
use all honorable means for the nomin-
alton of James G.. Blaine az the Repub-
lican candidate forthe presidency ofthe
United States and of Robert T. Lincoln
for the vice. presidency so long as there
is any probability that these gentlemen
al be nominated for the respective po-
sitions named.
Mr.. Hand of Yankton, offered the
following which was adopted:
Whereas, the Territory of Dakota has
been organized for more than twenty
three years, and, whereas, the territory
has now more than $50, 600. actual SET
tiers within its boundaries, embracing
an area of more than 1901 600 square
miles and is possessed of all the re-
sources necessary to form two great
states, Heretofore,
Resolved, that this convention, rep
resenting the republican party of Oak
ota Territory, ~reiterates its oft ex-
dressed desire that this territory be di-
vided on or near the forty-sixth parallel
of north latitude, and that the southern