The Dickinson press., 1884-10-25
The PeOples's Convention.

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The Richardton convention met in
the hotel at that place on Thursday
afternoon and proceeded to put up a
ticket to be voted on. 1t did
not harmonize and pass off with the
harmony that some of the harmoni-
zing gentlemen desired. We were
promised the minutes of the conven-
tion by the secretary and others who
took an active part in it's solemn and
deliberate procecdings-we say SOL
emn and deliberate. because to an out.
slider it looked as though grave ques-
tions were to he decided and deliber.
ate action taken in nominating tick
ct that would sweep from the politi-
cal arena of Stark county the ''ring"
which the citizens of the eastern end
were told must be ''busted." How
ever, we have failed to get the min
utes and cannot publish the proceed
ings as taken by the secretary.
Whether it is desired to suppress
them or not we will leave our readers
to judge. and give the proceedings as
best we can. After organizing the
convention by electing Geo. Auld,
chairman and J. NJ. Tracey, secretary.
a committee on credentials was ap-
pointed, who soon made their report.
showing sixteen votes in the conven-
tion. 1t soon became evident that
certain candidates were getting nerv-
GUS and further proceedings were de-
layed until the arrival of the delayed
train from the west. This quieted
the nervous ones and a bomb was
thrown into the midst of the conven.
tion which was to explode later and
cause CONSERVATION in their ranks.
1t was the arrival of Archibald Nor
ton from South Heart, with three
proxies. After he was admitted a
motion to reconsider the matter was
made. This brought forth some hot
remarks, but Mr. Morton was finally
admitted, with four votes. At this
stage of the proceedings the chair
man called for the announcement of
the names of candidates and stopped
further pickering for the time being.
The names of candidates for sheriff
were presented. One ballot was had
without nomination and when the
second ballot was being taken j. S.
Let's stopped proceedings by refusing
to vote. After considerable jangling
Mr.. Let's left the hall and was fol-
lowed by others desirous Of pouring
Oil on the troubled waters. He was
finally subdued, returned to the hall
and voted, not however without pro.
test. This ballot resulted in favor of
VIM. CuSkelly. About this time DR..
Mcdonald came to the rescue with a
conciliatory speech, but it was evil
dent that the feeling stirred up
would again burst forth, which it did
when DR.. McDonald's name was pre-
sented for treasurer. 1t was whis-
pered about that Dickinson intended
to capture all the hest offices and the
War of words which followed ended
by several delegates withdrawing
from the convention. 1t was not
long before the room was cleared of
delegates and one would have sup
posed that the convention had adj
| nl tn ho of,,in
chairman and secretary preserved the
dignity of their offices and sat there
staring at the empty chairs before
them. In the course of an hour the
delegates were all back i'm the room
: except one. The doors were then
locked, all spectators being excluded.
The convention then succeeded in
nominating the balance of the ticket
as follows: Treasurer, A. Nordberg;
. Register of Deeds, James Collister;
County Attorney, j. G. Campbell;
Superintendent of Schools, j. NJ.
Tracey; Probate Judge, a. D. Car.
penter; County Surveyor, Chas. Ii.
mon; Assessor, J. X. Slack; Coroner,
\. B. Robinson. What else trans.
. pired no one except those inside
knows. Thus ended the Peoples con-
: vention after u stormy session of ten
hours.
We received the minutes of the
. convention from the secretary after
the above was in type and too late
for publication.
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+ doubt very much whether he will