The Dickinson press., 1884-09-27

changes her nine votes to Gifford,a and anoth
er delegate shouted frantically. stShe doe,
nothing of the kind" Then Alex McKenzi
yelling broke over ali bounds. ~A0 ''
BLACK Hills delegate insisted upon beini
heard, but the chair civilly announced tn,
vote as Raymond 17S, Clifford 222, ant de
ciared G1f1rd the nominee. Maj. Hamilton
OF Grand Forks moved that Mr.. Clifford,
nomination be made unanimous, and another
delegate announced that at Mai. Raymond't
request he moved . declaration Of unanimous
for Clifford.
After 2 recess ofan hour, the chair was en-
powered to appoint q committee of three to se.
lecta central committee of thirty and submit the
same to the convention for approval. Judge
Corsen chose as the three r. A. Gremshaw Of
lawrence county, W. A. Bentley Of Burleigh
and +. Pettigrew of Mime haha.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The gentlemen retired to exercise thet,
duty of selection, and in a short time E. w
caldwell, chairman of the committee or
resolutions, submitted the following. who'll
had been prepared in committee and unani.
mously agreed to therein:
Be It Resolved, By the representatives of the
Republican party Of Dakota, in convention as.
sembled, that we hereby express our loyalty tc
the principles enunciated In the platform OF
the party as adopted by the last national CON
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the pres.
emit administration of public affairs as calculated
70 secure honest government. peace and pros
abroad.
Resolved That we commend the services of
our present delegate in congress-, Hon. John B.
of the beneficial legislation he has secured.
Resolved, That we most emphatically urge
upon congress- the claim made by Dakota for
the division Of the territory on the forty-sixth
parallel, and admission of tho southern half to
the rights and privileges of statehood.
resolved, That we also earnestly ask Of con-
praSQ the ratification IF tho TrliDn roo< III.
has been made for the cession to the government
OF q large part of the Great Sioux reservation,
and that we also ask for the opening Of the Win
nebago reservation in this territory, and that the
lands included in them shall be disposed of onIy
under the provisions of the bill now pending be-
fore congress.
Resolved, That as there has been already a lib.
eral appropriation made for the survey of the
Missouri river, with the object OF its improve
ment, we ask of congress for prompt legislation
for the purpose of such Improvement, not only
to the end that our natural advantages for com.
merce may be beneficial, but that valuable lands,
timber and otherwise, may be preserved from
Resolved, That as the demand for homes upon
the public domain is greater than can be sup
piled from lands which can possibly be surveyed
with the present funds allowed, we ask that an
appropriation sufficiently large to survey lands to
meet the demand for homesteads, prescriptions
and timber claims.
der of the sections set aside for the benefit Of the
school fund, and that we ask Of congress the en-
actment OF such laws and penalties as shall pre-
shall secure to the territorial treasury the reve-
nue. which might be obtained by permitting
them to be lawfully used, under lease or other
wise.
Resolved, That we deprecate any sweeping
modification Of the present public land laws.
Resolved, That we favor the passage of a bill
by, congress granting a portion of the unoccupied
public domain for the purpose of establishing a
school OF forestry and experimental stations in
DAKOTA; as provided by a bill heretofore intro
such modification thereof as congress in its
wisdom may enact.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
and a number of them cheered. Resolutions
were also adopted complimenting and thank
ing the citizens of Pierre, the railroad COM
panies and the officers of this convention A
resolution by a delegate from Grant against
the granting of proxies from one county to
residents of another county met with decided
opposition and was decided lost.
81 TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Gremshaw. from the committee of
three, reported the following for the Repub-
ican territorial committee for the ensuing
two years.:
p John II i 4; stoysll, F. Il T. Jswett, n: g; Nelson
johnson N54ckens, W.. Steele; John vandusen,,
long ( as N i: TKs'1S S;v} Eli 3: Dawson, 5e5 4;
r. welsh eHiaD r. W: WELSH SEW ". G. p Ho ~ Sanp r. !,
Paterson, J. A. Picker, T. M. Hit, N. v. Reed,
Nc. Phillips, Seth Bullock, Sam Roy, c. T.,
A. D. Clark, A. 8. Stewart, 8. s. Lock-
hart.
ON MOTION OF MIR. PET11aREw
the committe was increased by one, and A.
G: Mellettee added. and appointed chairman
of the committee. An effort was
made to displace A. w. Edwards of Fargo
but do not prevail The names appointed
were agreed to. johnson Nickeus, A. @.
Mellette and John johnson were appointed
TO wait on Mr.. Clifford and notify him of his
nomination. The COMMITTEE Reported that
Nh. Clifford would receive his friends at his
headquarters at 10 o'clock, and t%hereupon
the convention adjourned sine die after being
in continuous session for nearly eight hours,
THE LAST BALLOT
by counties, as nearly as the secretary can
get 1t, was as follows: