Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-10-29
SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS.
The south Dakota Republican, No"
natcda Full state 1icket-A'S ~
B MeIiette for Governor.
An Entirely Peaceful Convention ana All
the Nominations Made Withont
Ufckeriug.

The Nominations Made without
pickering.
UrpcN. OAK, Special Telegram, Oct. 81
The Republican state convention, Snn VIZ
mot today. WAS preceded by twenty hours
Of active canvassing by candidates ior
. various offices and their friends. Atlactieh
seemed subordinate to a determlnatloh
To have only excellent carIIdhtes,
and have everything so
that no heartburnings would be leit
behind. Both KanOuse and Mrllette
waited to 81, governor, but neither SAID
ANYTHING against the other. FIVE or SIX
had congressional aspirations, YET 'he
contest wasina wonderfully friendly spirit
The low tricks of politicians were not re-
sorted to-. The mud singer was absent
Nearly all of the delegations arrived ny
noon those from Pennington and 20
wood being the last, having come in over
land At22OH. j. Patterson Of Lake, mem
her of the central committee called the con-
y~nntion to order in The Grand opera house,
A room I0xl0O. with gallery Gu three sides.
Pictures Of Washington, Grant and Gariield
hung from the walls, while the entire gal
lcry was decorated with flags. Seats were
specially set apart for delegates and labeled
With names OF counties. Patterson retu
the uIlfOrt the convention, when LOckharut
Of BrUOkings nominated 0hn T.. Behh'ttoi
Clark temporary chairman. Carried. Zen
} nett : speech VAS s~ustableIor the occasion
! and had atone OF ASSURANCE that statehood
| will soon come to Dakota. L. {. Taylorot
| Hanson, Il. f.. MAY hew d Sanhorn, I. NJ.
Reed Of Sully and We. Allen OF Brown we're
elected temporary secretaries. On motion
OF Wins0r Of Minnehaha, the char was
delegated to appoint Il committee 81 hEe
on Credentials. On motion of Fahnstock
Of Coaingtoe, a. committee Of seven WAS
named on permanent organization. On
Mr., SGobcy's motion committee OF seven
on resolutions " as appointed, Temporary
organizatiun being completed, prayer was
offered by Rev. pr. j. ii. Moore of Beal,
THE COMMITTEES.
The chairman announced committees as
follows:
Credentials -Wfnsor, Minnehaha; Par
sons, Hamlin; Scobry, Brookins; Reynolds,
Dawson; Watson, Aurora; Lucas, Brulc;
Bucchlcr, Hutchinson.
/ Permanent Observation-Disclosures,
Codington; G,Iuble, Nankton; Rugglcs, Ed
munds; SueIlcy, Grant: ~Goodykoontz,
Brulc; Coles, Clark; Basford Sphinx; Frank,
Lawrence.
Resolutions King, Druln; Campbell,
Yankton; Humphrey, Faux; Hammond,
Sphinx; Preston, Dawson; Stahl, Lake;
Moore. Clay; Sterling, brown.
.ltwts voted tt take a reress ofOne hour
Recess over and the committees being I'M
prepared. NJ. Mrllrtte was called upOn to
speak. His rcmurkS were encouraging, mrg-
ing the people T. stand hrm ia their de
munds Tor atatt"houd andpopuiur opinion
will finally accord Us our rights. Theodore
H. kitnousc made - speech that electrified
the convention, lis closing xprcssiou being
that whoever OF " hatevcTstamds in the way
OF this movement for statehood will never
BE- forgotten by the people Of Dakota.
other speeches were made by Judge camp
bell ufGaukton, Rev. Updike Of WutertOwn,
Gamble OF Gnnktun and Evans Of the Mil
bank Index. Mr.. Winsor. from committee
on credentials, reported all organized
counties represented. The report was
adopted. Mr.. Fahnst0ck reported from
the committee ON permanent organization
that Col, Smedley of Grant be permanent
chairman, and the temporary secretaries
I've mad permanent. Carried, and Col.
SmcdIey took the chair. Adjourned to 7:3O
this evening. OnrensscmbIing st was yot-
ed to proceed TO
= NOMINATE OFFCERs.-
Mr.. Fisher Of Sphinx placed in nomination
Tor governor \. G.. Mellette. Of Codington.
Mr.. Burdick of Sauburn seconded the nomi
Wv t''N' ~ Va shoNNAN nv W VIA
he be nominated by reclamation. Carried.
and he was declared the nominee. Halves
of Lake named II. j. Patterson Of Lakefor
lieutenant governor. WinsOm Of hiuuehaha
numctlS =. j.. Young OF his county. BothuOm-
nations we're seconded by several coun-
ties. Mr.. Gamble nominated 4 f..
Frank of Lawrence. Mr.. Frank was numi-
mated ON SECOND ballot hy y vote
pi l3j to 800. On Mr.. Scobey's motion,
IL. :, Murphy Of Broukings was nominated
by a~ccIHmation for secretary ofstate. For
auditor, Elrod OF Clark named Frauk Alex.
ander Of Campbell, and Paine Of Hand
nominated II. c. Reed Of Sulley. On roll
call Alexander was nominated by a vote oil
1876 to 81 for Reed. Alien 81 Brown nom
.l..t2d ; H. Jumper for treasurer. Ash.
croft u Edumpds seconded Jumpers now.
nation. Edwards Of Grant named d. W.
pidds u that county Mr.. Gamble al
Yankton aid he had heard jumper was
opposed to division and statehood,
and asked Tor an explanation. Jumper
said he was in favor OF it, and the people
wrre, BY roll call Digs had 2o4b and
and Jampcrhad 32a, and Digs was nomii.
mated. Eoratt0fncy general 7. O., Bogert
named Robert Dollard Of Bon Hummc.
and he was nominated by reclamation. A,
Sheridan Jpncsr the incumbent, was nonli-
mated for superintendent OF public i~rStruc-s
tiOn. Jones was elected by 1867 votes to
eighty.nine for Zoe. For commissioner Of
schools and public lands there were named
Commit Of McCOok, Bcadle Of Yankton,
Babeoek and Hammond ofSpink, Baker OF
Day and Caldwell Of Edmunds. Bcadle was
nominated on the third ballot. Updyko al
COdington put Mr.. Kanouse in nomination
for congress-, and he WasnQminated by accla-
nation. Judge ID. Carson Of the Black
Hills was nominated for supreme Judge from
the First district, Mai. A. q. kellam from
the Second district, and Judge Bennett
from the third. Here th""e cheers was
given for the ticket, and Marching Through
Georgia was sung by the convention. Chair
man King, from committee on resolutions.
read the platform.
A.C. Mellette, Republican candidate for
governor, is Il native 81 Delaware county,
md, and Is a lawyer by profession. He is
o forty-Hve years al age, and is d man
OF the most marked ability on the ticket.
For four years he was the receiver OF the
land office ut Watertown, closing his con
neCtiom with the office about two wears
ago. 1t will he remembered that he wasput
forward at the delegates convention by the
Nc enzie- Petigrew Edwards combination
as candidate for the Raymond succession.
The combination finally failed and accept
ed clifford as u compromise. Mr.. MelIette
IL a man OF family and is a resident Of
WATERFOWL. =
. y. v: Digs, the candidate for treasurerisa
pankerat Mllbank. and Is sal to be the most
su~bstantiafman on the ticket. He is about
iorty-hYG YEARS OF age, is u mar al family,
and thoroughly identified with Territorial
interests, material and political.
a. T.. Frank IL about thirty-hve years OF
age, a resident OF Deadwood and a LAWYER
by profession. He was n member d the
Sioux Falls constitutional convention last
September, in which he took Appointment
part. Ssh a@ @@
Frank Alexander was an active member |
the Sioux Fails constitutional conven. |
tion. lie is register oi deeds in Campbell
He was bern in Dubuque, and Is
twenty-seven years old. He has resided in
Dakota for nine years.
THE PLATFORM.
We, the Republicans OF The new state Of
Dakota. in convention assembled, affirm!
ing our loyalty to the national government,
one and undivided forever, declare and re.
solvE avg Al 80 t% ~. t..
First-rhht we affirm The Ndas.rinss
by the national Republican, con.
Of 1885.
Second-That we fully endorse the nc.
tion OF our last territorial legislature in
n cOnstit ltional o nyention Oh
South DAKOTA, and that we arr in hearty
accord with the aetlaF % that convention