Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-10-23
Mellette, Chairman of the Republican
Committee, Nominated for
Governor.
Frank, of Lawrence, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor; Murphy, Brookings, Sec
retary Of State.
Explosion of Gas in q Coal Mine
Killed by Falling House.
Briefs.
The Convention.

ST. PAUL, OCC. Gl.-A Huron special 10
the Pioneer Press says: The republican
state convention, which met today, was
preceded by twenty hours of active can
vassing by the candidates for the various
offices. Both Kannouse and Mellette
wanted to be governor, but neither said
anything against the other. Five or six
had congressional aspirations, yet the
contest was in a wonderfully friendly
spirit. The low tricks of politicians were
not resorted to. Nearly all the delega-
tions arrived by noon today, those from
Pennington and Deadwood being last,
having come in overland. At 2:2O H. j.
Patterson, of Lake, member Of the cen
tral committee, called the convention to Or
der in the Grand opera house. Patterson
read the call for the convention, when
Lockhardt, of Brookings, nominated John
E. Bennett, of Clarke, for temporary chair
man. Carried. Benefits speech was suit
able for the occasion and had a tone of as
surance that statehood will soon come to
Dakota. L. C. Brown, of Huron, L. E.
Mayhem, of Sanborn, G. NJ. Reed, of Sully
and W. G. Allen, of Brown, were elected
temporary secretaries. On motion of
WinsOr, of Minnehaha the chair was dele
gated to appoint
A COMMITTEE OF FIVE ON CREDENTIALS.
On motion of Fahnestock, of Coddington,
a committee of seven was named On perma-
nent organization. On Mr.. Scobey's mo-
ton, committee of seven on resolutions
was appointed Temporary organization
being completed. prayer was offered by
Rev. DR.. j. Fl. Moore of Beal. The chair
man announced the committees as fol-
lows:
Observation-Disclosures, of Minnehaha; Par
son, of Hamlin; Scobey, of Brookings; Rey-
nOlds, of Dawson; Watson, Of Aurora; Lu-
cas-, of Brule; Buechier, of Hutchinson.
Permanent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., of
CoddingtOn; Gamble, of Yankton; RuggIes,
of Edmunds; Smedley, of Grant; Goody-
koontz. of Bruie; Coles, of Clark; Bosford.
of Sphinx; Frank, Of Lawrence.
Resolutions-King, of Brule; Campbell,
of YanktOn; Humphrey, of Faulk; Ham
mond, of Sphinx; Preston, of DAWSON; Stahl
of Lake; Moore, of Clay; Sterling, OF
Brown.
1t was voted to take recess OF one hour,
After recess Mellette, Kannouse, Camp
bell, Gamble and others spoke, supporting
statehood. Colonel Smedley, of Grant, was
chosen permanent chairman, and the pro
visional secretaries retained.
Adjourned to 7:S0 p. m., at which time
MELLErTE WAS NOMINATED FOB GOV
ERNOR
by acclamatien; A. e. Frank, of Lawrence
for lieutenant governor by 1876 to 120,
against Friend, the other candidates being
Winsor, of Minnehaha, and Patterson, of
Lake II. s. Murphy, of Brookings, was
nominated by acclamatiOn for secretary of
state. Frank Alexander, of Campbell, was
nominated for treasurer against c. NJ.
Reed, Of Suily-167 to 81.
| torney general, Robert Dollard, of Bon
Homme; superintendent of public instruc-
ton, A. Sheridan Jones; commissioner of
schools and public lands, Beadle, OF Yank-
ton; congress, Mr.. KannOuSe;Supremej judge,
first district, Judge D. Carol, Black Hills;
second district. Major A. G. Kellam; third
district, Judge Bennett.
NOT A REPRESENTATIVE TICKET.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 21.-A prominent Dako-
tan in St. Paul tonight says the Huron
ticket is not representative one, and not
such as would have been selected If
there was any show for statehood; that
protests would 20 from there to congress
which would afford sufficient excuse for
disallOwing the entrance of South Dakota
into the sisterheood of states.