Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-01-16
R CONVENTION.
Gathering of the Clans-The Or
ganizat1on-Lipht Attendance.

The convention was called to order
promptly at IL o'clock Tuesday by r.
E. Fleming, chairman ofthe Cass county
delegation, the call being read by the
secretary, A.C. Jordan.
w. e. Plummer, Of Trail county.
moved that Hon. Waldo NJ. Potter, Of
La Moure county, be made temporary
chairman Of the convention. Carried.
Mr.. Potter, on taking the chair, said
that he fully appreciated the honor con
ferred upon the county he represented
and upon himself by the convntion. but
that after the reading Of the call thcre
no occasion for any explanation by
him of the purpose for which the men,
bers had assembled. He trusted how
ever, that every n appreciated the i'm
portancc to the northwest of the SUBJ
jccts to be considered.
Col. Plummer moved for the appoint
ment of q committee Of seven on creden-
tiais. Carried; and the chair appointed
the followinga as such committee: Plum
NOR, Of Trail; Bray, of Grand Forks;
Ryan, of CAss; Mapes, Or Nelson; Dick
ey, Of Dickey; johnson, ofRansom: and
Wing, Of Barnes.
Some one, who did not catch the re-
porter's eye, moved for the appointment
Of a committee o throe on permanent or.
%ganization.
S. G. Roberts suggested that until q
report had been made by the committee
On credentials the chair had no way of
telling who was entitled to vote. The
motion was not seconded.
On motion W. II. Burke, Of James.
town, was chosen secretary.
Major Edwards moved that 4 com.
mittce of seven on program be appoint.
cd by the chair.
Geo. H. Walsh, o Grand Forks county
thought the same objection held good
against the appointment ola committee
on program that was held against the
appointment of committee on pcrma.
ncnt organization.
Mr.. Edwards maintained that the con.
vention had tho right to appoint COM
mittecs at this time, and cited the pro-
ccedings Of the last Republican national
convention in support of his position.
After some further discussion Mr.. Ed
,,ouf1, ,,,st I, Il vo,, H., .,a.o,
Waterstonc, of Sargent, renewed the
motion for a committee on permanent
organization.
Several delegates renewed tho objec.
ton raised by Delegate Roberts and
Walsh, but tho motion was put to vote,
and tho chair declared himself unable to
decide.
Division was called for. and the mo.
ton was decided to have been lost.
On motion the convention then took
a recess until 8 o'clock.
At the afternoon session the commit
tee on credentials made q report; and
the convention adjourned until Wed
nesday morning.
sECOND DAY.
FARGO, Jan. l3.-The first fight in the
convention was precipitated this morn.
ing by a majority and minority report
on the program. The majority report ia.
yorcd reversing the order Of tile pro.
gram as laid down in the call and p!ac
ing division first. Tho minority report,
ia understood to represent the wishes OF
these favoring division on the 4Gth par.
allcl, favored the following out Of the or
der of exercises as laid down in the call
After a warm debate the majority report
Was carried. The vote for division came
from the counties of Central and North
Dakota; those opposed from the Mis-
souri, river counties, central Dakota
counties and northern frontier counties.
The question of division now came M
on the last day. The reports OF the
on permanent organization was opposed
by Root OF Valley City OH the ground
that the nominee tor chairman r. E
Wallace favored division on the 46tl
parallel. A rather warm debate followed
in tho OF which it was charged
that the COMMITTEES had already been
made up by Wallace. This was angrily
repealed by his friends and q report Of
the committee was finally adopted max.
ing q permanent organization ofthe con
Ycntion, as follows: For pcrmancn,
chairman, L. Z. Wallace of Stutsmar
county; vicc-presidents, j. P. Bray oil
Grand Forks county. w. II. White Of
Ransom, Martin Ryan Of Cass, G. NJ
Wing Of Barnes, II. D. Fruit Of Nelson;
secretaries, Henry Dickey Of Dickey
county, r. J. Smith of Trail; G.. S.
Montgomery Of Sargent. A number O
resolutions were offered and referred
without debate.
Watcrways-Bennct, Of Grant; Jor.
dan, McHench and Gill, of Cass; Grlggs
and McKelvey, Of Grand Forks; Potter
of LaMourc.
Land office decisions-Walsh, o,
Grand Forks; Wing, of Barnes; Reeves
of Traill; Adams, Of Griggs; B~eardsley,
of McEIenry, Coursor. Of Dickey; Bella.
dan, Of Wells.
AT the afternoon session the chair re.
ported the following committees:
On the Trail county decision-Wells,
of Stutsman; Bell, Of eembina; Fleming
OF Cass; Root and Seelsby, Of Barnes
White, of Ransom; Potter, of In Moure
On Rcd Lake-Griggs, Moves, Walsh
and Bray, of Grand Forks; Stevens of
Cavalier; Beardsley, Of McHonry; West
of Pembina.
Division and Admission-McLaren Of
Steele; Ellsworth, of Sargent; Plummer,
ofTraill; Bartholomew of Nj Rob,
erts, Of Cass; Walsh, Of Grand Forks;
Barrett Of Brown.
Observation-Disclosures, Of Cass
Noyes, Of Grand Forks; White, of Stuts.
mani; Jordon, Of Cass; Kilsburg, of Trail
Moore, Of Ransom; Eddy, of Stutsman
The evening session was devoted &c