Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-10-11
DELEGATES ELECTED.
40 represent Stutsman County in
the Legislative Convention at Car
rington. 49,.


10 Represent stutsman County in
the Legislative Convention at Car.
rjngton.
Ihe republican county convention
called for the purpose of electing seven
teen delegates to represent Stutsman
county in the legislative convention of
the Twenty-second Legislative district,
which convention will meet at CARING
ton, October II. was held in the auditors
room of the court house on Wednesday.
The primaries which selected the dele.
gates to this convention were held Au
gust 18th. .
The convention was called to order a
few minutes after 2 o'clock by NJ. OWL
llams, chairman Of the county central
committee.
John Waugh nominated DIR. j. w.
Cloes for temporary chairman, and w. FL.
Doughty nominated F. B. Fancher for
temporary secretary. Both were elected
without opposition.
q. S. Miller moved that committee of
five on credentials be appointed. The
motion was carried. and the chair ap-
pointed as such committee: JohnWaugh,
| W. II. Doughty, D. e. Br1zzell, E. S. Mil
Ter, f. B. Durand.
Credential committee reported, show
ing that all but two precincts of the
county represented, as follows:
First, Second, Third and Fourth ward
precincts, Eldridge Edmunds, Montpe-
pelier, Ypsilanti, Sharlow, Stirton, Bu-
chanan, Spiritwood lake, Corinne. Mutz.
Es]er, Spirltwood station, Plngree, Mel
win, Windsor
The report of the committee was adopt
ed on motion.
The temporary organization was made
permanent on motion of John Waugh.
J. A. Frye moved that the chair ap-
point a committee of five to report II
names to be voted upon as delegates to
the Darlington convention.
Chairman Cloes appointed as such
committee: j. A. Frye, Monroe Wright,
G. E. Blackwell Mr. Sherman and T. B.
| Fancher.
During the interim between the retire
ment and return of the committee B. S.
Russell in answer to call for speech
| entertained the convention with some
interesting local and territorial political
history and "reminiscences at the con-
clusion of which the committee to name
delegates to the Darlington convention
reported the following list: .....
John Waugh, J. w. Cloes, Jno. T. Ven
| nun, D. E. BuZzel, e. j. Gleason, w. Fl.
Doughty, f. B. Durand, r. B. Fancher,
| A. Steinbach, i. S. Miller, B. S. Russell,
j. A. Frye, w. A. Bartholomew, A. j.
! Feezer, Herman Gieseler, M. W. Wright.
G. E. Blackwell.
On motion the report Of the committee
was adopted and the gentlemen named
declared duly elected delegates to repre-
sent Stutsman county at the Darlington
convention.
ia. Frye introduced the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted: II.
| Resolved, That the delegates from this
county to the district convention be and
are hereby instructed to vote for and use
all honorable means to secure the nomi-
nation of Hon, S. L. Glaspell of Stuts-
man county as the nominee of the repub-
| lican party for member of the territorial
council from the 22nd district, and that
| the delegates present at said convention
| be authorized to cast the entire vote OF
the county, or to FL the delegation.
On nmotion convention adjourned.