Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1888-05-04
A DOUBLE HEADER.
The Church and Day Factions at the
Convention Positively Refuse
to Amalgamate.
Unanimous in Their Endorsement of
Cleveland, but They Differ on
Some Other Points.
They Meet in Different Halls and Pass
the Time in Roasting
Each Other.

Each Other.
Ante-Convention Talk,
WATERFOWL. May Especial to the
Minneapolis Journal .]-At 1890 this fore
noon the independents met in caucus at
the music hall. The most prominent lights
present were Mayor Volkmar of Milbank,
Chairman Kidder Of LaMoure, w. Childs
OF Sphinx and Bangs of Grand Forks.
Speeches urging peace and healing of sores
were made. Kidder introduced series of
resolutions, indorsing Cleveland and
Church and thanking Mr.. NJ. a. Day, ma
tional committeeman, for services rendered
the party. Ex-Attorney General Engle
moved an amendment striking out all of
the resolution except the Endorsement of
the national administration. The amend
ment was carried by vote of 2S to s. A
committee, consisting OF Bangs, Engle,
Walsh, Kidder and Requay, was appointed
to present candidates for temporary and
permanent organization.
11:S0 a. m.-The territorial committee is
now in session. In order to hold some
wavering Independents of the north
jamestown was chosen as the place, and
July 18th as the time for holding the dele
gate territorial democratic convention.
The basis Of representation will be the
same as at this convention. Sioux Falls,
the original selection, is to be pacified by
giving it the temporary craftsmanship of
to-day's convention. Church's men cap
tured the committee which endorsed his
nominee for chairman of the convention,
Capt. w. II. Stoddard of Sioux Falls and
Secretary S. g. Shut of Grand Forks.
A resolution was introduced that the
chairman of the delegations submit their
credentials to the committee, the commit
tee to decide upon their face which were
legal and to admit only such delegates to
participate in the preliminary proceedings.
This was passed with 9 objecting votes.
The total membership is %, but some of
the committeeman denounce this as high
handed outrage and say they will not sub
init to it. Chairman Bangs is very hot
215 p. m.-The Day delegates have not
yet shown up in the convention hall.
They went into convention with closed
doors at 1890 in Music hall. The terri
tOrlal committee adjourned at noon to meet
at Armory hall.
TWO OF 'EM.
2:SO p. m-There are two democratic con-
ventions in Watertown. The Church men
have finished the roll call and the mayor is
making the speech of welcome. Secretary
Kemp of the territorial committee is at the
Church convention at Armorv hall. AS
soon as the Day caucus had adjourned at
Music hall, Chairman Bangs Of the terri
t0rial committee announced the action of
the committee in the morning and protested.
He said the convention was called at
Watertown at no particular hall and pro-
ceeded to call the Day caucus to order, as
were then appointed and both conventions
are now In session.
ROASTED.
Bangs is being roasted by the Church
men bitterly for his action. The Day con-
vention elected Reeves of Bon Homme
temporary chairman, Charles Parot of Clay
and w. G. Frazier of Codington, secreta-
ries. The committees are:
On credentials F. Wade of Deuel., F.
N. Hopkins Of Edmunds, G. w. Burrows of
Pennington, Charles Furber OF Marshall,
q ChaIles %a!sS Keith Of BT9okings; y; E. Thacker
Permanent ation-Thomas Rice,
3. 81. Compton, Edmund Cook, P. III. VIII
son, Peter C0uckman and Ira G. Bellows.
ResOlutiOns-W. Brearly, G. j. Harris,
Henry Walsh, Budd Reeves, Ed Flynn and
George s. Engel.
Those committees are now out. Ad-
dresses are still being made at the Church
convention.
THE CHURCH CONVENTION
appointed a committee on permanent or
ganizatiOn and adjourned until z p. m.
A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
The Day convention selected as dele
dates to st. Louis Bangs of Grand
Forks and T. j. Walsh of Sphinx county.
Day declined to 60 as a delegate. The
convention after word discussion adopted
long and bitter arraignment of Governor
Church, prepared by w. r. Briefly of
Grand Forks, though the committee was
instructed to tone down its phraSeOlORy,
The same committee was instructed to
prepare charges of impeachment against
Governor Church. The other convention
adopted resolutions euOlOgistic to Church.
Both sets OF resolutions commend Cleye-
land and the tariff policy.
THE CHURCH DELEGATES.
Later-The Church convention elected
Ordway johnson chairman and w. r.
Steele Of DeadwO0d and George H,
Meggnier of Pembina delegates to st.
Louis.
"A resolution was offered in the Church
convention by the central committee de-
clartng that Bangs had committed an un-
pardOnable breach in refusing to come