The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-07-19
DAKOTA DEMOCRACY.
J. W. Harden Nominated for Congress by the
jamestown Convention.

!. W. HarOen Nominated Tor congress ny the
jamestown Convention.
Over two hundred delegates and three times
as many spectators were seated in the opera
house at jamestown when Judge Bangs,
chairman of the territorial central committee,
raped the territorial Democratic convention
to order. Martin Ryan of Fargo was
chosen temporary chairman, and on
taking the chair made Il speech, con
fined almost entirely to the exposition of the
Democratic paa'ty's position on the ta1fl
question. He made a flattering reference to
Gov. Church, stating that when his entire ad,
ministration shall be viewed in it's com.
pleted light the result will be one of which
Church can be proud of.
Unexpected interest developed when the
South Dakota delegates arrived and
commenced their canvass for Harden, who
has all through been the leading candidate.
His chances for nomination, however, were
in favor of division, Upon hearing this
by Col. Stole, of Deadwood. at
tempted to %counteract the Har.
den notion, and succeeded so we'll that
he was induced to qualify his statement and
agee to stand on the ,admission-as-a-whole
platform, supplemented by n clause ~favoring
the final decision Of the matter by the vote
of the people, and expressing his willingness
to abide by that decision.
At the evening session Col. Steele, chair
man of the committee, read the platform,
which declares fealty to Democratic princi:
pies, endorses the action of the Democratic
convention at st. Louis, supports the plat
form, and is especially strong in it's indorse-
ment of the tariff plank. it approves the
action of Gov. Church in refusing to allow ex-
tons for territorial institutions;
declares in favor of %equalized
taxation, and approves the action of the
territorial administration in taxing railroad
lands hitherto claimed to be not taxable. 1t
favors the admission of the territory rs one
state, with n provision in the enabling act
providing that an election which shall be
final may be had on the division question
after admission. 1t arraigns the Republican
party for obstructing admission, and points
with pride to the administrations ofPresident
Cleveland and Gov. Church. Otto Peemilller OF
platform a resolution declaring that the
liquor traffic can best be regulated by high
license. The resolution was laid on table by
almost u unanimous vote. When nomina-
tions for delegate to congress were declared
in order G. L. Hindley, of eBeadle county,
took the fool and placed in nomination
John w. Harden, of Jerauld county. Harden
was declared the conventions nominee by
acclamation. -
The territorial central committee was Sc
lected and Martin Ryan, Of Fargo, elected
chairman. and 0. s. Kemp, of Watertown,
secretary. The Sixth and Twelfth districts
failed to agree on a member;,a and with these
exceptions the committee is MS follows:
Charles Freeman, Otto Peemiller, G. s.
Matthews, Dave Gledden, F. M. Hammer.
George Henry, J. +. Carpenter IT W. Child,
A. H. Cast. j. II. Hilger, James Ringrose, A,
H. Marsh, c. L. Wood, W. B. Thornby, Ben
Bear, Alex y. Walker, J. x. Van Media, G. B
Namandygham, John De Groat, F. r. Full
ton, M. K, Merriam, w. W. Miller, "A. j,
McCabe, L, w. Hartman, Joseph Hare
George Peepes and James Colhster.