The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1888-05-25
III, JsaEsTOwN CONVENTION.

mlhlicln convention aI jamestown
'ol distinguished it from all like Da-
,,oig gatherings in the past-the prac-
,iralijaaninity of the proceedings and
.be almost universal determination on
,he part 0t the delegates, representing
..,,yy shade of personal belief, to sink
oi individual preference for the good
of he p4YtY. Politicians who have
i,,ngh, rasi! other in dead earnest in
the sgllab,!es of the past over men
ioiltsd hands with hearty grip for the
coming stiusgle over principles. There
was talk of 3 "cpmbinatlon" by a few
disappointed seekers for personal
pfererment, but proportion of four
votes to one would almost seem to
have warranted the absolute control o!
IN. whole business.
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That MAS the relation of the "con-
bine" to the minority, and it came
about something after this fashion: A
snal! proportion of the $50 delegates,
alterMart On the ground, arrived in
Jamestown Tuesday, and the figuring
began at once. 1t was based on the
one side on a desire by members of
what is known as the cold gang to
lay ont lIansbrough and Hubbard,
two strong divisionists from the north,
euch OF whom was the choice of his
county as delegate to Chicago This
movement was headed by that time
worn relic OF the past, Jud La Moure
of Pembina, himself possessed of an
itching desire to go to Chicago, and
sec0Adod by V. S. Stone of Fargo, who
was defeated at home; but Who
thought with the aid of the aforesaid
gang relics, and the usual special car
attachment. to defeat the ambition of
Mr.. Hubbard and make the trip to
mate These TWO clements opened ne
gotiations at once with anybody and
everybody from south and central Da-
kotaWho was suspected of having any
strength.
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Opposed to the above outlined plans
were the efforts of the north Dakota
divisionists, led by the two HIS and
the veteran Potter, and sustained by
the l}urleigh county men, who had
succeeded in overturning the old dy-
nasty at home and came down to do
battle on the two-state platform.
Up to late Tuesday night, however,
the La Moure outfit seemed to have
the advantage and openly boasted that
it had made a combination with ambi-
tlouS aspirantS from central and south
Dakota which would stick. But they
counted without their host. The re-
turns were not all in.
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Ihe train from the south which
reached jamestown at 9 o'clock Tues
day night injected a new and uneXpect-
ed clement into the situation. Here
We're fully $50 delegates represented,
less thana third Of them by proxies, ,and
every last vote favored the election of
hone but diyisionists to Chicago. The
nucleus Of this movement was the
counties south of the north line of
Moody, excepting Mlnnehaha, whose
interests were in the hands of "Cal.,"
already on tie ground. A canvass of
these counties was held that highland
developed about 120 votes exclusive of
! the Hills and Minnehaha. This canvass
mad no object except to see delegates
elected who We're sound on the divis-
loHgoose, and it appointed commit
! tee OF the several chairmen of delega-
lions to meet at 8 o'clock the next
mofnlng, size up the situation and re-
port progress.
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There was CONSERVATION at once in
lht councils of the La NIoure contin-
gt"t. Desperate efforts were made to
break into the ranks of the COW county
h9ys. by fostering the ambition of GER
'Hn gentlemen anxious to serve their
country at Chicago, and the most
shameless lying was lndulged in to
eliect such break. While these tao
'lcs did not win. they succeeded to the
extent OF causing q tendency to Wayer
III one or two spots along the line,
htll 1t was only momentarv,
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When the caucus of chairmen met at
ocl"ck Wednesday morning there
"er" l55 solid votes represented, not
including the HILLS which were counted
oN' nor Mnnehaha county, which up
10 lAat time had not been considered
absolutely reliable. The chairman of
nef delegation. however. was present
at llie meeting. and was asked his
views on the situation. He claimed to
VI possessed of information which in
uleated almost to a certainty that the
Ia Mourg-central Dakota alliance was
MADE and would stick, regardless. He
04t not believe it could be broken and
was positive the strength Of the diyis-
ioilsts was not sufficient to upset ex-
lstng calculations.
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lien the boys from Yankton, Clay,
''a9lson, Dawson, Brule and the other
counties in this neck OF the woods ut
uFea q vigorous protest. Such an al
nance meant the sacrifice of the men
~ 'lie north who had fought almost