The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
TOO MANY GOVERNORS.
E Western Convention Where
Every Seat Held a Delegate.

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Every Seat Held a Delegate.
The large number Of political conventions
has reminded me Of one OF the first State"
conventions held i'll Dakota, writes FREQ II.
Carruth III the New York Tribune. The
Territory was not, OF course, e State, out
that didn't hinder the politicians from hold
Ing q State convention once in awhile and
putting in nomination Il ful! State ticket, so
in case Congress should adralt the IerEl-
tory the officers would be al ready to take
their seats and begin drawing their pay,
a: this convention some trouble WAS ex-
perienced in e1Tccting an organization, as
there we're eleven candidates for chairman.
but it was finally accomplished by embrac-
ing an opportunity when eight Of them had
gone out to take q drink with one of the
candidates for Secretary Of State and COM
bining on one and clectiug h,rn. Other rou-
tine work took up the day, and it. was not
till evening that the nomination Of State cffi-
GERS was begun.
General White, the chairman. called tia
convention to order by pounding on the
desk with a siung- shot covered with fine
stampcd leather, and poured out 81 glass OF
water and took drink Of it. The fine sense
OF hu!nor possessed by the audience Was SO
touched by this that 1t {ghe audience) broke
into an applause which lasted nearly FIVE
nmutes, the chairman meanwhile smiling
aud looking at the water still remaining in
The glass with somewhat perplexed air,
when order was finally restored by General
White appointing al investigating comlnit-
tee 10 see what the liquid was. Nominations
for Governor were called for, and COLONEL
Joe Reynolds presented the name Of Sena-
sor A. H. Ransone, Major Hi that CT Gov
ccnos George Bird, Judge Dean Decker that
Of Hon. Jap Powers, Lieutenant Judkins
chat Of Colonel Mixter, Commodore Harvey
that oi Judge Upton, and Senator Peoples
that Of Major Puindexter. Several others
were also casually mentioned without hav-
ing speeches made III their behalf.
It was ruznored on the convention four
that there. We're few other candidates CON-
Ing outside Oh the run.
There was 6. great upcosr all the way
through and when it partially subsidized it
was found that DR.. Dave Skinner. Of Stray
of the stove Just about worn out hT pound
Ing on it With az obi irol: purnp-hanale. A
candidate for Judge of the Supreme Cour1,
while epplauding the name of Colonel
Mixter. slipped up and fell On his back, IT,
turing himself SO that he had to be removed
from tie hall and carried to tue bar-roon Of
his hotel on door. Governor Whitney,
one of the Oldest men in the convention,
and extremely digniGed, also got into a per-
sOnaI alteration near the middle OF the
hall with man from Custer County, who
was a. candidate for State Treasurer, anA
before they could be separated the Gov
srlcr had his coat torn off ana Watch~chain
broken, TIE old gentleman Woul0, how
ever, have reduced the number of prospect
i've State Treasurers if they mad let him
alone as he had the man from Custer down,
end was yelling wildly and jumping on hin
with both feet when pulled of.
Vic Smith, OF Sentinel Butte, had just an
uouncel that as the convention seemed un-
allie to agree on it's candidate for Governor,
he had tbs names Of three new candidates
which he would take pleasure in presenting,
VIXEN Gsaeral Climber, VINO had come to
the Tsrritory from Missouri in 1862, got the
floor, and said:
"Mr. Chairman: ALLOW metO say @ word.
II we 80 OF, this wey we shall have more
Governors than NO know what to do with.
Instead % one Chief Executive we shall
have {. crowd reaching from Jun river to
Shutdown: Contleruen, when the stranger
from the wornoat East comes among us and
looks at our State House, which we expect
to erect, and secs the feet OF men sticking
out o. the windows, and asks in inQuir,ng
tones Who are them gilaertiukes with the
feet1' we shall have to answer him: state
Governors
"When the hardy settler on our broad and
fertile prairies rises from his bed after Il
night OF sweet aud dewy 1epose, and, draw
ing aside the window curtain, looks ont
acrossi the gray landscape toward where
the sun, in his splendor, is coming up out
of the golden csient, his astonished gaze
will be met by tour long, gray strea ks
hurryiug through the morning light on the
dead runl Governors, gentlemen, rushing
70 the capital to take the oath Of ohlcel
"Goyernors viii jostle Us on the streets;
we shall throw G stone at a hen and kill a
Governor; special trains will jump OFF the
track and take short cut for the capital to
let delegation Of Governors in on the
ground floor.
sour towns will be deserted and our fields
Law barren wn',e the people will be of Wait
ing to get into a capital building to act as
Governors, where Governors already stick
out of the transonls
SIN thst solemn hour, gentlemen, when
they all hope to meet, in taat hour when the
least of these unto the greater hopes to
come togetha:. each with all the others, in
thsS sweetly sad ttme-I refer, my friends,
to when they assemble at the treasury to
draw their pay--at that time, there won't
be two bits apiece tor the1n
"Gen tlemen, do we want to elect such q
swarm of Governors? Shall we depopulate
this fair land for the sake of being able to
say that our highest Executive Office can
muster more men than the standing arlny7
/ when one Of OR Legislative bills is signed
Il do ue wart to have to paste a roll Of wall pa
4 Yer 10 ;rto accommodate the signatures Of
y the Goyeraorsa Would it not be better, my
/. friend 8, 70 throw overheard all these nu'