Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1888-09-27
REPUBLICANS.
Their Convention and
Ticket.
The Old Soldiers are Fair
ly Recognized.
A Ticket the People are not Afraid
to support

to support
Last Friday the town OF st. Lawrence
was ocerrun with citizens from every
township in Hand county, consisting vi
delegates to the Republican county con-
vention, candidates for official honors.
/ their friends ana visitors drawn thither hy
interest and curiosity II was discovered
early in the day that states were beng
smashed to smithereens and it was diff
| cult III the short time allotted before the
| convention was called to order to effect
new combinations with anv degree of GER
| tainty or satisfaction that they would not
60 to pieces again on the slightest provo
| cation. At IL o'clock chairman Milan
called the convention TO order and c. G..
Hartley, Of Miller was made Temporary
chairman and L. A. Sherman. OF Spring
Lake. secretary. A committee on Gre.
! a"ntials WIS selected composed of J. A..
I Hughes, Geo. Chafliu, +. d. Ensign. S. +.
HOPKINS and G. w. Rudd. As evidence
/ oi tbr absence of a slate Mr.. Hartley did
moi pull slip Of paper from his pocket
containing names of committeeman.
/ The committee on permanent organiza-
( 'iom WAS composed of l. n. Mallory. J
! II. Bald0in, A. 7. T'nkham. Committee
Z on Resolutions: J. b. Cotton. S. l.. Sage,
/ u. w. Clayton, J. d. Bates. ii. NJ. Smith
| Cunmitte on order cf business Rev. L. ".
4 collins, Rev. j. II. GOudv, Z. A. Young.
After dinner the committee on permanent
nrganizltion reported c. q, Hartley for
rLa,rInan, E. J. Lewis Secy, anI II. T..
Crane, OF Burdette for assistant secretary.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Committee on credential report:
l0o-GG, E. G. Bates, 4. w. Shul.z, Jas.
Lh,cy.
llO &C, J. d. Dates. J, Brown, S. Moat
lil.G6, Geo. Chaffin, A. ]. Roberts,
David Melbourne.
1926, d. l.. Drmorest, g. w. Rosen-
cranz, Il W. Hubbard.
1896, jas Bailey, Ross Hannum. r, s.
DougLt>s.
Ili-GG. Geo. r. Mason, ]. A. Hughes,
B. E. Crane, Geo. u. Bottum.
1896, J. j. McGinnis, 5. T. Hicks.
Simon DOrcas.
1866, not represented.
lG0-67. W. W. Williams, L. A. William,
.. II. Pruner
IIOG7, q. W, CLARK. Frank Blakeslec,
J. A. Crarstcn.
Ill l-67, ID. II. Weeks, A. Weeks, W. Il.
Richie
ll2 G7, J. II. Baldwin, 5. L. Sage, F. NJ.
Collins ]. E, Dolen, c. IL Dawson, L. j
Lewis, J. w. Stone.
li3-67, A. Bcslry, j, d. Rodgers, Z D..
Rounda.
ll4.G7, /. n. Mallory, b. F. Rice, S. b.
Fairbanks.
! 1867. II. NJ. Smith. W. 7. Clapp, H. G..
Hard
llG-G7, II. Leotzau, j. l.. Walcott, Z. L..
I Mapes.
lO9-Gs, P. Lynch. I. E. saltmarsh, T.
! Griffin.
llO.6s, J. F. Clark, W. II. Richards,
! S. II. Detwiler.
lII.6s, Logan Scott, A. A. Manning,
ll2-GS, B. l.. Moffatt, ID. W. Coward, ID.
Loew, q. C. Briggs. Jro. Dale. l.. W
Chrismnn, c. G. Hartley, WIN. Slower, j.
NJ. Wood.
1865, J. B Cotton, Thos. Trythall, X.
| Hansen.
/ Il4.Gs. c. Z. Saddoris, Chas. Hoffman.
A. p. Burrhus.
1865, f. c. Wood, f. Baker, j. r,
| Goudy.
1868, A. Sebring, J.Prdeaux,R. Trsn-
halle.
lO9-69, L. d. johnson, Will Lucas, n.
W. Ross.
1900. A. T. Tinkham. S. F, Hopkins,
| n. Mckinney.
lll-69. J. II Kohl, ID, G. Butts.
1920. A. G.. Somers, Frank Hubbard.
1850. W. C. Larson. A. w. Chader.
lI4-69, Thos. Anderson ID. 4. Hayward,
A. l. Furman.
1859, Claus Gunderson, +. j, Kolda.
1860, G. W. Rudd. Frank yining,
lO9-7O, Geo. p. Pinney, b. IL. Gould.
1910, /. N. Fish, W. S. Bell.
lilo, Y. w. Perry. oted Bowden.
l12-70, Geo. Moore, w. r. Crfield, z.
A. Young. G. W. Clayton.
1870, r. d. Ensign, G. G. Wnlett.
lI4.7O, Samuel Thompson, A. NJ. Cox
1870, X. II. Pickering, c. f. McCor-
mick.
1870. not represented.
After report of committee on order OF
business :he following was submitted by
committee on resolutions
Resolved, That we the representatives
Of the Republican party OF Hand county
in convention assembled, adopt the fol-
lowing platform of principles:
Ist. That we endorse the Republican
platform adopted at it's convention IN
WATERFOWL, August %.
I'd. That the Republicans Of Hand
county pubacly declare their voice in
favor Of division on the 7,h standard par
allel and admission into the Union rs two
states and nothing short Of this will satisfy
her citizens,
Sd. That this convention goes upos
the record as Dcing emphntically and un"-
an.yocally in iayor Of a more reasonable
and eauitabls law Of taxation. and which
shall nuke 1t imperative that the farmer
and other Taxpayers Of Dakota shall only
be compelled to pay such u portion OF aji
faxes ns his r.st interests in the properly
shall be made to appear--leaving the re-
maiudor Of such property's valuation, az