The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-10-11
He Took His Medicine.

A large and attentive audience was gath
cred q the school house yesterday . half
hour before the convention met pursuant 70
8 notice expressive Of desire TO discuss
questions bearing on the action Of the demo-
cratic convention then to take place, BY Mr..
y. W. Bennett. The speaker elaborated the
idea Of ! party organization in our county
in contravsntion Of the. generally accepted
one Of -partisanship, as necessity for
the Ell .tence Of one in larger sphere Of
political sction, where great political prin-
ciplss are involved. He sought 70 make
them particularly applicable to the nomina-
ton of candidate for the Office Of probate
judge, laying stress ON the fact that the
only proper thing to do, was to select dem
ocrat Of known fidelity, worthiness and
service in the party rather than one
whose democracy could bs questioned. - II
was we'll known was contemplated 70 be
done in the case Of the one who subsequently,
received the nomination. IL has since
been discovered that the lucky nominee, in
the recent political base ball matches, took
part on the democratic sids and il 10 but
proper and just to say. with the same SCR
iousness % characterized the origin Of the
nomination referred to, that that Of course
should 60 great ways towards relieving
the candidate Of the charge ofrepublicanism)
The speaker then named several gentlemen,
among them, the Rev A. Burr, J. o. Stew
art, D. Williamson, H. Rochelsau and ). J.
Gusrtin Is coming up to the standard held
up before them both mentally. politically
and every other way and asked the delegates
when the time cams, to exercise their judg-
ment in the matter OF such nomination.
The speaker then gave his experience Of
what he knew concerning the administers.
ton Of land matters in connection with the
Office Of probate judge, how that through
composition 1t was necessary TO concede
something to the land attorneys, all Of which
was doubsless new aud surprising to . great
many. This he said he did in his own vim
dication from the charges made, that -
clerk Of the court, he was demanding excss-
sive fees; the attorneys getting half. Mr..
B. also sought to place himself right on the
record IN the demand that the probate Judge
10 naturally associated and in many counties
personally identified with the Office and
duties Of the clerk Of the court. With the
fasts- setting forth the necessitI eRse
in the location aud r@rsonel
judgeship from where it II Il
past year and > half, MIR. NJ
and unhesitatingly declarsd x9
questions for the people Of Botfihss
to decide WAS whether the Office of probate
judge should be filed by . republican dep
uty postmaster and one with Ut least doubt
full political proclivities, with his Office in
that Of the county attorney, in preference to
. democrat whose record was clear, who
had rendered services and whose democracy
WAS unquestioned and have his Office with that
Of the clerk Of the court. II 10 natter oi
fact that the delegates had previously met
Aid resolved to support Mr.. A.McArthur 70 !
tl Office named, 30 that any appeal to their
|jNgment was unavailing and the program
w1s carried out. When called on for q
speech subsequently, Mr.. Bennett alter
complimsnting the convention on the char
acter Of the ticket nominated, and speaking
of part he took at the LAngdon convention
in presenting the case Of the farmers Of Bot
tinesu county and elsewhere in, asking for
Legislative relief in this the hour Of their
distress, said that he took his little dish OF
crow with the same relish as he had on
other occasions in the course Of his life. He
swallowed the whole business, dish aud all.
It was an indigestibls dish, but he took it
all the same.
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