Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-05-17
(From Tuesdays Daly,)
THE CLUB CONVENTION.
A REPRESENTATIO OF OVER
TWO HUNDRED PRESENT.

E.W. CALDWELL OF SIOUX FALLS
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
About Forty Clubs Send Delegates
to Participate in 1.-THE Organization
of a Territorial League---The Pro-
ceedings of the Day---The Usual
Amount OF Speech Making.
The convention of delegates of repub'
lican clubs met this morning at the opera
house, at 1870. Thirty-three clubs had
representatives in the fine body of men
present. The interest they manifested in
the veal of the party was easily SEEN
and to the credit of Judge Guptill Qt
Fargo, who has spent much time and
labor in working for the organization SO
handsomely effected today, is mostly due
the success of the republican club league
for Dakota. u-
When the convention was called to Or
der about 200 delegates were present.
PROCEEDINGS.
The convention was called to order by
Hon. l.. A. Rose of Fargo, who said:
Gentlemen and delegates elect to the
convention--I take great pleasure in
welcoming you to the first convention OF
the kind held in the territory. The Prim-
rose club of England, organized by Lord
Churchill in 1886, defeated the great lib
eral party of that country by it's thorough
organization, and, stimulated by that ex-
ample, last December this movement was
inaugurated at. New York. First were
organized the clubs with a membership
o. 20 as unit, then the intermediate step
for which we are met here today-the Or
ganization of clubs into leagues. [
welcome you and take great pride in
calling to order the first republican club
convention ever held in the territory.
After the applause which greeted his
remarks had subsided, Chairman Rose
declared the next order Of business was
the selection of temporary chairman.
Nominations were made as follows:
C. A. Van Wormer of Barnes county,
Geo. H. Walsh of Grand Forks,
S. T.. Jones OF Cass county, ''-'
johnson Nickeus OF Stutsman. ..
Mr.. Nickeus said he was here as a
spectator and well-wisher. He was not
delegate and therefore withdrew his
name. #&E 5fE.E s
Mr.. Jones also withdrew, stating that
he was lere as a representative Of the
Turner county club, and did not wish the
convention to waste any time in voting
for him. .-..s -.....I .....
The chair appointed DR.. Glasgow of
Cass county, to act as teller of the vote
for temporary chairman.
The vote on chairman was by clubs,
the delegates from each club being en-.
titled to one vote. Vote resulted, Walsh
Z; vanWormer 26, and showed the fol-
lowing clubs represented:
Fargo. Hillsboro, Grand Forks, Steele,
Bismarck, Frankfort, Clark county club,
Eddy county club, Webster, Parker,
Keystone, Ellendale, Andover. Water
town, Wheatland, Stutsman, Casselton,
Mandan, Sanborn, Wllmot, aberdeen,
Devils Lake, Red6eld. the Fourth ward
club of Watertown, Ipswich, Sully Co.
club, Aurora Go. club, Groton. Davidson
Go. club, Sioux Falls, Leola, Menoken.
Mr.. Howard of Redfeld was nominated
for temporary secretary, and there being
no other nominations he was declared
elected by acclamation, on motion of E.
w. Caldwell of Sioux Falls.
Chairman Rose appointed Caldwell Of
Sioux Falls, and Francis of Fargo. a
committee to escort Mr.. VanWormer to
the chair.
Upon taking the chair, Chairman Van
Wormer said in clear, fine, well-modu-
lated voice:
Gentlemen of the convention: The
only means by which honest men can ar
rive at a just conclusion ,.f the merits
of parties is to compare their principles
and the policies they have established.
I will not attempt here to review the
brilliant achievements of the republican
party or comment on the blunders of the
democratic party. I am a republican be-
cause that party is founded upon princi
pie because it was the party of freedom
and independence when the democrats
demanded cessation of hostiHties during
the War-DecduSe IL DeSC guarantees the
full enjoyment of civil and religious lib
erty-because it is in favor of public
school system because it is III favor of a
protective tariff IN opposition to the pau
per labor and accumulated capital of
Europe because it believes in the prin-
ciples of good government and is best
able to carry out those principles.
The speaker here digressed long
enough to pay his respects to Senator
Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Hampton,
of South Carolina, both of whom hold
seats in the senate by virtue of the re-
construction acts-the former of whom,
in the face of this fact, seeks to obliter-
ate every war measure, and the latter
counsels his constituents ito fight with
the ballot for the same principles as
those for which Lee and Jackson fought
with the sword" The elevation of La
mar to the supreme bench to pass upon