The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-06
longs to ths Union veteran, Other things

longs to tho Union veteran, other things
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the lend 81 our M.
tional platform as enunciated at Chicago
d Of the win of the people, Of this terri.
tory Ms expressed In a majority Of the coun,
ties upon the question OF local option, We
heartily endorse all just measures for the
banishment Of the saloon from our borders.
Joseph Allen OF Turner reported from the
committee ON permanent organization In
favor Of Col. e. C. Geary Of Fargo, Cass
county, for permanent chairman, with ]. +.
West Of Bington, secretary, n w. @.
Mitchell OF Walsh as assistant. The report
without making . speech for which he was
applauded.
George "A. Matthews, Of the town ofBrook-
ings, Brookings county, q young lawyer and
speaker of the last legislative council,
was nominated rs the Republican candidate
ballot being the seventeenth Of the day
and the convention. On the fourteenth
ballot Clifford showed such strength
that he would nave been nom
mated on the next roll call had not the anti
Giffords united and forced an adjournm.nt.
During the evenings recess Grigsby was urged
to withdraw in favor of either Of them, but
would not do so, Minnehaha comfy declining
to give color to the charge that their towns
man had been put up as o straw man. while
the delegation was really for Clifford, Mime
hala was also determined to pea Judge Pal
mer, and did not much care about anything
else.
Il PROCEEDINGS.
Col. Geary called the convention to order
three quarters of an hour later this morning,
which was not ut all bad considering the late
ness of the hour of adjournment and the
amount Of rolling the necessities of the stu
alton called for. Said situation ut the hour
Of opening may be thus summed up: Clifford
in the lead and able to dictate the man,
ii not to succeed personally; Allen confident
of holding his strength and very hopeful of q
lightRing stroke; Grigsby in better shape
than ever before as being q possible heir to
Giford's strength; Matthew or any other
Central Dakota man over-weighted with the
stigma which undoubtedly attaches in. this
convention. or least to the Aberdeen conven-
ton; Campbell, an uncertain member ofwhat
can scarcely be called an equation; Palmer,
SO heartily hated by many delegates that they
would make any combination rather than
allow his nominations; favorite sons of vari-
GUS breeds hopeful OF account of the posi-
bility of a dark horse. There was a prelim-
mary tussel over Barnes county, Messrs,
Root and Van Wormer being at odds. Van
Wormer kept the seat Root tried to exclude
him from. Alex Hughes than moved that
the convention proceed to a formal ballot
for the selection of a candidate. To the Joy
of everybody the motion was carried and all
nominating speeches cut of. The roll was
called and the total result announced, as fol-
lows, the total, however, not being indica-
tive of actual strength: ~.
O. s. Clifford, 1851; Harrison Allen, 1O1h;
G. A. Matthews, 65A:. G. A. Pierce, SO; H.
G. Campbell. 81; NJ. Grigsby, 80; P J. Nc
Laughlin, %; G. b. Little, 19; j. r.. King,
17h; 4. Root, z; D. M. Evans, &c. s. Palm
er, s; ]. Cochran, S. Total 52S. Necessary
to choice, 265.
After about Is ballots in which the result
was about similar to the frst one the race
seGtled down to Clifford, Matthews and
Grigsby. On the 18th and final ballot
Matthews received 361-96 more than was
necessary. Mr.. Matthews, the nominee, was
called to the platform amid cheers, and made
q good speech, the portion received with
most favor being that in which he pledged
himself to o belief in the admission of q North
and South Dakota. He promised to act as
Dakota's errand boy ut Washington if
elected, n of his election he had no doubt.
n COMBINE AGAINST aIFFoRD.
Capt. J. 81. Jumper of Brown moved that
the hair appoint q committee of nine to Sc
lect q territorial central committee to con-
sist OF thirty-seven members. An effort was
Mtue 70 nave Une members named Dy leg1Sla-
tive districts, but it was voted down and the
chair named as the committee of nine: =
Messrs. ]. 81. Jumper, Brown; J. e. Ha-
CART, Cass; W. s. Sander, RichIand; J. E..
West, Ellington; w. A.. Bartly, Burleigh; F.;
A. Sebring, Eddy; J. B. Kelly, Beadle; B. II.
Sullivan, Aurora; George H. Rice, Moody. -
Judge Moody wanted to add w. Z. Coad
of Pennington county, but the chair ruled
him out of order, and the committee was di-
rected to meet and report to the convention
tomorrow morning at g. o'clock, to which
hour an adjournment was then taken. Under
the new deal the combine against Clifford
will name the committee. Moss, Clifford,
Moody and others will; if represented at all,
be so by grace of North and Central Dakota.