Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-08-22
Cass County and the Opposition tc
Miller Unite on Tyler Of
Fargo.
A History OF the Great Sklrm1sh
for the Temporary Organi-
zation. 4.
The Credential Committee Hearing
the Contests and not Ready
to Report.
The Fargo Convention.

1uC uISo SohSSh'ioA' . .a
FARGO. Aug. p. Special This has
been busy and tempestuous day. The
Miller men were up early and feeling
good. Their combine was l3O pledged,
without any contestants. The feeling
that Gen. Allen was I; load too heavy for
farmers and keen desire to have farm
o. representative in the governors chair
made converts to the Miller side very
easily. John Haggart and Alex Mcken-
zie were the only ones really putting IN
hard work for Allen. The other dele
! gates were cold or hostile. No recruits
could be drummed up for Allen. The
statement that Cass county had to get
outsiders to keep her own men in line
was true Or looked so.
Vice President Fancher has worked
unremittingiy and got big vote for his
friend Miller. 10 do this Pembina coun-
ty, whi.h wanted Booker for treasurer,
Grand Forks county, which wanted Bray
ana Corliss, and Walsh. which desires
Spencer for congress, had to combine.
| This with R,chland, Nelson, Benson,
Dickey, Eddy and several OF the smaller
counties with largely farmer delegations,
made up total OF l3l votes,-2l more
than enough to elect a temporary chair
m IN, and which was the test of strength
on the part Of the candidates for govern
o..
The Missouri slope, Stutsman, La
Moure, Cass, with Barnes straddle of the
fence, formed Aliens main strength.
Ninety votes was the amount OF 1t, and
when the Miller men elected john Coch-
r.ne, young attorney from Grand
Forks county, as temporary chairman it
looked very dark for Allen.
Cochrane made neat little speech
He is young fellow and was nominated
as "a representative young republican,
by McCnmber Of Richland. JndsG Coch-
raue without any embarrassment what
ever, pulled the list Of credentials COM
mittee out of his pocket and cody pro
ceeded to announce them. There was
some cheering when he did this and g
good natured laugh got possession OF the
convention. Col Plummer smoothed
out another Wrinkle by soliciting con
sideration for the fellows who were OF
the outside in contested delegations
hoped they would be treated well AS he
WIS in sympathy with them. for he hao
nearly always been of and among them
The convention adjourned until ten
o'clock tomorrow. The six contests
will occupy good deal of the commit.
tees time tonight. The Ramsey contest
is a bitter one. The Miller men became
aware of the weakness of Allen and the
necessity of getting this Ramsey vote at
about the same time and, it is said, have
promised to send Hansbrough to con
gress if they win. Walsh county was
coaxed in by the promise to send Spen-
Ger to the same place, and this inability
to deliver goods Is being discovered to
night by the Spencer and Jud LaMoure
men--aiso the multiplicity of promises
and scarcity of deliverable merchandise
generally.
In the vote today Stutsman county
delegates, after finding both OF their can
didates outside of the pale of winning
possibilities. voted with the Allen men
as unit Fanchers friends did not
take the boys into his deal and, after
Mr.. Dickey had pulled ont, they had
nothing to lose by standing by Gen
Allen and did so to a man. 1t is need
less to say that Judge Nickeus dld not
stand ghost OF a snow,with the Fancher
people particularly.
NEW DEAL.
Since the convention adjourned after
re-convening for few minutes tins even
ing, there has been sudden change in
the complexion of affairs. Miller men
were and are still confident of ultimate
success: but new candidate. backed by
the united strength Of Cass county, is in
the field to contest the result tomorrow.
This gentleman is Hon. Z. S. Tyler, ex-
public examiner and resident of CaSs
county for the past fifteen years. He is
farmer and grain buyer and very popu-
lar. Gen. Allen withdrew from the fight
and the Cass delegation voted as A unit
to support Tyler. \ deal is reported to
have been m aae by them and their fol-
lowing with Jud LaMoure a-d theWalsh
county mea Spencer is booked for con
rress and Booker for treasurer. It looks
like sturdy combine. Stltsman men
and the slope coantles are eager to help