Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-09-19
REMARKABLE PHEN0MEN n
Senatorial Lightning Strikes j. a.
Frye, But Bailey Fuller IS
the Man Knocked out.
Clinton Wade and John Milsted
Will Represent this County
in the Lower House. -...
These Results Obtained after a
~ Fierce prolonged Battle Be
tween Local Giants.
The Winners Named.

The Winners Named.
The republican convention for the
Twenty third legislative district, which
consists of the county of Stutsman, met
yesterday afternooa at the court house.
The warm fight at the primaries and the
supposed closeness of the contest lent
| an unusual interest to the convention
and the 70 ON was so full that standing
room even was at a premium. Quite a
number of ladies occupied seats in the
gallery. ....,- ...
At three o'clock the convention was
raped to order by A. G. Mcmillan, chair
man of the county central committee,
who stated that he did so by agreement
,, of the county committee and the member
of the state committee for this district,
and then proceeded to read the call for
the convention.
The first fight occurred on the selec-
tion of temporary chairman. T. B..
Fancher nominated M. D. Williams and
M. Sinclair nominated @. A. Boynton.
Harry Cornwall moyed to proceed to
ballot for temporary chairman.
S. l.. Glaspell moved as an amendment
| that the roll of precincts be called
to ascera ain W neither or not there were
any contests and who was entitled to
vote.
johnson N1ckeus stated that every
body knew whether there Were any con-
tests and moved to lay the motion on
| the table. s.5
Mr.. Glaspell raised the point OF order
that the motion to lay on the table if
carried would carry with it the original
motion and proceeded to make aspeech, a
but Mr.. Nickeus raised the point of order
that the. motion to table was not debat-
able, thereby cutting off his remarks.
Mr. 3Glaspell moved that the roll Of
precincts be called on this question.
Lost.
| Mr.. Fancher at this point took the
floor to make speech which was cut off
! by point of order.
The motion to lay on the table was
then put and declared carried.
! The question then recurring on the
selection of a temporary chairman-the
chair appointed A. r. Hathorn and L.
n. Points tellers and the ballot was pro-
ceeded with. After all the delegates
had voted, but before the result was an
nounced johnson Nickeus moved that it
be declared the sense of the convention
| that there are no contests. This motion
resulted in brief but lively war OF
words, and developed that there were
contests in Edmunds and Medina and
that four votes had been deposited from
each precinct, when they were only en-,
titled to two each.
S. L. Glaspell raised the point Of order
that the motion could not be.entertained
as there was an undetermined question
pending.
The chair ruled that the motion was
in order.
R. E. Wallace appealed from the de-
cision of the chair.
w. p. Larcey moved to lay the appeal
on the table.
! C. A. Sanford moved as an amendment
that the appeal be carried to the house
for settlement.
johnson Nickeus raised the point OF
order that motion to lay on the table
can not be am ended and the chair de-
cided that the point was we'll taken.
Tie motion TO lay on the table was
voted upon and declared lost.
Mr.. Nickeus said there were four more
| votes in the hat than ought to be there
and wanted to know what was going tc
| be done about it.
Mr.. Glaspell said Mr.. Nickeus' motion
was out of order, because there was an
undetermined matter before the conven-
ton. He wanted the vote on chairman
counted. If they We're to be defeated
he wanted it done on the square
G. A. Sanford said the motion if carried
would declare that there were no con
tests, while it was fact that foul
more votes than ought to be. had beer
deposited.
Mr.. Nlckeus suggested that those
! four votes might have been cast against
his candidate and inquired whether the,
ought to be permitted to be counted.
Harry Cornwall moved to take new
vote and that only 55 ballots. be allowed
to so into the hat.
Chairman Mcmillan declared his in
tention to act Just and fair and said h
wanted to know that the vote was righ
before it was announced.