Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-11-28

1aker OF the senate, and MesSrS. Bolden,
LANCER, Lilly, Milsted, Rawlings.
Thomas, Walton, Williams and Wellman.
Before Mr.. Casey entered the field Mllsted
and Fuller OF Stutsman county, voted
constantly FIR Walter Muir, the alliance
candidate. Lutz votes with the demo-
Gratis for Maratta Fuller and Milsted
are now working for Casey, and when
the time comes if it does, the vote Of Mr..
Lutz will go the jamestown tavorite.
THAT MEMORABLE EVENING SESSION.
The scene during the evening session
Saturday was a memorable one, present
ing a most exciting series of changes.
Nearly every one but the managers sup
posed johnson would be elected certain
All thought that dilatory practices
would. it possible, be lndulge1 in until
it was too late to SO into caucus at 8 p.
m. They were not The joint session
had reassembled at Z p. IN. Long de-
bates, and a lengthy discussion OF the
United States provisions for electing the
senators did occupy much Of the time. But
balloting was finally begun and it took
only short time 10 show that the John
son business was about to be done away
with. Votes were changed from him
rapidly, and from 40 votes he dropped to
81, when the session adjourned. Nearly
every one seemed to think that this gives
assurances that Mr.. johnson is destined
to defeat, and that a chance for a com
sbinatlon Is now presented.
All day Sunday little has been done
except urging the members to unite on
some name. Saturday night after the
johnson coup, the game OF politics was
changed for that Of pokeI,and the cheer
full rattle of the whites. the lesser sounds
from the reds. and occasional faint clicks
of the beautiful blues conld be heard
from over the transoms OF the Sheridan.
EVIDENT the pent-up emotions OF a
week of suspense were being conducted
by friendly channels to a harmless obliv-
ion.
Tonight Casey's men are claiming con-
verts from the hoaters and from the
johnson camp. The farmers alliance
men and their political partners are busy
trying to patch up the johnson wound,
but the same still bleeds. The alliance
managers here are claiming that the
greatest constituency lies with their
foreign friends and. while protesting
realty to local candidates, are known to
be busy workers for Mr.. johnson. This
is for purposes that lead to their own
advantage only. The alliance, like every
other organization that enters into the
scramble for Office, has some short
sighted and selfish men to abuse the
objects and ends Of the association, by
trying to get into positions they could
by no other means secure. After such is
obtained, these fellows generally have
less nse for the farmers than their more
honorable opponents, who do not claim
snch an llnwonted affection, but are, IN
realty, bett,.r friends.
.jud LaMnnre is reported to have Sc
cured denonghinspiration to fix itso that
he is not altogether dark horse. He is
in the field and has pnt on his hustle,
to 60 out and hustle and make vote or
two.
George Walsh, George Winship and
Prof. Sprague divide into three parts the
Grand Forks claims for the senatOrship.
The eternal feud between the Georges
is not likely to be adjusted by the
accession to the throne OF the new candi-
date.
Mr.. Lord of Devils Lake, also sees a
gilded band wagon with high seats and a
carved tiger head at the end, with mir
rors and pictures OF tabled delights on
the sides, but the whole vehicle IS at
present covered with canvas and the
steeds are not yet even hooked up 10.
morrow will probably show ballot or
two with no choice. The situation may
not clarity for several days yet.
SIDE LIGHTS.
Col Robinson of Trail county, served
three years in the army, before he struck
the legislative battle ground in North
Dakota. He is one OF the best presery-
ell and handsomest members Of the
house. Straight as a reed, bright-eyed,
genial and independent he is just the
man one would not have expected to see
elected in district where ninety five
per cent OF the population Is of foreign
birth. He stirred the American colony
in the joint-session of the legislature to
starry.tag enthusiasm by his little
speech when he changed and voted for
the first time for President Sprague. He
said:
Mr.. President: I desire before voting
to make few explanatory remarks in
regard to my vote. AS every member Of
GnlS lOlIlU doocIlO1S 10 luh o"OACS Ia SC
cast my vote for M. N. johnson at every
ballot taken for United States senator.
It has come to my knowledge. from a
source of undoubted credibiity, that a
trusty lieutenan of Mr.. johnson has
circulated the report, ''That the Ameri-
can members of the senate and house of
representatives from the Eighth and Six
teenth districts, ana myself in particular,
have not voted for Mr.. johnson from a
matter Of choice, but simply because they
dare not vote otherwise"
Mr. President: As n sree-born Ameri-
can citizen, I wish to contradict this
statement, and take pleasure in casting
my vote for the Hon. Homer b. Sprague
of Grand Forks.
One of the Norwegian members of the
house who had heard that johnson Of
Nelson county, was a candidate, but did
not know which was the candidate and
which the county, announced his
vote this way: "Ai tink All vote fur
Meester Nelson Another friend of his
was instructed to vote for Major Hamll-
ton when the time came. On the first
roll call in which his name was mention
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