Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-09-27

| energetic Tom Power will be at the helm
of that great state when she enters the
union.
A REPUBLICAN, LOVE FEAST.
What threatened in the forenoon to be
q very stormy and disastrous republi-
can convention in Morton county yeeter.
day, turned out in the afternoon to be
little less than love feast. Both the
county and legislative district conven-
tions were held. The district is COM
posed of Morton, with fourteen delegates
and Oliver with two delegates. In the
Morton county convention the fight was
between the Harmon-Hoyt, or DR.. Coe
faction and the Lyons faction. When
the convention met each side claimed q
majority Of the delegates. DR.. Coe, as
chairman of the county committee, called
the convention to order. Mr.. Luck nom-
mated Mr.. Parkins for chairman. Some
one on the other side chose Mr.. Shaw.
Both nominations were seconded, but be-
fore Mr.. Coe could put the question, Mr..
Gates arose and put the question for Mr..
Parkins and declared him elected. Coe
in due time'put the question and declared
Mr.. Shaw elected. Both gentlemen took
seats at the desk and the dual
convention was open. Two sec
retaries and two committees on
credentials were appointed. DR.. Coe
was chairman of one committee on Gre
dentials and reported first. Greene from
the other side came in with his report
soon after and the fun began. Bailey
and others urged harmony, but it was
evident that complete harmony could
not be had only by complete surrender
of one side or the other. Each side ap-
pointed committee of five to select the
name of fourteen delegates to the district
convention. These delegates having
been appointed more efforts for harmony
were put forth. The Lyons side sug-
gested that each side select seven dele
gates to the district convention. The
Coe forces who were confident of the two
Oliver county delegates agreed to this,
but before DR.. Coe could announce the
agreement to the proposition, it seemed
to have dawned on the Lyons forces that
they had made rash proposition. How
ever, the outcome showed that they were
simply playing bluff game all along
with the hopes of getting at least one
man from their faction on the Legislative
ticket. Finally conference committee
Of three on each side was appointed. II
was out few moments and returned
with a report that it had agreed to dis
agree. The convention then adjourned,
and in the Afternoon Morton went into
the district convention with contested
delegation. The Lyons forces had, how
ever, by this time fully determined to
take their medicine like good patients,
which they soon afterwards proceeded
to do.
The meeting of the district convention
was ludicrous in the extreme and had
the effect Of making every person in the
convention good natured. The delegates
from Oliver were 81. e. Fisher and an
old soldier named w. B. Smith. These
being the only uncontested delegates,
they, of course, proceeded to organize
the convention. Mr.. Smith nominated
Mr.. Fisher for chairman. This was car
ried unanimously. In return Mr.. Smith
was nominated for secretary which was
carried with like unanimity. Mr.. Smith
then moved that the chair appoint COM
mittee of three on credentials, of which
the chair should be chairman. This was
carried and in accordance with q resolu-
tiou previously passed he appointed on
the committee one member from each Of
the contested Morton county factions.
The committee consisted of Messrs.
Fisher, Parkins and Bingenheimer. The
committee brought in report in which
an equal number of both factions were
seated. This was the spread Of the love
feast. The report was adopted with
out objection. DR.. Coe them NOM
mated George Harmon for the senate.
The nomination was carried unanimously.
Messrs. A. w. Hoyt and P. B. Wickham
were then nominated for the assembly,
and to the surprise Bnd utter disgust of a
number Of democrats in the audience who
had been congratulating themselves all
day over what they believed would be. a
complete Generalization of the repub-
ican party in Morton county, these
nominations, also, were made unanimous.
The candidates were warmly cheered and
after thanking the convention for the
honors conferred, half hour was given
up to sort Of confession meeting, in
which the leaders OF both factions related
how hard they had worked for their re-
spective combinations, but now that the
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