Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-09-19

The northwest, he said, is famous fo
Its men who have risen from low estate
who have broken births invidious bars
We have in our midst, a young man who
has risen byforce Of his sober, industrious
honorable life. ! never heard anything
against his character. All have heard
is that he is railroad man. That like
calling man a liar or Il thief--is easily
done without foundation. lie expressed
surprise that John Miisted or Clinton
Wade-who had been good citizens and
republicans since the birth OF the repub-
lican party-should also be called rail
road men. John Milstea never met the
superin tendent of this division until this
morning, and G. Wade never talked with
him until last Saturday night. Mr..
Nickeus said the charge had also been
made that he himself was working for
a railroad man. He resented the charge
and stated that he would have been a
nominee on the republican state ticket
if it had not been for the Northern
Pacific railroad. When [ stood and
fought for my town for the capital it
went over the wires FROM this town that
Nickeus must be 'done up" | dare a
man to la y finger on anything dishon-
orable in the life of Jesse A. Frye. The
charge that the railroad is running him
Is TOO thin. Will the young;man who has
not yet reached the age of thirty will
he give himself away against the people?
Will he 60 to Bismarck and lie down at
the fooC of railroad con pany to be
buried forever? The people know that
he won't Jesse Frye has lived here and
the people know him. The charge is un-
fair. He, Nlckeus, would pray that his
good right arm might be paralyzed and
his tongue cleave to the roof of his
mouth it Mr.. Frye did so. He would
never again lift up his voice IN defense
of any man, or ask the peoples sutfrages
for himself if Jesse Frye did not prove
himself friend to the farmers.
When the applause that greeted the
close of Mr.. Nickeus' nominating speech
had died away. F. B. Fancher arose and
IN his us al eloquent and effective man
ner. proceeded to place the name of Bal
ley W. Fuller in nomination. He SAID
he was very much pleased at the remarks
OF the gentleman who had proceeded
him. He trusted that all he had said
might be so. II j. \. Frye secured the
nomination and made,a record like that,
he was sure he would be pleased to sup
port him in the future. He thought Mr..
Frye was the candidate OF the railroad
company. Circumstances made it look
that way. The railroad company has
always heretofore been able to carry the
caucuses in this county. Believing that
they intended to carry them this time, 1
opposed j. 4. Frye. Believing that B.
w. Fuller-one of our successful business
men and q heavy tax payer-Would best
represent the whole county. [ have done
my best to help him get the nomination.
1t is not the railroads that l oppose.
They have rights But when subordi-
mates raise the lash and say ''vote that
ticket,'1 object. I hope all we have
heard about Mr.. Frye is true. know it is
true about Mr.. Fuller. Noman can COM
troll him. He Will express his honest
sentiments. When he was elected mayor
people said there were strings on him,
but they have found there are not. We
believe he will represent the farmers and
we secured enough delegates at the pri-
maries to nominate him. | have d letter
from Frank Carley of Montpelier, stating
that Delegate Wellman is all right and for
Fuller.Butwhen he came up toJamestown
Monday night he was met at the tram.
his proxy secured and he was sent east
by what means I know not. At Ed
munds two Fuller delegates were elected
and one comes down and votes against
him. Two Fuller men were elected at
Melvin. One gives his proxy to W. B. 5.
Trlmble who is voting it. against his in
struction. I lam prepared to take my
medicine. | have supported Mr.. Fuller
because I thought him the best man and
| trust the farmer delegates will cast
their ballots for him. We do not want
anyone to lnjure the railroads. We only
want the line drawn where their rights
end and ours begin.
A ballot was then proceeded with and
resulted in the nomination of Mr.. Frye
by the following vote:
Frye. ...... 81
Fuller. "A
Oliver Bennett Of Iowa precinct, made
his maiden speech in nominating John
Milsted-and right good speech it was,
too. He said the farmers of the western
part of the county had never had a repre-
sentative but that they now came for
ward with candidate and asked his
at the hands of the conven-
ton. The choice of the people of the
western half of the county is John Mil
sted. He is capable and qualified. He
is farmer aud has learned the hardships
of farm life by nine years experience IN
Dakota. He said If the farmers owned
half the earth they wanted that half and
they wanted to run it. John Milsted
is member of the Farmers alliance, but
he never went back on the republican
party. The granger orator is the unani
nous choice of the largest voting pre-
cinct outside of the city of jamestown.
We want good ticket and If we get it
we will roll up good big majority. II
we don't get good ticket we may be left
as Moses was left, when the light went
ont.
johnson Nickeus said that all Mr..
Bennett had so we'll said of Mr.. Milsted
would apply equally as well to Clinton
Waue, and ne begged the convention to
the name of Mr.. Wade for
that of Mr.. Milsted. and consider that
what had been said for the latter had
also been SAID for the former.
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot for two candidates for the house,
with the following result:
John Milsted ........-...,...,~.
Clinton Wade
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