Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-09-06

The Republican Ticket.
Although the writer would have been
pleased to see that gallant old soldier,
General Harrison Allen, the first governor
Of the new state, it cannot he denied that
the majority of the state convention
chese wisely and well. Hon. John Miller,
who will be our first executive. is truly Il
farmers candidate; but, at the same
time, in all his public utterances since his
nomination, Mr.. Miller has declared that
the interests Of all classes will be safe in
his hands. The nominee for governor
was a member of the senate at Bismarck
last winter, and was very popular with
the people of the Capital City. Governor
Miller was born in the county of Tomp.
kins, state of New York, on Oct. 80,
1913, of Scotch ancestry, who settled IN
New York in 1888; was educated in Dry
den high school, New York settled nj
Dakota in 1880 has always been Re.
publican. He was reared on farm, and
is now manager and part owner of
Dwight Farm, in Richland county.
The nominee for lieutenant governor is
Alfred DickeY, of Jamestown. He is an
old soldier. and was so badly wounded as
to lose the use of one lung He is Il
banker, but is one of the square ones.
John Flttlc. of Traill county, for sec
rotary of state, and H. j. Helgeson, of
Cavalier county, for commissioner OF
agriculture and labor, are respectively OF
Swedish and Norwegian BIRTH They are
prominent in their respective sections,
popular, able, and thoroughSoing Repuh
licans.
John P. Bray, of Grand Forks county,
is one of the most popular young men III
North Dakota, and in the valley Of the
Red he is almost idolized. When biz
name was proposed in the convention II
was received with loud and ringing
cheers, and he was nominated for auditor
without one dissenting voice. Very few
votes, democratic or republican, will get
away from Johnnie along the Red River
of the North.
The candidate for state treasurer Is L
G. Booker, true and tried Republican
of far-away Pembina. Mr.. Booker il
mayor of the city of Pembina and pres
dent of the First National Bank there
He is 43 years of age, and is one of tht
pioneer settlers of his adopted town. HI
has, by sagacily, prudence and integrity
won great success as a business man. ant
is we'll qualified for the office.
The next superintendent of public in
struction is Prof. VIM. Mitchell, of Cass
He is we'll known as an attorney ant
teacher. He is an Ohio man, and in tha
state was recognized as one of its lcadn:
educators. He was superintendent o
schools at Norwalk, Mount Vernon ant
Columbus, Ohio. at various times, and a
present is superintendent of schools o
Cass county. He located in Cass count
six years ago, and has been closely identi
fled with educational matters here.
George F. Goodwin, of Ransom county
is on the ticket for attorney general. II
stands at the head of the Ransom count,
bar, and his ability and fitness are every
where recognized. He is considered b.
the North Dakota bar association as
leader in the profession.
A. L. Carey, Of Fargo, was unani
mously nominated for commissioner o
insurance. No candidate before the cor
vention was more popular. Mr.. Care
Is an old>time conductor on the Norther
Pacific. He distinguished himself las
winter by getting bill through whic
apprnpriatcs per cent of insurance take
for the support of volunteer fire compa
nies. Everybody who knows him like
CAP Carey.
Alfred Wallin, the Cass County candi
date for the supreme bench, is SO year
old, and was born in New York. He wa
raised and educated in the west He ha
always declined to hold Office, excep
| within the line of his profession. Fo
some years he was resident of Mime
sofa, and held the office of district attor
ney in Nlcollet and Redwood counties
He is recOs OsniZed az one OF the foremos
members of the Dakota bar.
j. NJ. Bartholomew, also nominated TO
the supreme bench, is the leading attor
ney Of LaMoure county, and gcntlema
against whose character not word G
| be truthfully spoken. He was one of tn
early settlers of LaMoure, and has bee
district attorney of that county M'
Bartholomew is native of New York
| but his practice has been in.Towa.
Guy G. II. Cosiss of Grand Forks,
another thoroughly trained attorney, an