Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-09-05
The State Ticket.


II. c. Preston. of Dawson county,. then
withdrew the name of Geo. A. johnson for
governor, and moved Mellette's nomination
by reclamation. 1t was carried with q
hurrah.
The acknowledgements was next in
order and the name of Thomas G. Peterson,
OF Deuel., was presented by delegate from
Faulk county, Eli johnson, of Hyde, pre-
sented the name of B. T. Mccormack. of
Hyde, and Walworth county presented the
name of Geo. A. Hoffman, OF Walworth A
roll call was taken. and as in the preceding
case. the changes were so numerous that
the secretaries could not keep the count,
and Hoffman was nominated by acclama-
| tion.
o. A. Ringsrud was nominated for secre-
tary of state by reclamation, there being no
| other names mentioned.
Then came the prettiest contest ever seen
in any convention and at the same time the
noisest. 1t was the fight for the state treas
urership. Theo Bailey. of Sioux Falls, was
in it with a splendid marshaled force and
they stood by him through the entire fight
and appeared happy even in defeat. J. G.
Adams. of Day county. presented the name
of d. W. Diggs of Grant, and then there
was a lull. Even the chairman could
not suppress a smile when someone sug-
gested that ii there were no more nominal
lions, the nomination of Diggs would be
made unanimous. This brought Herb Green
to his feet. who presented Bailey's name in
| howery speech. 1t is a standing joke
among politicians that Bailey is ''the
| youngest man in the world,' but in his
nominating speech Green explained that
Bailey became of age on election day, 1885,
and cast his first vote for the state consti-
tuition. But he is a hustler and one of the
most persistent fellows in the west. Charles
Howard. of Sphinx. presented the name of
w. w. Taylor, of that county, and asked
that Sphinx be given the recognition she de-
served. DR.. A. E. Clough. of Lake, nomi-
mated w. f. Smith, of that county, and the
balloting began.
The first ballot resulted: Bailey, 1872;
Taylor, 1923; Smith, 12S; Dggs 90.
| On the second ballot there was so much
| confusion that no attempt was made to an
nounce the result, it being conceded that
| there was no nomination.
| The third ballot resulted: Bailey, 223 1-2;
| Taylor, 164 1-2: Smith, 1873. Diggs was not
lost sight of on this ballot, getting one vote
| his strength being divided among the other
| three.
The fourth ballot resulted: Bailey,
234 LIZ; Taylor, III 1-2; Smith, 1919.
| A determined effort was then made by
Bailey's forces to carry the nomination by
storm. Cheer after cheer went up for Gilt
tie Joe," and was met by equally hearty
| cheers for Taylor. During this ballot the
/ Smith supporters decided to throw their
! support to Taylor. and the Bailey men, still
| confident OF their ground, demanded that
the roll call proceed, to see whether the
goods could be delivered. The result
showed that Taylor's friends knew what they
were talking about, and the ballot resulted:
| Taylor, 2S5; Bailey, 257.
1t was then 1880 O'Clock, and the conven-
ton having been in an uproarous session
| for four hours and half, an adjournment
| was taken till 3 D. m.
On recovering Chairman Sheldon said
| that what all men most desired was per-
sonal safety and he exhibited chunk of
| granite, a timers mallet and big Ratchet
and announced that he proposed to maintain
order, but he spoke wiser than he knew, for
| he succeeded little better than during the
| forenoon session.
| The first nomination was that of Auditor
Taylor, whose name was presented by f. B.
Smith, OF Aurora. His nomination was Sec
onded by Secretary Mayhem on behalf Of
| oue newspaper men OF Jl6 state. Editor
Nipple, Of Hutchinson county, was also
placed in nomination, and the ballot re-
suited: Taylor, 357; Nipple, 1856.
On motion of ex-Chief Justice Shannon
Attorney-General Dollard was then nomi-
mated by reclamation, there being no dis
senting votes.
G. L. Pinkha m, of Hand, the present in
eumbent, and Cortez Salmon, of Turner,
were then nominated for superintendent Of
public instruction. and the ballot resulted:
Salmon, 299; Pinkham, 244.
For commissioner of school lands, o. II.
Parker, of Lake, the present incumbent
was nominated by Mr.. sproul, of Brookings;
Thomas 81. Ruth, Of Kingsbury, was nomi-
mated by Rev. w. II. Matson. The other
nominee was E. L. Abel, of McCook. The
| first ballot resulted: Parker, COZ; Ruth.
206; Abel, l27.
| Before the second ballot was complete
Abel's name was Withdrawn and the result
| was as follows: Ruth, 32s; Parker, 314.
The last nomination was that of commits
sioner OF labor and statistics. Two men
were named-Charles Pettibone, of Mime
haha, and R. A. Smith, of Charles Mix.
When it was learned that Pettibone was
from Sioux Falls and that Smith was
farmer the contest was quickly settled
When II was seen that Smith was in the lead
Petitioners name was Withdrawn and