The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-09-05
Tho State Ticket,

n State Ticket.
H.. c. Preston, OF Dawson county, then
withdrew the name OF Geo. A. johnson for
governor, and moved Mellctte's nomination
by acclamation. 1t was carried with II
hurrah.
The licutenant-governorship was next in
order and the name of Thomas @. Peterson,
OF Deuel., was presented by a delegate from
Faulk county, Eli johnson, of Hyde, pre-
sentcd 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-
ton.
o. A.. Ringsrud was nominated for sccre-
tary OF state by reclamation, there being no
other names mentioned.
Then came the prcttiest contest over seen
In any convention and at the same time the
noiscst. 1t was the fight for the state treas
urcrship. 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 wen in defeat. J. G.
Adams, of Day county, presented the namc
OF d. W. Diggs Of Grant, and then there
was q lull. Even the chairman could
not suppress a smile when someone sug-
gcstcd that If there were no more nomina-
items, the nomination of Dlggs would be
made unanimous. This brought Herb Green
to his feet, who presented Bailey's name in
a 1iowcry 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 follows in the west. Charles
Howard, Of Sphinx, presented the name of
W.. ". Taylor, OF hat 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, 1879; Smith, 1928; Diggs %.
On the second ballot there was so much
confusion that no attempt was made to an
nouncc the result, it being conceded that
there was no nomination.
Tho third ballot resulted: Bailey, 223 1-2;
Taylor, 1854 1-2; Smith, 1853. 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 L.; Taylor, III 1-2; Smith, 1920.
"A determined effort was then made by
Bailey's forces to carry the nomination by
storm. Cheer after cheer won't up for Gilt
Tic Joc,' 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 80 o'clock, and the conyen-
ton having been in an uproarous session
for four hours and a half, an adjournment
was taken till 3 p. m.
n r~econvening Chairman Sheldon said
that what all men most desired was per-
sonal safety and he exhibited a chunk of
granite, q timers mallet and a 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 T. B.
smith, OF Aurora. His nomination was Sec
onded by Secretary Mayhem on behalf of
oHS ho"opdpCi ulCA VI Uuo SuaUc. EOlCOc
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,
Attorncy-General Dollard was then nomi-
mated by reclamation, there being no dis
senting votes.
G.. L. Pinkha m, of Hand, the present in
cumbent, and Cortez Salmon, Of Turner,
were then nominated for superintendent of
public instruction, and tho ballot resulted:
Salmon, 200; Pinkham, 244.
For commissioner Of school lands, O.. n.
Parker, OF Lake, the present incumbent,
was nominated by Mr.. Sproul, of Brookings;
Thomas H.. Ruth, Of Kingsbury, was nomi-
mated by Rev. W.. H. Matson. The other
nominee was f. Z. Abel, OF McCook. The
first ballot resulted: Parker, 2O7; Ruth,
2o6; Abel, 1877.
Before the second ballot was complete
Abels name was Withdrawn and the result
was as follows: Ruth, 1928; Parker, 314.
The last nomination was that of commits
sioner of labor and statistics. Two men
were named-Charles Pettibone, OF Minne-
haha, and R. A. Smith, of Charles Mix.
When it was learned that Pettibone was
from Sioux Falls and that Smith was a
farmer the contest was quickly settled.
When 1t was seen that Smith was in the lead
Pettfbone's name was withdrawn and
Smiths nomination made unanimous. This
completed the ticket.