Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-09-06
LOCAL POPOCRACY.
County PcpuIss Convention Met at
RichIand Last Monday.
AMER Six Tedious Hours Of Labor. q
Ticket 10 Put In he Field.
Grill, nelson, CennorA Manning, Larsen,
walsh, Jones, Callan, Curry, Ete,
Are the Hen Nominated.

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Walsh, Jones, Callan, Curry, Bic,
Are the Hen Nominated.
The Pop Ticket.
For Senator
L.. y. GRILL OF Brulc.
For House Members
GUSTAV NELSON OF BIx Springs.
". r. CONORs Of Jefferson.
JAMES MANNING VI brulc.
For Treasurer
JOHN LARSON Of Sphinx.
For Auditor
JAMES WALSH Of Elk Point,
For Register
{. A. JONES Of Bere.tord.
For Sheriff
JOHN CALI.AN Of Alccstcr.
For Clerk
J. II. CURRY OF Civil Bend.
For Superintendent
DON CRAWFORD OF Brule.
For County Judge
A. Il. JAMESON Of Fix Point.
States attorney and surveyor left vacant,
The great independent pow-wow,
with its side lights and very funny
incidents took place OH Monday at
Richland. Every one of the sixty
eight delegates we're present, and amid
the wind and dust and the roaring Of
the autumnal leaves OF the grove in
which the convention was held a
sensation was realized only to
be compared with tho disappointed
oflce-seekcrs, and OF these the num-
Der was large, indeed.
The COURIER reporter arrived about
noon in the beautiful town Of Richland.
Across from the store Of NJ. Moles, the
prince merchant Of Richland, was
stretched a string to which was at
tached a large flag, and all day long it
waved its salutation in an admirable
fashion to the gentle breezcs from the
north. There were fully l75 strangers
in the village and they occupied nearly
all the sidewalk space. A rushing
business was done by the dealers in
pop and cigars, everyone there SEEM
ingly feeling it was u holiday and he
had a right to "blow" his surplus of
wealth. The Richland band played
several very pleasing selections and a
netting $500, was taken up
for the benefit of the players.
Preludins the time for holding the
convention, the wire-pullers. got in
their work. Jim Miller could be seen
bobbing about, talking with this and
that fellow, whispering words OF wis
domino doubt-in some Delegates
car, OF how to skin 'cm, then fry 'em
and finally swallow the precious NOR
sci. Alison Bovee was there, talking
with that urbanity anil diction which
the life OF an auctioneer has endowed
him with. Then there was Nat Kirk,
the irrepressible Nat, shaking hands
with everybody and apparently enjoy
ing-his cigar better than vel. His
name was not presented to the con-
vention, and some delegate was heard
to remark that an election without
Mats name on one Of the tickets would
be strange indeed. And there was Pat
Callahan-the ~irredescent Pat, whose
brightness of color and "au5urnncss"
outshines the sun-hustling like a
Trojan for his friend John. TO
prove that there are no flies on Pat,
joan was nominated for sheriff. jim
ME Walsh silently viewed the throng,
button-holed no one and wore Il smile
as il his mind was engulfed with the
beauty OF Il foreign land. or the other
leaders, only slimpses now and then
could be caught. They were whisper
ing for a purpose, we presume, now to
a Virginian, then to Il Big Sioux, so
that the ship Of populism might be
guided in Il proper channel, which
would conserve to their parti ,ular ad-
vantage.
Finally-and it seemed rs IL 2
o'clock would never come-the con-
vention was called to order by Central
Committeeman b. A. Rozell OF Civil
Bend. The call was read aud followed
by the selection OF w. p. Chamberlain
Of Brule as temporary chairman and
Wilson Miller Of Virginia as secretary.
Messrs. Chamberlain and Miller were,
after organization was completed.
made the permanent officers Of the
convention.
After considerable suggesting and
roundabout methods, the following
committees we're chosen:
Credentials-Henry Cakes OF Vir.
ginia, Thos. Wilson Of Elk Point and
FIR I'd Deane Of Alcester.
Resolutions-Enright OF Civil Bend,
Geo. Libby of Big Sioux, Chas. Reeves
OF Sphinx, VIM. Fetch Of Virginia,
Frank Wakeman OF Sioux Valley, A.
r. Cochrane Of Big Springs, Ed Cal
leen OF Alcester, NJ. J. White OF Prairie
Apportionment-Bernard OF Jeffer-
son, Anderson Of Elk Point, Moles OF
Sphinx, Cakes OF Virginia, Montague
OF Prairie, Pond Of Civil Bend, Merrill
Of Big Sioux, Gunderson OF Brule,
Wade Of Sioux Valley, Sedgwick OF
Alcester and Erickson Of Prairie.
The committee Of apportionment is
something new to the editor Of this
paper, but, thank heaven, he Is young
and still learning new ideas. The
duties OF the committee, as defined by
Orator Cakes, whose Utopian instinct