Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-07-26

present Of any young man in bic right
mind getting into that kind OF q cemetery
at the present writing.
The Barnes county people had little
enth huslaem for tue election OF Miss
Bates to represent the republican men
Of the couLtry.
Many republicans kicked on Allin OF
Walsh county. His county gave Burke
1913 and Shortridge 2.226 in 1892, and the
republicans now seek to turn the other
cheek 10 q way not pleasant to practical
politicians.
johnson is taken with grimaces also,
as he did nothing for tho rest Of the
ticket before. There was a strong To-
ducement to knock out both-if the
party had the moral courage and put
up better and more representative men.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
When tho state convention adjourned
Wednesday night until 10 o'clock Thurs
day it was thought that the combine,
! which had been announced before would
J be broken up, and many were the predic
tions that the slate would go to pieces
| before morning. The combination was
too strong for such a fate, although
| Dodge of the Great Northern, and Billy
Bulge, the candidate for treasurer, Jud
LaMoure and others tried their best to
find weak points in the slate. 1t was no
use, except in one instance, and that was
in the supreme judgeship, where the
friends of Judge Bartholomew rallied
| and demanded his nomination instead
of Lauder of Richlend, the present dis
trict Judge.
The convention assembled at 10
o'cloc and how we'll the friends of Bar
| tholomew labored was at once seen. The
fight was to come up in the convention
over the order in which nominations
were to be made. The friends of Lauder
wanted the 1udgeship settled before the
treasurer, which was the all important
office on the ticket, outside Of judge.
This would be the fourth nomination.
The friends of Bartholomew wanted the
nomination made last on the entire list.
Two reports we're received on this from
| the committee on rules, one majority
report, the other minority. and the
former recommending the selection Of
| judge fourth on list. The only fight in
the convention occurred on the adoption
| of these reports and was the first test
vote Of the convention. 1t resulted IN
the adoption of the minority report by a
close vote, 17S1s to l751a Barnes,
Walsh and Trail delegates changed
enough votes from the combine on this
one nomination to insure the selection
OF Bartholomew.
In the announcement of votes of
counties Colonel Pinmmer, who generally
says what he thinks regardless of how 1t
cuts, arose and said that be cast the four
| votes OF Ward county against the North.
ern Pacific majority report. This stirred
up sensation, but the convention &C.
copied the defeat of Lauder and pro.
ceeded to grind out the state nomlna-
tions as agreed, and the whole list went
through without hitch 10 the bill.
Before, however, the nominations were
made, G. A. Pollock of Cass county, the
prohibition advocate and chairman Of
the platform committee arose and read
the platform, which he SAID the COM
mittee had dutifully labored upon until
II o'clock Wednesday night. The plat
form was adopted without delegate ex-
pressing an opinion II any kind, and
without any discussion at all. Every one
seemed anxious to get rid of the tedious
details of what they knew was coming.
The platform IN brief demanded the
continued enforcement OF prohibition,
also desired womans suffrage. On the
silver question it lodged completely
saying all it could, and meaning nothing.
The reference in the protection plank
against the single gold standard Of Great
Britain. was for pure buncombe only and
meant nothing IN the light OF what fol.
lowed about silver. The eilver plank was
put up to catch free silver suckers, on
NJ. N. Johnson's gold basis record in
congress-. 1t will not deceive many free
silver voters. The platform was &C.
cepted IN apparent indifference to the
widespread consequences it's provisions
implied, by the whole convention.
Attorney Cochrane of Grand Forks.
deep chested oratorical speaker, arose
and put NJ. N. johnson in nomination.
Cochrane ls lone of the boys" and his
speech did not have the enthusiastic
ring to it that 1t has had on other occa-
sions where his heart and lungs CON-
bined to do duty. He sald in perfume
tory way, rs il taking dose OF medicine.
that johnson had won the plaudits OF
republicans Of North Dakota by bis
course in congress-meaning perhaps
but not referring to, his votes on silver
and he proposed his name again for a
third term. Little else was said by any
one except Hughes OF BurleiRh, who
arose and IN seconding Johnson's nomi.
nation alluded to the action Of Grand
Forks county in nominating johnson az
a death bed repentance. Richlsnd,
Ransom, Trail. Kidder, Walsh counties
all seconding NJ. N. Johnson's nomina-
tion and he was soon solemnly chosen,
and the job completed with no other
reference to his work, his attitude on
public questions. or his relation with the
republicans OF the state, present, past OF
future Az it had to be done. it were
best done quickly.