The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-06-30

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almost raised the roof of the court house
trying to get through q resolution endors-
ing the official acts Of Gov. Shortridge, but
the convention would not have it that
way and
THE JONAH OF TIE rS,irEsT
was thrown overheard by a motion to lay
the resolution on the table. During the
crosstire of words over the resolution there
were strong hints fran ex-President VIII
ham of Dickey county that the advocates
of the resolution were striking matches in
u powder house, or "1aising HE'LL" as he
more forcibly expressed it, and o. G..
Major of Stark county intimated that he
had in his side pocket some literature that
might be produced if the matter was
passed beyond tho point where forbear-
ance ceased to be n virtue. At the inter
esting stage of the proceedings, when the
air was lurid with the pYrotechnics pro-
duced Ivy a combination of mind and
words, the motion to lay the resolution on
the table was made and carried, and "peace
brooced over the hushed Domain" where
pandemonium held sway a moment before.
The nominat1on of Walter Muir for con-
gress was then made by reclamation, with
out an attendant incident to ripple the
stream of harmony. and everything looked
favorable for clear sailing the remainder
of the session. But if such a hope was
entertained, it was vain. Hardly had the
members of the convention reached the
beatifc state of feeling when they wanted
to embrace one another in a love feast
when Delegate Allison of Kidder county
"frowed a brick" by Il motion to take an
informal secret ballot for governor, which
immediately transformed the convention
into bear garden, and in less than half a
minute the members had n another by
the ears again. and a large number were
on their feet clawing the air for recogni
ton by the chair to second the motion or
denounce it rs a 'snap game" and a trick
of old party politics. For an hour the
wrangle continued, and in the midst of it
an adjournment was taken till 1 p. IN.
On reassembling the battle of the wind
mill was renewed. until at last the tower
ing form of A.. Z. Fenton, the stalwart
Popullst of Cass county, who. above the
roar and din of the Babel-like confusion
produced by a simultaneous and continu-
Gus out pour of English, German. Polish,
Norwegian and Sioux languages, made
himself heard, in which he declared shat
the members seemed as if they were
suspicious and afraid of one another.
which did not comport with the idea of a
reform convention. and, stretching himself
up to Goliah stature. he declared in stem
torian tones. eff 1 am
IN A DEN OF THIEVES
I want to get out of here" The conven-
ton finally decided in favor of taking the
proposed informal secret ballot, which
was suspected of being in the interest of
Gov. Shortridge, but the result was 80
largely IN favor of Lieut.. Gov. Wallace
that all other candidates brought out by
the informal ballot. Shortridge among the
rest, were Withdrawn and Wallace was
nominated for governor by reclamation.
Tho rest of the ticket was nominated
with very. little contention, all except the
candidates for lieutenant governor and
commissioner of agriculture and labor be-
ing denominations, until it came to rail
road commissioner, which resulted in dis
placing Rasmussen of Barnes county, for
whom was substituted Connolly of Morton
and B. B. Stevens of Ransum county were
renominated, although an effort was made
to substitute J. F. Kline of Eddy county
for one of them. For judge of the
supreme court Delegate Williams of Grand
Forks county presented Judge Templeton,
Democratic judge of the district court,
who resides in Grand Forks. This was
followed by the Roscoe Conkling nominat-
ing speach of the day and convention,
which was made by Delegate Allison of
Kidder county in presenting the name
anu ClHlulR VI 06OTRo W. N0WCOu Vi soAS-
marck fer the place on the supreme court
bench, in which the speaker claimed that
in addition to the intellectual and legal
qualifications of Mr.. Newton he was a
Populist, and there was no occasion for
their going outside of their own political
ranks for a candidate for this Office. So
many seconded the nomination of Newton
that Delegate Williams considered himself
offended by the surprising brilliancy of
the remarks of Allison and with the pet
ulant remark that he would not get down
to the level of his antagonist in nominal
ing speeches withdrew the name of Judge
Templeton, walked out and left the con-
v~ention with his quilts standing a la por-
cupine. Mr.. Newton was then nominated
by reclamation. He is one of the three
commissioners appointed by Gov. Short.
ridge to compile the laws of the state, a
work already done bv a commission APP
pointed by Gov. Burke. This useless
expense of doing over work already done