The Dickinson press., 1894-10-13
A WEAK TICKET.
Tile Independents follow in tile
FAKE of Bungling Io6s-Retuse
to Seat RightfM Delegates and
Then Tumble 0uer Each Other TO
Take IT all Back.

AHCH L HHEOtC OOCl EUCH VGIsCI W
Take 1t all Back.
The independents gave another ex-
ample of their tinkering in Rich
ardton Saturday afternoon, October
6. 1t was IL poor job and not credit
able to the participants. Somehow
the Independents are notorious for
bungling things and exemplifying
their short sightedness.
w. II. Walton called the conven.
tion to order, and T.. d. Kidder nom.
mated G. S. Cryne for permanent
chairman. Carried.
j. A.. WEIGH nominated W. a..
Carter for secretary. Carter not Il
delegate and declined. Two other
similar nominations were made.
James Reilly nominated j. H.. Cald.
well, who declined. Tim Cuskelly
nominated II. j. Turner; but Turner
said he was not Il delegate. Frank
Stone nominated w. W. l}rookings,
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others followed. They went back to
Caldwell who accepted.
J.. d. kiduer moved thu chair APP
point a committee Of three to act on
credentials. Carried.
Chair asked if there were any con.
testing delegations; Reilly s,il there
were from Richardton.
Chair appointed J.. ID. kidder, Dan
Joyce and Peter Lentz. Chair re-
considered appointment OF Joyce, he
being Il delegate at large, and sub.
! stituted Tom Callahan.
The report Of the credential COM
mittcc showed that Richardson had
contrasting delegations, one headed
by Theodore Hartung ANA the other
Ivy James Reilly. 1t showed farther,
that Reilly. who was Judge of cleo.
ton, had held IL caucus with three
members and when IIartung asked
at the proper time in the evening
about the holding of the caucus he
was put off by Reilly who said there
would be none held. Hartung went
the second time, accompanied Ivy
understand that eitheY the caucus
had been held and things fixed, or
that there would be non held.
Thereupon the majority crowd peti.
toned ard held Il caucus of their
OWE. The evidence presented
showed conclusively that Hartung
had justice on his side but the pow
ers that were would not have it so.
Kidder and Callahan voted to seat
the Reilly delegates and ignore the
Hartung men. I.entz was not salts
fed, hut he was in the minority.
When this rank decision wa; handed
down. Hartung hastily left the room,
and there was sudden scattering Of
Germans. Carl Lehman stepped to
the door and called in u loud tone for
all Germans to leave the room. The
Cry was taken UP and all was confu.
sion. Henry Lehman said to his
brethren that five or six nnprinci-
pied, worthless fellows who pay no
taxes had set themselves up to run
the whole thing. He also warned
them that the vote of November 8
would show what the Germans
thought of ring rule, and went out.
Within five minutes fully half the
people had boited and left the hall.
The rest of the fellows were in u
pitiable dilemma. Their jaws
dropped and they looked like a lot of
soul,dly whipped schoolboys. FL
nally somebody had presence of mind
enough to go after Reilly and tell
him that Uile only way to get their
founlered ship oft tho shoals and
atloat again was FOR him to get down
and out. Another fellow was dis.
patched after the Hartung fellows
with orders to bring them back into
the fold. The convention then pro.
G .eded to swallow itself. The chair
announced the report of the creden.
tial committee as follows:
Gladstone delegates II. J. Turner
and l.. n. Corncll(proxies to 6; S:
Cryne.)
Lehigll-C. A. Tear and j. H. Col.
grove(proxy to Tear.)
Dickinson-Tim Cuskelly. Jerry
Hayes (proxy to Walton), W. II.
Walton. l.. ID. Kidder, Dan Manning,
Jack WEIGH, B. F. Fowler and Thos.
Oukrop.
South Heart-Al Murray, II. w
gilman (proxy to Murray.
15elncld- i. i. Stone and Ward
Berd (proxy to Stone).
Taylor-A. II. Rosendale, WIN.
Hecht, Dan Joyce and j. II. Cald.
well.
The chair got II little confused
here and called for a vote of the con.
vention on the report. Somebody
said there were more delegates, and
the chair read
Antelope-Paul Horn, Tom Gala.
han and John Conlin.
Srringvale-P. Blair, Peter LentZ
Chas. Dienst, T.. Gardner and FREQ
+ Benecke.
This concluded the list and til,
chair wanted somebody to make
suggestion that would help them Out
of their trouble.
j. S. Let's, who was not II delegate,
rose quickly and offered Il suggestion.
Chas. Dienst said if the convention
thrtw the Germans out they would
lose Il heavy vote.
The convention became elastic,
very liberal, and voted into full fel
lowship the rejected,
! This done, the manipulators took
new courage and took hold Of thu
work of their abandoned slate like
i, l tile men. You could see the smiles
! roll off their faces. They thought
the load had rolled away.
"A motion was made to let Dar
Joyce. who had been elected u dele.
gate at large contrary to call, have
seat in the convention.
W. II. Walton moved to make thu
, temporary organization permanent
Notwithstanding the nature of til,
f motion on which the chairman hat
. been elected.
r Moved to proceed to nomination o:
. officers by ballot. Carried.
+. P. Stone nominated Frank Lisl
for sheriff.
Theo. Hartung nominated. JOIN
!, Goodall who declined, and Lish VIA:
; elected by reclamation.
w. II, Walton nominated John A
Mc(iregor for auditor and Chas. Di
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