Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-03-26
Republican County
Convention.
LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Ringing Resolutions Adopted
for Protection, Reciprocity,
Mckinley, and Davil Will
liams for National Delegate

The Republican county convention
was held at the court house in this
city last Saturday afternoon, and
despite the severe weather and bad
condition of the roads, was very
largely attended.
The convention was called to order
by J. H. Mccoy, chairman of the
county committee. L. A. Baker was
made chairman, and Fred w. Harris
secretary. The committee on Gre
dentials, consisting of Messrs. Chas,
b. Knott, w. A. Abbott, and. Oscar
Stewart, reported the following dele
gates entitled to seats in the con.
vention:
Liberty-Gust Wendt, John E,
Ray, A. E. Hemmah.
Pennington - John Evald, John
Tompkins.
Andover-A. E. Raynes, a. w,
Bigelow, J. A. Johnson, j. H. Bond.
o. F. Stewart, ID. A. Seeley, W.
H. Mills.
Butler - w. T. Colwell, j. c,
Nichols, /. w. Sanborn.
Kidder-Wm. Bury, F. H.. Craw,
ford.
York-Burt Luvaas, Frank John
son.
Kosciusko - John Barse, A
Getman.
BRISTOL. J. Sabin, n. Moxness,
NJ. c. S~chenecker, C. B. Knott.
Scotland-Lee w. Lewis, George
Jackman.
Independence-Ole Swenson, Jno
Enstad, Gunder Aadland.
Highland-Ole Amundson, J.Lee
Egeland-C. III. Palmer, Johr
Leines, f. S. Patterson.
Rusk-Thos. A. Bones, Thos. Ray
Valley-Mike Biersbach.
Morton-Chas. Ebert, O. L. vii
liams.
Grenville-Peter Anderson.
Wheatland-J. j. Fosse, A. G..
Davis, O. r. Howell.
Webster. Fl. Mccoy, Z. Hun.
tington, John Cloyd, Jas. McFadden
Julius Flagstad, G.. w. Siglinger
Andrew O. Groos, f. w. Harris, J.
w. Abbott, E. A. Wearne, Thos.
Whalen.
Racine - Hugh Jones, August
Wolfe.
Nutley-Mat Pollreis, r. Schnei.
der.
Waubay-W. A. Abbott, George
o. Pitcher, L. A. Baker, Paul Taft
j. r. Cotton.
Central Point - w. A. Abbot,
three votes).
Lynn-T. FL. Syhre, Peter Alsag
ger.
The following resolutions were
adopted
RESOLVED, That the homestead policy
OF the government, adopted by the Re
publican party during the glorious ad
ministration OF Abraham Lincoln, ha.
proved to be Of inestimable value toward
the development OF the whole county
that the reversal OF that policy was un
wise and threatens to retard the progres.
OF large portions of the country. W.
believe the government shsuld again
allow homeless settlers to secure homes
upon the public domain under the gener
al homestead laws, and that the extin
Sul>iuitiit VI dl IuuidIl Jiltt % al reSef'
walton by purchase should not be a bal
to this benificent policy. The enactment
OF the Lacy Free Home Bill as a law
will saw present or future settlers upon
public lands i'm this state six millions oil
dollars which will otherwise be unjustly
collected, depriving many OF their homes
thereby creating an unsettled rather
than a patriotic citizenship. In view oil
these facts, we, the representatives OF the
Republicans of Day County. in conven-
ton assembled, request our delegates to
the state convention at Huron to use
their efforts to have that honorable body
instruct the delegates from the state o
South Dakota that will be sent to st.
Louis to the national convention to en-.
deasor to secure a plank in the national
Platform, ssAaiirming the timehoaoIed
position of the party ON the homestead
laws. liz il further