The Dickinson press., 1896-04-11
Republican Convention.

Republican Convention.
The Stark county convention met
Saturday afternoon. April 4, at the
court house, as per Call.
Chairman Currie called the con-
vention to order, making \ few ap'
pr0priate remarks. Secretary Little
hales read the call.
W. E. King and S. d. Gregg, CON :
mitteemen, were appointed by the
chair t. examine credentials with
Secretary Littlehales. They report.
ed no contests.
T. S. Underhill moved that ]. NJ.
Tracey act as temporary chairman
of the convention. Motion carried;
and Mr.. Currie appointed Messrs.
Underhill and Jopp to escort Mr..
Tracey to the chair. G. W. Lee and
Otto Dosskey were elected secreta.
ries.
w. A. Mcclure made a motion, sec.
onded by Geo. Scnour, that's com.
mittee of five be appointed by chair
to act for the convention on creden.
tials. Carried.
Credential committee-B. Lepper.
Geo. Senour, w. A. Mcclure. Geo.
Lee, Otto Dosskey. The committee
reported the following delegates as
having a right to participate in the
convention: Scoaeld (proxy to Doss.
key), Mckenzie, Crosthwaite (proxy
to Dosskey), S. p. Gotta (proxy to Da.
yis). Angel, John Davis, Hans
Christensen, Colgrove. Lee. Standi.
frd, J0pp. Taft, Wells, L. Christen.
sen. Henderson, Tracey. Mcclure,
Lehman. Urey, Koesel, Underhill,
Lepper, Fraumann, Schmalenberger,
Swenson (proxy to Schmalenberger.)
Mr.. Underhill moved that the
temporary organization be made per.
manent. Carried.
Messrs. Underhill, Dosskey, Taft,
Davis and Lee werea appointed a com.
mittee on resolutions.
Mr.. Senour moved that the chair
appoint Il committee of seven to
select a list of IL delegates to 60 to
Fargo. Seconded by Jopp and car.
ried. The chair appointed: Senour,
l.. Christensen, Mckenzie, Hender-
son. Mcclure, Jopp. Lepper. This
committee went into an ante.ro0m
and the tug of war began.
In the meantime the resolution
committee made the following unan.
imous report:
Resolved, that we, tho republicans of Stark
county, in convention assembled. ~emphaticaliy
I'D / Glory ~ and SOUND st money; 'Do '"'p'''''''
Resolved, that our first choice for president
is Mckinley, second, Allison; third, Reed; and
fourth. any suitable republican who ably repre-.
SnnfS nnr ronnhIicQn nrincinIQS-
Resolved, that any delegate elected to the
Fargo convention be required in case of being
cation.
The delegation committee report.
ed the following names.
T. S. Underhill, chairman
Ed. r.. Bonney
Benz. Webb
j. NJ. Tracey
Geo. ". Lee
Andrew Jopp
Y. II. Stickney
A. C. McGillivray
II. l.. Dickinson
John w. Currie .
Otto Dosskey
w. f. King.
Dosskey moved to elect a new cen.
trail committee; Lee seconded. Car.
ried.
Belfeld-W. E. King.
South Heart-Wells Taft.
Dickinson-H. L. Dickinson, Il. II.
Johnson.
Lehigh j. H. Oolgrove.
Gladstone-E. L. Standifird.
Taylor-H, H. Henderson.
Richardt0n-W. A. Mcclure.
Antelope. D.. Urey.
Springvale-Isaac Henderson.
Farmers Valley-Swen Swenson.
Dosskey moved that ]. NJ. Tracey
be elected chairman of the county
committee. Lee put in nomination
the name of II. L, Dickinson. The
first ballot resulted in a tie; the sec,
ond gave Tracey IA votes, Dickinson
IL, and Tracey was declared elected.
r. H. johnson was elected score.
tary Of the county committee.
Underhill's motion that q majority
vote in Fargo delegation rule was
lost,
C. F. Clark announced that a meet.
ing would be held in the evening to
perfect arrangements for organizing
a republican league, and the conven.
finn odi,,rpod