Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-07-31

ORTIZ DAKOTA, FRI
neighbor, Frank Briggs. personally be.
loved by all who know him, Is the can.
didate for governor Outside Of Billy
Bulge. no man in the state could have
been nominated who would have given
better satisfaction to the sure.enough re-.
publicans of Burleigh county.
The Bismarck Tribune is right IN say
ing that Briggs will roll up tremendous
majority on the Slope. And It should
not be forgotten that Fred Fancher, Fred
Fslley and John Cowan men whom 1t is
. pleasure 10 know-are ON the ticket
with Mr.. Briggs.
Gov. Allin waxed wroth at first. but the
papers say that he now states that he will
support the ticket--probably IN the same
way that he supported Burke IN Walsh
county in 1882. He even offers to take
the stump. and rumor has 1T that the
type-wrlting machine is already at work
on his impro omptu orat,ons.
The Grand Forks Herald refers to Mr..
Budgets local supporters as ''Tbe Bray
Outfit" John P. Bray, always loyal Apd
true, stood by his old friend to the end.
That other old friend of the pioneer
days, Winship, stabbed Billy Bulge at
every opportunity. Coal Oil George need
not worry about The Bray Outfit. The
outfit are able and willing to keep the
flies off" Of Wlnship--in political sense
lin Grand Forks county.
There was considerable soreness In sew.
eral delegations over the defeat of Bulge,
not that he had any more right to nom.
iuation than anyone else, but because it
was shown that Nichols and his Cass
county Apaches had not kept faith with
him. But sober, second thought brough,
most of the kickers to q realization of the
fact that Frank Briggs was in no way re-
sponsible for the outcome, and that he
was under no pledge of any kind TO Rob.
inson, LaMoure, or anybody else. In
fact, Mr.. Briggs protested against being
changed on the ticket from candidate for
auditor to candidate for governor.
The young lag&eewho sang the Bulge
songs did right refusing the S. donated
by Delegate Lyon, Of Cass, with which to
treat them to ice cream. In the first
place, the amount was too small to prop:
erly feed thirty-nine girls on ice cream,
In the second place, the young ladies were
too loyal to their candidate to take treat
from one of the political bushwhackert
of Cass who, through jealousy Of the
second county of the state, had, during
three campaigns. combined to deprive
Grand Forks of candidate. A Grand
Forks man at once substituted $40 TO,
the measly $5 Of Banker Lyon, and the
girls got their ice cream just the same.
That remark Of Delegate Tuttle, Of
Mandan to the effect that the Crane
Forks people we're seeking to delay mat
ters so as to keep the crowd in towr
longer was wholly uncalled for arc
contemplate. Tuttle further shows hi
constitutional meanness by intimating, il
reference to The parade IN honor of Bulge
that it was only question Of the expen
diture of money. 1t goes without sayluI
that Tuttle left few friends ut Crane
Forks, and there are a number of Bill,
Budge's friends on the Missouri Slop,
whom the Mandan editor will likely heal
from when opportunity offers. But th
fact that Tuttle lives in Morton count,
and supports Briggs for governor shoult
not set any of Budge's friends agains
the nominees candidacy.
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From the tine of the first conv entio
when Col. Plummer demanded a poll o
the delegation and smoked out Francis
who was opposing Mitchell for state su
perintendent. the Cass county delegation
have been the political bush whackers O
the Valley Mr.. Bulge was assured that
il he would let the nomination for treas
urer alone, Cass county would supper
him for governor. As usual, Nichols an
his crowd of knifers, and backcapper
could not be depended upon. Whil
Grand Forks, Walsh. Barnes and othe
klarge counties were denied representation
on the ticket, the monumental hogs fror
Cass secured three places thereon =
Nichols. Wallin and Wheeler. 1t Is like
ly that the bitter feeling in Grand Fork
county will resolve itself INTO an effort t
show Mr.. Nichols how easy it is for
man to run several thousand behind hi
ticket.
A great deal of stress is laid by som
newspapers on the vote upon the Jerr
Stevens silver resolutions. The fact /
that those resolulions--and others-wer
introduced for the purpose of delay, th
Grand Forks delegates and their friend
hoping that delay might weaken tn
power Of the combinatlop. The vote wa
NO test whatever Of the silver strength, a
there were number Of delegations cor
tanning free;silver men that voted solidl,
against the Stevens resolutions. Most o
the free.silver men recognized the ute
absurdlty of making state platform
diametrically opposed on the money quei
ton to the national platform. The ap