Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-01-21
NAME WAS ANNOUNCED
FuIler's Name was Placed on
Senate Committees Be-
fore Being Seated.
The Journal Changed So as
to Cover up The
Blunder.
Proof That Election Boards
Petition to be Heard was
Received.

Petition to be Heard was
Received.
The jamestown Capital, the personal
organ and supporter Of Bailey Fuller
and his methods, undertakes to defend
him and fool lts readers by attempting
to show that the plan to seat Fuller was
not deliberate, put up Job.
It would seem that the least airing OF
this thing the better for certain parties,
but the Capital accuses The Alert Of
falsifying the report OF the senate pro-
ceedinas 10 our stating that the name of
Fuller vas announced on committees by
the presiding officer OF the senate before
he was seated as q member, and even
before the committee report seating him
had been read.
The Alert's statement is correct. Such
bull wns made. Fuller's name was
announced on committees by the presl-
dent of the senate before he was seated,
and, if Sanford's name was afterward
substituted in the record, to cover up
the blunder. Mr. Sanford says no public
mention OF it WAS made in the proceed
ings of that day.
The Capital does not seem to be
posted on all the means taken to unseat
Sanford, or know that Senator Sanford
was practically knocked out before he
left for the capital. 1t Is story that
may come day leak out, to the edificatlon
of many curious persons.
The Fargo Forum of the 18th corro-
b0rates The Alert about the evidence
that shows Mr.. Sanford was doomed in
advance. The Forum says: The boys
had the laugh on the lieutenant gov
ernor who had Bailey Fuller assigned to
committees on Monday, when he was
not seated on the contest, until Tuesday
afternoon. Governor Devine said he only
anticipated for day-what everybody
knew would happen tho seating of
Bsiley-snd bio committees are ready for
him.
Mr.. sANFoBD's ACCOUNT
E. M. Sanford is at present conf3ed to
his bedroom recovering from threat
ened attack VI pneumonia and expects
be about shortly. He was seen at his home
Thursday by reporter OF Tho Alert.
and discussed matters at Bismarck. His
attention being directed to the state
ment IN The Capital that, "the name of
B. W. Fuller was not announced on any
committee Whatever" Monday, be said:
Monday Mr.. Devine announced the
name OF F1ller on various committees
when the mstter Of the contest was to
be brought up as special order Tues
day afternoon, the next day. There was
no motion made to change the senste
journal and correct this break Of the
speaker. Later understand that some
Of the Fuller men roasted the ieuten.
ant governor for giving away the inten-
tions Of the committee by announcing
Mr.. Fuller 40 q member Of committees
too previously and that Mr.. Devlne had
the printers change the proceedings in
the Journal. My name was not announced
on any OF the committees Monday, but
Mr.. Fuller's was."
II was in my seat in the senate Tues
day, just before the opening, when .
messenger boy handed me telegram
stating that the election board Of the
Third ward Of jamestown had wired the
chairman Of the election committee, and
/ Mso the speaker Of the senate, asking to
Gheard in relation to the election con-
test. The boy went to Mr.. Devine and
handed him the telegram referred to in
my message. Mr.. Devlne read it and
then handed it to Senator Arnold, chair
man Of the election committee, who
showed 1t to others. When the senate
was called to order no mention was made
OF the message from the election board
or the wishes Of the board to be heard
before the committee in their own be-
half. The request was treated with
silent contempt"
In his speech to the senate Mr.. San
ford says be charged fraud in the matter
Of the election 10 the Third ward of
jamestown and showed the dlscrepan-
cies in the figures. In the recount of
the vote be showed how the figures
were obtained and how they dovetsiled
together by manipulation. His speech
OF three.qusrters Of an hour was an
swered by three or four senators, but no
attempt, be states. made to answer the
i assertion Of fraud. Nj. Sanford added
that the republican members deslrous OF
seeing fair play and true count were
coerced and bulldozed by means and
methods we'll known to Legislators. II
wss imperative TO the republicans that
Nj. Fuller be seated, be would work