The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
THE CAMPAIGN IS ON!
niece Nominated for the Circuit
Judgship on the Fifth
Ballot.
SOME RINGING RESOLUTIONS

Good Fight Made for Other Cam
didates.-Enthusia and Har-
mony Reigned Supreme.
The populisu and free silver con-
vention held at Hermosa last Satur-
day to place in nomination a candi-
date for circuit Judge was one Of the
largest ever held in the circuit and
was enthusiastic and spirited from
start to finish, and while the contest
was lively and hard fought every
thing ended with but little or no
friction or bad blood.
The convention was called to order
by Secretary McFadden. the chair
man being absent. r. w. Windsor
of Custer county was chosen tenn
porary chairman and Edmund Smith
of Pennington county secretary.
On motion the chair appointed a
committee of three on credentials,
consisting Of J. r. Sharp of Pen
nington, William Dudley of Fall
River and Archie Rlordan o'.Custer.
While the convention was waiting
for the report of the committee on
credentials, G. L. Wood, G. M.
Cleveland, B. r. Wood, Mr.. Mastic
and Mr.. Bruce were called and re-
sponded in neat and enthusiastic
speeches which were greeted with
hearty applause by the convention.
The committee on credentials re
ported allowing the counties the
stated number of delegates to each
county and as represented at the
convention provided BY the central
committee S call, except Zeibach
county representation, was submit
ted to the convention and said
county was admitted. The report
thus amended gave Pennington 20,
Custer TO- Fall River II and Zeibacb
l. making total Of AZ votes. The
convent ton then voted to allow one
delegate at large for each Of the
three organized counties thus MAX
ing the total vote of the convention
45.
The chair upon motion appointed
G. l.. Wood and J. r. Sharp of Pen
nington, l.. n. Meredith Of Fall
River and J. M. Booker of Custer
committee on resolutions which
presented the following:
RESOLVED, that we are unalterably
id favor of the free and unlimited
coinage Of both gold and silver at
the present legal ratio Of l6 to l
without waiting for or asking the
aid or consent of any other nation
on earth.
Be it further resolved that, we
hereby declare our faith in and
allegiance to the principles embodied
in the platform of the Democratic
National Conven tion adopted at
Chicago July 18th, 1896, and the
platform adopted by the Peoples
Party at their National Convention
at St. Louis July 18th, 1896.
Be it further resolved, that the
Judge of this Circuit has ample time
TO attend personally to all business
in the courts of this circuit and
therefore should not impose on the
tax payers of the counties of this
Circuit the expense of Referee fees.
Mr.. Booker Of Custer county plac-
ed in nomination b. r. Wood of
Custer City; J. R. Sharp of Rapid
nominated Levi McFee and L. N.
Meredith Of Fall River county plac-
ed the name of G. M. Cleveland of
Hot Springs before the convention.
Each OF the nominations were duly
seconded by different delegates pres
ent
The chair then appointed Archie
Riordan, Ethan Allen and Charles
Eastman tellers and balloting was
commenced
First Ballot.
McGee %.
Wood y.
Cleveland 155.
Second Ballot.
McGee %.
Wood 10.