Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-09-03
BLACK HILLS.
5. E. WILSON NAMED
By lAcclamation by the Republicans
At Custcras Their Candidate for
Judge of seventh Circuit.

The republicans of the Seventh Ju-
dicial circuit met i'm delegate convention
in Custer last Saturday, Aug. 2Sth,
pursuant to the call of the judicial
committee. for the purpose of nominat-
ing a candidate for the Office OF circuit
judge.
The convention WAS called to order
by Joseph B. Gossage. secretary of the
judicial committee.
1t was moved and seconded that DIR.
". Il. McGillicuddy, of Pennington
county. be the temporary chairman of
the convention, which motion carried.
1t was moved and seconded that
Walter Anderson. of Fall River county,
be the temporary secretary of the con-
vention. which motion prevailed.
The chair appointed as committee on
credentials the following persons:
Joseph b. Gossage, of Pennington
county; w. II. Wilson, of Fall River
county; l. NJ. Donaldson, of Custer
county; Ernest Schleuning, of Pen
Fall River county.
The committee on permanent organ
ization consisted of \. II. Anderson, A.
n. Wallace and Frank Birch, of Pen
nington, and James Daniels, of Custer.
The chair appointed as the COM
on resolutions DIR. w. Il. Adams and C.
L. Conger, of Fall River. G. j. Buell.
and Frank r. Williams, of Pennington,
and NJ. a. Willis, of Custer.
a recess was then taken to enable
the committees to make their re.
ports, and upon the reconvening the
committee on credentials reported
list of delegates entitled to seats in
the convention, which report was
adopted.
The committee on permanent organ
iZation and order of business recon-
mended that the temporary organiza
tion be made the permanent one, that |
nominating speeches should be limited |
to three minutes, and that after the |
nomination had been made the COM
mittee on resolutions should report. |
The report also recommended that the |
convention hold IL continuous session
until all the business had been dis
posed of. \ motion was made for the
adoption OF the report as read, but be-
, fore the question was put by the chair
motion to amend by taking Il recess
after the permanent organization was
perfected, until 1:3O o'clock was made.
which motion prevailed.
On convening after the noon recess
Maj. A. r. Anderson made Il motion
that the convention proceed toplace i'll
nomination candidates for the circuit
judgeship. \ point of order was then
raised, and motion was adopted de-
claring that the temporary organiza-
ton be made permanent one, when
the major renewed his previous motion.
ship.
Major Anderson in a neat speech
then placed the name of S. Il. Wilson,
of Hot Springs, before the convention
as u candidate for the circuit Judge
G. j. Buell. then addressed the con
vention and read a letter he had Just
received from Judge William Gardner
declining to allow his name to go be-
fore the convention rs candidate for
the office as his private business would
not permit him to again fill the posi-
ton, and that he would heartily sup
port the nominee of the convention.
Upon motion of John t. Brennan the
nomination of S. +. Wilson as the re-
publican candidate for the judgeship
of the Seventh Judicial Circuit was
made by acclimation.
The committee on resolutions read
a series of resolutions that had been
recommendedhy by the republican county
convention of Fall River county, which
we're amended and adopted 10y the con-
vention.
The judicial central committee was
then named, the members from Fall
River being Il. r. Juckett. w. T.. Ad-
amA,.J. A. Stewart: Custer, James Dan
iels, j. T.. Pitcher and Fred Hendrick-
son; Pennington. G. j. Buell., A. X.
Gardner and +. \. Hamilton.
A resolution was then introduced by
delegate from Custer county recon-
mending the appointment of w. G.
Porter, of Custer City, to be assistant
United States attorney. The resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted by the
convention.
There being no further business be-
fore the convention an adjournment
was taken.