The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-17

Sheldon crowd figured that none but
uneontested delegates would have IA
right To vote in the county convention
80 they arranged a paper contest against
the delegates from Ishpcming and Ne
gaunee for the express purpose oi keep
ing them out oi the temporary organ'zn-
tion ~ the county convention notwlth-
ntanding the fact they had acquiesced IN
the proceedings OF both the lshpeming
and Negaunee conventions and had no
| jusiiiial,lc grounds upon which 1" con-
test BY keeping lshpcming out oi the
temporary organization they would
have a majority aud would get n chair
man who would approint "A committee
that would report in L,vor al seating
enough sheldon delegates To give them
control of the convention Irrespective oil
the merits OF the case. 1t Was a. dcsper-
ate scheme oi desperate men in a desper-
ate position. All show OF honor or
honesty was swept aside in their deter
minntion to send sheldon delegates to
the Marquette county convention either
by lair means or foul ones.
The county committee resolved, as
they had perfect right 10 do, 10 thwart
this dishonest scheme. A meeting ot the
committee was called and IT was decided
that none but regularly accredited dele
gates should have voice IN the tenn
porary organization. IL was upon thlS
ruling Of the chair that the split was
mnde in the county convention and two
sets of delegates cent to the congression-
al and other conventions. To briefly
state the case the Stephenson men claim
: their right to seats from the
{ fact that they had majority
/ of the delegates ia the convention
j, The sheldon dolcgnt = claim their seats
, from the contention that the chair
, man made II wrong ruling II IT had
4 not been that ground some other would
{ have been trumped ~" 20 keep Mar
0 quette county out OF the temporary
> organization OF the congressional con
/ vention. Ia Iact, any old ground wa'
y sufficient To the ends sought for by th'
/ Shcldonites.
4 We think that we have given on
. readers enough facts To show that Mar
= quetie county fnirly and honestly be
Il longed to Mr.. Stephenson and that Ia
le il entitled to the nomination on the re
n publican ticket The ficts were 40 over
u. whelning conclusive that the Shelde
crowd wns afraid To have them aired i
ig the convention and when il was show
10 l syond a doubt that Iron county, whlc
le under the circumstances, was the dccIdIn
al county. had gwen its vote To Stephet
~ son, the arch conSprator nom I'll
III Canadian line gathered about him b
-. associate political crooks, AZ nugwum
az from lshpcmiug and a Democratic edit'
ed from Marquette, and concocted the dI
as reputable raid that was made upo
ID the convention next day ut lshpenne.
ire The Sheldon crowd dared nc
at expose their position IA they kne
tn il was not tenablc aud su determined
gct by foul means what they couldn
ng yet by fair ones. To Hon. Samuel
nj Stephenson richtinlly belongs tie non
en- nation and il is our enrnrst hope TIN
ed he gets what honestly belongs TO hlm.
he
at The sight 81 Hon Thomas B. Dunstr
,ut cutting spread eagle gestures on {
as rustrum was truly az example of I
ec. decent from the sublime to the rldic
ley Ious We doubt II he heard hims
~ talk so great was the din. VIII
lcir he had finished moving his jaws a
nds had anchored his arms the cro'
ty- paused to get it's wind and "a cppI
hat country ndmircr OF the dignitied stat
the man shouted whats the matter wi
Dunstan?r A Menominee hoy III
He'd back Of the room who had seen D'
the stan's gestures. etc, Immediately sho
om ed back, "He nude a dm good speech
w We are informed by one W
wns present at the time Il
while nt dinner in the hotel Nlarquei
last Wednesday, Chase Osborn "
~ told that Iron county stood twelve
,"' four for Stephenson, lac replied, "Tl
bpnfa ina "