The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Union County Convent ton.


With Chauncy l. Wood presid-
ing and Art w. Grid as secretary
the union county convention was
held at the court house last Satur-
afternoon for the purpose Of select
ing nine delegates to the state judi
cial convention at Mitchell on the
l4th. and the nomination of a candi-
date for commissioner for the First
district. On motion the chairman
appointed Judge Levi Niece, John
J. Mccall and Robert Boyd us a
committee to select the names of
the delegates to the state conven-
ton. The following names were
presented and the report promptly
ratified by the convention: Lew
MCGEE, G. L. Wood, Robert Boyd,
W. Fl. Tompkins, p. F. Mcmahon,
G. VonWoehrmann, w. Fl. LaBee,
John Llntz and w. W. Pinkerton. On
motion OF W. H. Labee the delegates
present from the precincts CT NJ
prising the First commissioner dis
trict vent into conference for
the purpose OF selecting u candidate
for the commissioner from that
district. They were unable to agree
on any II man, the majority favor
ing nomination of Daniel Morris.
while the majority were for A. c.
5oland for the place. Owing to
this failure to agree. the two names
were ballotted on by the convention,
resultingin the nomination of Mr..
Boland. The following resolutions
were presented to the convention
and adopted unanimously:
THE fusion forces of Pennington
County, consisting Of the free silver
republican, the democratic and
populist parties in delegate conven
ton assembled IN this I'd day o.
September, 1899, declare:
THAT we have always approved,
of the platforms adopted by the
respective national conventions of
the above parties in 1896, and on
which platforms William J. Bryan
was our candidate for the presidency
of the United States, and we here
by pledge our unaltered faith and
confidence in him and the principles
which he represents, and
eve further declare that we com
mend, and will do everything we CAT
to encourage the present nationa
administration in its present policy
of administering the laws, rules and
regulations of the Interior Depart
meut relative to the timer reserve
of the Black Hills, for we know OF
nothing which will aid so far in de-
feating republicanism in the future
and there is certainly no n thing
which will do as much to strengthen
to Jul political forces in this
country as the present conduct.
the timber reserve affairs.
Believing that we ought to commend
everything that helps us to over
come republicanism, we therefore
declare that it is our earnest desire
and wish that the administration O
of the timber e affairs IN the
Black Hills timber reservation vii
not change at least until after the
election in November, 1900.
"We further declare that the fus.or
forces in this county freely and
enthusiastically endorse the candi
dcacy of Edmund Smith for one o
judges Of the supreme court of this
state; and we hereby pledge and in
struct the delegates from this county
to the state convention to use al
$ honorable to secure hi
nomination, knowing from a Ions
. acquaintance during his long resi-
dence in this county that no othe,
S candidate is better qualified for tn,
0 position nor to whom the party il
more deeply indebted that to him
Convention adjourned.
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