Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-07-12
FANCHER WINS OUT
Succeeds in Again Securing N0mind-
tion for Governor on Repub-
IiCdn Ticket.
Candidates Grouped in the Central
and Western Portion of the
State.
Red River Valley Counties Ignored.
Jud LaMOure on the Band
Wagon.

Grand Forks, July ll.-At the state
republican convention today the fol
| lowing ticket was nominated:
| Congressman-T Marshall, Oakes
| GOvernOr-F. B. Fancher, ,Stutsman
Lieutenant Governor-FrankW White
of Barnes.
Secretary Of State--E. f. Porter OF
Foster.
Audltor-A. n. Carlblom of Sar.
gent.
Attorney General-Comstock OF
Benson.
Treasurer-Dan Mcmillan Of Cava.
lier.
Superintendent of Public Instruc.
tion-Joe Devine Of LaMOure.
Insurance COmmissiOner-LentZ OF
Morton.
Supreme Court Judge-Morgan OF
Ramsey.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor-P. J. Turner Of Stark.
Railroad Commits 'rs-Shea, Of Rich.
land, Youngblood. of Wells, Lord, OF
TOwner.
The convention assembled at 2:l5
and it was nearly O'Clock before can
ddateS were put in nomination.
Cochrane of Grand Forks put Con-
gresham Spalding in nomination at
3:15. The presidential electors chosen
we're Johnson Of Richland. Tofthagen
of Nelson and Gulick of Mcintosh.
Grand Forks, n. D., July Fit is
re ported that Spalding was offered
the denomination for congress on the
state republican ticket but he refused
to 90 into the deal with Fancher's
forces. The ticket nominated is a re.
suit of a combination Of the second,
fourth, fifth, sixth and part OF the
seventh districts. CasS, Trail, Grand
Forks, Walsh and Pembina. the most
populous counties in the state, were
entirely ignored. The fifth district
gets four good places on the ticket
The whole deal is said to hinge on the
senatorial fight two years hence. Hans
brough Marshall, Little and Others
are in on the deal.
Eight or ten counties were instruct
ed for Spalding but went into com
bination against him. The Fanche]
combination is result of Senator Nc
Gillivray's efforts, it is said, but he
was ably assisted in the work. At the
last moment Jud LaMoure broke into
the combine and secured the landing
of his friend, Dan Mcmillan of Cava.
/! lier for treasurer, beating Driscoll O
Walsh.
A long and interesting series Of ev
entS led up to the selection OF TIT
above ticket The StutSman count,
delegates won a signal victory an(
were largely instrumental in engineer
ing the combine of the western ant
slope counties against the Red rive
valley counties. The Red river coun
ties had a number of important candi
dates, Spalding from Cass for congress
Winship from Grand Forks for gov
ernor, Driscoll of Walsh for treasure
70 n,
ney general. These big counties ha
the votes but somehow failed to ge
together and let the slope and wester
delegates outgeneral anCl&utwit then
Spalding was offered a place on tn
ticket also DriScoll, and the strengt
of the combine shown them. Bu
they either did not believe it or the
they had other reasons for refusing I
Sign in the combination. 1t is sal
they expected to stampede the cor
ventiOn for Spalding and Winship b
Cochrane'S speech-making ability
and that Winship, Spalding and Dris
coll were hoping to get their delegate
together all the time and make a com
binc Of their own. This delay in get
ting into the Fancher band Wagon
lost them the nominations. for tn,
western counties stood solid after tn,
combine had been agreed on.
1t is a case OF the big leaders in tn,
party being turned down by the ranl
and file of the delegates. Last winte,
it became known that the two sena
tors, Col. Robinson. Col. Little, Ale,
Mckenzie John Haggart and other.
had decided to support Winship fo1
governor, and give Spalding re-nom
ination for his good work in congress