Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-02-23
629 DELEGATES.
That Will be the Total Number in the
State Convention This
Year.
The Apportionment Based on the Aver.
age Vote Cast for Congressman
and Governor.
Aftermath of the Meeting of the Re-
publican State Convention at
Grand Forks.
The Loyal "Western Reserve"

AS a result of the meeting of the re-
publican state central committee Il;
Grand Forks Tuesday, Fargo will get
the convention to elect delegates to the
national convention and Grand Forks
has been restored to the map again and
will have the convention to nominate
the state ticket. In view of the fact
that both the last conventions were
held in Fargo because of a lack of hotel
accommodations in Grand Forks-and
this difficulty now being overcome-the
committee unanimously agreed to let
Grand Forks have it's choice of conven-
tions this year and on behalf of Grand
Forks Manager Bacon of the Hotel Da-
kotah, the metropolis of the lower Red
chose the three ring show.
The date of the Fargo convention is
May Ii, and that of Grand Forks July
IL.
The only strife in the committee
meeting was over the basis of appor-
tionment. Jud LaMoure, which is
Pembina, and the Walsh county men,
bers wanted the apportionment based
on the vote for presidential electors in
1S0G, but the western counties, wherein
the population and the republican vote
has nearly doubled since that time,
could not see it in that way. Grand
Forks plead guilty of disloyalty to the
head Of the ticket two years ago but
begged to be forgiven, at least to the
extent of basing the apportionment on
the vote for congressman in 1898. The
loyal western reserve met this propo-
sition with the argument that to allow
the treachery in Grand Forks to go
u%nrebuked would be unjust to the party
and to all the loyal republican coun-
ties in the state-for what incentive
would there be for loyalty to the party
ticket it dislOyalty was rewarded?
Messrs. Little, Bartlett, Jewell, Ellis
worth and others on the committee ar
gued in favor of the basis being fixed
on the average vote cast for congress-
mar and governor in 1898 and this
proposition finally carried by a vote of
IL to -. Mr.. Bartlett of Griggs ar
gued in favor of giving each county
four delegates at large instead of one
as heretofore. He cited Minnesota as
a precedent, and argued that it had re-
suited in making and continuing the
smaller counties as republican strong
holds. 1t was finally decided to give
each county two delegates at large and
IN delegate for every fifty votes or
major fraction thereof-the average
vote cast for congressman and COVER
nor being the basis. his proposition
carried by a vote of II to II.
On motion of Secretary Jewell it was
decided to incorporate in the call the
substance of the following resolution:
Whereas the law of 1899, regulating
caucuses, Chapter IS, laws of $500
provides only for the appointment of a
judge and clerk, and whereas it is not
made the special duty of any person
to be on hand at the opening of the eau
Gus supplied with record book, paper
Or other necessary materials for keep
ing the records of the caucus, be it
Resolved, that the republican county
committees of the state are hereby adj
vised, wnen making calls for
to designate for each precinct a mes
senger whose duty it shall be to be
promptly on hand at the hour desig-
mated for the holding of caucuses, pro
vided with record book, paper and
other materials necessary for keeping
the records of the aucu and list OF
with section I of said law.
1t was also decided that it should be
left optional with each county to hold