Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-05-17
Action of the Republican Judicial
Convention at Valley City
= Decisive Vote.
Bartlett Gets 29, GIaspe|l 79 Dele
gates Stutsman and Griggs
Stand Together.
Friends of Frank White Say He is on
Top For Cover
nor.

cial convention began Monday wher
the following kilograms passed be
tween Judge Glaspell and Gov. Fan
cher:
TO Governor Fancher.
In the interest of harmony | will
withdraw from the judgeship race,
provided you will publicly announce
your withdrawal. Answer.
S. L. Glaspell.
TO Judge S. L. Glaspell.
My candidacy is the result Of a
county republicans. If satisfactory
to that delegation your proposition
will be satisfactory to me.
F. B. Fancher.
There were different interpreta-
tions put on the first one. Some said
1t Indicated weakness, others that it
was shrewed move to forstall any
bolt on the part Of the Fancher men
in casa the judge was re-nOminated.
Ii it was bluff which would have a
tendency to put the judge in good
light before the voters later, the gov
ernor did not call it, but put his case
in the hands Of the delegation-his
personal friends from this county,
many OF whom had personal interests
in his reelection.
The kilograms added spice to the
unusually hot fight and intensified
the interest last night. Many thought
that GlaSpell would be satisfied to be
the means Of knocking out the gov
ernor. Others that his message was a
sarcastic one and that he cared little
for harmony, unless he was the nomi-
nee and that it would inure to his
benefit.
The judicial convention met at 10 9.
m. After roll call and preliminary pro-
ceedingS the business of nominating
candidates was begun. and it was
found that a combine of all the other
counties in the district, but Stutsman
and Griggs, had been made in favor OF
Judge GIaspells denomination. The
vote stood 10 to %. StutSman and
Griggs counties voting for David Bart
lett OF CoOperstOWn. a dispatch from
Valley City says the matter was set
tied in a caucus last night by the fol
lowing combine:
LaMoure, IA votes.
Logan, 5 votes.
Barnes, % votes
Wells, II votes.
Foster, votes.
Eddy, 10 votes.
This is a total of 70 votes out of los
in the convention. 1t is also supposed
to mean that Major Frank White will
60 into the Grand Forks convention
with practically the same showing
from this district and places him in
the front rank as gubernatOrial can
didate.
Near the close of the judicial con-
vention at Valley City Tuesday, r.
E. Wallace made motion that. as
Valley City wanted Judge Glaspell
nominated and as StutSman county
did not. the convention express them
selves as favorable to the Judge mov-
ing his chambers from jamestown to
Valley City. Chairman Mexican Of
Sanborn declared the motion out Of
order and Mr.. Wallace appealed from
the decision of the chair. \ vote was
taken on the appeal. Barnes county
voted to sustain the chairman in re-
fllSing to allow the motion to come
to a vote and there were cries Of
"They don't want him. from the
Stutsman delegation. which voted
against sustaining the chair. The
majority sustained the chair.
Attorney John knauf told some of
the reasons why, in his opinion, Stuts-
man county could not support Judge
Glaspell. He stated that for fifteen
years he had been supporter of Judge
Glaspell and had even supported him
during the impeachment proceedings
against the Judge in Bismarck. Mr..
Knauf said he had led the campaign
for the Judge four years ago, but the
judges conduct towards him and his
friends had been such that he could
not consistently do so longer. Fear
lessness in a judge, Mr.. knauf
thought. should not consist in the
punishment, through the powers of
the Office, of enemies, political or 9th