Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-03-29
CONVENTIONS AP'L 10
Republican County Committee
Issues Call for County
Convention.
Four Conventions To Be Held
BY the Republicans on the
Same Date.
Bailey Fuller Working Hard
Both Factions Rustling For
the Primaries.

Both Factions Rustling For
the Primaries.
The meeting OF tho republican county
committee Saturday. at CHAIR man John
Kuauf's Office, was unusually largely at
tended. The call 8s read set April 10 as
the date for the holding of county con-
vention to nominate delegates to the
judicial convention at Valley City, to
the Fargo convention for the election of
delegates to the national convention, to
the convention for the nomination of
state officers to be held IN Grand Forks,
and for the nomination OF a county tick
ct. The basic Of representation was ten
votes and one at large, taking the vote
for governor and congressman as q
basis. H. Cornwall moved the adop
ton OF the call as reao.
Mr.. John McGinnis objected to
conventions being held on same date.
General Doughty also objected to the
proposition and thought the move lit.
tie out of the ordinary course OF pro-
cedure. o. A. Boynton said the pro-
ceeding wss IN line with what had been
the practice at conventions and WAS fair
to all. Il. J. Gleason was also opposed
to the adoption Of the call. He directed
most OF bis remarks to 0. A. Boynton
who replied with some degree ofwsrmth.
In the discussion Mr.. Gleason made re.
msrks about slate makers and eaid that
Boynton was once bis friend but was 80
no longer. Boynton said the only slate
he ever put up was when he sent Mr..
Gleason to Minneapolis as q delegate to
the National convention.
Chairman Knauf ruled that the dis
cusslon Of factlonsl politics was highly
improper.
Mr.. Doughty moved that the call
be amended to read that two conventions
be held, one for the purpose of eleoting
delegates to the judicial and national
conventions and the other for the pur.
pose OF nominating q county ticket.
The amendment was voted down and
the original m.tlon passed by an almost
unanimous vote. The date for holding
cauouses will be April7
The republican county committee
consists of thlrty-four members. Of
this number thirty were present and
there we're few proxies 1t was one OF
the best attended committee meetings
ever held in the county, by actual dele
gates. The thirty present were all prom
inent republican workers, and their
views ID the matter are no doubt 40 ex-
preston OF the party voters in their
respective districts. 10 an outsider 1t
appears that the Fancher men in this
county have scored declded wiz ming
in the holding OF all conventions at the
same date.
In explanation of the unusually ear
" conventions, Gov. Fanoher's friends
say that as an early convention was de.
sired by the Glsspell forces, the making
OF this early date for the other conven-
tlons was in line with what had already
been done in calling the Judicial convex
ton 10 Valley City May Is. That the
holding OF the four conventions on the
same date will be the case in a number
OF counties. Barnes county republicans
will hold all four conventions May II,
and it 1s probable that early conven-
tlons will be held in other counties in
the district also.
The republican convention of April
10 promises to be the most interesting
event in Stutsma2 county in years.
John F. Vennum has entered the field
ss condldste for railroad commissioner
and will endeavor to secure the county
delegation to the state convention.
As the county will not be given two
candidates on the state ticket Mr..
Vennnm's race may be taken in opposl-
ton to That Of Gov. Fanoher for the
delegation.
Candidates for county offices will
probably be announcing themselves
within few days. There are numer.
GUS rumors as to the various candidates.
The Oourteny Gazette announces Kobt.
Walker OF that place as candidate for
sheriff. Capt. Port Eddy's name is
mentioned 10 this connection also.
The county committee in making the
early convention which will put the
republican county ticket in the field in
April. did not regard 1t ss long and
expensive campaign for the candidates.
The candidates. they say, are sll on an
equal footing before and after the con.
ventlon, and the campaign for votes will
not be really opened until the democrats
have nominated their ticket which will