Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-04-05
GETTING HOT
Republican House Cleaning
Begun in Earnest In
County Politics.
Views of Republicans Who Fa-
VOr Neither Of the Local
Factions.
Reasons Why John knauf Op-
poses GlaSpell. The Lloyd
Bank Ghost.


Bank Ghost,
The warmeet kind Of a fight for polit-
ical supremacy between the Fancher-
Glaspell factions OF the oounty Is now
going on. The last few days has devel-
'oped 1t into an acute stage. Headquar.
ters have been opened by the Glaspell-
Fuller side. Men from the various pre-
cincts OF the county efe being sent for,
consulted, instructed and presumably
furnished with means 10 GO back into
their various localities aud work up del
legations at the primaries. The conven-
tion April 10 promises TO be warm oRe
The unusual uctiv1ty indicates the bit
terness of the contest between the lead
.ers, but it also involves core than that.
It concerns the direct Interests OF the
CITY and county rs weK. No resident.
no matter what his politics, it he has
the welfare OF the town and county in
mind, can look on and 'be Indifferent ss
to the result.
From 6n outside stsndpoint, in review
ing the situation as It exists, the follow
ing seems to he the views OF those re-
publcans who d. not care for the per-
sonal success of either of the Candidates
of the two factions. 1t is pointed o'sS
by sach repa blicane that there is no
organization to work for new and aif'
ferent eet 'of candidates. who stand for
different purposes, policies and pr1nci-
pies. Thes everyvepublicsn who tsks
part in the primaries and the conven
tion must act witt either the Fancher
or the Glsspsll- -F1ller side. There is 40
other course to t'ke.
1t is veil known that If the powers
'that be want to nominate Mr.. Fsncher
again it will be dene whether he has his
own delegation or not aud If he hes it.
and the bosses sre opposed to him, ne
cannot be renoninated for governor
What the vetere Of the county can &C
.conplish 10y electing the Fancber dele
gates is te turn down the candidates OF
the other faction, for unless nominated
at the county convention. or given ti'e
delegation they osn scarcely hope for 60
election
It will be seen from the above that
the anti. Fsnoher men realize THE and
by the callsag of the early convention by
the republican committee struggle
has been preciplteted for the pollttsal
life of several candidates, which the
voters at the precincts must decide. on
AprR 7,end not as ,asual in November at
tbe.polls.
The situation as outlined above rs
full Of 1ntereeG and importance to every
resident and taxpayer of the DOWN sod
county and people OF the entire 5th
judicia district.
John Knauf publishes in the Capital
q card in which be sets forth at con-
siderable length the reasons why no IS
opposed to the re-aomination OF Judge
Glaspell and ls in favor ST that OF E.
Ellsworth He says that Mr.. Ellsworth
Is not politician, is competent attor'
ney, is rot vindictive and would not use
the power 90 Judge, Cor politics! or per.
eonal ende. Mr.. Kusuf opposes Judge
Glaspell, because, he states, that me
has taken occasion to decide both ways
on tha same kind of case with the
facts and law identical" because "he Is
not fair end impartial" and because "he
decides CASES with the utmost concern
as to their political significance rather
than on their merits These ana
numerous other rsasons make very
strong statement on the part OF Mr.
Knaut who publishes the same as sn
explanation OF why he is opposed to
another term for Judge GlsepeIl after
having at all times previously sup
ported him.
The old Lloyd bank failure ls being
recalled by the opponents OF S. l.. Glas'
pell in this fight, and the memories OF
deposltors logged up about the trsnsac-
tions Of that affair. 1t was not 80 long
ago but that the settlement, IN which
the depositors got Sc per cent and some'
body else the balance, is still fresh 10
the minds OF people. Judge Glaspell
was the attorney OF Wm. Lloyd. Lloyd
was under Indictment but the case
against him was never pushed. The
jamestown Capital contains an article
whlch refers to the bank failure and
recounts what is generally supposed to
be the history Of some Of the events
that led up to the release of Lloyd and
the FINAL end Of the drama. The oritl-
c;sm OF the part which Attorney Glas-
DOLL is said to have taken in the winding
up of the bank affairs is rather severe in !!
the article referred to.