Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-07-12

| Lib program tDey attempted TO put
through. Haggart worked hard for
the same up to the last moment and
SO did others. OF the leaders, now
ever, Jud LaMoure was opposed to
Driscoll all the time and not reported
friendly to Winship and what part he
took in the manipulation will become
known later, no doubt.
Griggs county passed the vote on
governor for some reason not an
nOunced.
Candidates from Barnes, LaMoure,
Foster, Wells and Stutsman counties
make strong political force to unite
in one judicial district. Burleigh
county agreed to 60 to the candidate
from this district who had the great
est strength for governor Fancher's
ruStlerS went to work. and between
Fancher and White, showed the for
mer had good majority. This de-
cided Burleigh county to support
Fancher, as the slope did not want
bine came without much trouble after
the governor had been decided on.
On roll call the following counties
were found in the Marshall column:
Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau,
Burleigh, Cavalier Dickey, Eddy, EN-
mons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Lo-
gan, Mcintosh Mclean, Mercer, Nor
ton, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce, Ramsey,
Ransom, Richland Rolette, Sargent,
Stark, Stutsman. Towner and Wells,
with total vote of 4O3.
For Spalding: Cass, Eddy (7, Grand
Forks, Griggs, McHenry, Nelson,
Steele, Walsh, Trail, Ward and Will
liams, with a total OF 227.
Fancher had 400 votes to 22O for
Winship, and the balance of the tick
ct went through by acclamation.
Senator McCumber urged the selec-
tion of Spalding in a long speech in
which he reviewed the efforts of the
congressman in Washington, but with
out avail
The loss of Spalding will not cause
many tears, as he is not favorite
personally in Cass county.
The Argus says Spalding was knitted
in the back. ''The managers of the
Missouri river combine demanded his
sacrifice and like fanatics the dele
gates inundated themselves upon the
altar of political chicanery-Unfair
treatment accorded valley counties by
dictatOrS from the west-CaSS, Grand
Forks, Trail and Walsh wiped off the
map. The big valley counties, the
counties who pay the taxes of the
state, from whom must be derived
the revenues for the conduct of the
state government, were given the cold
shoulder. SO unfair and SO unrepubli-
can was the deal. that Burleigh coun-
ty protested against it, when it came
up for consideration in the slope
caucus. The Burleigh county delega-
tion pleaded that Cass county should
be given place if for no other reason
than in the interest of good politics,
but individual greed for place pre-
vailed and the slate was adopted. The
Juggernaut from Jimtown and be-
yond demanded Victims"
The is great dissatisfaction with
the ticket in the eastern part of the
state and threats against it if the
democrats act the part Of wisdom in
selecting ticket Of good names.
The platform endorsed the 'patri-
otto administration" of Mckinley and
his colonial policy: congratulated the
people on the gold standard law: COM
plimented the Cuban and Philippine
soldiers: opposed unlawful combina
tionS of capital for limiting produc~
tion and increasing prices of manu-
factured products, and pledged the
party to sustain the prohibition law 4,