Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1900-09-20
Meeting of the Independent and
Democratic Committee of the
Fifth District.
Permanent Organization for Both
Independents and Democrats f.
feCted--Members present.
Call Issued For q Judicial Con-
vention at Darlington
October Sd.

A meeting Of the judicial committee
Of the independent and democratic
! party was held at the KirkwOOd hotel
| at Darlington Tuesday. Each county
in the district was represented by
members present except Logan and
Barnes counties. The chairman Of
the committee Marion COnklin Of
StutSman county, stated that the COM
mittee had been called together to
perfect organization that had been,
in some particulars, defective since
1896. In that year there had been no
| meeting Of the independent judicial
! committee, the members for some
reason, not having been called to-
| gether: no independent Judicial con-
| vention was held and no independent
candidate for judge put in nomina-
ton. Since that time, also the demo-
cratic member of the judicial commit
tee from La MOure county had died
and the democratic member from
Wells county had moved away. 1t was
deemed best therefore that the con-
vention be called together to perfect
i is organization for the future, as
joint committee OF the independent
and democratic party, the only design
alton by which the party is now
allowed on the official ballot.
Notices OF the meeting had been
sent out to the members of the demo-
cratic committee, and as far as pOssi-
bic the committee men of the indie
pendent organizations in the various
counties of the districts had been noti-
fled to send representatives also, that
the organization be complete.
In response to call the following
members and representatives of
the various counties were present.
Eddy county-H. J. Mitchell, demo-
crat.
Foster cOunty-W. II. B. Eisenhuth,
Independent, and J. d. Faxon,, demo-
crat
Wells county-J. X. Swan, demo-
crat.
StutSman county-M. Conklin, demo-
crat and p. d. Walsh, independent.
LaMoure county-F. NJ. knter,
democrat and A. W. Porter, indepen
dent.
Griggs county-A. P. Jones, inde-
pendent.
Mr.. Kinter of LaMoure county be-
ing i'll, a telegram was received auth
orizing Mr.. Porter to act for him.
The committee selected Mr.. Porter
chairman and Mr.. Mitchell secretary
and completed organization.
After discussion by all members it
was deemed only fair, in the interests
of the party and the people of the dis
trct that a judicial convention be
called to give the democrats and inde-
pendentS chance to put a candidate
for Judge in the field if such an
action was deemed advisable and it
was unanimously decided by the
committee to call such convention at
Darlington Oct. 3rd, 1900 and call
for that purpose was made and sent to
the newspapers for publication and
the county committeeman of the
various counties notified Of the same
in order that the regular caucuSes
and conventions be held.
no names of any candidates for
for Judge were mentioned in the com
mittee meeting nor was that matter
discussed. it being deemed as above
stated best to leave that entirely with
the democrats and independents of
the district in the convention.
After the committee adjourned the
opinions of a number of the commit
tee were that it would probably be
for the best interests of the party now
and in the future. to nominate candi-
date for Judge and pay no attention to
the contending republican factions in
the various counties. It was thought
that such action would be satisfactory
to a majority of the voters, and that
the public interests lay in giving the
electors of the district a choice of
candidates for the Office of Judge. 1t
was stated that while division of
opinion seemed to exist in some coun-
ties on this point, the convention it.
self was the only proper place to settle
the matter.
The call for the convention is print
ed elsewhere. The representation
was based on the vote cast for Hon.
Roderick Rose in 1896, one delegate
for each 100 votes or fraction thereof