The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-07-19

in an upper peninsula con-
gressional convention excepting. OF
course. the rough and tumble at Ish-
peming four years ago-H. Q. Yonng
him wrested from the nomination for
and effectually wiped Shell
denism out of the catalog Of upper pen
insula affairs II took sixteen ballots
TO effect the result and to Menominee
belongs the honor OF bringing
it about.
The convention was called for two
o clock p m but Chairman John
Duncan delayed the calling Of il to
order 50 that the contesting delegation
that was expected from Delta at
might have an opportunity to
get there The policemen on duty were
resolute that none but those holding
delegate tickets should be admitted to
the convention hall and when it be-
came apparent to the chairman that
the fake delegation would not be
admitted he reluctently called the
meeting 10 order and read the call.
Nominations were then in order for
temporary officers and two nominations
were made, the Sheldon and Wright
men combining on Chas. Smith. Of
Lake Linden and the Young men nom
mating l. E. Jennings of Escanaba.
1t was on the vote for these officer that
the split was had Mr.. Miller, Of
Ironwood, was the secretary TO the
chairman and he called the roll by
counties naming all of the counties
with the exception of Chippewa
Baraga and Schoolcraft When Delta
county was called Mr.. Duncan with
czar-like authoritiveness. ruled that
Delta county should not be counted
With Delta county in the roll call Mr.,
Jennings was elected but with it ont
he was not Then began season of
parleying with the chair as to whether
ne was the whole convention or only a
servant OF IT. A delegate moved an
appeal from the decision Of the chair
and Mr.. Duncan interfered with the
putting Of the motion by the secretary.
Mr.. Russell stood upon chair and put
the question as 60 Mr. Jennings being
the chairman OF the convention and
declared the motion carried aud in
less time than it takes 20 tell Of IL
there were two conventions doingbusi-
ness side by side The preliminary
organization was gone through with
amid diner much akin to that at
the Ishpeming convention of tour years
ago
Finally recess was agreed upon
between the candidates and the two
organizations and during the recess a
protocol was patched up by which the
Young men agreed to recognize the
Smith Craftsmanship and each candidate
was allowed to select member of the
committee on credentials, The
committe so selected consisted OF
Bentley, OF Houghton, Miller, OF Co
gebic, and Mills, of Menominee.
During the recess the candidates came
before the convention, Mr.. Young
leading off in plea for harmony that
had great deal to do with cooling
the blood and steadying the nerves Of
the delegates He was followed by Mr.
Wright who. taking his cue from Mr.
Young, also pleaded for harmony
Sheldon was brought out and played a
suit card as that was the play at the
time.
An adjournment was taken later on
until the next morning in order to give
the credentials committee chance TO
hear evidence and bring in a report.
Wednesday morning found the com
mittee unable to report and recess
was taken until the afternoon when Ii
was thought that the committee should
bel able to give a definite account Of
what they proposed 10 do
This committee had a herculeanean
task before it. Baraga and Schoolcraft
counties were the stickers. IL was a
foregone conclusion that Chippewa
would go to Sheldon and the Delta
contesting delegation vanished into
thin air as soon as their purpose was
accomplished Before taking up the
work Committeeman Miller succeeded
in getting resolution through to the
effect that the committee should not
go back OF the county convention In
cases where the precinct contests were