Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-06-16
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MET SATURDAY AT THE COURT
HOUSE IN THIS CITY AND
ELECTED DELEGATES TO THE
SEVERAL CONVENTIONS.

JUDGE GLASPFLL AS A DEM.
OCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
JUDGE TURNED DOWN.
The democratic county convention
was called to order at the court house
at two O'Clock Saturday p. NJ. by M.
P. Morris. The convention was for
the purpose of electing delegates to
attend the democratic state convcn-
tion at Fargo on the twenty-frst
where delegates to the National con-
yention to be Eeld at st. Louis will
be chosen.
A. j. Coffey. Of Courtenay was
elected chairman and made short
address. He advised the democracy
to act with GOODNESS and that they
had an opportunity, especially in
the judicial matter to succeed. A.
Parkinson was elected secretary and
on motion Of NJ. D. Williams. q
committee of five on the order of
business was appointed.
The convention instructed the dele
CATION to the state convention to work
for the selection OF John Fried as
delegate to St. Louis the vote being
by a large majority Of delegates.
There were two candidates in the
field for the endorsement Of cOnven-
ton as candidates for delegate to the
democratic national convention at st
Louis. In this candidacy J. B. Fried
won out over Pierce Blewett and the
convention granted him the privilege
of naming his delegation who were
instructed to support him in his can
I didacy before the coming convention
at Fargo.
The chair was instructed by the
delegates in convention to name two
committees of five for the purpose of
naming sixteen delegates to the state
convention at Grand Forks and ten
delegates to the judicial convention,
the time and place for the latter hav-
ing as yet not been decided upon.
The vote was go to l6 in favor Of
Fried over Pierce Blewett.
Mr.. Fried named as the delegation
to Fargo: Messrs. Geo. Wright. G.. F.
Armstrong, ]. Klett, ". J. O'Brien,
f. Nichols, J. Spauldjng, Aug.
AlbIecht o. Burleson, e. F. Horn
and j. SyvertsOn.
II e named NJ. D.Wjlljams as chair
man and Pierce Blewett, H. Past,
Herb..Meeker J.T. Eager and himself
from the city.
E. H. Shadrick was introduced to
the delegates and addressed them at
length on Democracy
NJ. D. Williams introduced and
moved the adoption of set of resolu
tions indorsing and instructing the
delegates to the judicial convention
to use their best effol is to secure the
nomination on the democratic ticket
of Judge S. L. Glaspell. The motion
of adoption was seconded and the
question was debated at some length.
NJ. P. Morris objecting and Mr..
Williams speaking in defense.
Mr.. Morris said, in effect, that he
believed that the introduction of
such a set Of resolutions at this time
was premature and that he could not
support them for the reason that Mr..
Glaspell had not slgnified his desire
to be the de nocratic nominee through
regular channels and that he did
not believe thai if the latter had
sjgnified his willingness to become
such candidate. that there were in
the convention hall three persons
that knew of it; that he as chairman
of the county central committee had
not been informed of it nor had the
secretary, Mr.. Parkinson heard of
such declaration if it had been made.
He said that he believed that if
Mr.. Glaspell desired the nomination
on the dem ocratic ticket that he
should have had the courtesy to have
asked for it thru regular channels or
have come into the convention and
signified such desire. He did not be-
lieve that the democrtic party. should
get down on their knees and grovel
to a discredited and defeated candi-
date for judicial or any other honors
from the republican ranks; further
that Mr.. Glaspell had said, not two
weeks prior, that if the opposition
did not put up citizens ticket that
they would vote the Knauf ticket
and swamp them. He consi dered
that threat and that If Mr.. Glas-
pell had underwent change of poll
tical belief since that time it was a
remarkable thing, thing that he
had as yet not been informed of and
in which he had little faith.