The Dickinson press., 1904-10-08
Legislative Nominees.
Simpson For Senate, Mcclure, Phe'an and
Martin For the House.
A Strong Ticket.

The republican legislative delegates
of the 3Ist district met in Dlckin-
son Thursday afternoon and named a
splendid ticket. Two Of the men have
already served the district ably in the
legislature, and while Messrs. Phelan
and Martin will be new members in our
next legislature, they are men OF ability
and will make able co.workers with
Messrs. Simpson and Mcclure.
The convention was convened in the
city hall. A. ]. Osborn was made tenn
porary chairman and John Van der Las
Secretary. Later the temporary organi-
cation was made permanent.
D. w. Mckenzie, J. B. Stoddard, J. F.
Brodie, T. F. Roberts and VIM. Reiche
we're appointed committee on credentials.
The credential committee went into
session and reported the following nam
ed delegates as entitled to seats, and, on
motion the report of the committee was
accepted and the committee discharged,
viz: Stark county delegates, Daniel
Manning, Adam Lefor, Daniel Heidi,
William Reiche, Paul Hagerman, proxy
to Stewart, Fred Wilson, J. F. Brodie,
w. F. Burnett proxy to J. E. Phelan,
David Roberts, John Sem, A. C: Nc
GilIivray. J. R. Stewart, T. Cuskellv,
Albert Koesel, Gus Anderson proxy to
D. w. Mckenzie, Andrew Schaffer proxy
to A. Lefor,- w. A. Mcclure, Ben Webb,
c. c. Gordon proxy to w. A. Mcclure,
A. T. Crowl.
Billings county delegates, A. L. Mar
tin, H. Robinson proxy to A. L. Martin,
T. F. Roberts, J. B. Stoddard, S. M.
Pullins proxy to A. l.. Martin.
Dan Manning nominated l.. A. Simp-
son for the senate. There was no other
nomination and by unanimous consent
the secretary was instructed to cast the
deciding vote.
The delegates demanded a speech by
Mr.. Simpson and then followed long and
enthusiastic cheers.
For members of the house w. A. Nc
Clure, ]. E. Phelan, ALT White and A. L.
Martin were placed in nomination. The
result of the ballot was 26 votes for Nc
Clure, "a for Martin, 10 for Phelan and
? for White. There was one scattering
vote. 1t had been agreed that the first
ballot should be an informal one, but as
soon as it had been taken, by unanimous
consent, it was voted to make the in
formal ballot formal.
The following legislative committee
was named:
Dickinson, 1st ward, ]. F. Brodie; End
ward, George Senour; grid ward, N. c.
Lawrence; 4th ward, J. r. Stewart; Bel
field, Gus Anderson; South Heart, VIM.
Reiche; Pleasant Valley, T. Cuskelly;
Lehigh, F. Reilly; Gladstone, Adam
Lefor; Taylor, w. A. Mcclure; Rich.
ardton, Benz. Webb; Antelope, c. c.
Gordon; Farmers Valley. F. C.. Smaller.
berger; Springvale, T. S. Underhill;
Plum Creek. Joseph Goetz; Medora, S.
M. Ferris; Sentinel Butte, A. L. Martin:
Mikkelson, H. c. Short; the H T pre-
cinct, Frank Roberts; Rainy Butte, c.
c. Mead; Yule, R. H. Moore; Bishop,
S. P. Lowery; McQuillen, E. E. Orr;
Beach, c. E. Barber. On motion of J.
F. Brodie, L. A. Simpson was elected
committeeman at large.
A banquet followed at the St. Charles
MI. Simpson spoke enthusiastically and
Messrs. Phelan, Martin and Mcclure
also spoke briefly.
After the banquet the delegates were
taken to the opera house where reserved
seats awaited them for the performance
of the Girl From Chilli.