The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-12
n. /. HEGGBISNAMBDF FOR GOVERNOR.
Tral County Man Selected for Democratic Standard
Observation-Disclosures Candidates for Supreme s
Bench Endorsed by Democrats.

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proceedings were out Of order until
the convention had received and acted
on the report of the committee on Gre
dentials.
This committee again failed to re-
spond when called for, and while the
convention was waiting the delegates
were entertained by speech by Hon.
Tracy r. Bangs.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was presented to the conven-
ton at this point and it's findings &C.
copied without dissent.
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization and order OF
business was again presented, and
motion for it's adoption again brought
out the minority report and its sub
stitution was championed by V. Il.
Lowell of Cass. The session that fol-
lowed was an interesting one, both to
delegates and to the spectators pres
ent. Mr.. Shadrick was asked by one
of the delegates from Cass county to
say why he had been in favor Of the
action taken by the Fargo convention
and how it happened that he had
changed his mind. He explained that
the date for holding the state nom-
mating convention had been set so
late that it was thought there would
not be time after it was held for the
chairman to get the campaign organ
ization at work, but that later the
date of the convention had been set
forward.
Mr.. Shadrick was quite positive the
convention at Fargo had no business
to exceed it's authority in the way it
had.
Joseph Clary of Fargo sustained
the action of the Fargo convention in
a vigorous speech and was followed
by Tracy R. Bangs, who insisted that
the convention could not afford at
this late date to undo any work done
by the Fargo convention and others
followed on both sides. Personal re-
marks became numerous and consid-
cradle feeling was manifested over
the matter. Mr.. Shadrick insisted
that the minority report made no at
tack on any one, but simply asked
that the nominating convention not
give up its rights in the matter.
There was no word in the minority re-
port, he averred, to which they could
take exception. E. E. Cole of Fargo
enlivened the occasion with some Of
his pointed remarks, and wanted
everybody to have a chance to be
heard. Mr.. Bangs urged that if the
convention adopt the minority report
it would administer direct slap at
the work of the aFrgo convention and
to the chairman of the state central
committee He explained that he had
suggested the holding of the conven-
ton earlier than it had been intended
to call it., and at his suggestion the
chairman had written to the members
for an expression of their views on
fixing an earlier date and almost
unanimously they had expressed them
selves as in favor Of the earlier date.
Mr.. Lowell of Cass made the charge
that the chairman. fearful that he
could not control the nominating CON-
vention, had himself elected by the
Fargo convention, and having accom-
plished this, had proceeded on his
own authority to change the date of
the nominating convention. He
wanted the convention to resist any
attempt to take it's rights away. He
said that the present convention had
not been called by the state central
committee as it should have been and
was really without authority.
Mr. Bangs asked him how If this
meeting was simply rabble, mob
without authority, how it could re-
scind the action of the Fargo conven-
ton. He could not see where it made
difference whether the members of
the committee had decided formally
to fix the date or had so expressed
themselves over their signatures.
Mr.. Cole wanted the substitution
motion withdrawn and settle the
rumpus by vote on the adoption of
point, sustained by the chair, that the
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