The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-18
.KIDDER COUNTY
IS FOR WHITE
STARK ALSO LIKELY TO FALL
INTO LINE.
Peace Pact in Morton Seems to Have
Been Kept at the Primaries on Sat-
urday-G ilbreath to Have the Dele
CATION for Insurance Commissioner
Results on the Slope,
to- The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Bismarck, N. D., April .1S.-Seyeral pe-
litfcaI battles have been fought out on the
Missouri slope in the last few days. prtn-
cipally county, fights for local delegations
to legislative conventions. In the Kidder
county district w. l.. Belden won out for
the legislative delegation over p. j. Lyons
of Steele. In the convention to-day Bel
den will have % votes to 10 for Lyons. Lo-
gan and Kidder are in one legislative dis
trict, each county being entitled to rep
resentatfve. Logan county has not yet
Lyons forces in Kidder makes Tom Ais
house the leader of the republicans in the
convention. The delegation to: the state
convention will be friendly to Governor
White.
Judge Winchester seems to have the
lead in the judicial fight. The Kfdder
county delegation will be favorable to
him. In Morton county a harmony agree
ment has been reached. The judicial dele
cation, 1t is said, will be uninstructed, but
will be favorable to Judge Winchester. &
The Morton county primaries were held
Saturday and the returns Indicate the
carrying out of the reported agreement
between the rival factions of the party.
w. G. Gilbreath, deputy commissioner OF
insurance, will probably have the indorse-
ment Of the county delegation to the state
convention for the office of insurance
cOIIlIulSSlOHei. he SIreen-GdfklllTeieI
is to be recognized equally with the other
faction in the selection Of county and
legislative tickets. III
McGIIlvray for SarIes Again.
The Stark county central committee has
called a convention at Richardton on
| April IS. The primaries will be held April
| %. The fight will be for the delegation to
the state and judicial conventions. A.fC.
| McGillivray, one of the leaders, is re-
ported to be working hard for delegation
| for Sarles for governor and a. fight will
also be made for register for the, judicial
/ delegation. If the delegation indorses Tur-
ner for commissioner of agriculture it viii
probably be friendly to White for gov
| ernor.
| McGillivray made a hard fight in this
county two years ago for a Sarles delega-
| ton, but lost. Accurate observers say
| the delegation will be named by the same
| persons who carried the county two years
ago, which would mean a delegation
friendly to White and for Winchester fol
district judge. ..
The Emmons county convention ant
primaries have not been held. The fgh
in Emmons will be the same as in othel
counties, for the state legislative and jul
dicial delegations. c.. A. Patterson ane
D. r. Streeter will be the figures in tn,
legislative fight.
/ New County of Roosevelt.
Governor White has set June as thu
date for the residents of the unorganizet
counties Of Mckenzie, Wallace and Allre,
i tosayote ON the question Reorganization
. under the county name Of Roosevelt Til
action is taken under law recentl
passed making it possible for, contiguou
unorganized counties to organize as on
county. There are about 1000 persons i
the proposed new county. The territor
lies west and south Of the Missouri rivel
and the new county will contain abou
: 2,400 square miles. E. Deffebach of Dick
j inson has been appointed by the governc
as inspector. The vote will be almos
: unanimous for organization.
= The board Of capitol commissioners ha
( let contract for the remodeling of til
8 old chamber of the house of representa-
e tives, which will be transformed into til
library of the supreme court, with office
for the judges, clerk, librarian and othe
officials The chamber will no longer
needed after the construction Of the ne
/. wing, work upon which will begin s1ortl
! Contractor Butler of st. Paul being {
! the ground.
Examination Results.
i'll, OF the S43 persons who took the sta
" teachers examination in March, State 81
d perintendent Stockwell reports that S
received first grade certificates, 237 secor
q grade, 142 third grade, 218 condition
q third grade and 24O failed altogether. TT
Is conditional third grade certificates we
n those of applicants who failed in one
n two subjects by such, a margin that tt
4 examiners thought it fair to give them
% conditional certificate until the May e.
r. animation, when they may make up the
a deficiencies. Superintendent Stockw,
reports most of the failures to have be-
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