Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-03-31
DISCUSSED CANDIDATES
COUNTY COMMIT
TEE TALKED OVER CAND-
lDATES.
MERITS AND AVAILABILITlES
DISCUSSED. ANOTHER
ORGANIZATION.
APPORTIONMENT AND REASON
FOR SAME. RESOLU-
TIONS.

The call for republican county
convention on April sth, to elect
delegates for the two state conven-
tions the judicial convention, and to
nominate county ticket, IS substan-
TALLY what was done four years ago.
The statement made that never be-
fore has one convention in this coun-
ty been called to transact the busi-
ness for the year at so early date,
in not correct. Four years ago the
county committee met on the oath
day of March, the caucuses were call
ed for the 7th of April, and the con-
vention for the 10th of April. The
delegates for the state and judicial
conventions were elected, and the
nomination for the county offices
made at the same time. 1t was
generally satisfactory to the voters
and to the majority of the farmers,
and members of the party.
All members of the county central
committee we're notified in ample
time to be present at the meeting
held Thursday of this week. A sud-
den blizzard began the evening before
and lasted all day Thursday and all
day Friday. More members would
have been present, beyond question,
had not the storm prevented them
travelling on the open prairie at the
danger of getting lost and Of freezing.
Those who were expected and in
tended to come by train, were also
not able to be present, because the
trains were delay d by the storm.
Several committee members from the
city were out OF town and could not
reach the city owing to delayed
trains. AS it was there were some "a
members represented in person or by
proxy out of 36. Usually there are not
over half the membership prese ut in
person at the meetings: and consider
ing the circumstances, there was a
large attendance of the committee.
DISCUSSED CANDIDATES.
After the regular business of the
meeting had been transacted. the
members adjourned to the hall in the
Green building and enjoyed lunch
of sandwishes, and other edibles and
there were preparations for some
forty people. A general and inform
al discussion followed by the commit
tee and those present, of the coming
and the relative merits of
the various candidates as far as such
candidates were known. The gather
ing was in no sense Star chamber
affair, and all who desired to attend
were cordially invited to do so. No
slate of any kind was put up as has
been stated, and the committee left
the selection of all delegates and
candidates to the members of the
with free field for all
1t is true that the availability of
the various candidates were matters
of interest among the members of
the committee but no candidate was
ia any way endorsed. Among the
reported cand idates whose names
were brought up for discussion at the
lunch, and social gathering, were
Sheriff P. W. Eddy and Or. DePuy,
as desiring the delegation to the
state convention for a place on the
state ticket
For judge the names OF S. f. ELS
worth, Judge Glaspell and Fredrus
Baldwin we're discussed; for clerk Of
court. W. II. Downs, and G. f. Rich
mond were mentioned, and for
states attorney George Thorp and
Fredrus Baldwin. >
For the state senate j. II Severn
and Morris Beck were considered and
for the house the names of Anton
Fried, E. j. Gleason, Harry Tucker
Geo. Mckenzie, j. NJ. Watson and