Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-07

nOldlnR lie III MdrsldIl county lldu
drifted one county below in hopes of
Immediately becoming the whole thing
in Day county republican politics, and
who because the majority of the party
could not see it that way had immedi-
ately become the organizer of a dis
grunted body to thus repay in an
adjoining county the republicans of
Marshall county for the honors they
had conferred upon him.
II showed that Warren l.. Mack, with
an eye to business had joined with
Dunton. He had nothing to lose. He
was not a republican. The pops had no
organization. If an alleged party could
secure any county office from which he
could secure the patronage after cleo
ton he was that much clean winner.
He did what he was told but he did it
too quickly.
During the noon hour there was a
conference. McKenuett, Anderson and
Egeland saw that things were running
too high-handed. They saw that while
Mack was willing to do their bidding he
was too coarse, his work was so bung-
ling that he was making an open secret
of the purposes of the convention
political spoils for disappointed Office
seekers-and that he must be called off
and some one put in who was smoother.
OF course there was George Dunton, he
was considered smooth in politics. He
had to come from under cover and show
his hand or the result of the convention
would be a failure. Mack was retired
the first thing after dinner and Dunton
took the gavel. Things run smooth
after that. The slate fixed up in the
Darkroom of the First National bank
run right along and the following off,
GERS were nominated:
Treasurer, S. S. Yeager, superinten-
dent of schools, Nina Aasved; Clerk of
courts, G.. o. Gnlander. Mr.. Gulander
arose and said he could not accept the
nomination. In the evening he told
the reporter from this paper that the
boys who made up the ticket before the
convention had been over to Bristol to
see him and he had promised to be the
candidate for county commissioner and
as he presumed that they had a candi-
date for register of deeds and all the
other offices and by accepting the nomi-
nation he might make trouble with the
plans of the organizers he declined the
register nomination end waited in his
turn to be nominated for commissioner
which he was later. Clerk of courts, A.
Lendke; county Judge, @. G. Bush;
states attorney, Frank Anderson. Here
WIS another performance that amused
the assemblage.
David B. Compton, vice president of
the First National band, the lnstitu
ton most interested in this alleged
convention of the people and which is
putting up the money for the expenses,
arose and said he wanted to second the
nomination of the most brilliant attor-
ney in the northwest, the greatest
savior of money to the taxpayers.
This speech coming from David, who
always employees some other attorney
when he has any business in that pro-
fessional line, was looked upon as a bit
of sarcasm and was well received by
those acquainted with the facts. Sheriff,
Charles Lindquist. In the auditor o n
test Thomas McKennett got the floor
and in the greatest oratorical effort of
the day nominated Bert johnson, of
Bristol. Thomas is a boomerang to
anything he attempts, fates seem to be
against him as anything he wants is
sure to meet with opposition. Some
thought that Tom was going to be con-
sidered in this movement but he wasn't.
He got what he always gets when he
asks for anything. Andrew Sandvig
was nominated. Andrew got up and
withdrew his name. One man arose
and said Andrew ought to run. Before
anyone else got a chance Andrew was
on his feet and said seeing the people
wanted him he would rum, and the
slate put up in the First National bank
was broken. johnson was to be the
nominee but Andrew worked up his
strength on Runday and won in a walk.
Chairman Dunton could not help but
showehis disappointment in "a speech he
made before he put the motion making
Sandvig the nominee. And everybody
knew whom he meant when he said
that every candidate upon the ticket
must work for every other candidate
upon the ticket if expected to get the
support of the convention.
The candidates for representatives
are Bjorke, LaSelle and Mcintyre.
For cornor, S. Lull, M. d.
The backsliding republicans who had
hoped to organize the convention were
in the great minority. They were