The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-10-21
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
ALar1e and Harmonious Convention
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State Senatur-O. p. Cordill (P)
Representatives,. w. Brumbaugh,
j. w. Bierce.
Treasurer-Ole Carlson.
Sheffield. G. Hcaley.
Register of Dceds-Frank LaEoy.
Auditor-Gaillard Duncan.
Clerk OF Courts-Chas. Novotny.
Supt. of Schools-Myrtle b. Farmer.
States Attorney-J. T.. House.
County judge. A. Weeks.
Surycyor-W. c. Myers.
Coroner-Dr. JAS. O'Rcady.
.AsSessor-John Arp.
Justices of the Pcace-H. +. Barry
Wl, II. c. Smith (P), Thos. Moelle,
David Freeland.
ConStables-J. S. Stewart (P) S.
Houska (P) f. j. Mclaughlin, Frank
PaZour.
Commissioner End Dist. II. Will
rodt.
Commissioner 4th Dist. c. Scales
There's the ticket, but it took from
IL a. M. Monday to $50 p. III. to lgrind
it out. Not that there were not
plenty around to acct pit of the nomi-
nations, on the contrary there were
from three to Il half dozen candidates
for most Of the important offices and
in every case the matter had to be
thrcshed out on the floor OF the con-
vention. 1t was no cut and dried
affair and there wasn't a slate in a
thousand miles-barring the Republi-
can convention down street in session
at the same time. And u better ma
tured contest for the nominations was
never seen in the county. 1t was a
frce-for-all from start to finish and
one in which every man had a show
for his white allie. 1t was IN short
a genuine Democratic convention and
one in which every delegate seemed
to have acted on his own motion and
without the slightest reference to
what the other fellow was doing. This
a be seen by looking over the result
of the ballots.
The convention was called to order
in the opera-house by County Chair
man Richards at ll:lO a.. m. /. A.
Weeks was nominated for Chairman
and Clarence LeBlonde for secretary.
After the appointment of the usual
committees an adjournment was taken
to l:3O p. m.
The Peoples Party convention had
in the meantime called their conven-
ton to order in the engine house.
Both conventions appointed a con-
ference committee and it wa mutually
agreed by the two COMMITTEES that the
Democratics should give the nomina-
lions OF state senator, treasurer, two
cOnstables and two justices to the
Peoples Party convention.
Upon the assembling of the conven-
tion after dinner and the adoption Of
the reports of the committees, a Mr..
johnson of Missouri was introduced
and made an old-fashioned Democratic
speech which was we'll received. The
convention then got down to business
and named r. Fl. Ames and c. C. Stow
ell as tellers and proceeded to the
nomination OF candidates.
j. W, Bierce, w. c. Graybil, G. II.
Jordan, G. w. Brumbaugh, Will Law
Ter and Patrick O'Flaherty we're plac-
ed in nomination for representatives.
The ballots were as follows:
LIST. Bierce D., draybill 10, Jordan
IS, B%rumbaugh Ii, O'Flahcrty 6, Law
Ter !.
End. Bierce %. Jordan 81, Brum-
baugh Is.
Bird. Bierce 80, Jordan 81. Brum-
baugh 30.
4th. Brumbaugh 81, Bic.ce 45.
This nominated Brumbaugh. The
oalloting then continued to nominate
the second representative, in which
Bierce got 81, Jordan 81 and Joe Wod-
raska o.
The ballot for sheriff stood: Healey
81, Geo. Wright Ii anG N. NJ. Achen
%.
For Supt. of schools: Miss Farmer
II, j. o. Wittenmyer "a.
For Register of deeds there were
four candidates, l.. w. Lewis, Frank
LaNoy, Chas. Warner and Marion
Hemphill. The ballots stood as fol-
lows:
lst. Lewis 90, LaVoy 30, Warner 81
Hemphill 81.
End. Lewis %, LaVoy 30, Warner q,
Hemphill II.
Bird. Lewis 81, LaNoy 3G, Warner %,
Hemphill 10.
4th Lewis IA. LaNoy 40, Warner "a.
There were three candidates for
clerk OF courts, II. ID. Craft, Chas.
Novotony, and r. j. Ebright, with
ballots as follows:
LIST. Craft ~, Novotony 30, Ebright
%.
End. Craft 40, Novotny 80, Ebright