The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1904-09-01
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Detailed Report of Doings at Volga
Last Saturday.

read the call.
Theo. Meyer, of Elkton, nominated
w. H. RCddle for temporary chair
\ man and Alex. Nyman, of Nolga,
: nominated Geo. A. West.
Motion was made and carried that
convention vote by ballot. G.. A..
Mathews and F. c. Neill were ap-
pointed tellers.
The result Of the ballot was ~ votes
cast. Mr.. Roddle receiving 40 and
Mr.. West SO.
Mr.. West having received the high
est number of votes was declared
elected.
+. G.. Orr and II. c. Halverson were
chosen secretaries.
On motion OF Mathews, of Brook
ings, committees were appointed as
follows:
Credentials-H. |. Stearns, Medary;
Flemming, Argo; Halverson, Sinai.
4 Rules and order of business-A. Ny
man. Volga; Holden, White; Lieb-
brand, Aurora.
SOlutlOnS-NldllltNS,
jackson, Bookings; Meyer, Elkton.
Permanent Organization-Whitney,
Volga; Cowles, Sherman; Daniels
Alton.
Recess was then taken.
When the convention reconvened
the report of the credentials committee
was read and adopted after few
changes were made.
The committee on rules and order
of business recommended that all
votes on candidates be by ballot, and
presented the following order .of busl-
, ness: Members of the Legislature,
Z state senator, register of deeds, sheriff,
states attorney, superintendent OF
schools, clerk OF courts, county Judge,
treasurer, auditor. Report adopted.
The committee on permanent organ
izaticn recommended that the tempor-
AIRY orgnization be made permanent.
Report adopted.
Hon. Geo. w. Brown, of Rlchland,
was then nominated as one member
of the legislature and here followed by
some discussion as to how vote should
be taken.
Hall, of Brookings, moved that
nominations for the legislature pro-
y ceed and that if there were not more
than three that the rules beIsuspend-
ed and the three elected by Eacclama-
ton at one and the same time.
\ Motion prevailed, and Gus liking, OF
, Alton. and Ed. Hillestad, OF oslo,
were placed before the convention
Rules were suspended and the three
declared the unanimous nominees foi
the legislature.
CT. Doughty, of Bookings, was
nominated for state senator in the
same manner.
Then followed the second termers
]. T. Peterson, register of deeds; ID. ii
Campbell sheriff; w. NJ. Cheever,
states attorney; j. F. Olander, super
intendent of schools, were all nomin-
ated by acclamation.
The third termers having no Opro-
sition were nominated in the same
manner. Fred +. Ioungberg fol
clerk of the courts, and Fred w
Dricken for county Judge.
s. G.. Maryland withdrew in favor oil
the latter making everything clean
sailing.
When the office of treasurer was
reached great interest was manifest al
over the convention. A. ". Dressel
was placed in nomination by Meyer
ElktOn; Trygstad, by Stearns, Medary
and Squirting by Daniels, Alton. The
following is the result of the different
,ballots:
First ballot-Dressel, 3Sf; Squirting
26; Trygstad, 37t.
Second ballot-Dressel, A; Squirting
%; Trygstad, 32.
Third ballot-Dressel, so; Squirting,
II q; Trygstad, 81; Blank, l.
Fourth ballot-Dressel, SO; Squirting,
II; Trygstad, 20.
Dressed was declared the nominee.
Mathews, Brookings, nominated Joe
Murphy for auditor, Dahl nominated
Geo. B. Haber, Hall, Brookings, nom.
mated Geo. N. Breed, and Hegeman
Brookings, nominated L. d. Palmer
The following is the result of the diff
ferent ballots:
First ballot-Murphy, 80; Haber, 49,
Breed, %; Palmer, 26.
Second ballot-Haber, 2l; Palmer
81: Breed, 26; Murphy, 30.
Third ballot-Haber, %; Palmer, 10;
4 Breed, %; Murphy, u; Blank, l.
III Fourth ballot-Haber, a; Palmer
u 10: Breed, Is; Murphy, 46.
Fifth ballot-Haber, p; Breed, 19
Murphy, 81
Murphy was declared the nominee
of the convention, having majority
of all votes cast.
John A. Hegeman was nominated
for county surveyor by acclamation
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