The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-10-21
County Attorney Mcdonald
Tried His Closing Up Tao
tics on LIST Ward Caucus.
VOTERS, HOWEVER, REFUSED
TO BE BULDOZED.
BoWser and Graham Named as
Candidates for Alderman
From the Ward.

| The first ward caucus held last
evening at the court house
brought out forty voters.
The caucus was called for the
purpose of agreeing if possible
upon two candidates who would
be acceptable to the entire ward.
When the voters began to arrive
they we're surprised to find
County Attorney Mcdonald on
hand with two petitions for A..
NJ. Bagley and Chester Snow to
which he was attempting to Sc
cure signers without waiting for
the action of the caucus.
At $50 the caucus was called
to order and w. A. Gould made
chairman and D. H. Fisk, secre-
tary. It was supposed up to the
hour of the caucus that Council
men Bowser and Graham would
not accept the nomination but it
being learned that they would
not refuse their names were
offered to the caucus by R. W.
Hitchcock. County Attorney
Mcdonald then took the floor and
in ram bling talk of some ten
minutes declared that there was
undetermined work in calling the.
unconstitutional $50 postal card
notices were mailed to the voters
of the ward at noon yesterday
and a notice of the caucus ap-
peared in last nights Pioneer),
said that those who called the
caucus were afraid to sign their
names to It, insinuated that a
majority of those present we're
boilers anyhow, declared that he
would not take,part in the caucus
(although he did to the extent of
being the principal speaker), that
the caucus was unfair and ought
not to be held, that the charter
was no good anyhow, and consi-
derable more i'll nature of the
same character. r"
Chester McKusick said that he
was one of those who was instru-
mental IN calling the caucus, that
he had no candidates, that Mr..
Bagley, Mr.. Snow, Mr.. Graham
and Mr.. Bowser were all good
men and that he would support
any two men whom the caucus
should name. Messrs Graham,
Bagley and Bowser also declar-
ed that they, would support the
nominees of the caucus.
It was decided to ballot and
Mr. Hitchcock threw upon the
table a bunch of blank slips to be
used for ballots, whereupon the
county attorney, in the blindness
of his rage, shouted, There you
see, gentlemen, Mr.. Hitchcock
declares that when he came up
here he did not know of any
candidates and here he appears
with printed ballots!'' An ex-
animation of the slips however
disclosed that they were merely
blank pieces of paper and the
choleric county attorney retired
amid considerable laughter.
The ballot resulted in the fol
lowing vote, Graham rs, Bowser
"a, Bagley II, Snow 10, and
Messrs BoWser and Graham
were declared the ward nominees
and the caucus adjourned.
Outside of the attempt of
County Attorney Nc Donald to
break up the caucus. in which be
had no support whatever, the
meeting was entirely har mono.
ius Messrs Bowser and Ora
ham were nominated simply be-
cause they have faithfully served
the village in the past and their
experience will be valuable on
the board Of alderman in organ
ling the city. Personally Mr..
Bagley and Mr.. Snow are justas
acceptable to the people of the
ward as the men nominated, and
were not conditions just as they
q no fhnr oo,,11 1ooxYn tho -, . :, !; "a