The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-05-11
An OPEN FIELD
And a Square Deal" is
What The County Repub-
liCan Central Committee
Says every Republican
Candidate for Office shall
Have in Mclean County.

Have in MC]
The Mclean County Republican
Central Committee held their meet
ing at Washburn Tuesday of this
week. June 10Th will be the first
try-out under the new primary
election law, and there had been
much speculation as to what action
the republican central committee
would take in reference to the nu-
merous candidates for Office, it be-
ing generally understood that the
committee would undertake to ap-
portion the various Offices among
the different localities in the coun-
ty and then form q combine of
these candidates, After q consul
tation, however, the committee de-
cided unanimously that, this would
be contrary to the spirit of the
primary election Law. and would
not be a square deal" to the can
didates not endorsed and would
also be an attempt ct usurping
rights which the present Law dele
gates to the individual voter. Hence
nothing along this line was done:
The. following resolution being
adopted'by the COMMITTEES: '''4ss r ''"''
Whereas, in the opinion of this
committee the spirit and intent Of,
the primary electionA1awsistoielim
mate factional power and sorganis
zation in the matter Of the selec-
ton of candidates for public Office;
And Whereas, in the opinion Of
this committee it is the inaleinable
right of American citizenship to
exercise the power of the election
franchise and the right of every.
citizen to seek office at the hands
of the electors unhampered and un-
trammelled, and 81 =
Whereas. it is. net~-the: wish. OF.
purpose of this committee to in
fringe upon the sacred sovereign
rights oftAmericah ciitiz zenship or
assume the role of dictatorship;
Therefore be it ~,
Resolved, that this committee as
a body lend no aid or encourage
ment to any individual candidate
or set of candidates for public Of
fee, but leave it to each and every
citizen to determine for himself his
choice of the fittest among those
seeking public recognition.
The matterof delegates to the
state convention. was gone over
and the central committee Of the
German Good Government league
taken into conference, but no agree
ment was reached and after some
delay the committee recommended
that the delegates be apportioned
pro-rata among the three commits
sioners district, giving the first
district Ave, second district three
and third district nine delegates,
the central committeeman from
disfrict Recommending suitable
men for delegates. The following
seventeen names being offered;
w. P. Maoomber, Karl Klein,
Theo. j. Haugeberg, Henry Hol-
tan. w. +. Hogue, Joseph Packe-
lean, E. s. Neal, w. 81. Childs,
G. Rueehler, Joseph Engel, NJ.
sasmann, Henry Knalsoa. Phillip |
Keim, r. n. Larson. Frsd Heller,,l
Joseph Tennis and Albert Frietag.
Thvssinlsuii = atsesaspr enting thai
Good Government League,
consisting -1of ten members, held an
adjourned meeting IN Washburn
Tuesday, May 8, and endorsed the
following gentlemen for delegates !.
to the state conve ions 4ss.
4. v aeonb,.e a lall Il zl sKlaiaa ii aa,.,
Ps M Ferguson, Emil Dietrich, j
Pacsineau, VIM. Dean,
Stalcy, %. r Nc Gray, Gottlieb
ksilk, Christ Heer, Dan Fl Hermann,