Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-12

| eItdln principles and fundamental
IDEAS of government were bound up in
politics and questions of THAT nature
oFten came up for. settlement by
the courts. Before the civil war the
United States supreme court was a
political court and in reality is so TO-
day. 1t was not non-partisan court.
lie urged the convention to give its
support to the nomination of John
Knauf Of Stutsman, as capable young
attorney, one Of the best trial lawyers
IN the district, clean, Industrious
man, with.no side lines of occupation,
graduate of the university of Michi.
gan who had worked his way up and
earned money to get an education.
That he had been on one side or the
other OF the most important cases
tried In the county or district for
years, has the confidence of the lead
ing men of the district, has stood by
the party and is one of the leaders Of
the young mems republican league of
the state and had done much to COM
bat the heresies of the nation in close
state and countyIcampaigns. He did
not believe the convention should sub
stitute democrat for a good young
republican attorney. Mr.. McHarg's
address was one of the notable Incl
dents of the evening and brought forth
the greatest applause. The nomina-
tion Of Mr.. Knauf was a vindication
of the idea that the convention should
not 20 outside Of the party for. its
nominees.
PRIMARY ELECTION.
After the taking of the ballots by
The tellers, and pending the announce
ment Of the vote, a full discussion of
the primary election law was had. The
whole ground was gone over by both
Insurgents and regulars and many
views given on the subject. The reso-
lutions contained brief recommen-
dation to the next legislature to
amend the law as the members saw
fit, in the interests and!for the benefit
of the people Of the state. It was a
broad resolution, that left the matter
to the discretion of the legislature
without specifying any particular
amendment or change to be made, but
to give the question to the legislature
with the results and experience of the
first election, held under the law.
The resolution was objected to by
Christensen of McHenry county and
substitute was offered to make the
resolution more specific, and to include
the nominations of members of con-
gresS and state officers and to make
recommendations as to U. S. senator
in an amended law.
This aroused the most extended de-
bate on any question of the convention.
Delegate Phalen said he was a NOM
inee for the legislature from his coun-
ty Of Stark and did not believe it was
the best policy to tie the hands Of the
legislature in advance as the delegates
were here only to make nominations
for state ticket. He opposed the
amendment.
Miller of Burleigh was used to the
primary law, but did not think the
people Of the state were ready for it,
and the recommendation as to sen.
ators was only advisory and not con-
stitutionally binding on the legisla-
ture.
Oliver Of Ransom opposed the sub
stitute and said that while such an
amendment might prove popular in
certain counties it would not IN others,
and objected to Ramsey county telling
the legislature what should be the
duty of the members from Ransom
county, that the voters of the latter
county were intelligent enough to fur
nish their own members with instruc-
tions on that subject.
The place to get such instruction
was at the primay meeting not at the
convention called for another purpose.
Helegeson Of Cavalier, was in favor
of the amendment. He said the peo-
pie of his county wanted to have a
chance to nominate all candidates and
said that unless the resolution includ-
ed state officers, the fight would have
to be made again next fall and warned
the convention that without it there
would be loss Of votes for the ticket.
He washed his hands Of all RESPONSE
bility for the same unless the amend
ment was carried into the resolutions.
Feetham Of Grand Forks favored
the amendment and wanted to 60
home with something for the people
from the convention and declared that
the objections raised were quibbles,
and that while some counties would
be well satisfied others would not
without the right to nominate all the
candidates on the state ticket, at the