The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-12-06

is easily analized, inasmuch as the
Grand Forks county delegation
sought the nomination of Bendeke
for lieutenant and was without the
slightest doubt, though certain
members Of the delegation refuted
the statement, in a deal with Mar
shall, Twitchell, Young and Hedge
son to force the nominations upon
the convention. The leaving
out, by MI. Wineman, of the Office
of attorney general is also easy to
understand. as that gentleman has
had hankerings for the office of at
torney general himself for some
time past, while John Sorley was
the endorsed candidate Of the
Grand Forks delegation, his homi-
nation having been chosen upon
at a meeting Of the select held on
Manday afternoon, the same time
that Mr.. Bendeke's name had
been decided for the slate ticket.
Judge Edward Engerud chal-
lenged the right Of the convention
to amend the report, resulting in a
wrangle over parliamentary rules,
ending with Chairman Stockwell
upholding the amendment.
Then came John Sorley Of Grand
Forks, who moved an amendment
to the amendment that the Office
of attorney general be added to
the list. Sorley's action, prompt
ed by the selfish motive that was
quite evident, resulted in j. W.
Scott, also a Grand Forks county
delegate, moving that both amend
ments be laid on the table, which
capied by a vote of l27 to 46
bringing the convention back to the
original question.
John Sorley was then recognized
by the chair, and proceeded in a
long discourse, to divulge to the
convention his ideas as to what &C
ton should be taken. In his talk
he urged. the nomination of certain
candidates, this time discreetly
leaving out the attorney general
ship.
AS stated above, the Grand
Forks county office seekers action
in regard to the forcing Of nomi-
nations a prompted by selfish
motives, being willing, as it was
put by some who heard his re-
marks, to sacrifice the good of the
cause to gain personal aggrandise-
ment.
B. G.. Skulason threw a bomb in
to the meeting in an address
against the nomination Of any can
didate, The address of Mr.. Skula-
son was one to the point, he round
ly scoring the convention delegates
for attempting to put before the
people of the state, a slate which
it was we'll known was prepared by a
committee, which committee had
in turn called together a number
of its friends to ratify the work
Mr.. Skulason's address ar
the convention following:
"Gentlemen of the convention,
conference, I do not know whether
it is just the right thing to do for
a man who has been so recently
baptized as I have been, for me to
stand up here and voice my opin-
ion in this assembly but I am
up for the rights of our
citizens of North Dakota and the
citizens of the republic of the
United States.
CHOW gentlemen there is a very
simple question before this confer
ence, and that simple question
seems to be the only one of any
moment, all the other questions
are minor, and this is the one we
must decide right. Now, lam not
here as a representative of the
Great Northern, OF anything else.
I am here simply as a citizen of
the state of North Dakota who be-
lieves in the enforcing of the laws
Of this state. It is not only a ques-