Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05


elective nature ~ has ever asked. from
the voters Of the party - far back %
the memory Of man runneth. Adams
county was represented by but one
man-Pat Norton Of Hettinger-Who
was appointed by Governor Burke to
the position Of states attorney when
that county was Organized. and Who
was the only delegate from that large
and rapidly settling part Of the state
wsst OF the river. Bottineau county
by six; Eddy county by one; Foster
county by two; Griggs county by two;
McHenry county by three; the great
county OF Mclean by only I'VE; the
populous county 0f Ramsey by i've;
Rolette by one and Towner by two;
while Williams. Mckenzie. Billings
Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder. Logan,
Hettinger Mercer, Oliver, Stark and
Mcintosh were not represented at all.
And yet these self-appointed dele.
gates" had the supreme gall to arise
| in their places and shout on roll-call
that adams Tor some other county,
votes" so-and-so.
With such an outrageous condition
OF affairs preyailing-with the confer.
ence, or convention, packed in the in
terest OF Congressman Marshall for
the national senate, Of State Senator
Young for congress, and Of other men
for other positions-it Is not remark
able that there was big row before
the work was finished. Martin n.
Johnson, the Scandinavian leader. was
there. He was formerly congress-
man from this state. Whatever his
faults, he is honest and outspoken in
the extreme He has the sincere re,
spect of those who do not agree with
his factional contentious. He Is .
rival of Mr.. Marshall for the senator
ial nomination. SEEING that the con-
vention had been packed in the In
terest of Marshall, he asked only that
the gathering indorse nobody for the
ONCE, but allow himself, Mr.. MarshAll
and the other candidates for senator
to go before the party voters at the
primary. In this he was sustained
by Mr. Trovaaten, editor Of the lead
ing Scandinavian paper Of the state;
by Judge Lauder. by Judge Engerud
and by other well known insurgent
leaders. So over-bearing was the Mar
shall-Young majority that some Of
these respected gentlemen were Kissed
until their remarks could not be heard
while they were addressing the con-
vention. As the friends of Mr.. John.
son saw that they would not receive
a square deal. they. with about a
third of the delegates. refused to take
further part in the proceedings and
some of them left the convention
hall at once
I
Perhaps the demagogues Who pack
ed the Grand Forks gathering Of tAeir
own faction believe that they can sue
coed by such high-handed means.
They do not seem to have learned
anything by past experience There
was time when the Red River valley
and the other eastern parts Of the
state could not conceal their contempt
for the Missouri Slope. They were
wont to refer to them as the COW
counties With new antagonisms
created by their contemptibly mean
treatment OF NJ. n. Johnson, and With
practically every county on the Mis-
souri, Slope unrepresented, one would
think that the conspirators who put
through the strong arm work at Grand
Forks last week would see the hand
writing on the wall-would recognize
in the distance the coming OF the
same old jolt they received when the
true-blue republicans carried the state
two to one in the election Of delegates
at last years primary.