Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-04-03
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
A Great Harmony Meeting--No Strife
Whatever ON Convention Floor


STRONG TAFT RESOLUTI
A more harmonious gathering than +
that of the Ramsey county republicans
in convention in this city Tuesday af-
ternoon would be hard to imagine. |
The attendance was large, the court |
room being packed.
County chairman Homer Resler call |
ed the convention to order, at 2:30 p.
m. and called upon secretary Fred
Traynor to read the call. After which
F. P. Mann, of Devils Lake was called
to the chair as temporary chairman,
and o. P. Anderson as temporary sec.
retary.
| On taking the chair Mr.. Mann ad-
dressed the convention in few we'll
chosen remarks, in which he spoke of
the object of the convention, and stat
ed that it was to select ten delegates
to the state convention which was to
select eighteen delegates to represent
North Dakota at the national conven.
ton to assist in selecting the next
president and vice president of the
United States. He said that the re-
publicans of Ramsey county should,
work in such perfect harmony that
after the primaries every republican
would take off his coat and work for
the republican ticket from top to bot
tom, and that we should expect to roll
up the largest republican majority this
fall in the history of the country. His
remarks were greeted with a round Of
applause.
It was moved and carried that the
chairman appoint committee of five
on resolutions. The motion prevailed
and the chair appointed as such COM
mittee, Jas. Mccormick, Ole Serum
gard, H. E. Baird, Albert Thompson
and Olaf Hagen.
On motion the chair appointed a
committee on .ordersof business as fol
= lows. Lem MoWery, E. T. Moen and
= Bernt Anderson. Z .4 ~
On motion committee OF three con
sisting of c. G. Honey, w. v. Foulh
!, and Peter Gilberg was appointed or
credentials. - r~*
A short recess was then taken fo1
the purpose Of allowing the committees
to meet. -
= Following the recess the first com
i mittee called was that on credentials
a which reported as follows: .:.=*=.5
; We, your committee on credentials
e find the following delegates presen
t. and entitled to seats in this conven
y ton: .,% .......~
q Dry Lake = Henry Lake, + ,. Ro1er
5 Horne. =; x
81 Cleveland =. Joseph Grunewald
t.. Adolph Olson. 49,.
It Lake - Frank Pitcher Chas Peter
SON. Z L& T. ~
m Village Of Bartlett - o. T. simons
II. w. Schroeder. r.: ~
= Hope - B. b. Burt, G. e. Charles,
4. q Edmore ~ IS. M: M. Van osdell, G. G
Honey. 4 ~ ss'st I. ss':;=s* =.
III Devils Lake - 1st: ward: Joh1
Schultz, H. N. Halgren (proxy to- OF
i Serumgard) !, L. .42%*t Dawson. .4@ Secon'
T. ward: T. a.. Haslam, W. ]. Brownies
Third ward: H.; b. Baird, r. 2. Mann
q, Greenleaf 5 .1. 4 4. Il @ 5... ] :;l 4
South Mime ~ Halvor Thee
Hans Rustonl. ~ II a g. 5=5' =.5 Y 4. /.
@&I Grand Harbor. - w. J. Morgridge
John A Brynn. i. - =, .s.5 =s sss :5s3i 4
ia Norway Lars EIlingson, Y. Ha
vorson S$S=s u. 5s5 IL 5> i s :4 .;
/ Bergen q Il. Bottolfson, q. Myk,lt i,
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man. ss5
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I Royal Iverson Jens nderson.
ss. $5s eoulee John nderson, Geo. DIM
man.
Lil1ehoh Silver Hanson 1 ID yot.
f a Enochs Anderson ~ vote. szSs5s
Northaeld Martin Olsen,
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I4a#tcn olof Hagen.
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