The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-08-28
CANDIDATES MEET committee
Conference Held by Republicans at
ga Court House Saturday. 5;a.a

Conference Held by Republicans at
=, g.. .cour' House; Saturday: ,...;.;;l u.
! The ssmemberssof the executive
committee of the republican
county central committee and
the candidates for office on the
republican ticket held a con-
ference in the court room at
the court house Saturday
afternoon.
The members of the COM
mittee present were J. H.
Trimble, chairman; Jay O.
Smith, secretary; NJ. E. Hayes,
treasurer, and John F. Nc
Knight. The following can
didates were in attendance:
John H. Kirk, E. l.. Garden,
Matt johnson, John p. Simon,
G. K. WILDER, N. H. McKinnon,
A. F. Peterson, p. E. Christen-
son, Edmund White and w. b.
Rea. F. c.. Falkenstein, editor
of the Bottineau News, A. J.
Drake of the Westhope Stand
ard and D. r. Carlson of the
Courant were present by in
vitation of Chairman Trimble.
Mr.. Trimble acted as chair
man and Mr.. Hayes as secre-
tary. Mr.. Trimble stated the
object of the meeting as being
the bringing of the candidates
and committee together to plan
for the coming campaign. He
assured the candidates that the
committee would work for the
election of every man on the
ticket and play no favorites.
The several candidates were
then called upon. Judge John
H. Kirk was the first speaker.
He outlined the campaign and
urged harmony all along the
line. Representative E. l..
Garden pledged his support to
the entire state and county
ticket, saying II don't expect
to fight anybody and don't
want anybody to fight me.
The primary settled all
differences and now stuff Is off.
We want to elect the ticket
nominated" Matt johnson,
candidate for representative,
urged the brethren not to be
too optomistic. It's better to
tell the truth about conditions
sa they exist said he. We all
ought to support the ticket as
nominated at the primary, but
harmony should not be a one
sided affair. If a man SHES a
brick at nae Pm going to fire it
back. Every man on the ticket
is entitled to loyal support.
c. r. Wilber, candidate for
clerk of the district court, urged
all to work together for the
election of the entire ticket.
The primary ends all scraps
said Mr.. WILDER. We are en-
titled to scrap at the primaries;
there wouldn't be any fun if
we didn' t.. "
The other candidates spoke
along harmony lines, urging all
to work for the election of the
entire republican ticket from
top to bottom.
It was decided to open head
quarters in Bottineau about
October 1 with a competent
person in charge, who should
keep the headquarters open at
all times and be rendered such
assistance as could be given by
the chairman and secretary and
other members of the COM
mittee. On motion of Repre-
sentative Garden a committee
of three to secure such person
and rent a room suitable for
use as headquarters, was ap-
pointed by the chairman, con-
sisting of Judge John H. Kirk,
Hon. E. L. Garden and John
p. Simon.
After further general dis
cussion it was decided to have
a poll Of the county made to be
presented at a meeting of the
entire county committee and
all the candidates to be held in
Bottineau Tuesday, September
Is. The meeting then ad-
journed. ..t
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