Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-21

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4 VICTORY FOR THE sTALWARTs
i The Mclean county chairmanship
matter reached a determination in
I the courts on Saturday afternoon be-
fore Judge Burke, sitting in the place
of Judge Winchester, as Judge for
the Sixth judicial district, upon an
order to show cause why temporary
Injunction previously Issued in the
matter, should not be made perma-
nent.
The judge sustained the injunction
previously issued deciding that w.
F. Macomber, the chairman, acting
on behalf of the Stalwart organiza-
ton had been in possession Of the
office and had been recognized as
such both by the county central COM
mittee and the state committee, and
as such was entitled to the use and
possession of the Office, and the OPP
posing claimant, E. s. Ramsey, was
restrained and enjoined from in any
way interfering with his functions
in the performance Of his duty as
such chairman.
This contest arose out Of the ac-
ton Of a faction of the county COM
mittee, representing the Insurgent
organization, in attempting to depose
MI. Macomber as the chairman Of
the county central committee on the
morning Of the holding of the county
convention for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the state convention
which was held at Minot upon May
14th. This action on the part Of the
county central committee has always
been considered as very high-handed
tactics and as establishing a very
disagreeable precedent should 1t be
sustained by either the courts or the
councils Of the party. The princi-
pal motives actuating the Insurgents
in this move apparently was for the
purpose of gaining conclusive con-
troll Of the judges Of election Of the
various precincts throughout the
county in order that they might
thereby might be enabled to mark
1 the ballots of the large illiterate
vote which is resident in that county
in the interest Of their own personal
candidates irrespective Of the wishes
of the voters whose ballots they
would thus have an opportunity to
mark.
| Those tactics have been pursued
for a great length Of time in Mclean
county, so much SO that the honest,
law-abiding electors in that county
have become very much disguised at
the reckless disregard Of their legal
rights and of the fraud which was
perpetrated upon them in the hold
Ing OF elections. So great degree
did this feeling Of disgust become
that they employed counsel and made
/ application to the courts for the pur-
pose Of protecting their legal rights
in the coming primaries and future
elections.
The firm Of McCulluch & Gibson,
and James M. Withrow appeared on
part OF the Stalwart organization in
that county and the firm of Newton
& Dullum on part of the Insurgent
faction.
4 The Stalwart people say that they
4. have no intention of taking any I'M
4 due advantage of any member Of the
opposite faction, but they have be-
1 come tired of being constantly ridden
down by the arbitrary ard highland
4 ed methods Of the opposing faction
4 and are determined that they will
have their legal rights preserved
and the purity Of the ballot in Nc.
{ Lean county protected If there is any
law In the state Of North Dakota
capable OF affording them such pro
lection.
4 Their right to such protection was
recognized by the court In the de
cision OF Judge Burke which has
been filed in the case, and they now
4 feel that there is going to be clean
er method OF conducting election.
in Mclean county as result Of thfs
4 decision and that the lawless methods