The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-05-22
appointment of the following
committees:

Myhra, Richland; r. S. Moore,
Steele; S. Il. Lockerby, Ward;
]. A. McGregor. Billings; Ed
Pierce, Ransom; G. H.. Hagen,
Walsh; Herman Hardt, Logan;
John Ecklund, Burleigh; J. B.
Wineman, Grand Forks; @. A.
White, Trail; Carl Adams,
Kidder.
Rules and order of business
J. E. Phalen, Stark; G. A. Nc
Crea, Pembina; F. Leutz,
Morton; Adam Satire; Addison
Leach, Cass; r. l. Ward, Nc
Lean; d. S. Stevenson, Eddy;
Geo. D. Palmer, Foster; J. H.
Frame, Walsh: Frank White,
Barnes; J. A. Ferris, Billings;
Anton Freid, Stutsman; H. NJ.
Ericsson, Mclean; Fred Steele,
LaMoure.
Resolutions A. Simpson,
Stark: John Wynn, Morton;
Judson LaMoure, Pembina; H.
r. Turner, Cass; Samuel
Adams, Towner; F. A. Kelley,
Nelson: VIM. NJ. House, Rich
land; r. NJ. Stearns, Burleigh;
E. Smith Peterson, Walsh; G.
K. Vikan, Bottineau; James
Mcintyre. McHenry; G., +.
Bryan, Logan; F. D. Brewster,
Wells; l. G. Haugland, Benson;
H. p. jacobson, Hettinger.
Permanent organization-J.
C. Johnson, Richland; Col. A.
p. Peake, Barnes; A. O.
Anderson, Grand Forks; G.. L.
Elkin, Trail; F. A. Rinkel,
Bottineau; NJ. S. Cuskelly,
Dunn; ]. w. Goodall, McKen-
zie; D. C. Page, Williams;
Chas. Whitmer, Oliver; J.
F. Callahan, Cass; H. Ben
deke, Grand Forks; Geo. NJ.
Young, Barnes; J. H. Dyste,
Sargent; r. NJ. harrington,
Adams.
An adjournment was then
taken until 2: 80 p. m.
Promptly at 2: 80 the con-
vention again came to order
and listened to, an address of
welcome from Mayor Sam H.
Clark of Minot. His remarks
were impromptu and made a
hit with the convention.
The committee on credentials
brought in a majority report
recommending that the list of
delegates as passed by the
central committee be adopted.
There was also a minority re-
port recommending the unseat-
ing of the stalwart delegation
in Rolette and Eddy counties.
A vote by roll call was de-
manded and after a good deal
of discussion the first test of
strength in the convention took
place. The minority report was
defeated by a vote of 1866 to
288. This showed the relative
strength of both factions and
in all the other roll calls during
the day there were only slight
gains by the insurgents.
The report of the committee
on organization was adopted
making the temporary organ
ization permanent.
The most lively scrap of the
convention occurred over the
adoption of the report of the
committee on rules and order
of business. The majority re-
port did not provide for the
choosing of a national com
nitteeman. Major Fraine of
| Walsh county moved the adop-
ton of the minority report in
Guiding the choosing of a ma
tional committeeman with the
other business. After an ex-
tended discussion with Frame
and Peterson of Walsh, Regan OF
Wells, Col. Peake of Barnes,
in favor of the minority report
and Stevens of Burleigh and
Turner of Gass leading the
stalwart hosts in opposition,
the majority report was adopted
by a vote of 2O6 to 18O, the
insurgents making a gain Of
"a on this vote.
The stalwarts' slate of eight
delegates to Chicago was then
elected by acclamation, the in.
surgents appreciating that roll
call would only be waste o1
time.
I, Anton Johnson of Crane
Forks county had offered the
following insurgent delegation:
G. Coran, A. ]. Stade, John E.
Paulson, III. G.. Mccartney, J.
A. Regan, A. e. johnson, Carl
Farub and ]. NJ. Devine.
| ]. Austin Regan called out:
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