Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
HOW MARSHALL
STOLE DICKEY
DESPERATE METHODS WE'RE
BROUGHT INTO PLAY BY
CAKES CONGRESSMAN IN Or
DER TO ESCAPE A SLAP IN
THE FACE IN HIS HOME
COUNTY,

Glendale, N. D., April 20.-The eff
forts of Tom Marshall's crowd to
capture the Dickey county convention
at Monango Friday were desperate.
Marshall was anxious to demonstrate
that he had Dickey county tied up
like package for delivery to the in
surgents at Minot and that he could
make good his boast that he has t'my
peepul" ready to do his bidding.
The game that was played was to
make the delegates think that the
Monango convention was to nominate
county ticket, instead of simply
choosing delegates to Minot for the
purpose Of electing the delegates to
the national convention. This was
played at the caucuses and anyone
who fancied he would like a county
office was told that he must hustle
for Marshall delegates.
In this way were developed five
candidates for county office in Ellen
dale and in other townships, two for
treasurer, two Tor register of deeds,
two for auditor, one for representa-
tive, three for sheriff, one Tor super
intendent of schools aud one for
county judge. AS a result there was
lively scramble to sne who would
head Marshall delegations, the fight
in Lowell township between Baker
for clerk and Robinson for t:easur-
er being particularly bitter.
Before the convention convened,
however, it developed that there
were some who didn't believe in the
motto, 'tTom Marshall for me-
In the discussion it was recalled
hon !, a 1oI &o =,
vention at Minneapolis as delegate
and voted against Blaine, knowing
that the people Of North Dakota ia
vored Blaine and that Diekey county
convention endorsed him, and did
vote vor Harrison under whose ad-
ministration he had been federal
contractor and Office holder.
His voting for the salary grab was
also mentioned, and the way in which
he had caused his newspapers to dis
credit the Endorsement of Professor
Bruce for senator by the county con-
vention; how he had secretly con-
vened with Fuller of the insrugent
committee to have old line insurgents
and contributors to the insurgent
campaign fund left at home from
the Grand Forks convention and to
have Marshall's political creatures
invited to attend that convention as
delegates in their stead.
1t was told of how he, after pack
ing the Grand Forks convention, pay
ing the way and expenses of large
| number of delegates and thus secur-
| ing his own nomination for senator,
| he had boosted in an interview in
| the Minneapolis Journal that the peo-
| pie of Dickey county had asked him
to run as protest against the stall
wart machine.
In this connection it was suggest
ed that while the convention nomi-
| mating system was in force he had
| always sought association with Nc
Kenzie but now under the primary
| law he though he could become a
boss himself.
His alliance with the Geer democ-
racy; his defeat of Millham and his
efforts to nominate Geer for state
senator on the republican ticket four
years ago were other features OF
Marshalrs political history that were
| recalled.
There things were not said in whis.
pers either, but were openly declared
even before the caucuses were held
The bringing of the fight for coun.