Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-02-10

elect, but have never received sim
gle representative in any one of these
places with the exception Of Briggs,
who served only part of one term
and Pierce, who served one of the
shortest terms of any elected sena-
tor in the United States.
The announcement of candidates
seems again to be the order of the
day. So far the candidates for
Judge of the supreme court are un-
derstood to be Fisk, Ellsworth, Car
mody, Burke, Divitt, Rourke and
Cooley. Every one of them live in
what was the proposed First Congress
sional District or Red river valley.
For representatives in congress there
have announced Hanna, Lauder, Sku-
lason, Helgeson. All Of them live
in the Red river valley. For United
States senators there have been an
|nounced as candidates, McCumber,
Gronna, Marshall and Engerud, all
from the First Congressional Dis
trict. The 29,304 voters in the Sec
ond Congressional District are ex-
pected to be pleased with the pros
poets of selecting person to repres-
ent them who resides in the eastern
part of the state, as has been usually
and uniformly the custom since state
hood.
"The public press announces that
one political faction of the Republic
can party has appointed what is
known. as an eliminating committee,
and all members of that faction are
expected to go to the polls in June
and vote for the candidates of that
faction who have not been elimina-
ted by the committee. Now If this
is proper under our system of nom
mating candidates, why is it not
right to call convention of delegates
from each of the counties composing
the Second Congressional District had
the bill making such not been de-
feated by connivance of those living
in the eastern part OF the state, and
when the convention assemblies nom
mate one candidate for United States
senator, one for representative in
congress and one for judge of the SUI
preme court, and pledge the voters
to vote for no other candidate for
these positions except the ones nomi-
mated at this convention. That will
assure the 29.304 Republican voters
living in the western portion of the
state the nomination at the primary
election of one candidate for each of
these positions, and the Red river
valley may nominate who they please
to fill the other senatorial, congress-
ional and judicial positions.
"The counties that have composed
the Second Congressional District are
heartily sick and tired Of voting for
senators, representatives and judges,
no one of whom have any interest
in the welfare of that part of the
state except such as comes from a
desire to be reelected. 1t is safe
to say that very few, If any, of the
men who have heretofore been elect
ed to these positions have even Wis
tied every county in the territory
designated as the Second Congress
ional District. A movement is on
foot to call such convention. The
western part of the state has con-
cluded it is about time to assert it.
self as either we must take action or
admit by our non-action that the ne
cessary ability to hold these posi-
itnos is contained wholly within the
1886 Republican voters and that
the 29,304 Republican voters in the
west have no men who will sub
serve the interests of their portion
of the state so we'll as some
candidate who could be nominated
from the eastern part. The manner
of calling this convention Is now be-
ing considered by a committee COM
posed Of one member from ma
jority of the counties of what would
have been the Second Congressional
District, and in short time no doubt,
in my mind,-a program will be made
known which will ultimately result
in the western part. Of the state re-
ceiving the portion Of representation
it is justly entitled to. Heretofore
we have been expected to keep the
soup houses and furnish majority
of the voters to allow the eastern
portion Of the state to gorge itself
at the pie counter"
TWO CHILDREN BURNED
s5 McClusky, N. D., Feb. 8..-Two;
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Ollenberger
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