The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-14
POLK REPUBLICANS
DECLARE THEIR
PRINCIPLES
Resolution Adopted at Meet
ing Which Supported
Roosevelt.

Following the vote on the presiden-
tial candidates by the delegates from
tho various parts of the county, taken
at the meeting at Crookston yesterday
afternoon. a resolution WAS drafted
and adopted and tho delegates to tho
Thief River and other conventions
named. Committees were also named.
The resolution adopted and commit
tees follow:
The Committees.
Credentials-F. c. Massee. j. T..
Iindley. NJ. r. Hussey. Hans Samuel
son and Alfred Solstad.
Permanent Organization-W. f..
Kelsey, Anton Ness. B~icrnstad, Peter
Crseth. Peter SNYDER.
Christensen. E. o. Hagen, L. G. Eek
lund, j. NJ. ~Clementson.
The Resolutions.
Be it resolved. by the republican
partk OF Polk county. in convention
assembled at Crookston, Minnesota,
on this 18th day of May. 1912, that We
do hereby renew our allegiance to the
republican principles as cXempliie.l
ny the progressive movement with
IN the party: and that We do hereby
declare ourselves in favor of a presi-
dental primary: the election of Unit
ed States senators by the direct vote
OF the people: the initiative. rcferen-
dunn and recall: the direct nomination
of public officers by primary election;
d downward revision Of the tariff to
equalize the difference in cost Of pro-
auction here and abroad, and an effec-
tive tariff commission: the immcdi-
ate repeal of the Canadian reciprocity
act; h creation by of an
industrial commission to aid in the
settlement Of disputes between labor
ana rI initial md to u-o,1 c~r, ai., l~4
trrmcnt of industrial conditions: d
parcels post. with graduated rates:
more liberal homestead laws: the i'm
proNement bH the federal
OF the waterways within the district
TO better drainage and navigation and
prevent floods; and the establishment
OF a state public utilities commits
10 public office Of men who will SUP
port the principles in this
resolution.
Resolved. further. that we hereby
express our appreciation of the efforts
OF our representative in congress-. the
honorable Halvor S~tecnerson, i'm be-
half of his district. state and county,
n pledge our hearty support to his
recollection.
b it resolved, by this convention.
that we hereby endorse the candidacy
of Theodore Roosevelt for the repub-
lican nomination for the presidency
of the United States, and hereby in
Struct our delegates to the state and
congressional district conventions to
vote for delegates to the national
who are pledged to his
support.
Election of Delegates.
The election of delegates was ac-
complished without any tight. A COM
mite" to present the. names of 20
delegates and 90 a%lternates for the
convention at Thief River
Falls. and tn" state convention at
Minnea polls. was named. consisting Of
John Saugstad. Charles Loring. c.. G.
Chr1stianson. Tom Haugen. a. NJ. ST.
.er'son. NJ. w. Jensen. A. A. Morvig.
n. j. Nelson.
Ihev reported the following lists
and they were unanimously elected to
represent Polk county at the two
gatherings:
Delegates to Minneapolis.
CHARLES Lorins. J. u. Montague, NJ.
X. Hnssey' John Clementson. NJ. G..
f"trrson. A.. +. Cronquist. w. A..
Marin, T. r. Morken. q. NJ. Melsness.
VIM. Brown. James Hedley. r. O., Ha.
gen., Ferdinand. Fl. Ross, +. G. Mas
): F.. Dotson. J., T. Lindley, Os-
car Frederjcks. 7. !. Berg. t;under
c.. G. Snlvig.
A~itcrnatca.
q. @. Christianson. A. A. Morvig,
Tom Haugen, John Amundson. J. S..
kiclland. Marius Christia nson. Nels
Swenson. Geo. FIatcn. George Schuck.
Perry. VIM. Rasmussen, DR.. j..
Chaplin. ". T.. Kelsey. Christ Wah-
Theo. Propp. Anton Bangen.
Tom Harris. j.. j. Kelly. F. NJ. Aune.
Fl. *. Lee.
Delasctcs to Thief River Falls.
-. Is. Berget. John Peterson. An
ton Jensen. Chas. Martin. Gunder
J. n. Lindley. G. G.. Chris
hanson. p. NJ. Anne. John Sausstad.
Loring, w. A. Marin. John Am
undson. l.. I. Berg. a. A. Morvig. Nj.
u, PETERSON. f.. A. Ness. Orin Sim
nous, Peter SNYDER. d. B. Ferguson.
.A~l.crnatcs.
W. J.. Vannet. ]. p. Dotson, f.. A.
Lind. S. NJ. Sivertson. A. NJ. Sivert-
son. $. Torrison. Martin Gulseth. 2.
O., Etortroen Alfred Solstad, Odin
Jack Carter. Joreen O.
Rude. a. A. Morvig. G. G. rhristen-
L.. =. Benson. Roht. Kerr. Nor
Rosholt. G. X. Espeseth, Henry
Horn. Peter Eide.
BY n vote of 1O1. w. a. Marin was
endorsed for delegate at Thief Riyar
Fails over Gnp1or <roet,,.