Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-02-29
ROOSEVELT TICKET
North Dakota Republican Convention
Meets at Grand Forks.

NORM Dakota republican Convention
Meets at Grand Forks.
Without a dissenting voice Roose
welt Republicans attending the state
convention In Grand Forks nominated
a set of candidates for the national
delegation and for presidential electors
and they also placed in nomination
A.. M. Christensen of Towner as candi.
date for national committeeman, add.
ing a new feature to the duties previ.
ously outlined for the gathering.
Advanced progressive policies orig.
mated by Theodore Roosevelt, and an.
inundated and championed by men like
La Toilette, Hughes, Cummins, Dolli.
yer and Others" were endorsed by
the convention.
Under the craftsmanship of S. M.
Ferris, who was Roosevelt's ranching
partner and foreman when the former
president was heavily interested in
the cattle business near Medora, N. D..
the convention adopted resolutions
proclaiming the belief of the delegates
in Rooseveltian policies and the dele
gates were loud in their praises of
Mr.. Roosevelt as a candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination.
Representative of both factions of
the party the gathering was unique,
but all were present with one object,
that of doing everything possible to
bring about the election of a Roose-
welt delegation from this state in the
primaries in March.
The candidates for the convention
and presidential electors are:
For Delegates-First district, DR.. C.
G. Creegan of Fargo, Henry Hale of
Devils Lake and John H. Worst of
Fargo. Second, A. M. Christianson Of
Towner, Torger Shines of Minnewau-
kan and l.. P. Hyde of Valley City.
Third, H. j. Linde of Stanley, Mich
olas Hayes of Williston and Alfred
White of Dickinson. At large, J. W.
Scott of Gilby.
Presidential Electors-First district,
Roger Allen of Park River; Second,
A. G.. Crane of jamestown and H. NJ.
Breen of Woiford; Third, q. A. Tos-
tevin of Mandan and S. M. Ferris of
Medora.
At the conclusion of the nomina-
tons the convention decided to push
active plans for the campaign in the
state with a view to carrying North
Dakota for Roosevelt. The national
Roosevelt committee was asked to
participate in the fight. For La Fol-
lette the several delegates who spoke
had only words of commentator. Of
President Taft several of the dele
gates were not so enthusiastic and J..
d. Phelan Of Bowman made a partic-
ularly spirited talk in which he round
ly criticised the president on several
points.
In the resolutions the convention,
in addition to declaring for Roosevelt
and urging the election of Roosevelt
delegates to the national convention,
also pledged it's support of the presi-
Dental primary election law and that
it would abide by the result of that
primary, whether it be in accord with
the views of this meeting or not.
A change in the plan of representa-
ton in the national convention also
was endorsed. The repeal of the Cana
dian reciprocity treaty was urged also.
E. G.. DISCARD of Neville, Nelson
county, was secretary of the conven-
ton.
Chairman Ferris, in accepting the
position of presiding officer, declared
that he felt a deal more comfortable
on the Hurricane deck of a broncho
than on the platform and was round
ly applauded as he took up the work
of directing the affairs of the meeting
devoted to the interests of his former
ranching partner.