Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-02-03
.FACT|ONAL FIGHT
ALL SILLY BLuNDER
Declares National Commit
Marshall; Asserts Repub-
|icanS Can Win.

of the Republican state central COM
mittee special care was taken that it
should not seem that the committee
was definitely naming delegates to
the national convention as such ac-
ton was considered a usurpation OF
power on the part OF the committee
and not in accord with the primary
law of principles. There was con-
siderable argument on both sides.
and the names published Wednesday
were the delegates "suggested' and
in no way to be considered "slate."
The committee took no action in the
endorsement Of presidential can
didate, nor of a candidate for nation
al committeeman.
Republicans Can Win.
National Committeeman Thomas
Marshall spoke at some length for
harmony amongst the Republicans
and asserted that the Republican
party can win in November.
THE Republican party can and
will win at the coming election"
said Mr.. Marshall if it will unite and
stick together and there is no earth
ly reason why it should not get to-
gether. The differences of the past
have disappeared.
II was astonished at the change of
feeling that | found on my recent
trip east to attend the national COM
mittee meeting.
Il was very agreeably surprised to
find that former friends that I had
not seen for years, remembered me
and appeared glad to see me. met
such men as Mr.. Root and Mr.. Can
non, and was astonished at the
change of attitude that observed.
What made the change? l have
not changed my political opinions.
am just as much Progressive now as
ever was. The change has been in
these men. They have come around
to our way of thinking. There are no
more s,alwarts in the Republican
party. They are all Progressives.
THAT is true throughout the ma
tion. The Republican party is a
united party because it is now en-
tirely progressive. 1t would be
silly blunder therefore to keep up
this factional fight.
THE Republicans Of the nation
are out to win. That is what | hope
to see. But to win they must put
up strong man. No weak man will
do. If we put up a weak man against
Mr.. Wilson we are sure to be defeat
ed. But we can beat Mr.. Wilson, and
that is the thing that l want to see
done.
But to do this it is imperative
that the strongest man that can be
found in the Republican ranks be
placed before the people. That
means that the Republican conven-
tion at Chicago must be left free to
make the choice of the best man
available.
"lf there is any attempt to frame
that convention, If there is tenden-
cy on the part of the leaders to put
something over the Republican par
ty will again go down to defeat"
This sentiment was received with
an outburst of enthusiastic applause.
Matt Johnson Of Omemee and J.
E. Williams of Mclean in voicing
their opposition stated that they be-
lieved it was circumventing the inten-
tion of the primary law for such
gathering to nominate a set Of dele
gates. J. NJ. Devine and other cham
pions of the motion declared that it
was merely suggesting the names and
was in no sense formal nomination.
There is no power back of this
action" said Mr.. Devine, ut is sim
ply suggestion"
Lee Coombs Of Valley City and
Chairman Sprague, J. D. Bacon. Ed
gar Richter, E. Smith Peterson, j. G.
Hamilton and others endorsed the
idea.
There being twelve judicial dis
tricts and only ten delegates to be
elected, a set of numbers of the dis
tricts were placed in a hat and two
drawn therefrom. The numbers so
drawn eliminated such judicial dis
trict from the selection of dele
gate, or gave such county candidate
for presidential elector.
In the drawing, the first dictrict.
constituting Grand Forks and Mel
son, and the eleventh district were
drawn out, thus giving these coun-
ties presidential electors instead Of
delegate candidates.
The only presidential electors were
| chosen by congressional districts.