Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-03-09
REPUBLICAN VOTERS
Want INFORMATION
On Possible Action Of Pre-: :$s;q.
tia| Delegates to Be Elected :
March q, 1916.

preference by voters of North Dakota
for presidential candidates, the
names of but two men will be on the
Republican ballot for. the voters
choice. One of these names is Rob
ert La Toilette of Wisconsin, the
other is H. D. Estabrook of New
York City. Opposite their names will
be squares on the ballot and the
voter will mark his preference for
one or the other, as no other names
of presidential candidates have been
filed in this state. In. case a voter
does not care to vote for either of
the above, he can write in name of
some one whom he might prefer.
Following the names on the ballot
of the presidential candidates will be
a list of twenty-four delegates to the
Republican national convention at
Chicago. The twenty-four names OF
Republican delegates have been Sc
lected for the voters by two different
organizations. The names of twelve
candidates who represent the La
Toilette sentiment were selected at a
mess meeting of citizens of the state
held at Fargo last January. These
names have been published in the
papers of the state.
The names of twelve Republican
delegates who are supposed to be op-
posed to the nomination of La Fol-
lette have been selected by the Re-
publican state central committee.
These names have also been pub
lished and from the list of twenty
four names the voters will have the
option of selecting twelve, and the
twelve receiving the highest vote
will be the delegates who will attend
the national convention and repre-
sent the state in the nomination of
candidates of the Republican party
for president AMI vice-presidenl. The
names of these candidates for dele
gates will be printed on the ballot
and rotated in their order according
to the usual custom in printing pri-
mary election ballots. The only way
a voter desiring to select the La
Toilette delegates, for instance, can
do so is to have list of the names
of such delegates written or printed
for his information before entering
the election booth.
Interest Not Great.
Interest in the North Dakota presi-
dental primary is not great, and the
vote promises to be light throughout
the state, as it b considered fore
gone conclusion that the La Toilette
delegates will receive majority OF
the votes cast. Estabrook is not con-
sidered a candidate with any consid-
erable strength, but it is question
how much Of q vote he will get under
the peculiar conditions existing in
this presidential primary election.
It is not stated whether the candi-
dates selected by the Republican
state central committee will be con-
sidered delegates for Estabrook or
not: but from the fact that the dele
gates named by the Republican COM
mittee are not known to be for La
Toilette, many naturally think that
they would be for Estabrook, as he
is the only other candidate to be vot-
ed upon.
Oummins Second Choice.
It was also generally understood at
the convention at Fargo, which
named the La Toilette delegates,
that in case Senator La Toilette
could not be nominated for president,
that the delegates should cast their
vote az second choice for Senator A.
B. Cummins of Iowa. If this is the
desire of those advocating La Fol-
lette's nomination, it ought to be ex-
pressly and clearly understood and
as much, publicity as possible given
to it before the election.
The primary election law makes it
the duty of a delegate to the national
convention to subscribe an oath that
he will uphold the constitution and
laws of the United States and North
Dakota, and that he will, as such del
egate, "to the best Of his judgment
and ability faithfully carry out the
wishes of his political party as ex-
pressed by the voters at said cleo
tion.'' This gives the delegate a
wide latitude for his action in the
national convention. II the candf-
date he is selected to vote for has no
chance of the nomination, the delega-
ton is in duty bound to support some
other candidate representing the
same political principles and poll
cies which have led the voters to-