Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-20
Judge Pollock is Chairman
and Gives Keynote Of
Campaign.
NAME BEST MAN FOR
SAKE OF THE NATION
Crisis of World Affairs Too
Important to Make a
Mistake.

The Republican convention for the
First Congressional district assembled
at the City Hall at 1880 this morn
ing and completed the permanent or
ganization. After the appointment Of
committees on resolutions and rules y
recess was taken to 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon.
Chairman .Bernt Anderson Of
Churches Ferry, Of the First Congress
sional committee was call to the chair
! Tor the opening business and Secre.
tary L.. J.. Twitchell of Fargo record.
ed the report Of the credentials COM
mittee showing twelve counties rep
resented with large delegations.
On motion of r.. ]. Hughes Of Rich
land. R. NJ. Pollock of Cass was NOM
Axwig of Cavalier nominated Tread
we'll Twitchell of Cass and James F.
! Shea of Cass named Judge B. F,
Spalding of Cass. The last two with
drew their names and the selection
of Mr. Pollock was made unanimous.
Delegates r. j. Huges, George Kelley
and l.. A. White were appointed
committee to escort Mr. Pollock to
the chair.
.. A Most Important Convention.
In taking up the gavel, Chairman
Pollock declared it a real honor to be
chosen to preside over this Republic
can convention. This is an impor-
tant gathering" he said. The con-
ference of the delegates last night
showed they were here for an honest,
sincere and earnest purpose as bents
| the gravity of the occasion and it was
evident that when the nomination of
candidate for congress is made it
will not be the nominee who is going
out from here but the will of this con-
vention and I believe that every dele
gate here will go forth and support
the candidate Of this convention with
the fullest enthusiasm.
This district is Republican and II
| only requires united, nrm and earn
est effort to elect the candidate we
shall name. We owe it to the state
and the nation to be good servants
and good citizens and We shall fulfll
that duty and work for the best an
terests OF the nation.
| THE Importance of sending able
| men to congress 10 emphasized by the
fact that the greatest matters Of his-
tory will come before congress for.
! settlement after the war has ended
lsnd Msysks Daktst must BE repAesRu-E
:.te sworsi epSchal events y
Fl. SscretarN Twitche1l read the call Of
the convention. On motion of 6en-
ator John +. Paulsons of Hillsboro,
Fred j. Traynor of Ramaey was elect
ed temporary secretary. fss
Permanent Organization.
The temporary organization was
| then made permanent and Chairman
Pollock called upon Rev. George A.
Quigley, district superintendent Of. the
M. E. church. to deliver the invoca-
| ton. The prayer called for divine
guidance to the delegates assembled
that they might have the welfare of
the state, the nation and the whole
world at heart and be impelled by the
! highest and holiest motives for the
benefit of mankind to the end that
the gathering might be means in
the hands OF God to aid in leading
to a world peace.
On motion of Delegate Twitchell the
absentees Of delegations were to be
represented by the delegates from
their respective counties ana the abb
votes Of the majority Of the delegates
/, from the respective counties. This
was to assure each county full repre-
sentation for the few delegates who
were unable to be present
Committees Named.
On motion of A. w. Fowler Of cass.
committees on rules and on resolu-
tios were named with one member
from each county selected by the
tees are as follows:
Rules and Order Of Business-CaEs
county, Treadwell Twitchell; Walsh
county. E. ~ Swiggum; Traill county.
A. Steenerson; Pembina county,
George Peterson; Nelson county. n. H.
Elvick: Ramsey county, Charles Doy-
on: Steele county B. j. Long: Cava-
lier county. Henry Mclean: Sergeant
county, H. c. Johnson; Richland coun-
ty, j. A. Power: Towner county, g. b.
Smith; Grand Forks county, G. L.
Sande.
Resolutions committee-Cass coun.
ty. A. w. Fowler: Walsh county. j. e.
Pembina county. A. j. McFadden:
Nelson county, George d. Kelley;
Ramsey county. ]. E. Stevens: Steele
county, r. A. Lathrop: Cavalier
county, B. D. Groome; Sergeant coun-
ty, H. S. Russell; Richland county, r.
j. Hughes; Towner county. d. b. Nc
Donald; Grand Forks county. ]. B.
Wineman.
Roll Of Delegates.
| Following is the roll Of delegates:
Sargent County, II Delegaaes.
C. w. Ball-proxy to I. w. Ovorton.
A. Leslie. Edwin Peterson. II. I. Rus
sell. Nels Petterson-prow to d. j.
Mckenzie. F. w. vail-proxy to
Mckenzie. Philip Peterson. d. J. Me-
Kenzie, Livy Johnson-proxy to a.
| Leslie.
Richland, n delegatos.
]. F. Shea, Lars Olsgaard-proy Ia
Fred F.. Smith. w. o. Strong-proxy
to L. N. Abbott. ]. G. Polfuss-proxy
to H. A. Merrifeld. Carl NuttaS
proxy to J.. F. Shea, Eric 9taful. C.,
Ness. Franklin D. Towne. Elmer Soi-
berg-Proxy to B. F. Lounsbury. W..
C. Forman Jr.. @. Rose Fowler. Nsls
Brolander-proxy to b. r. F.LounSbuiy..
A. H. Brown. r. ]. Hughes. b. r.
Lounsbury, O. A. Leach. w. r. Rob.;
bins-proxy to H. c. IN. Nyhra, =. IA,
/! Power. Vivian Morgan. A., n. Ista; J.
proxy to J. A. Power. n. g. N. Nyhfa.
Cas- County. % Dele0aeeA
James p, Madison, W. =. Clark.
James Monz James Beattsl - proxy ;fS
Carl Nelson. I. g. Moore PROXY to az
4 W. Fowler. Carl Nelson. Will Gill.
Thos. Hockridge, L. I. Twttchsll P.lG
lFfsAefickson-pFoxy - y q. n. Hal.
bur- kodt 2: =. Hole. 1llinl AsyFlliss
son. e. n lkinSsbury.
]. r. Callahan. DF. II. q. q e