Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-28

COMMITTEES was read, and
the the fireworks began. Motions
And amendments were fired at the
chairman in rapid succession; finally
the roll Of counties was ordered and
voting began, during which time the
situation was tense.
Jim Anderson and I sat together
and checked of tho vote Of each
county as announced. and at concll-
sion Of the poll u tally gave the
Miller forces q majority of two. !
managed to suppress my feelings OF
e~xultatton: but Jim couldn't curb his
Joyous emotions. He broke loose in
hoisterous hilarity. and soon the dele-
gates in u immediate proximity
". This wave Of cheer soon spread
among the, Miller forces, and all in
joyful anticipation awaited the ON
,ctal announcement Of the vote from
It came at last, but oh, how disap-
pointing! Instead of the Millers lead
ing, they were given only 1875 votes,
while the Tylers got 1856. It was now
the time for the other side to shout,
and they broke loose in one Of the
widest scenes of disorder that I eve
witnessed. Led by Alex. Mckenzie.
who danced about and threw his hat
up to, the ceiling, the opposition be-
came fairly delirius with joy, and
their hilarious enthusiasm did not
die out for fifteen or twenty minutes.
~ In the, midst Of the racket there
was one figure and one voice that
was plainly seen and heard. Stand
ing on a bench wildly gesticulating
and shouting in tones which reverber-
ated throughout the hail, Jim Ander-
son demanded q veri1cation of the
roll-call Of counties. He also said a
good deal about .fa%lstication Of the
records. about stealing the conven-
ton. etc, ETC., and concluded his out
burst by demanding that a represent
tative from each side act as tellers
when the verified vote was taken.
The chairman, recognizing the JUS
tice Of Mr.. Anderson's demand, or
dered a ~verification Of the vote, and
named Is teliers. w. F. Ball for the
Tyler side and myself for the Miller
side. The roll Of counties being fin
ished : the result was 131 for Miller
and 1870 for Tyler. That struggle be-
ing over the Miller men run the con-
vention to their liking, and before the
day closed the following ticket was
nominated:
. Governor, John Miller. Of Richland.
Lieut.. Governor, Alfred Dickey, Of
Stutsman. /.
Secretary Of state, John Flittie. Of
Trail.
Auditor, John P. Bray, of Grand
Forks.
Treasurer, L. e. Booker, of Penn.
bina.
Attorney General, Geo. F. Goodwin,
Of Ransom.
supt. Of Public instruction, VIM.
Mitchell, of Cass.
Insurance Commissioner, IA. L. Ca
rey, Of Cass.
Com. Of Agriculture and Labor, H.
T. Helgesen, Of Cavalier.
Railroad Commissioners, F. S. I'm
derhill, David Bartlett, Geo. S. Mont
gomery.
Supreme Court, G. G. H. corliss,
Alfred Wallin, ]. N. Bartholomew.
Member of Congress, H. c.. Hans
brough, of Ramsey.
Were it not for the Tyler break. G.
A. M. Spencer of Walsh county, would
have been, the nominee for congress,
and there would have been other i'm
portant changes in the ticket. De-
spite the recreancy of the Bray dele
gates, Mr.. Bray was given the nomi-
nation for auditor. L. e. Booker was
also nominated; he not being held re-
sponsib1e for the action Of his dele
"0 AO al
ard. e
Undoubtedly the Lottery issue was
up the sleeve of the opposition, and
their defeat was a serious setback
for that proposition. However. when
the legislative assembly met a few
months later the octopus became a
serious menace and the state narrow
ly escaped from its vicious and cor
rupting t%entacles. The details Of that
great conspiracy, and how an indig-
nan public sentiment rose up in
wrath and nipped it in the bud forms
one of the thrilling chapters in the
history of early statehood.
The specific instance of heroic re-
fusal to be bribed, cited by "a Pho
neer,' I have no knowledge of: but
it was a notorious fact that tactics of
that nature were freely resorted to in
about all the early political conven-
tons. The active workers of the
"Old Guard" as they wished to be
called, could divulge much secret his
tory Of the past were they disposed to
"cut loose" g.