The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1920-03-05
of
Facts.

Fellow Democrats: ..-..
There was a statewide confer
ence of Democrats in Fargo on the
4th of February. The call was is
sued about two weeks before this
date. The call was signed by the
former Chairman and secretary of
the State Central Committee and
was published in daily papers in the
state. Letters were written by in
dividual Democrats to Democrats all
over the state calling attention to
this conference and explaining its
purpose. The call which was pub
lished stated the purpose of the con-
ference to be to elect a chairman
and secretary Of the State Central
Committee, to recommend to the De-
mocratic voters, one candidate for
! National Committeeman, ten can
| didates or delegates to the National
Convention and five candidates for
Presidential Electors.
The purpose of this conference
was to prevent division in the party
and to insure harmony in the COM
ing state and national campaigns.
On the 4th of February large ma
jority of the State Committee was
present and Democrats attended
from every section Of the state.
The conference was widely and fair
ly representative of all sections iE
the state. We met in the hall of
the Knights of Columbus and every
available seat was filled.
Very soon after the Democrats
had begun to arrive it became evil
dent that there we're numerous can
didates for delegates and the pro-
blem was to harmonic the various
interests and claims. To this end a
committee of nine was appointed by
the convention, three from each con-
gressional district, to endeavor to
select ten candidates upon whom the
conference would agree. Public no
tice was given of the place and the
hour where and when this committee
would meet, and all candidates for
Delegates or Presidential Electors
or National Committeeman and the
friends of all candidates were pub
licly and in the presence of the con-
ference urged to appear before this
committee to confer with them and
help them to agree upon ten Dele
gates, five Electors, and the Nation
al Committeeman. There were over
twenty candidates for delegates
whose claims were presented before
this committee. In the afternoon Of
the 4th of February at about three
o'clock, the committee made its re-
port. The committee recommended
ten candidates for Delegates, four
from the first, three from the
second, and three from the third
congressional district; five candid
ates for Presidential Electors, and
one candidate for National Commit
teeman. The committee reported to
the conference publicly and all those
who had beencandidates but were
not recommended to support this
ticket and to withdraw their can
didacies. On motion of one of the
candidates who was not selected the
choise of the conference was made
unanimous, and all Democrats pres
ent, with two exceptions, by a rising
vote, pledged their support to the
candidates recommended. These are
the candidates:
National Committeeman: H. H.
Perry, Glendale.
i Delegates to National Convention:
.|W. f. Breen, Bismarck; F. F. Bur
chard, Grand Forks; J. B. Fried,
1 jamestown; w. E. Glotzbach, Ana
moose; Joseph Mann, Washburn; J.
|W. McHose, Fargo; R. B. Murphy,
j Grafton; w. L. Noyes, Cando; Chas.
tSimon, New England; G. S. Wool
ledee, Minot.
Presidential Electors: NJ. F. Heg-
Inc, Hatton; y. P. Lamb, Michigan;
liens Peterson, Minor; Anna H.
Roach, Minot; John Sullivan, Man
! dan.