Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 13, 1908, Page 1

VoL. XV.—No, 47. pids i | Herald-Review. Granp Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., Wepnzspay, May 13, 908. THE JOHNSON BOYS BOLTED CONVENTION Defeated at the Primaries They Walk In and Walk Out Again. BOLTERS EXPECT 10 BE SEATED Act Upon Assurances From Johnson | State Headquarters That All Johnson Delegates Would Be Given Recognition. The Democratic primaries held in Itasca county last Wednesday even- ing between the hours of eight and nine o’clock resulted in a decided victory for the Bryan forces. Hadan effort been made throughout the county by the adherents of that great commoner, there would not have been enough Johnson representatives in the convention to even organize a bolt. As it was the pre-arranged walk-out was a very tame affair. For more than six weeks prior to the cau- cuses Johnson men had been quietly working to sneak in enough dele- gates to control the county conven- tion. They were aware of the fact that a vast majority of the real Dem- ocrats of Itasca county were not fav- orable to the farce of sendiry a John- son delegation to St. Paul to endorse the “favorite son.” The Bryan men, however, made no effort to carry the Proprietor. All ; | DON’T make a mistake and buy elsewhere before call- ing on me. I am making prices that cannot fail to attract attention and trade, and the class of goods lam offering cannot be excelled elsewhere. ‘SmONe Mado May Gerts Furnishings Lanpher Hats Fine Shoes Werk Shoes Straw Mats Cveralis Suspenders Underwear Bar Supplies Tobaccces Pipes Matches . Writing Tablets Pens, Ink, Ete. Fish Lines Rods, Etc. Fresh GRRDEN SEEDS Just give me a look over and the goods and prices will convince you that every article in the house is a real bargain. THE CASH STORE SECOND STREET SOUTH. A. M. JOHNSON - Proprietor. county until Wednesday, and then only in the village of Grand Rapids. In precinct No.£1, where nine dele- gates were to be chosen, two tickets were placed in the field. The Juhn- son ticket contained the following! names: A. E. Wilder, Frank F. Price, Ed. LeFebvre, John Hepfel, T. A. McHugh, Theo. Heckel, C. H. Marr, C. P. Doran and Chris Hagen. Those favorable to Bryan were F. A. King, Henry Logan, T. R.jWells, A. Racine, L. W. Huntley, A. B. Clair, C. P. Doran, J. L. Long and Thomas Trainor, The result was 55 for the where 4 delegates were elected, only 12 votes being cast. Reports coming in from outside precincts indicated that the Bryan forces would easily control the convention. By Saturday morning the Johnson men were des- perate. They forsaw certain defeat and openly avowed they would hold a separate convention and send Johnson delegates to St. Paul no matter what Bryan’s majority might be. They did not hesitate to argue that the John- son forces would control the state convention and seat their delegates. It was thus arranged that a bolt would be made. They did not at- tempt to elect a Johnson man as chairman of the convention, because to do so would show their weakness. Cyrus M. King was chosen chairmau of the convention without opposition, and Fred A. King as secretary. The Johnson men had just thirteen dele- gates, four from Grand Rapids, six from Bovey, one from Holman (where no regular caucusus were held) and two from Cohasset. In order to create a pretext for reyolt thecredentials for two of these were uot handed in to the committee on credentials When the committee reported Hugh Mc- Ewan immediately protested that there were two Johnson delegates left out, viz; Charles Weston of Bo- vey and the delegate from Iron Kange No. 8. A.B. Clair, chairman of the committee, stated that no such cre- dentials had been -presented. Mr. McEwan started to make a speech, and Frank F. Price, who had been defeated as a candidate in the caucus by a vote of 22 to 55, was stationed at the door of the hall, and immediately began to make vociferous demonstra- tions for Johnson’s thirteen to walk out.. At first they did not seem to understand the cue, and Mr. Price jumped about like a Commanche In- dian and érying out “Now is the time to bolt! Now is the time to belt! Now is the time to bolt!’ They bolted. That it was a prearranged bolt was plain to anyone io the hall. The disgruntled little bunch went into ap adjoining jury room and pro- ceeded to have everything their own way. The regular convention pro- ceeded to business in an orderly but enthusiastic manver. The following delegates were elected: A. B. Clair, E. ©. Kiley, A. D. Brooks, F. A. King, Cyrus M. King, Thomas Wells, T. H. Feeley and Neil Mullins. Res- olutions endorsing Bryan fur the presidential nomination were unani- mously adopted, Cyrus M. King was endorsed as the district delegate to Denver and A. B. Clair was recom- mended as state committeeman from this county. The secessionists nam- ed the following gentlemen to rep- reseut their ambitions at St. Paul to- morrow: <A. C. Bossard, Henry Hughes, J. S. Gole, Frank F. Price, Charles Weston, Charles Peterson, Andrew Johnson and Morris O'Brien. Grand and Petit Jourors. The following rames were drawn from the jury box to serve as grand and petit jurors at the June term of district court, which will be convened by Judge McClenahan on the 3rd: GRAND JURY W. W. Fletcher, Charles Anderson, Nels Felsted, Philip Hauck, Arthur Brown, Owen S. Kelly, Malcolm Campbeli, A. McAlpine, Wm. Smith, A.C. Bossard, George Shook, Frank Voigt Jr., Gus Gustafson, Charles Olhla, Lyman Seaman, John O’Briea, George F. Kremer, Frank Webb, Gust Anderson, John Schultz, James Taylor, Hugh McDonald, Edison Bierman PETIT JURY John Secerbox, Henry Sjoland, J. M. Pogne, C, W. Haig, S. C. Hoaker, Frank Bowden, E. C. Watson, A. M. Palon, James Duffy, Hugh Lane, Tim Mahon, Chas. Graville, Eli Penette, George Myers, Henry Denler, John DeShaw, W. Wolfe, Andrew Ottman, Wm. Mallette, Bert Brooks. John Berg, E. T. Cassidy, John Oaks, F. E. King, Albert Herman, Wm. Dibbert, Henry Hughes, G. M. Miles, J. Le fevre, E. N. Remer, A. E. Wilder, Walloy, V. P. Romans. FIRE AT HOLMAN; ONE LIFE LOST A fire in the village of Holman last Saturday morning at about 1:30 o’clock destroyed the saloon and boarding house of James Amonetti and the saloon building owned by Costello and Dibbert, and was con- ducted by George Mornson, A small Austrian boarding house in the rear of Amonetti’s saloon was also destroyed and one of the inmates lost his hie. He was a young man about 20 years Bryan ticket and 22 for the Johnson ticket. In precinct No. 2 there was no opposition to the Johnson ticket of age.” There were several occupants of the building but the others escaped. Get printing at Herald-Review. Chas. Miers, B. L. Leiberman. K. | Two Dollars a Year. HOLDS MEETING L.R.Root Appointed on Police Force and Art. Seamans Made Marshal. TELEPHONE MEN TALK SYSTEMS Representatives of Mesaby Company Would Put in Improved System Provided Patrons Will Stand Increased Rates At the regular monthly meeting of the village council held Monday even- ing, all the members were present and considerable business was transacted of more or less importance. ex-Chiet of Police Harry having tendered his resignation to Mayor Riddell, there was a vacancy to fill on the depart- ment. Contrary to general expection J. F. McCormick was ‘not appointed, but instead L. R. Root was given the place. When Mr. Harry resigned, the mayor gave the emblems of authority to Mr. McCormick, and his action was accepted as a sure indica- tion that the latter would be retained on the force by a vote of the council. He had served as village marshal un- der former administrations and was regarded as a very competent officer. However; when the vote was taken Mr. Root received a majority. There 1s no doubt that he will prove to be an excellent peace officer, and when he uncertakes to arrest an offender he will not likely make a failure of the job. : Messrs. C. M. Mausseau, general manager of the Mesaba Telephone company, George A. French, super- intendent, appeared before the council and talked telephone. nize the fact that the present system 1s inadequate to give satisfactory ser- ‘ vice to the public. Itis out of date, being what is known as the single wire grounded system. They propose to replace it with an entire new system known as the “full metallic,” two wires to each ’phone installed with ‘aerial cable. The charge for this would be $1 50 per month tor private residences and $2.75 for business houses. An- other, and still more desirable accord- ing to the Mesaba representative, 15 that known as the ‘battery system.” The proposed charge for this service would be $2.00 per month for residen- The rate charged at present is $1.00 per month for residences and $2.00 for business houses. ‘The councilmen listened to the gentlemen representing the telephone company, but conclud- ed that there was nothing to be done in the premises so far as they were concerned. Ifthe people desired an improved telephone service and were willing to pay a ngher price for the same there would probably be no way to prevent them from doing so. Should the work of putting in a new system be decided upon by the Mesaba.company the gentlemen pre- sent say that it will be in working or- der not later than August 1st. The matter of the extension cf water works and sewer system, for which several petitions had previously been presented, were referred to the proper committee for investigation. The put ting in of cement crossings where needed throughout the village was not acted upon, but it is likely that this. subject will be considered at another meeting, as the work should be done without any unnecessary delay. Considerable routine business was disposed of, such as the allowing of the unusal budget of bills, hearing of Teports, etc. Another Lease of Iron Property. Charles F. Hartman of Duluth will close a deal for the lease of iot 8 in section 23, township 55, range 26, which lies on the left hand side of the road on the west side of Pokegama thoroughfare, known as the Withrow homestead, Thesfarm is now owned by John V. Moore, and consists of lots 6, 7 and 8. Mr, Hartman has had the property thoroughly drilled and the showing on lot 8 is so satis- factory that he will take a lease, pay- ing a royalty of 25. cents per ton ona minimum output of 2,500 tons for the first five years. For Rent—June Ist, seven room house with barn, city water. Apply J. S. Gole or Frank F. Price. Grand Rapids, Minn. Subscribe for the Herald-Review. They recog: #1 ces and $3.33 for business houses. ! VILLAGE COUNCIL —SUNDLOFF ELECTED AS COMMISSIONER Chairmen of Town Boards Meet and Make New Member. NO SCRAMBLE FOR THE POSITION iA. C. Anderson Also Placed’ in Nomination but Withdraws His Name Before the First Ballot is Taken. There were sixteen members of the appointive board present at the meet- ing held in the court room of the court house yesterday afternoon for the purpose of electing a successor to Aad A. Tone on the county board from District No. 1. The appointing hoard consisted of the presidents of except Nore. E. O. Moore, president of the yillage of Deer River was also absent. < The gentlemen present were: Alv- wood, A. H. Delay; Ardenhurst, A.C. Anderson; Arbo, Harmon Tracy; Bass Lake, M. H. Perry; Bigfork, O. J. Ol- son; Ba'sam, C. V. Smith; Deer River, Fred Trempler; Grattan, John Sen- cerbox: Lake Jessie, Andrew Melhus; Moose Park, Louis Nelson; Marcell, J. F. Sundloff; Popple, C. A. Dahlqvist; Third River, P.O. Bohn; Sand Lake, L. M. Hooper: Wirt, Frank Brues- witz; Bigfork village, H. D. Horton. H. D. Horton, president of the village of Bigfork, was elected presi- dent. ard C. V. Smith of Balsam was elected secretary. J. F. Sundloff of Marcell and A. C. Anderson of Arden- hurst were placed in nomination for the office of commissioner. Mr. An- derson withdrew his name before the ballot was taken, and requested those who intended to vote for him to cast their ballots for Mr. Sundloff. The result of the vote was fifteen for Sundloff and one for Anderson. Mr. Sundloff was declared duly elected. The new commissioner was called on for a speech, but replied that he had nothing to say--that actions would speak louder than words, and that OF G. 6. HARTLEY Interviewed by an Aitkin Paper He Makes an Interesting Talk. LOOKING UP MORE IRON DEPOSITS The Duluth Capitalist Makes a Trip Down the Mississippi From Grand Rapids to Brainerd With Iron and Timber Men. G. G. Hartley .of DuJuth was in Aitkin yesterday and met some old acquaintances whom he knew here in early days. He came down from Grand Rapids in a canoe and ar- rived on Tuesday, camping near the Scriven home just west of the bridge, his future course as a member of the the several] townships of the commis- sioner district and presidents of the organized villages. Of the latter there were but two—Deer River and Big Fork. There were sixteen town- county board would demonstrate his fitness or unfitness for the responsi ble position to which be had been elect- ed. He thanked the members of the (Continued on Page Four) and yesterday afternoon he re-embark- ed and resumed his journey by river to Brainerd, from where he will go by train to White Earth. 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