The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-10-28
WRIGHT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION. ~
A Curious Mixture.
from Our Spec!al Correspondent. y


EDITOR JouRNAL.--I have noticed tina
all reports of Dcmocratio Conventions
that havs seen in your paper, have ru
la peculiar direction SO to speak, al
judging that q report, to be admissibl
into your columns, must run in that groove
have waited patiently eighteen days 70
tho moving Of the spirit, but in va,n.
therefore send you q ''plaiu unvarnishc'
tale" and you can flavor it. canno
rails, tho ''ingredienoes.' ..<
The Wright County Democratic Conven
ton met at Buffalo, according to call, ane
after the usual preliminaries, delegates
were elected to tho State Convention. :
j. Gutzwiller, Of Frankfort; A. G. Riggs
OF Monticello; and Jas. z, Cochrane, Mid
dlcville, wore elected County Committee
and then cano tho rub. The question Of
nominating County officers was oussed and
discussed, but motion to adjourn for two
weeks had the most favor, and we left.
AT the adjourned meeting. S. E. Adams,
chairman and J. Gutzwiller Secretary, tho
following persons were declared entitled to
seats in the Convention:
DR.. r. o. Cady, (regular) Buffalo.
John Nugent, (reg) Chatham.
Jas. jerks, (reg) Clearwater.
f. 7. Sexton, (res Cokato.
u. Heberling, (reg) Corrinna.
J. Gutzwiller, (reg) Frankfort.
". W. Brazle, (sub) French Lake.
}. z. Cochrene, (sub) Marysville.
J. 2. Cochrane, (reg) Middleville.
5: E: Adams, (reg) Monticello.
W. W. Brazie, (sub) Monticello.
David Cochrane, (reg) Moore's Prairie.
". W. Brazie, (sub) Otsego.
Jas. jerks, (sub) Silver Creek.
On. motion, Samuel Whiting, Jr., Of
Clearwater, was nominated for County
Commissioner for First District. At this
uncture gentleman appeared who was
to be ''sorehead," and claimed
hat he was the representative Of Peo-
'les Convention, at that time assembled
n solemn conclave on IN adjoining pile of
oss, and requested that a committee of
hree be appointed to confer with a like
committee from said Peoples Convention,
o the end that said committee of confer ]
nee should attempt to agree on a mixed
icket. He retired t" the pile Of logs, and |
'fter considerable discussion, J. Gutzwiller, |
!. z. Cochrane and W. ". Brazie were ap-
pointed that com nittee, and after confer
ing with the other committee they re-
urned and reported the following ticket !
Register Of Deeds j. Gutzwiller, of
Frankfort. I
Court Commlssioner-S. E. Adams, of !
Monticello.
Clerk Of Court-W. W. Brazie, of Month
County Surveyor-Jas. jerks, Of Clear
water.
Sherif-James z. Cochrane, Of Middle
vile.
The above being Democrats.)
Treasurer-Mr. Redlans, Of Frankfort.
County Attorney-C. B. Sleeper, Of
Marysville.
Judge Of Probate-A. E. Uakes, Of
Clearwater.
Coroner-Carl Carlson.
All soreheads.)
After some good reasons were presented,
10 Convention adopted the report, and
'e nominations were declared unanimous,
'nder protest.
A committee Of three, NJ. V. Cochrane,
Moore's Prairie, BENZ, Amber, of Chat
Am, aud G, B. Jackson, of Monticello,
etc appointed to draw up resolutions
wing the reasons for presenting a ticket
such peculiar odor.
The Convention recommended the name
A. G. Sexton for Representative.
E. d. Fsrnum then appeared and report
that the Convention on the log heap was
satisfied with tho action of this
invention, it the ticket was only called
Mkt" "Coalition," s'People's'' or any
her name but Democratic, to which some
ELECTIONS were murmured. The Conveu-
On then adjourned; some went down the
rect to "see a man." but we came home
raight. Yours,
HANKER1NG