The Grange advance., 1874-09-30

of Leon, Warsaw, Lillian, Cannon Falls
and Vasa presented the name of J. D. Wheat
of Cannon Falls and his nomination was
! unanimously ratified by the Convention.
The Convention then proceeded to tbs
election of candidates for the various Coun-
! ty Offices to be filed at the coming Fall
election. W. S. Grow, Of Vasa, NJ. S.
Chandler, Of Red Wing, Fletcher Hagler,
Of Roscoe were nominated The informal
ballot resulted in % for Chandler, 10 for
Grow, for Hagler, for Dan. Towle and
one scattering. The formal ballot was "a
for Chandler, II for Grow, and two scat
terings, and Mr.. Chandler was declared
nominated He has undergone this kind of
torture several times before, and it is SUD-
posed he can stand it.
S. J. Willard was then nominated by ac-
clamation for County Auditor.
This'was piling it on to the tall Syca-
more Of Goodbue pretty strong, but we no.
tice he has been able to be around ever
since. The probabilities of his election
are quite encouraging.
For Register Of Deeds, Charles Mcclure
of Red Wing; T. B. McCord, Of Red Wing;
and Charles Ward of Zumbrota, were nom
mated The result Of informal ballot was,
Mcclure 10, McCord 9. Ward %, and scat
tering 3. The forma! vote gave Mcclure
II, Ward 20, and scattering 4. Ward was
| declared the nominee. For County Attor-
ney, J. c. Mcclure, B. B: Herbert, W. c.
Williston, O. NJ. Hall, and F. W. Hoyt,
were nominated. Mr.. Hodgson here said
that while he was 40 authorized to speak
for Mr. Herbert, still he was familiar with
| that he had no time for the duties of that
| Office, that if Herbert was here himself, he
(Hodgson) felt sure that he (Herbert)
would not permit his name to be used for
this Office, and he would therefore take
| the liberty to withdraw Mr.. Herbert's
name. The informal ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Williston II, Hall 8, Herbert 6,
Hoyt 5, and Mcclure 3. The formal bal
lot gave Williston %, Hall 5, Herbert S.
| Mcclure 5, and Hoyt 8. Williston was de-
clared the choice of the Convention. Mr..
William Featherstone was nominated for
Judge Of Probate by large majority.
Hans Johnson Of Zumbrota, and W. S.
Grow, Of Vasa were nominated for Clerk of
Court. The informal ballet resulted in 20
for Grow, 10 for Johnson and one scattering
Mr.. Grow in the interest Of peace and unity;
and in view of the fact that the Scandina-
vians were not properly represented upon
the ticket to day nominated, withdrew his
name. This was magnanimous to the last
degree on the part Of Mr.. Grow and was
appreciated by the Convention. Mr.. John
son was then nominated by acclamation.
Danforth was nominated by acclamation
for County Surveyor, and DR.. Parks was
served in the same way for Coroner. E. L.
Baker was nominated for Commissioner by
his District and the nomination was unani-
mously ratified by the Convention.
The committee on resolutions reported
the following:
The Farmers Mechanics and Laborer-
ers' Convention for Goodhue County, in
Council assembled on this Oath day of Sep
tember, A. D. 1874, would announce the
following as some Of the cardinal princi-
pies of our belief, and the guide of our po-
litical action:
l. We are in favor Of strictly guarding
the powers and privileges Of all corpora
tions, and Of guarding them from using
such powers and privileges to the injury Of
the people. That while we are willing ex-
act justice and equity shall be meted to
them, yet we demand the same from them
toward the people, in the exercise Of the
power conferredupon them.
2. That we never will support for Office
any man who favored the law commonly
known as the Salary Grab Law, or who &C.
cepted the back pay or increased pay under
that law.
! 8. That gold and silver are the only true
basis of a sound currency, and while we
are not prepared to fix positively any time
for specie resumption, we would favor the
earliest practicable day, and would utter
an emphatic protest against what is COM
monty called " "indation.''
\ 4. That we never will support for Office in
competent, dishonest, or Incorporate men.
| S. That we favor the strictest economy in
every branch of the public service, and that
all salaries be made propotioned to the