The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-08-06

Noe 70 assure you tha& the platform psepared by.
thu: convention meets my full ooncurrenoe,
and thatH shall b my earnest aimto pro.
mote Ajudi6ious economy In AL GdepagtmeI,ts;
and On equality ofpEivileges to allsections. the
savanoemento Of oqr aeticulture, ,manuiactuiinR
me!eanti!e and educational inte1elsti and ina
o"sea.oo ~S1. !" forward By every possible means tie:
people. Permit ~ ~: m, nj =t:.. ~ .ssin, sl| t. % asne
aemsn, 70 szpses to yoa,: and through tycn to
your constituents, my hea+tfelt thanks. and 70
iss $s:.ai. 81 P3 esps1t1 sfS1'ns st''' = 'n'tt' r.
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR. g, =
The nominations wers, by. 8. r, Childs,
Of Faribault, Hon. J. B. Wakefield, as
one OF the oldest residents of the State:
and from the banner Republican
county of the State; by T. G. Mcclure
Lieut.. Gov. Barto fo1 re:nominatN and ~
MO. Hall, Henry. Hill .s.of Chippewa|
county the two last being presented
without remark.
Wakefield received IA; Barto 80;
Hills.
A committee Of three was then appoint.
cd, TO wait upon Mr.. Wakefield and
introduce him to the convention. The
committee brought Mr.. Wakefield, Who
excused himself from speech on account
Of his health, he, however, returned his
thanks for the unanimous nomination, and
said he felt it was = great honor
to be chosen Lieutenant under
the leadership Of the man selected to lead
the Republican party to it's accustomed
victory. He also took occasion to strong
ly endorse the currency plank Of the plat.
form, which had the true 1ine
in it. He was also glad to see that the
Republican party seemed to be deter
mined to reform the abuses that had
crept into the ranks within itself: Again,
returning thanks, he retired.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
For this Office, j. V. Daniels of Ohm
sted, nominated j. S. 1rgens Of Mower.
W. H. Yale of Winona, nominated G. f.
Selbe:g.
Both nominations were seconded by
Norwegians in short and eloquent
speeches. The first vote was made
formal. It resulted: Irgens 118. Sol
berg So.
The nomination of Mr.. :rgens was
made unanimous on motion Of W. II.
Yale, of Winona.
AVUllOk.
7. G. Benedict of Olmsted, presented
the name of 0. P. Whitcomb for re-nomi-
nation, and J. 0. Thatcher of Goodhue,
nominated 8. j. Willard of that county.
The vote was Whitcomb 81. S. j. viii.
lard 70. Mr.. Whitcomb's nominakior
was made unanimous.
TREASURER.
Mr.. VIM. Bobletter nominated Col.
VIM. Pfaender, Of Brown. W. Braden
nominated Niles Carpenter, OF
Fillmore, and Andrew Thompson, Of
Rice, presented the name Of
E. W. Dixie for denomination. The vote
resulted Dixie 40; Carpenter Ia; Pfaender
l46. Mr.. Pfaender's nomination was
made unanimous.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
On motion of Norman Buck, Geo. p.
Wilson Of Winona. was nominated for
Attorney General by acclamation.
CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT.
Gr. Soren Listoe. nominated Sam H.
Nichols Of Otter Tail; G. ".
Frink nominated D.. s. Hall of
Renville, c. H. Graves nominated F.
Burke Of St. Louis county, and L. NJ.
Brown nominated Sherwood Hough OF
Ramsey.
The ballot was through on this Office
when the hat was upset, the ballots get
mixed with old ones, and new vote had
to be taken, resulting IS follows:
Nichols "a; Hall 80; Burk 8; Hough
81. No choice.
E. S. Halls name was withdrawn in
favor Of Sam Nichols. Mr.. Burke S
name wss also withdrawn and on motion
Of Mr.. Benedict, of Benton, Nichol'
nomination was made unanimous.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Col. George Of Detroit, nominated G.
A. Gilman Of Stearns county; j. G. Bra.
den nominated A. j. Edgcr.
ton of Dodge; and Judge
Ames Of Hennepin nominated John J.
Randall Of Winoua, the present incum-
bent. The ballot resulted Is follows:
Gilman %; Edgcrton 66; Randall Is.
Tho nomination of Gilman was made
unanimous.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The chairman announced that the com.
mittee reported the following for the
State Cent? al Committee.
First District-D. NJ. Sabin. .
| Second District-Wm R. Marshall.
| Third District-C T. Benedict.
Fourth Distr;ct-Geo. A. Bracket.
Fifth District-A. C. Dodge.
| Sixth Dietrict-W Il. II. Johnston.
Seventh Dis,rict-C. w. Benedict.
| Eighth District-E. 3. Smith.
Ninth District "A knight.
Yenth District-A. A. Harwood
| Eleventh District-C. H. Graves.
| Twelfth District-J. c. Braden.
! he coumittee recommend Hon. VIM
R. Marshall for chairman Of this commit
tee. Report and recommendation adopted
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