Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-20
County Auditor-~J. NJ. Wyckoff, of lie

County Auditor-J. NJ. Wyckoff, of lie
Roy.
Sheriff-.A. E. Cox, of Austin.
Register of Deeds-W. M. Howe. of
Austin.
County Attorneys. L. Howell, Of
Austin.
Judge of Probate-Andrew Knox, OF
Austin.
Court Commissioner-R B. Wheeler,
of Austin.
County Surveyor-G. H. Allen of Grand
Meadow.
On motion it was decided to vote upon
each candidate separately, in order that
other candidates might be presented If
desired.
For Register of Deeds scandinavian
delegate proposed the name of Ole Jor-
gems.
Mr.. Jorgens promptly refused the use
Office before this convention.
Mr.. Howe was then placed in nomina-
ton by acclamation-o .e brave little
"no' being recorded in opposition, and
! the only squeak heard In opposition to
the entire slate.
Alter the nomination of John Frank
for one of the Representatives, Delos
Tanner, OF Red RICK, proposed the name
ut L. K. Dahle, a very fine Scandinavian
gentleman Of Brownsville, in place of Ha-
vcns.
j. L. Gaskill moved to nominate by
bal OF, which motion was lost.
Page-Who is this man Dahle? I am
not acquainted with him.
Tanncr-He is Il good straightforward
man.
Page-A good straightforward ring
man, isn't he?
Tanner-1 don't know whether he is q
ring man Or not, he is good man.
Mr.. Harrington, ct Dexter, moved the
nom lnatlon of w. w. Ravens by accla.
nation. He was so nominated, Tanner
himself not proving brave enough to pro.
test against this gag Way If shutting out
his candidate. However, it Is we'll
enough to remark right here that Mr..
Dallle's name was presented without his
consent, and he would not have accepted
the nomination had he received it. With
the exception OF these slight ripples Of
opposition, Pages slate for the county
ticket was accepted with child-like obedi.
ence and resignation.
For county commissioner for the
fourth district A. J. French nominated
l.. =. HAWKING. Qualifications-a tenn
pcrance man.
Some one nominated A. G. Bisbee.
Page seconded the nomination of Bis.
bee.
Our Scandinavian friend, who had the
audaclty to desire the nomination OF one
ut his c"untrymen tor some position, pro.
posed the name Ot Gunder Halverson.
n. J. French had no objection to Hal
version other than he understood Gunder
was IN the habit Of taking little more of
the 10 be joyful" than was good for him.
Howell wanted to know if the co wen.
ton as whole were to nominate the
commissioners, or the delegates from the
respective districts?
Page gave very wise and learned de-
clsion IN favor of the whole convention
dong the job, which as usual, was meekly
acqnlesced in, aud further discussion
stopped.
Langworthy spoke in favor of Hawkins.
He had The pleasure of affiliatlng with
him in Prohibition convention d few
days ago.
Page-Harwood was there, too. Did
You affiliate with him? This retort to
Bro. Langworthy was considered so very
mart, that the Psgeites all smole a
smile.)
A. j. French-For the benefit of Judge
Page, would say that HARDWOOD was
squelched
Hawkins was nominated
Chas. L. Schroeder was nominated for
the second district
}. NJ. Slerling's name was proposed for
commissioner for fifth district
~ \ a.
accept
G: E Carriers name was then proposed
W. X. Hunkins thought j. K. Strever
would be the moe expedlent mination.
Cowan objected to Strever because t+
nnds his way to the saloons little too
often.
A. J. French said for the past seven o.,
eight months S'rever had stopped drink
ing and he supposed the reform *as per
manen', until when he last saw him few
weeks ago, he thought those eyes showed
the effects Of drink.
Pase-lf l thought Charley Garter
could be elected would rather see him
Nominated than any man I know Of. We
mustn't be over-nice in this matter O.
temperance. Charley Garter would gel
very few votes in the city Of Austin |
had rather win that Commissioner Thar
any other Office in the county. We hav,
had hard work to find man. Then fol.
lowed a character for the present Austit,
Commissioner, charging him with being
'lle most corrupt man he (Pagc) ever SAW.
tie then moved that the choice Of q Com
missioner be LETT to the Central Commit.
tee, and proposed the following names
for new committee: Il. B. Wheeler, F.
A. Richardson and NJ. G. Potter. This
motion Was carried without opposition
Page wound up the proceedings by
charging the sheriff with having attempt
ed to steal 1874 from the county, and tina,
he would have succeeded had 1t not been
tor him! This, together with several 9th.
er slanderous charges, was ftung finale
to the most disgraceful, disgusting exhi-
bitioE of political hatred and spite
ever displayed in any convention which
we have ever heard or read Of. It is
characteristic of the man to whom, We are
sorry to say, many respectable people are
giving aid and support,