The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-22
THE WASECA CONVENTION.

LETTER FROAfCOAfAfISSIONEL BLOOM
EDITOR ADVANCE: If space in your
columns will permit, I wish to say a
few words in regard to the First DIS
trict Congressional Convention held at
Waseca on the 7th inst. Having been
member of that Convention partici-
pating in and keeping a vigilant eye on
all the movements therein, l feel COM
petent to state to you and to the voters
of Mobiles county who was nominated
at that Convention. After seeing the
statement Of Gov. Miller in your issue
of the 18th in regard to our ''steward-
ship" at the Convention, every word
and figure of which can most heartily
endorse, it would hardly seem necessa-
~ to make any further statement in re
gard thereto. But in the same issue Of
the ADVANCE, through articles headed
IA Split,'' IA Rebellion" "Our Posi-
tion," The Facts and Figures" re-
spectively, can see certain individu-
al sitting o. tie nee and leaning con-
siderable to Ward-a very poor way to
show sympathy with tie Republican
party.
It was apparent from the beginning
of the assembling of the delegates that
/. decided majority of ill the regularly
elected delegates were in favor of the
denomination of the Hon. NJ. II. Dun
nell, which fact vas self-evident, that
the organization Of the Convention,
both temporary and permanent, would
also be in his favor. Awa,e of this
fact, the opposition gathered all the
forces at their command, reinforced
herewith set of bogus delegates from
Mower and Jackson counties with the
intention of electing W. W. Braden
temporary chairman, thereby securing
the appointment Of committees on Gre
dentials and permanent organization III
sympathy with their clique, admit tue
bogus delegations from Mower and
Jackson counties and rule out the reg
ularly elected delegates from said coun-
ties, and thus have things their own
way and swindle the friends Of Dunnell
out of their choice. But the friends of
Dunnell were equal to the emergency
and were not to he thus outgeneraled.
at o'clock, Wilson Holt, of Steele
county, Chairman of the District Cer-
t:al committee, called the Convention
to order, nominated Hon. L. S. YOU
mans, Of Winona, for temporary chair
man, the nomination was seconded by
a dozen voices, put to a vote and right
ly: justly and honorablY declared car
ried.
The opposing faction finding itself
outgeneraled, outtlanked, outnumbered
and front broken and their whole scheme
now began to howl, yell and
below as only all Infatuated mob could,
i Child, Of Faribault, taking the lead,
leaped upon chair, nominated w. ".
Braden for chairman, but as chair
man had already been elected ard was
at that moment on his way to the plat
form the motion Of Child was not rec
ognized, so he just put the motion to
vote himself and declared it carried and
thus added I. side show to the regular
Now, l wish to show you by facts and
figures which carnot he successfully
disputed that Dunnell had a majority
of the delegates i'll any possible manner
that you may place the figures.
There were Ill delegates at the Con-
vention whose seats were uncontested.
OF these, Sc were ardent supporters of
Dunnell, and IS were divided among
the different candidates. Granting
that tle So were Ill opposed to Dnnhe!l
the Latter would still have had the OF.
6 Anization secure and admitted the reg
ularly elected delegates from Mower
and Jackson counties and rs triumph
antly been nominated as was done.
Add to the Ill uncontested delegates
the duplicates from Mower, 20; from
Jackson and Freedom II and we have
Il total of 1SS delegates, of whom g.
were for Dunnell and 81 opposed, show
ing that had all the delegates, regular
and otherwise, been admitted for the
organization the result would have
been the same as above. The Freedom
county Dunnell delegation had as good
a right in the convention as did the
Mower and Jackson county anti-Dun-
nell delegations, if not more so. In
taking the vote by counties, the same
as electing President of the U. S. by
the House of Representatives, each
State having one vote, and we find Ia
counties for and 81 counties against
Dunnell. It is we'll established Gus
tom, however, that when all individual
receives certificate of election to an
office that he is the rightful possessor of
such office until decided otherwise by
the proper tribu Ial. The same rule
would apply to the regularly elected
delegates from Mower and Jackson
counties holding certificates Of their e.
lection by their respective counties.-
Applying this rule to the Waseca Con-
vention and the result is IS against 70
for Duuuell. FRED BLOOM.
THOSE DISPUTED DELEGATES
A gentlemen who took an active part
in the Wasecl conventions writes us as
follows about the delegates claimed for
Dunnell from Fillmore and Dodge:
The whole Fillmore delegation had a.
greed to support Brauen for chairman
and would have done 50 had there be, IL
but one convention. The Fillmore
county convention stood 60 for Bassett
and 80 for Dunnell. III order to harmo-
nize and conciliate Senator Edwards
and postmaster Graham, Dunnell's
friends, were allowed to go on the dele
CATION, having previously agreed in O.
pen convention to support Judge BAs-