Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-13
The Nelson Convention,

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| nine the convention adjourned.
The Nelson CoMcensI0n.
AS came down stairs with the boilers I
found brother-in-law Benedict on the sIdewa ak,
| shouting "The convention has adjourned TO
the tent. All that are In favor OF Gilman,
Nelson and Graves come on"
Immediately took his arm, and this noble
pair led the boilers to their prairie room. Ar.
irving at the Nelson tent the boilers congre.
gated in squads TO discuss the situation. The
Kindred men, having 30 Overwhelmingly gotten
the bulge on their regularity, they appeared
very solemn, and commenced hunting pre-.
texts to excuse their bolt. 1--WE were put out
BY the sheriff." said Benedict"
A very little youth, with kid gloves and
pinfeather mustache, who evidently had not
dared to enter the hall, exclaimed, There
was a revolver cut"
"Where?" shouted half dozen.
"In the hail." responded the scared chunk
OF veal, with a self-satisfed smile at the sup
posed importance OF his news.
"Dd You see it," said one.
"No, but they say So"
This was a settler. presume the cowardly
little bovine is still shocking people with the
frightful story that "there was q revolver
out" heard him repeat 1t to three little
knots of boilers.
Then some one else said: "They called to
:. .ndred down on the street to send up more
men, as they were going to need some, and he
said he would do it."
81 heard him." said another.
"Where Il the Pioneer Press reDorters"
shouted third. "Come her, reporfAr, and
take the mans statement. He heard them
call to Kindred for men,"
president of the Duluth land cface. "Come and
get all the statements OF the men who heard
that, in writing" And so they went on to
try to find some excuse for the bolt, appear
ing to overlook the fact that they had made
the bolt deliberately, by trying to dspose the
chairman of the district committee, and that
the presence of 100 or 1000 men In the hall
had no bearing on the regularity question, be-
cause the Nelson men elected . chairman at
the outset without giving any one a chance
to vote.
While this apologize gasconade was going
on, the Nelson committee on credentials were
engaged IN making out their list. -
Mr.. Nelson finally called the boilers to
order in the Nelson tent and proceeded to
make statement OF the case He recited what
had occurred in the hall which they had left
and to explain the trouble in the committee.
He said that the majority had preferred plan
which Col. johnson, the charmer, had refus
ed to recognize and he then proceeded to read
the document as TO lows:
WHEREAS, The contest for delegates to the
Republican congressional convention at De-
troit, Mimi, July 10, 1882, has been unprece.
dented in the Republican party In bitterness
and the methods employed by partisans, and
1t is fact of common notoriety that there are
contesting delegations for many OF the eoun.
ties Of this district; and
WHEREAS, 1t Is apparent and 9 matter
Of public knowledge and notoriety
mostly shams and have no foundation, In
| fact, no reasonable excuse and do not repre-.
| sent any respectable number ct Republicans In
| the respective counties whore such sham con.
| tests arise; and
WHEREAS, The interests OF the great Re-
publican party OF this state and of the nation
convention should fairly and honestly repre-
sent the Republican masses of this district;
and,
WAERBAs, The recognition OF merely sham
contests opens wide the door to fraud and in
| yites and encourages other sham contests, liza
BILE to extend to every county in the congress
ional district; and,
after laid down will almost inevitably lead
to confusion, injustice and probably to the
| boiling and the breaking up of this Republi-
can convention whereby the success Of the
| party in this district would be endangered;
and,
WHEREAS, We have carefully considered
| the several cases of contests likely to come
before said convention. and have in all cases
| recognized the rights of the contestants
| where such contests are net palpably shams;
| and,
WHEREAS, it 10 deemed advisable and for
the best interest Of the Republican party that
| In all cases Of real contests for seats in said
convention, both sets of delegates should ab.
stain from participating In the preliminary
organization OF the convention, and that said
convention should be organized preliminarily
by those delegates who have undisputed right
to seats therein. to the end that the real con
tests may be adjudicated and determined fairly
| and hororably by a tribunal composed oil
bona fide delegates only, therefore; b. it
RESOLVED, BY the Republican district CON
mittee; first, that the following delegates OF
their legal substitutes who are already en-
titled to seat in this convention ard no Other
persons shall participate in the preliminary
| organization of said convention, and that thu
chairman OF this committee and the tempo
rary chairman of the said convention be, and
they are hereby instructed and ordered to cal
tHc Ioil Vi Tue IOilOWln& named delegates
from the following named counties and allow
them or their proper substitutes and no othe
persons to vote or take action on any question
touching or affecting the preliminary or
ganization of said convention, to wit:
Aitken County-D. j. Knox.
Big Stone County-Beardsley, Sawyer, Pet
tengill.
Cass County-Leavitt.
Cook County-C NJ. Wilson.
Crow Wing County-W. w. Hartley, Fran
Thompson, G. B. Sleeper.
Clay County-s. G. Comstock, 8. G. storls
T. A. Grover.
Becker County-E. g. Holmes, Dunlap, &c
Bond.
Douglas County-F.'B. Vanhoeeen, j. 3
: Vandyck, 81. jenkins, George 4. Reynolds.
,, Grant County-Timothy Heald, C. F. Wasl
burn, Knute Welby, Ole Comstorp.
Lake County-Henry Wieland.
Morrison County,. d. Rhodes, D. Corbil
! Mile Laos County-C. a. Rives,. D. !
Sadley.
Otter Tail County-George W. Boyingto
B. N. johnson, NJ. e. Clapp, Amund Leveal
: son, q. E. Ransom, ]. G.. Nelson, Jacob Au
| tin, C. D. Baker, A. c. Hatch.
Pope Ceunty-Thor Thorsos, Norm
e h COX, Michael Walden.