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

The Nelson Convention.
As came down stairs with the boilers !
found brother.in.law Benedict on the sidewalk,
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 20 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 revolver out"
"Where?" shouted half dozen.
''Tn the hall" responded the scared chunk
OF veal, with self.satisfied smile at the sup
posed importance Of his news.
"Did you see it?" said one.
"No, but they say so.''
This was settler. presume the cowardly
little bovine Is still shocking people with the
frightful story that "there was q revolver
out" I heard him repeat it to three little
knots Of boilers.
Then some one else said: "They called to
Kindred down on the street to send up more
men, as they were going to need sone, and he
said he would dc it.'
az heard him. said another.
"Where Is the Pioneer Press reperter9"
shouted third. "Come here, reporter, and
take the mans statement. he heard them
call to Kindred for men,"
"We must stay here" said the decapitatsd
president of the Duluth land Office. "Come and
get all the statements of the men who heard
that, in writing" And so they went On to
try to fnd some excuse for the bolt, appear.
ing to overlook the fact that they had made
the bolt deliberately, by trying to depose the
chairman of the district committee, and that
the presence of 100 or l 900 men in the hall
had no bearing on the regularity question, be.
cause the Nelson men elected a chairman at
the outset without giving any one chance
to vote.
While this apologetic 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
aud to explain the trouble in the committee.
He said that the majority had preferred a plan
which Col. johnson, the charmer, had refus
ed to recognize and he then proceeded to read
the document as follows:
WHEREAS, The contest for delegates to the
Republican congressional convention at De-
troit, Mimi, July IL, 1882, has been unprece.
dented in the Republican party 10 bitterness
and the methods employed by partisans, and
it is fact of common notoriety that there are
contestipg delegations for many OF the coun-
fiae1 IF h dtctr md
WHEREAS, It is apparent and matter
of public knowledge and notoriety
that some OF such contests are
mostly shams and have no foundation, In
fact, no reasonable excuse and do not repre-
sent any respectable number of Republicans In
the respective counties where such sham con.
tests arise; and
WHEREAS, The interests of the great Re-
publican party of this state and of the nation
and the interest Of the people demand that this
convention should fairly and honestly repre-
sent the Republican masses of this district;
and,
WAEREAs, The recognition OF merely sham
contests opens wide the door to fraud and In
vites and encourages other sham contests, lia.
Die to extend to every county In the congress
WHEREAS, Any other rule than that herein
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,
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 not palpably shams;
and,
WHEREAS. it Is deemed advisable and for
the best interest Of the Repu blican party that
In all cases Of real contests for seats in said
convention, both7ets of delegates should ab.
stain from participating In the preliminary
organization of the convention, and that said
convention should be organized prelminarily
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 hoDorably by tribunal composed of
bona fide delegates only, therefore; be it
ReSolued, By the Republican district CON-
mittee; first, that the following delegates or
their legal substitutes who are already en-
titled to seat IN this convention and no other
persons shall participate in the preliminary
organization of said convention, and that the
chairman of this committee and the tempo
rary chairman of the said convention be, and
they are hereby instructed and ordered to call
the roll OF the following named delegates
from the following named counties and allow
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, Frank
Thompson, c. B. Sleeper.
| Clay County-S. G. Comstock, 3. G.. storla
L. A. Grover.
Bond.
Douglas County-F.:B. vanhoesen, j. d
Vaudyck, 81. jenkins. George 4. Reynolds.
| Grant County-Timothy Head, C. F. Wash
burn, Knute Welby, Ole Comstorp.
Lake County-Henry Wieland.
Morrison County,. Il. Rhodes, D. Corbin
Mile Laos County-C. 81. Rives,, D. 7
| Sadley.
Otter Tail County-George W. Boyingtor
B. n. johnson, NJ. e. Clap2, Amund LeVear
son, b E. Ransom, ]. G. Nelson, Jacob Au
tin, G. d. Baker, A. c. Hatch.
| Pope Ceunty--Thor ThorsoR, Norma
lh COX, Michael Walden.