The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-03
Boe0ieln.

BoeoieIn.
There ta but one legitimate excuse Which the
delegates from wadepi township can offer for
not participating In the Republican county con-
vention held 1t wadena last Saturday.. which IL,
that they were in the minority sl,d. did not care
to enter into 4 convention which they knew they
were unable to control. Tbi. is favorise prac.
tice with them: They at first sought 10 do the
same thing ut the .Aldrich convention, but finally
Iepented. A candidate from the village Of We.
aena once tried the same experiment. Every cit
on the ~ inst was regularly called. and that it
the only legitimate convention fof the selection
o. delefefcs to = Republican Legislative conveu-
@e'ss as:.: 81: sfss:y fs
tsag delegates ttsy Any dom &c sonventiaa exhich
tney were eice:ted1 The call was recognized a.
would undoubtedly have appeared in convention
had they been able to Influence delegates from
tS Gthsr Tow y Tnise MHs xh them f:ln in
Eerndale Journal.
How unfortunate it is that, by the dictum Of
the editor Of the Great we&)tly Independent Re-
publican Family Newspaper, tfIt' the county Of
"adena Is hereafter to be dePtived of legitimate
representation in any Legislative District con-
vention which may be hereafter held in all com.
Ing time because tho editor Of the CIV. l. r. r.
y. says, 'every citizen Of Wadena knouI'' that to
be the case. and. of course. they can't know any
more than the Aforesaid editor It took the
mighty intellect of the above-named editor, {who
- also the Republican county committee3. 1t
ea& ten dsys-and the Detroit convention,
also-ff We have been correctly informed-to de-
cide whether Mr.. Eaton's call was regular and
legitimate or not; but one elsc in his opinion,
has right to question. It after he decides.
We call him advisedly the Rep. CO. Committee,
because for the two years and over that he has
been nomtnally chairman, be has mover called L
meeting Of his committee. and has never consult.
ed with the members for Wadena and Leaf River
but twice and We presume, not with those rrr-
resentlng the other towns but HIS on his own
authority presumed to deliberately disobey thu
authority Of the county convention which fixed
the basis Of representation, will be seen by the
following resolution passed by the county con-
ventfoh held ia Verndate June 229, $780, and which
has never been altered amended or repealed by
any subsequent county conventions:
"Resolved, That the county committee be and
they are hereby instructed to call the county con-
ventions on basis Of twenty-five (25)-or major
the general election next preceding said cali in
the several organized towns of the county"
And now compare the above with his call issued
June 9, 1882:
THE basis of representation will be a. follows:
One ~ delegate for each twenty-five Cs5) votes, or
major fraction thereof, cast for Luciils +. Hub
bard for governor at the last general election.
provided always that each voting precinct be en-,
titled to at least one ~ delegate, which will give
ne townships representation as follows: Wadena,
sn1ta 1dtlsn; c9; = 1hom:;toEn: 1 css1 Rtser' l.
Gilman Rep. Co. Cen. Com."
Shell City Is not now, nor has it ever becn an
organized town, but only a voting precinct sstab.
lished for the ee1Henience-o Of thesra1Dn Of tina,
locality. because they had not enough veters to
organize atown, 1t requiring twenty, five for tha,
purpose. The total vote cast ut the last election
at that place was Hubbard, I; Johnson. 6.
Last fall this would-be little Boss" called one
convention one Saturday to elect delegates to the
State convention. and another on the following
Saturday to nominate county officers, more thai,
for such action that "He was going to Iowa, and
1t must be held thus early because he could not be
here If it was not" OF course there could not be
4 county convention without him.
In conclusion we have to say that the TRADE OF
the Journal was uncalled for and foolish-u,l.
called for, because those who recognized the
Eaton call held their convention unmolestcd;
foolish because it causes ill.feeling and won'l
make q difference Of . single vote, and further
the Journals argument about the regularity vl
the call for the county convention falls to the
ground, because the Eaton call was irregular and
no action taken under it would be of any value
provided 1t had not been vitiatcd by the action
Of the "HSounty committee" J." and II the say 20 OF
the Journal was Of any value. we should prefer IN
illegitimStc convention to the lawful descendant
Of such a politicnl abortion