Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
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Mower County Republican Con-
ventiOn. -
White Secures s of the z Dele
gates by the Skin Of
His Teeth,

Whlte SECURES B OF the z Dele.
gates by the Skin Of
His Teeth.
The Republican County Convention tc
elect delegates to the District Convention
convened at the court house Monday,
July 21st. at $50 p. m.
Convention was called to order by DR.
Dorr, Chairman of the County Central
Committee
On motion of Lafayette French, Hon
w. E. Harris of Racine, was chosen tenn
porary chairman. ..-...
On motion, H. w. Elms was elected
secretary.
On motion that the chair appoint a
committee on credentials, the following
persons were appointed: Lafayette
French, w. w. Ranney, w. B. Nilsson.
While the committee were examining
the credentials, Mr.. Hare of Albert Lea,
was called upon for q speech. Amor g
other things he said no man could be
elected to Congress without an expendi.
ture Of five or six thousand dollars. He
discountenanced such corrupt means.
He was candidate for Congress. but did
not propose to secure an election in that
way. He expected to have the solid del
egation from Frceborn, and would, had
Gov. Armstrong used him fairly. The
Gov. said early he would not be candi-
date, and would not support White, as
White could not be elected if nominated.
Mower county is the pivotal county.
"The Freeborn county delegation to-day
is mine if can only get Mower. I ex-
pect the nomination, and if elected I
promise that you shall not have cause to
regret having entrusted me with the high
honor"
The committee on credentials reported
the following list Of delegates as entitled
to seats in the conventions,
Austin City, LIST Ward-H. w. Films,
D. II. Stimson, L. A. Pierce, r. R..
Marsh, L. G. Basford, Fay r. Smith.
I'd Ward-G. l.. Case, J. P. Squires,
L. French, II. O. Basford, O. Ayers, H.
w. Page, E. G. Dorr.
Sd Ward-F. A. Engle, E. J. Ames.
Austin Town-E. Officer, H. w. Light
ly, Geo. Varco.
Dexter Town-C. Proeschel.
Dexter Village-Ab. Hunt.
Frankford-S. Bostwick, G. w. Dean,
s. E. Boyes.
Grand Meadow Town-O. E. Loe, O. O.
LOe.
Grand Meadow Village-Jno Criswell,
w. w. Ranney, E. NJ. Barnard.
Lansing Town-Jno. Mathieson, NJ.
Gregson, G. P. Bell.
Lansing Village-Geo. Wood.
Lyle Town-Jno. Beach, III. G. Trow-
bridge, H. NJ. Martin, N. S. Bowers.
LeRoy-W. B. Nilsson, L. w. Bras
sey, Frank l.. Henderson, Samuel Hale,
H. Hague.
Marshall-A. r. Anderson, D. Hagan.
Ncvada-H. C. Anderson, O.. Nelson,
o. Sampson, K. Amundson.
Red Rock Town.. Kirkland, H. G.
Case.
Brownsville Village-G. w. Gray,
Geo. E. Rolph, II. K. Dahle.
Racine TOWN.. R. Campfeld, G. S.
Wilson, VIM. E. Harris.
Sergeant Town--John T. Giernes,
Philip II. johnson.
Udolpho Town-Burr Maxwell, SIS.
Washburn:
Window Town-D. L. McTavish, w.
L. Dudley, F. G. Ray.
The following towns not represented:
Adams, Bennington, Clayton, Taopi
Village, Pleasant Valley, Waltham.
On motion the report of the committee
was adopted
Mr.. Rol phi, Of Brownsville, nominated
Mr.. w. T. Wilkins as the first delegate to
the Congressional convention.
Mr.. French raised the point of order
that the convention was not yet properly
L. A. Pierce moved that the temporary
officers be made the permanent officers of
this convention. Carried.
Mr.. Rolph renewed his nomination of
Mr.. Wilkins for 1st delegate.
G. L. Case said Mr.. Wilkins was not a
and had told him he would not
be delegate.
The Chair-How will you vote-by bal
lot or otherwise?
Mr.. Pierce thought, inasmuch as Mr..
Wilkins was senator from this county,
and chairman of the congressional COM
mittee, he should belchosen one of the del.
egates, and moved that he be elected by
reclamation. The motion was carried
postmasters H. o. Basford and John Girls.
well and one or two others voting against
it..
Mr.. Bostwick nominated G. Seebach of
Dexter, as the second delegate.
DR.. Squires moved to proceed to elect
the delegates by ballet, which motion was
carried, after an amendment to elect by
reclamation was voted down.
The chair appointed G. L. Case and D.
H. Stimson tellers.
The first ballot resulted in the election
of G. L. Case as the second delegate, as fol-
lows:
Z. L. Case. .................S
G. Seebach. 10
w. T. Wilkins. ...............3
Blank. NATURALIZATION.
]. R. Garfield of Racine, was elected
the third delegate by the following vote:
J. r. Garfield. .,33
Hans Z. Anderson. ......... .2S
D. L. McTavish of Window, the fourth
delegate:
-. l.. McTavish. 81
S. Bostwick ..................3 80
At this time, F. L. Henderson,, of Le-
Roy, and DIR. Dorr of Austin, being plac-
ed in nomination, D. H. Stimson moved
that both re elected delegates by acclama-
ton.
Lafayette French objected, as it could
not be done without resembling the motion
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