The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-24
HaEsMoNY.

Tie republican county conventions
on Saturday afternoon Lust. was a.
toncling spectacle of forbearaEce ami
forgiveness ali round. Hon. J. ID.
Good called the convention 10 order
and rea.f the calI-iuteriectiag ir the
most Informal manner the supplement
tary duty of electing delegates to
Fergus Falls. Mr.. G. q. Emerson, of
Hancock. was made temporary chair
man. andO- G.. Hanson. of Norris,
secretary. Messrs r. J. Hall. j. ID.
Good and G. C. Throre were appoint
ed committee on credentR ks,- which
did the generous thing 10y inviting all
good republicans present to partici-
pate. It was evident ffrem the begin
ming that there was going 20 be liar.~
mony if it took all summer. The
first ripple was caused by a resolution
introduced by C. L. Brown, Esq. to-
the effect that the convention declare
then and there the Gilman committee
to be the only valid district commit
tee. Mr.. G. H. Mnnro moved that
the resolution be laid on the table.
He must say that the resolution was
not in the interests of harmony: he
stood there to unite the renublican
party of Stevens county-let the dis
trict and the remaining fragment of
the world look ont for themselves.
There was Stevens county with a re-
publican majority OF over go Oh a
strai ght Issue and-ssgentlemen, we do
not hold an Office in the county today
worth the holding. Hon. III. W.
Stone, who has been an active member
of~the committee under discussion,
also deprecated any recognition of
its validiIy-all on the ground of har<
mony, and, as might be inferred, the
obnoxious resolution was entombed.
Still in the interest of harmony-ilt
the countv--it was deemed Important
to know to- which Of tire conventions
to be held nc Moorehead the delegates
were to be accredited. Here occurred
the most touching episode Of the
meeting; two Kindred and two Nell
son men were to De. elected and they
lin the interest OF harmony should
decide for themselves which of the
conventions they would grace. Some
argued that this was somewhat
novel mode Of harmonizing, but they
were evidently in the minority.
A committee on resolutions, to-
whom all such incidents were to be
referred. were appointed, consisting
OF Messrs Hall, Munro, Brown. Sssne
and Good. The result of their labors
was an elaborate plsint, deploring,
ETC.; commenting Hon. knute NeE
son bat .unceremoniously kicking
Gov. Gilman down stairs. The only
rift in the clouds was the urging upon
our representatives to support the
Morrison bill, or some similar meas
ure. After it became known that
Hon. III. w. Stone lnstl transportation
| for the delegates, there was IN ar--
parent ripple Of expectation. md
now. according to agreement, the
Kindred men nominated and elected
By exclamation. Messrs W. j. Munro
and i. W RanlalE, and the Nelson
men did the stsne for Mrssrs. Stone
and Wilcox. Some one suggested that.
the deleg ties to Moorhead should be-
instructed to go to Fergus Falls. bu5
SIr. Stone held 1t would he unfair tn
insistsupssn Kindred men going t.r
Fergus-if they did not wish 81. He
suggested that credentials for botir
conventions be given The Delegates
AMI tlNt portion of the delegatims
present at Il convention shNila cast
the entire vote. which was agreed to-,
Messrs ]. ID. Good. G.. r.. Drown and
g. G.. Thorpe were elected delegates
to the state convention. despite the
appeal for "amlHtfoelsl Young men,
l1avina devoted so much time to the
arduous work Of hs,rmoaizing, the
convention relaxed itself hy Il hnnor
ons expression of preference Iii the.
matter of presidential candidates
which showed i u t,ritv far he
..plumed knight sf s,ruisp. With
Eslmunsls i Incl ssc ni. There w;ss
now nothiag leltto do has to s.ssi ssrnS
for this family gather ns9s vtai,.ls tssey
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