Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-06
). .. 4i1h11an II oa1,inated for Congress.

& ). 3. G4i1h1lan Nominated for Congress-.
The Republican congressional convention
for the Fourth Minnesota district, held Wednes-
+ day IN Minneapolis, was o succession OF all l
/ prises, not altogether unwarranted, however,
by the events developed during the preliminary
canvass Albert Shelters name was not pre-
scented as candidate and Hennepin county
did not vote at all, and the friends Of schefer
nominated Hon ]. B. Gilfllan Of Minneapolis
as therepublican candidate, and he accepted.
The convention was called to order by z. H..
Petit, chairman Of the district committee,
After the prelmlinaries Of the reading OF the
chairman Mai George A. Camp; and Gen VIII
liam T. Marshall T. K. Stannard, Chairman
Petit ordered call of the counties, and the
roll being called, the vote stood Camp S6,
Stannard 25 A. NJ. Dare was appointed secre-
tary, and subsequently, the temporary officers
Were made permanent officers OF the CONVENTION.
The chair appointed as committee on creden-
tials r. c. Benton, F. g. Ingersoll, j. II. Muir
ply, E. G. Clough, Col, Hicks, T. c. Porter,
M c. Tonbler. The committee reported the
names of uncontested delegates from HeDnepln
Wright, shereburne, Isanti, Chisago, Pine, Ano-
ka Kennabec, and Ramsey, counties, and ALSO
the credentials of the contrasting delegations
from Washington county: ....,
Mr.. Petit moved that the Washington county
delegation headed by Feyette Marsh and T. f.
Hersey be admitted to the convention, and ex-
Governor Marshall moved as an amendment
that the delegation headed by George +: saon
be declared entitled to seats on the floor. 1t
was then decided that each contested delegation
! should DO allowed thirty minutes for hearing
and there was objection to that course After
hearing both sides MI. Barket of WriShtmovedd,
that both original motion and the amend,
+of,1 ( n
26 ' to " 25 This lett Washington
county out of the convention Mr.: Barkermoyed
that majority Of the convention be sufticlen
to determine the choice Of a candidate Inc
question being upon the amendment offered by
Mr.. Barker, the motion was adopted by vote
Of 20 to25. Mr. Barker presented the name or
John B. Giltil]an and Mr.. Davis presented the
name of Saren Fletcher.
On the ballotins Col. Benton of Hennepip :
rose and said that as one county tWashlngtohj
had been entirely disfrancliseu in the conVen-
ton, and as the convention was not q legally
county declined to cast it's vote at all When
Wright county was reached Mr.. Stacy Oh the
part OF that county took practically the same
attitude as had Col. Benton for Hcnnepin, and
the vote was concluded. The result
showing as follows: -,
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| Total Observation-Disclosures. 10
| No other counties voting.
The chairman Major Camp declared Mr.
Giltillan the candidate for congress, and after
| some time MI Giltillan made his appearance
i and accepted the nomination.
| Gov Marshall then moved to adjourn, and
! COL Benton, who had just sprung to his feet,
! insisted that he had the floor. AS hennepil
| county delegate he said he had 81 serious duty
! to perform He entered q protest against the
! proceedings Of the convention, alleging that It
: was not 4 regular nor a legitimate nomination,
! 1t had not been made by majority Of all the
/ delegates entitled to seats The convention,
| then adjourned without having appointed q
congressional committee or adopted q piaV-
fOln.
j Wisconsin State Democratic Convention.
| The Wisconsin democratic convention to pro-
pose delegates to the Chicago Presidential Con-
. vcntion and to nominate Presidential electors
! was held at Madison on The ?5t' j..
Following is a full list Of the delegates chosen:
! At Larse-Willian 4. Villas OF Madison,
! James G. Jenkins of Milwaukee, T. S. Bragg of
j Fond dn Lac, j. NJ Morrow Of Sparta.
! District Delegates-First, james T. Doolittle
! of Racine, Aaron Rogers of Rock; Second, 4.
: 4 Delaney of Dodge, BarncyS. Potter of Wash
! ington; Third D. S. Rose Of Lafayette, H. NJ;
! Rashford OF DANE; Fourth. JOHN Black and
! Charles F. Folman Of Milwaukee; Fifth 4. L.
/ Gray of Brown Carl Ziellior Of Sheboygan
Sixth, G. ". Pratt of Winnebaso, George
Kreiss of Outagamie; Seventh, J. lI1si5 Of
! Sank. J. T. E. McCullum. Of Richland; Eighth,
| W. H. Smith of Dunn, G. B. Freeman of Trem-
peIeau Ninth Alexander Brazean Of Oconto j..
| Marchtte of Marathon.
Electors at Large--John LAWYER Of Prairie
DIN Chen, Matt Arinstat Of Eau Claire
District Electors-Eirst, A. l. Ayers, Wal
Third Nelson Dewey, Grant: Fourth George
A. Albert, milwaukee,; Fifth, Theodore Keister,
Calumet; Sixth, F. G. Stroud, Columbia; Sew
enth S. N Dickinson, Monroe: Eighth, J. w.
Hancock, Pierce; Ninth, j. Il. Woodwork,
| Waupaca.
The principal feature of the platform is a
! denrnciation of the present tariff as master
| piece of injustice, inequality and false pre-
| tense, which yields dwindling, and not a
| yearly rising revenue, has impoverished n any
| industries to subsidize.
Minnesota State Democratic Convention.
The Democratic Convention Of Minnesota tc
choose delegates to Chicago and to nominate
presidential electors, was held at'St Paul on
eAAo ~"VAI oOl. IL L. bdAtCI VI fergus Ialls
wassspresident and J. D. Wood of the same place
| secretary
! Nominations were then made for delegates at
| large, G. D. O'Brien OF St Paul nominated P.
| II. Kelly of Ramsey; C. II. Hebron, r. A. Jones
| OF Olmsted; Joseph Casper, G, E. Mcdonald Of
| Stearns Each of these nominations was acted
| upon at once, and the gentlemen named de-
clared elected A formal ballot was called fol-
between Michael Doran, r. L. Frazer and E.
| M. Wilson Doran was elected by large ma
| jority: All the delegates made short speeches
| in response.
! After the several meetings of District dele,
gates had been held the convention came to order
and the following gentlemen were named, the
| reports being adopted without disc emit:
District Delegates: First--W j. Whipple Of
Winona, B. S. Cook of Steele Second-Henry
Poehler Of sbley, J. G. Wise of Blue Earth.
Third-W. NJ Campbell OF Meeker, George N.
Baxter of Rice. Fourth-Robert A. Smith OF
Ramsey, E. W. Durant of Washington. Fifth
Thomas E. Heenan Of Stevens, A. E Guernon OF
! Morrison.
Alternates: First District-John Frank of
Mower, s. NJ Emery of Wabasha. Second-C.
McKenna Of Waseca, John f. Meagher of Blue
Earth. Third--John Ne Spicer, of Kandiyolli,
Hiram A Parks of Goodhue. Fourth William
Quin Of Wright, a D. Perkins of Pine Fifth
Lafayette Emmett of Big Stone, P. NJ Graft Of
| St Louis rs -
i District yElecfors. Eirat n;strict- ro,,st