The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-08-07
THE FARMERS DISTRICT coNv1k-
TON.

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was attended l,y neally full delegsi
q tions from each county. at the ap
pointed hour. eleven u. M. the dele
gates and others Interested turnf.
their steps in the direction of tn,
building once designed by the grn
erous citizens Of Herman to he th,
court house of Grant county, and Mr.
I Darlington Phelps. Of Steycns, 4 few
minutes later, called the convention
to order and read the call. Mr. T.. G
IIodgsoH, of GIANT. MAS ionlinatet
for temporary chairman and assume,
the position withsa very scpsil,le ad
dress. Mr.. s. III. SGholberg, of Tray
erse, waschosen temporary secretary
A committee of eight. on credentials
was appointed by the chair and wa:
constituted rs foilowsi r. ]. Hal
and L. j. Schlattman, OF Stevens. OH
O. Canestorp and E.. A. Ziebarfh. o
Grant, John Il. Webb and j. N. Sher
man, of Big Stone, G. w. Graham and
Peter Monson. of Traverse.
Committee on resolutions: A. p.
Jackson, S. NJ. Harris, s. IF. Scllol
berg, "A. E. Ludwig and John Magin.
mis-.
! Committee on permanent organiza
tion: NJ. Finnegan. L. W. Cook. w.
*. Walker. Nj. Walker at this time
was not member of the convention.
however, and his appointment was
made by the chair under misappre.
hension of the facts. Later OH Mr..
Walker became fulI-1edged partici.
pant in the business of the day by his
election by the Stevens county dele.
CATION as proxy for Mr.. G. c. Thorpe.
/ Just here a recess WAS taken for din
ner until half-past one clock.
After dinner the committees were
Slow in gettil.g around and speech
making WAS indulgel III To some ex-
tent. Fir. Dewey, editor of the
Gracevil.e Transcript, although not a
member of the convention presented
for its endorsement Il series Of resoIn-
tions adopted few days previously
at the Traverse county farmers cell
vention. relating to the proposed
ACTION cf secretary Cf the interior
Teller to turn oFer TO the railway
company ole hundred thousand and
odd acres OF indemnity lands lying in
that county. In view Of the fact hat
secretary Carl Sc hurz and his success
sers notice, up to the present incum-
bent, have refused TO grant the
patent TO the company on The ground
Of it's not having been earned. The
secretary is petitioned to at least take
time 10 consider this question Of such
| moment to Traverse county in gen.
eral, and many settlers who have
ftakesR u p there slanfissasnle tl1ea laws
of the United States. in particular.
The committee on credentials re-
ported the following as the delegates
from the several COUNTIES entitled to
seats:
Stevens county: Cllas. Pepper, M.
Finnegan, john Maginiis5 D. G.
Smith, w. X. Walker proxy for G. G.
Thorp. L. J. Schlattnlan, John Bor-
ril. Il. J. nall. and C, Sax.
Big Stone county: s. II. Scholbcrg,
A. z. Jackson. j. I. Webb, j. Z.
| Holmquist, a. s. Stephens, Seneca
| Trip, }. NJ. Sherman. John Doves.
and J. NJ. Cunningham. Messrs.
Webb, Trip and Shel man were prox-
les for Messrs. Stevens, Doves and
Cunningham respectively. .<
Grant county: E. w. Cook. A..
Erlandson. proxy for II. f. Sanford,
L. c. nodgson. O. o. Carestorp. Ever
E. Rjerk, +. "A. Ziebarth, s. NJ. Har.
ris, z. z. Brewster, and j. X. Lee.
Traverse county: A. w. Graham
proxy for +. Mcldenham ana dele
gate, A. E: Ludwig. w. s. Barnett.
w. II. Carter, f: z. Ha:hewav proxy
for c. II. Coi5er, DO. Nestlnan, and
Peter Monson.
The committee OH permanent or
ganlzation announced as chairman II.
J.Hall, Of Stevens. and as secretary
S. N. harris, of Grant. The renort
was adopted and accepted by the con-
vention.
A resolution was then presented to
the effect that the nominees of the
convention should be selected from
actual farmers. meaning those living
on their farms. The committee on
resolutions had now announced itself
as ready to report and the convention
was treated to the somewhat lengthy
st. Paul resolutions with II couple of
original ones tackled on. Tie report
was received with considerable dis
satisfaction by some of the delegates.
SOME of them claiming that the st.
Paul resolutions covered too wide a
field to correctly convey Tie. idea Of
the. particular grievances lahored mn
der in this district. Mr.. Sax of Stew
ems maintained that tho resolution
restricting the choice OF the convcn-
tion to actual farmers was not only in
conflict with the. spirit Of the resola
tions jnss read but that it was 4 sl ght
to MANY persons of other callings
whose sympathies and interests were
in accord with the movement. He
moved therefore, to exp,lnge this
| particular resolution, which had al.
ready been adopted by the cunven.
tion, from its records. This was no;
agreed to. The committee on esols
tions were sent back with instrnc-
tious to bring in something fresh,
which they subsequently did,.