The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-09-16
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION

The result of the convention held
at st. Cloud on Monday, was, a
genuine surprise to all who had
watched the trend of things politi-
cal in this county. States were
smashed. old combinations disregard.
ed, new ones made, and the whole
proceedings developed into free.
for-all fight for ballots. The unex.
pected happened and the sure things
failed. The following delegates to
the state convention were chosen: E.
P. Barnum, U. NJ. Tebey, w. F.
Edelbreck, E. NJ. Nugent, III. Hanson,
NJ. Slattery, NJ. Maurin, John Hoe
scheR, NJ. A. Bussen, nj. F. Greeley,
Robert Suthe, G. S. Cotton, John
Brown. Delegates to the congre S.
ional convention which meets in this
village on September 9th: j. Cap
ser, d. T, Calhoun, L. Kclls, Michael
Allen, w. W. Wright, G. z. Schaefer,
j. b. Getchell, j. Henneman, NJ.
Schaefer, Geo. Warnoff.
There was no contest over these
delegations, and the convention did
not work itself up to business fever
until the nominations for county Of
ficers commenced. Auditor Voss.
burg. Treasurer Moosbrugger, and
Register Zapp, got through without
serious opposition. John Hammer
waged spirited war upon Sheriff
Mickey, but the sheriff carried too
many guns, and was re-nominated.
For superintendent of schools, MIR.
Krebbs was retired and a young man
named Bold, a graduate OF st. Johns
college and a former pupil of the
Normal school, will succeed him as a
candidate. Judge of Probate Brick
was surprised when he found that
Thee. Bruener had enough votes in
the convention to place him on the
ticket. This was not in accordance
with the slate which Mr.. Brick had
helped write up. But the hardest
feature to explain away was the
nomination of D. T. Calhoun for
county attorney, after the promises
which had been made Mr.. L. T.
Storey of this village. So confident
was Mr.. Storey that he paid no at
tention whatever to the preliminary
campaign, and for the first three
weeks lie has been on a visit to Ohio,
his early home. He relied too i'm.
pllcitly upon tue promises of those
who had The sharing of events. The
secret Of his defeat doubtless lies in
the fact that he is a Sauk Centre
man, and st. Cloud has no use for
such in the management of county
affairs.
A. L. Cramb took the scalp of the
venerble clerk of the court, Mr..
Strong. This was not wholly unex.
pected.
But the hot work of the conven-
ton was TO follow. The nomination
of state senator was the lively fea'
ture of the convention. The candi.
dates were Lucas Kells, Henry Keller
and Joseph Capser, ali residents OF
Sank Centre. 1t had been generally
understood here that Mr.. Kells was
not in the field, and that tie fight
had narrowed down to a choice be-
tween Messrs. Keller and Capser
On the first ballot, however, t seem ed
that Mr.. Kells not only had strength
but considerable of 1T. Mr.. Boylar
of Paynesville, had a half score OF
votes, Mr.. Kells twice as many, Mr.
Keller nearly thirty and Mr.. Capsel
lead the field by several points. Mr.
Boylan soon dropped out of sight
and during the next several bal
lots the votes were cast for Capser
Keller and Kells in the order named
1t becoming apparent that no choice
was;possible under the circumstances
Mr.. Kells concluded to withdraw af
ter the tenth ballot, and on the elev
,enth Mr.. Capser carried the conven-
ton by a vote Of As to 40 for Mr.
Keller.
TO say that the convention was
harmonious would be far from the
truth. Bitterness has been engen.
dered, the party split and an oppor
tunity afforded the republicans il
they see fit to embrace it.
The row is private family affair
and as such may be regarded with
the utmost complacency by the re-
pubiicans.