New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-23
Republican County Convention.
Hon. John Lind warmly Endorsed for Congress.

The Republican county convention
for Brown county met at the court
house last Saturday afternoon for the
purpose of elect1ng eight delegates to
attend the Congressional convention
called to meet at Mankato July 9TH.
The convention met promptly at p.
m. and was called to order by Mr.. X.
II. Helling, chairman of the county
committee. On motion, Mr.. D. I. BUS
sci was elected chairman and Mr.. E.
Brandt secretary of the convention.
On motion, the chair appointed the
following committee on credentials: K.
H. Helling, Jos. Bobleter, Hans Mo.
On motion, the chair appointed q
committee on resolutions, as follows:
Geo. w. Somerville, Gust Spelbrink,
Jos. Bobleter.
The committee on credentials report
ed the following named gentlemen en-
titled to seats in the convention:
New ULM-S. D. Peterson, Herman
Noack, Jos. Bobleter, Geo. Scherer,
K. H. Helling, John Grimmer, Ernst
Brandt, j. Newhart, W, Hauenstein.
SLEEPY EYE-Geo. W. Somerville,
Hans Mo, L. G. Davis, D. l. Russell.
BURNsTowN-PeterJ j. Moe.
SPRINGFIELD-Oscar Erickson.
PRAIRIEvILLE-Jame Knudson.
L1NDEN-Edwin Paulson, Clement
Halverson,. Gudmund Anderson.
LAKE 5 HANsKA-John Mos, MAIDS
Anderson, Christ Ahlness.
HoME-Port T. Gibbs, 3 votes.
STARK-A. J. Gilman, votes.
MLFoRD-E. N. Heinen, Gut. Spell
brink.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials was accepted and adopted
On motion, the chairman appointed a
committee to select delegates to the
congressional convention, as follows:
A. J. Gilman, j. Newhart. Hans Mo.
The committee made report recon-
mending the election of the following
delegates and alternates: Jos. Boble-
ter, alternate. K. H. Helling; S. D. Pc
terson. alternate, c. w. A. Krook; A.
Blanchard, alternate, E. Brandt; Jos.
A. Eckstein, alternate Geo. Scherer;
j. M. Thompson. alternate, Geo. w.
Somerville; E. G. Sanders, alternate,
D. !. Russell; Geo. Hart, alternate. A.
F. Walton; Christ. Ah]ness, alternate,
Ed. Paulson.
The report of the committee was &C.
cepted and adopted.
The committee on resolution submit
ted the following report:
WHEREAS, our esteemed fellow-citi-
zen, Hon. John Lind, is a candidate
for the Republican nomination for con-
gress in this district and is the choice
of the voters of Brown county, irres-
pective of party affiliations; and,
WHEREAS, reposing special conf
dence in the ability and integrity of
Hon. John Lind, we, the Republicans
OF Brown county in convention assem-
bled, believing that the interests of the
district would be best subserved bv his
nomination and desire to express our
choice and tender our enthusiastic sup
port, therefore,
Resozved, that our delegates to the
congressional convention are hereby in
structed to use all honorable means to
secure his nomination.
MIR. c. w. Heideman, the local agent
of the G. & n. W. railroad being MOTTO
ed among the spectators, a delegate
moved the appointment Of a committee
to wait on Mr.. Heldeman and request
that gentleman to secure free transport
tation for the delegation. Mr.. Heide-
man remarked that there was no ne
cessity for the delegation to 60 down to
Mankato at all, as he had been down
to Mankato few days previous and
laid out the Collesters and the Free.
mans, and that John Lind was already
as good as nominated. This, coming
from a Democrat, elected considerable
applause.
The convention then discussed pro-
position of Mr.. Blanchard to bring out
representatives from all the towns at
coming conventions, but adjourned
without coming to any decision.
The Convention was very harmoni-
Gus and enthusiastic for John Lind.