The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-05-18

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| duce the surplus to the necessities Or the gov
ernment wisely and economically admins
tered
| We dcnounce the Mills tariff bill us being
| sectional ard inconsistent.
| We believe I'm Il free ballot and Il fair count.
| We believe in an adherence To the present
| policy OF the Republican party i'm granting
literal pensions to Union soldiers and sailors.
We denounce the Democratie party which
| having had control of the House of Represen-
| tatiyes for the past six years has never yet
passed any bill looking 10 a reduction of The
i tariff, and having posed before the people as
champions of reform, loud In piotestations
| and silent in en- actments
We also denounce the administration of
Grover Cleveland as hollow, false and hypo-
| critical, because Mr.. Cleveland's prctcntions
| OF reform i'm the civil service of the govern
ment and his endless promises for the faithful
execution of the civil service law Is answered
| by the removal of com etent persons from Of
nee ON purely political grounds ana me up,
same reason.
We turn tn the Republican party in Con-
gress for legislation, believing that the gov
ernment may enact sufficient laws tn control
| trusts, to compass corporate wer ana IL ter
state commercial relations so that In connec-
| ton with proper adjustment Of revenue du
/ ties the country NAV bc protected and equally
benefited under such laws.
Resolred That the course of Hon. John Lind
/ has been such as to common HIM to the peo-
pie Of the Second district ahd i'm no way can
| we SO emphatically show our high apprccia-
| ton of his services as by endorsing him for a
| second term 10y acclamation On every ques-
| ton of public Importance h has proved him.
| self worthy MS representative of great ag-
| ricultural district and especially do we, rs
Republicans, endorse his views on the tariff
and the landgran; q'it stion.
The reading of the resolutions was FREE
/ n,,tl t,f.N Il L., "A
when it had been completed the report
was unanimously adopted.
The motion of Mr.. Freeman, nominal
ing Hon. John Lind by accalnation, was
| then taken up and unanimously passed
with great applause.
Mr.. Abbott, of Delavan, offered the
| following resolution:
Nor does the Republican party in cnuvcn-
| ton assembled unde, g timaie the !iisrnce
| or virtue of the people We dare To- dcnuunc?
state and nation Tina it rs dangerous body
and has NO place i'm our onward march of civil
iZation. That the liquor traffic is the all fruit.
full source OF crime, illiteracy and poverty,
| and should be strangled by legislation and
congressional restriction, taxati n and fines
until healthy public sentiment shall drive il
| from the earth forever
Mr.. Abbott in presenting this resolu-
| ton made strong argument i'll favor of
graphing with the question, and thought
that the time had come when the Re
publican party must present square
front on the question.
Mr.. Nelson, of Mobiles county, opposed
the resolution, preferring that it should
be left for the national convention to
take care of.
Mr.. Funk, of Jackson, favoring the
resolution, accidentally mentioned the
name of Blaine, which brought ont loud
er and more continued applause than
anything else in the proceedings.
The resolution was adopted after some
further debate.
SELECTING THE DELEGATES.
The election of two delegates to the
Chicago convention being next in order,
several names were presented.
Mr.. S. j Abbott, of Faribault county.
| III a neat speech, presented the name of
M. N. Leland. of Wells.
Mr.. +. p. Freeman, of Mankato, fol-
lowed, and nominated J. f. Brown, of
Mapleton.
Mr.. Funk, of jackson county, pre-
scented the name of Alexander Fiddes,
of Jackson county.
Mr.. Murray, of Lac qui Parle county,
nominated S. + Farnham, and Mr.. Mel
son, Of Mobiles county, named III. J. MIL
Ter, of La Verne.
Mr. i. p. Hunt arose and said that
there was mistaken idea that Biue
Earth county wanted everything; in
fact, she only wanted single deI"gat"
to Chicago. The county had helped
elect men to Office from other count rs,
and he thought that she was entitled TO
a delegate. He strongly urged Mr..
Browns election.
On motion of J. Il. Williams the con-
ventiOn proceeded to an informal ballot
Messrs. Crandall, of Mobiles, and Murray
of Lac qui Parle, acting as tcllers. The
ballot resulted as follows:
Brown .......4O Leland .... 81
Miller,''..-...2s Fapham.....2l
The convention then proceeded To a
formal ballot, with the following result:
Brown. 81 Leland. Go
Miller......... &c Fiddes. =. lib.
AS no one had received a majority of
the votes, another ballot was taken,
which resulted:
Brown. .......Ia Miller
As Mr.. Leland had received majority
he was declared one of the delegat es.
Balloting for the second delegate then
took place. The first ballot resulted:
Brown..........4 Miller. go. 90
Fiddes .........4 Farnam .6a
There being no choice another ballot
was taken resulting in Mr.. MIller's cleo
ton as follows:
Miller .........75 Fiddes s..
Farnam ..54
The election of two alternates was
| then proceeded with and resulted in the
selection of Mr.. P. V. Collins, of ST..
Peter, and Mr.. L. &. Herr, of Murray
county by reclamation.
AS it was considerably past noon and
the delegates were hungry, motion 10
adjourn found speedy adoption.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Brown-A. Blanchard, Chairman.
Blue Earth-C. l.. Bensdict
COttonwood-E. G. Huntington.
Faribault-G. w. Boswell.
Jackson-Geo. X. Moore.
Lac qui Parle-J. F. Jacobson.
LeSueur-O. NJ. Robbins.
Lincoln-H. Lavesson.
| Lyon-F s. Brown
Martin-F. 5. Levermore.
| Murray-S D. Morse.
Nicollet-John Peterson.
| Nobles-C. III. Smith.
| II. dwoOd-S. w. Hayes.
| ROck-JOhn Kelly.
| Sibley-C Bison.
Waseca-G. G. Trowbridge.
| watonwan-Geo Knudson
Yellow Medicine-Chas. A. Bennett.
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