The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-03-30
A WINNING TICKET.
SUCH IS THAT NOMINATED BY THE
REPUBLICAN, CITY CONVENTION
WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON.
Mr.. F. N. Merrill for Mayor and Tommy
sherk for City Treasurer.
o. o. Pitcher for Municipal Judge.
and }. B. ogIe for the Special
Judgeship.
A Very Harmonious Affair.

The Republican city convention was
called to order at shortly after O'Clock
Wednesday in the Municipal Court
room. The room was completely filed
with an eager crowd of interested spec
tators, while all the outside space inside
of the railing was taken up by the thir-
ty-one delegates.
The convention was called to order by
Mr.. W. r, Geddes, member of the Re-
publican central committee and the call I
of the convention was read. The con-
vention then organized by the election
of Mr.. L. A. Moore as temporary chair
man and Mr.. Elwood Lilly as temporary
secretary. The following committee on
credentials was appointed: S. w. Bur
CESS, G. M. Phillips and II. L. McCol-
lom. The only contest was over the
delegates from the First ward. There
were 70 names registered as having
voted, while so votes were counted, four
being thrown out. Owing to a scratched
name Thos. Jenkins, one of the Mohr
delegates, was elected. Each of the
other five delegates on both tickets re-
ceived 40 votes. The admission of either
set of delegates would not have made
any material difference in the nominal
ton of Treasurer, over which Office the
principal fight was made, as Mr.. Thos.
Sherk possessed the delegates from the
Fourth and Second wards, IL in all.
The report of the committee on Gre
dentials confirmed the seats of the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth ward delegates,
whose names are gwen in another place.
On the First ward delegation the matter
was referred to the convention for deci-
sion after having been explained.
The following proxies were announced:
Theo. Sherk for Clark Keysor, I'd ward;
And. Benmeister for III. Daniels, 4th
ward; John Harter for M. B. Wood, 9th
ward.
The report of the credential commit
tee was accepted. A permanent organ
ization was effected by electing the tenn
porarY officers.
On motion of Mr.. Phillips two of Mr..
Sherk's contested delegates from the
First ward and three of Mr.. Mohr's
delegates were declared entitled to seats,
thus leaving only five delegates. The
Mohr delegates were chosen as follows:
Fred. Kroeger, Thomas Jenkins and s.
A. Anderson; the Sherk delegates were
chosen as follows: E. c. Warner and A.
]. Morrison, the latter proxy for Geo.
Roos. This solution was satisfactory to
all concerned.
THE NOMINATIONS.
Nominations being next in order, Mr..
Fl. P. Jensen presented Mr.. F. N. Mer-
rill for Mayor. The nomination was
unanimously made by reclamation.
Mr.. A. ]. Morrison nominated Mr..
Thos. Sherk for Treasurer. The nomi-
nation was made by reclamation, no 9th
er names being mentioned.
Mr.. II. L. McCullom nominated Mr..
o. o. Pitcher for Municipal Judge. The
nomination was made by reclamation.
Mr.. Geo. Pond nominated Mr.. J. B.
Ogle for Special Municipal Judge. The
nomination was made by reclamation.
On motion, the following committee
was appointed to notify Mr.. Merrill Of
his nomination, and bring him before
the convention if possible: H. L. Nc
CoIlum, H. P. Jensen, and Geo. Pond.
On motion, the following city commit
tee was appointed by the chairman for
the ensuing year:
Fourth ward, B. futile.
Third ward, Geo. T. Barr.
Second ward, W. r. Geddes.
First ward, b. Bangerter.
At large, Geo. Phillips.
Mr.. Merrill, the nominee for Mayor,
soon appeared, and was introduced as
the next Mayor of Mankato. He spoke
as follows:
| Gentlemen: The unanimity with
which my name has been received at
this convention is certainly very crafty
ing to me and l sincerely thank you for
your action.
In accepting the nomination for the
Office of Mayor l will simply say that l
have made no pledges and have no
promises to make, and l trust that the
canvass which will be made by my
friends will be free from all unkind ref
erences to my opponent, and that aught
but straightforward, legitimate methods
be adopted to secure the election of the
entire Republican ticket.
If elected, In the discharge of my du-
ties l shall eyer keep in view the inter-
ests of the city and its people. What
ever of public work may be done during
the coming year shall, if elected, per-
sonally scrutiniZe, and see that it is
properly and faithfully executed, and
that no contracts shall be entered into
until the interests of the city and labor
ing men arc fully protected against loss,
and that there will not be any repetition
of the late difficulty experienced by the
laboring men upon the sewers.
Internal improvements in many di-
rections are necessary to assist in the
development of our city as well as to
Among other improvements needed is a
system of water-works that will be am
pie in supply and pure in quality, and
relieve our city from the present danger
againt fire.
In the discharge of the official duties
that devolve upon the Office, you will
find me always prompt TO act when ne
cessity so requires.
In conclusion, Itrenew my thanks for
the confidence reposed in me, and will
further add that it is with pleasure that
/ accept the nomination, coming as it
has without any solicitation from me.
TUESDAYS PRIMARIES.