The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1888-07-05
Hon. Henry Keller has made pretty
tour of the Fifth district during

Hon. Henry Keller has made pretty
| thorough tour of the Fifth district during
the past week or ten days. He spent sew
eral days at Duluth and Brainerd, and at
other points along the Northern Pacific
road. 1t is little significant that the
Democratic district committee met at
Fergus Falls on Monday, and Mr.. Keller,
who is a member of the committee, very
modestly sent his proxy up to friend,
| who represented him. Take this in con-
nection with the following special to the
Pioneer Press from Fergus Falls, and
! what does it mean
The democratic congressional conven-
ton for tl>is-h distric will he held il
thi" city the. latter paIt of July. The
| Co1..nrttee lcit the date III the har Dis o. 4
| subcommittee, which will meet tie COM
| ing week and decide. The delegates were
| ell, cted at the same time that delegates
| V'2re elected to the last state conventions
TIE question of candidates is being dis
cussed so .newhat, and a spi tied contest
may result over the empty honor of being
buried beneath republican majoli ty of
10000. Several candidates are men-
toned. Otter Tail and the adjoining
counties will present the name of Mayor
H. E. Rawson of Fergus Falls, who is
well known in this portion of the district.
Two years ago he was their candidate
for state senator and made an active can
vass, but was defeated. At the last m1-
| niclpal election he was elected mayor Of
the city which is strongly republican.
He is a law ger and a speaker of great
power. The name Ofstate senator Hen
ry Keller of Sank Centre, is prominently
mentioned in connection with the place.
Stearns county is power in Fifth dis
trict convention, having three times as
many delegates as any other, and if it
insists upon his nomination he may bear
off the honor. He will surely receive a
cOmpl1menta1 vote of the county. The
senator is great runner and has a We, !
respectable sized barrel. The name of
Rev. F. B. Nash, the far her and preacher
of Tintah, is talked of quite good deal.
He is one of the most prominent free
traders i'll the state, and lis a .icles and
speeches have attracted much attention.
He would make a strong candidate in
the west end IF the district. Thomas
Canning, the well known alliance man of
No. nan county, who is for Cleveland
and Scheffer, wants the nomination. He
is rabid against the railroads and protec-
ton, but is not much of a party man.
This latter fact will count against him,
and Doran is sure to oppose bis nomi-
nation. Sen: tor Whiteman. of Duluth,
has always been looked upon as one of
the most available men in this district
but has been under mined at home, and
consequently is out of the race. w. B.
Har1 son, of the Zenith city, who has
made bundle out of Duluth real estate,
is said to be anxious for the nomination,
and will pay for it well, but the only
show the democrats have of making a
respectable canvass against Comstock is
to take a western man like Rawson or
Keller. There has been some talk of NOM
mating Scandinavian, in hopes of draw
ing from that element, but there is no
Democratic Scandinavian of note in the
district.