The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-09-07
CONVENTION AFTERMATH.
The Resolutions of the Boilers.

The Republican convention Monday,
which resulted in McGIll bolt and the
election of two sets of delegates, was the
general subject of conversation to-day.
While they deplore the unfortunate
split in the convention, the anti-McGill
men feel that they were in the right in
whatever action was taken. 1t was an
anti-McGill convention and IL was felt
that no McGill man should be on the
delegation to st. Paul. While the COM
missioner districts we're given the priv
ilege of nominating one delegate each
the convention reserved the right to
pass upon the nomination. The McG1ll
men must have understood this, for one
of the delegates explicitly asked several
times before the caucuses were held
whether the action of the caucuses was
final and he was distinctly informed that
it was not. The anti-McGill men feel
that there was no mistake about the
matter but that the bolt was predeterm-
ined by some of the leaders. 1t is as
serted that Eli Warner stated at Garden
City last week that the conventions
slate would be broken. Editor Scherer
states that he did not know of Mr.. War
ner's statement or he would not have
Joined the boilers.
As far as the convention being regular
there can be no question. The McGill
men accepted the work of the conven-
ton too long to make that q question of
doubt.
At the conclusion of the business of
the convention Gen. Baker made q few
remarks in which he denied that there
had been anything personal in the ac-
ton taken by him in the convention.
He was opposed to sending any delegate
to st. Paul who might vote for McGill
and he had thought that he detected an
attempt to slip in a McGill man in the
person of Mr.. Ewing. Speaking of the
convention he said that it contained
every element of regularity. He had
attended conventions for thirty years
and had not seen a more regular one.
The anti-McGill majority had simply in
sisted on its rights.
In the entire convention there were
108 votes. Upon the vote on delegate
at-large, after the withdrawal of the
boilers, so votes were cast. Gen. Baker
received A to 80 for Spaulding, 3 being
cast for Jones. This proves that less
than 80 withdrew.
The boilers claim that their grievance
consisted in the throwing out
of the first district delegate,
and also in the manner in
which the votes were counted. When
the delegates we're arranged on both
sides of the room the tellers declared
the vote by merely counting the heads
and not taking into account the fact that
many proxies were held. They claim
that they had a majority of the votes but
were counted out by the tellers.
The committee on resolutions appoint
ed by the boiling convention drew up
the following resolutions.
The Republican party of Blue Earth county
in convention assembled do most heartily en-
dorse the national platform of our party and
pledge our support to the Republican nomi- |
nees for president and vice-president.
We believe that protection to the laboring
man as well as to the farmer is an imperative
necessity; and to further the cause of protec-
tion we recommend to the voters OF this dis
gressional district, our present representative /
In Congress, Hon. John Lind.
A fair vote and and q fair count have always
been the main features OF Republican doc
trine, and we, as Republicans, hold that this
rule is applicable to the white man as we'll as
black. These principles have beengrossly Vi
olated by self-constituted and arrogant lead
ers, who have only personal interests at beart
and to whom the success of the Republican
party is a secondary consideration.
R~esolred, That we deprecate In strong terms
two of the largest Republican dis
tricts I'm this county by applying gag law and
refusing to recognize any party who wanted
fair play but who was not in accord with their
ring Methods. |