The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-07-20
Wednesdays Convention.

The Prohibition convention Wednesday
afternoon was really very milk and wa
ter affair, without leadership, enthusi-
asm or forethought. A ticket was put in
the field, selected without wisdom and
with no hope of accomplishing anything
more than attracting few hundred
votes, mostly Republican, and little
cheap notoriety-mostly the latter. The
convention was lifeless, except when
some one was pitching into the Republic
can party, and not the slightest enthusi-
asm was shown over the ticket nOmina-
ted or the principle advocated.
The convention was called to order by
G. d. Cook. OF Eagle Lake, chairman of
of Eagle Lake, as ked divine blessing.
A temporary organization, which was
afterwards made permanent, was effect
ed by the election of G. ID. Cook, chair
man, and II. G. Hotaling secretary.
The chairman was given authority to
appoint committee of three on creden-
tiais and another on resolutions, which
he announced as follows: Credentials,
ID. w. Brooks, Mapleton; j. II. Robin
son, Vernon; w. p. Cobb, Lake Crystal.
Resolutions: j. ID. Annis, Mapleton; [.
b. REYNOLDS, Eagle Lake; and James
Field, Mcpherson.
The committee on credentials pre-
scented report showing the following
among others to be present: Ira ID. An
mis-, Mapleton; Frank Grannis, Vernon
Center; II. c. Hotaling, Mapleton; d.
A. Thayer, Mrs. E. w. Washburn, b. f.
HotalIng and f. Mikelson, Mankato;
w. p. Cobb, Lake Crystal; l. b. Reyn-
olds, Eagle Lake;TS. n. Garmoe, Butter |
nut Valley; James Fields, MCPHERSON;
D. I
Mapleton; and Mrs. Prof. Parker. The |
report was accepted.
The secretary read his annual report, |
the receipts to be $l6l 10, and |
$l86.99. The membership |
of all the clubs was $40. Deficit, 1894 |
Still owing on levies, $ll4.85. The chair
man characterized it as not very fiat
tering report. The report was adopted
after some discussion. 1t seemed to
throw considerable cold water on the
feeling of the convention. /
A motion of Mr.. Grannis to appoint
committee on nomination of one from
each town represe uted was carried.
The committee on resolutions present
ed the following report:
We, the Prohibitionists of the county of
Blue Earth. assembled I'm convention I'm the
city of Mankato. on the 18th day of July, 1888
That we recognize our dependence upon AL.
mighty God as source of all moral powerand
good government: |
We declare 1t is our object to assist in the
lust d righteous settlement of the evils of
The liquor traffic;
We declare that It Ia our firm belief that the
party is destined by the provi-
ience OF God to bring about the righteous set
lement by the total prohibition Of the manu-
Tacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors as
We believe in local option for town, county
and state, as stepping stones to national con-
prohibition supported by politi-
;al party;
We declare against any move that tends to
support, protect or make respectable a traffic
,r business that the supreme court Of the UNI
ed States has declared public nuisance.
high or low, and we are opposed TO all laws
hat are made to collect revenue from the
worst foe" of our land.
We have no hope of securing prohibition
either in state or nation through either OF the
I'D parties; therefore we believe I'm the Third
)arty movement.
Resolved, That we will not vote for any man
Without regard to party who is friend OF the /
um traffic.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the nomina-
ION of any one that is not Third party prohi-
,itionist.
The local option section of the report [
aised huge kick and after a long dis
,ussion it was stricken out of the resolu-
ions by vote of three to one. The rest
If the report was then adopted.
Ira b. Reynolds offered the following
additional resolution, which was
Resolssd, That we endorse the national Prohi-