St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24
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do so. 1 will accept the nomination. /
am not opposed to Gov. Merriam per-
sonalIy. but believe if we want an old
| time majority no man can come within
| 1000 miles of Knute Nelson"
The prolonged cheering which greeted
the remarks of Mr.. Eddy set the Nelson
boom on its feet. and in the midst of
| the confusion Delegate S. N. Miller. of
| Douglass, Knute Nelson's own county,
was recognized by Chairman Gjertsen,
and he was cheered to the echo when
he said:
+ s.Mr. Nelson told us Saturday that he
was willing to accept the nomination
I for governor, and would be pleased to
have the delegation from Douglass
county,"
This announcement set the s'w1ld
echoes flying and stirred the heart of
o. D. Void, one of the st. Louis delega-
+ ton, which Gov. Merriam's henchmen
claimed to have carried by such ire
mend0us majority on Sunday. and on
being given the floor he advised the
Scandinavians to stand solfdly for Mel
son. 1t would he great honor to have
/ him the first
Scandinavian Governor.
He never refused to make fight for
US when we called upon him, and it is
now our clear duty to ourselves and the
Republican party to stand and work to-
gether for his nomination. Delegate
l.. S. Nelson. of Mobiles, became en-
thusiastic about this time, and said that
he had hesitated at first, as he desired
to see if there was an opposition. He
had become satisfied that Nelson's NOM
nv Of no
and. therefore, he moved the following
resolution:
Resolved. that the Scandinavian delegates
vote and work for the nomination Of Knuie
Nelson for governor
This met with quick second, and
Delegate A Gundle, of Marshall county.
gained the floor and raised the roof
when he told how the party had gone to
the dogs in Marshall county and could
only be saved by the nomination Of Mr..
Nelson. 81 have had occasion on ac-
count of our county seat fight" he said,
ito ascertain the sentiment in our
county, and tell you it is serious.
Now, then, the question is what shall
we do to save the Republican party?
They say it is late to bring out Mr.. Mel
son, but the delegates who have been
sent here have come for the purpose of
doing the
Best We Can
for the Republican party. At the time
that many Of these delegates were
chosen Mr.. Nelson was not candidate.
and these delegates are under no obli-
cation SO support Mr.. Merriam. The
Farmers Alliance is so strongly organ
lied that l believe only the nom-
nation of Knute Nelson can save us
the state and our five congressman.
Personally my county is friendly to Mr..
Merriam, but, as Republicans who de-
sire the success of the party, we cannot
afford to take any chances. Now is the
time to save the party.
/ Delegate Anderson, of Nicollet, now
gained the floor and apologized for the
assertion that the Nelson men
had no right to trot out
knute as candidate. Mr..
GreYStad had showed him a letter from
the ''little Norwegian" which demon
Strated the fact that he was candidate,
and would accept the nomination.
"The time has come to put aside the
question OF acceptance" said Delegate
F. NJ. Eddy, of Pope county. 1--WE
must bring back the Republicans that
have strayed the alliance. Many
have gone this way, and few
Democrats have accompanied them. In
the Democratic districts of Pope county
| find prominent Alliance men, but
when asked if they are going to support
the Alliance ticket they answer that
their own party is advocating substan-
TALLY the
Principles of the Alliance.
In Republican towns, however, find
it is different. With Merriam on the
ticket there will be $4,000 to $4,000 AL
lance votes cast for Owen. The Fifth
district will save you if you give
US Nelson. fheo F. Knappen. of Hen
took up the task of showing that his
county had always stood just where it
does now on the nomination of Mer-
riam. "TwO years ago." he said, 1--WE
came here solidly against Merriam. and
we are here again solidly against
his nomination. We are against
him because we believe we are
doomed to defeat If he heads the
ticket. Here will be difference of TO-
900 votes in the Republican vote of
Hennepin county with Merriam instead
of Nelson on the ticket. We have 10000
Scandinavians in Hennepin county and
they are entitled to some consideration.
| assure you, gentlemen, that the $4,000
Republican votes of Hennepin county
are not to be SneeZed at"
After the passage of the Nelson reso-
ution, as given above, by chorus Of
100 ayes to one true solitary no, mo-
ton to indorse Col. Mattson for the
nomination for secretary,of state broke
up the meeting. The colonel wasn't
the choice of the meeting and the dele
gates wouldn't have him.
''All delegates who want Nelson
badges can be supplied here" an
nounced Chairman Gjertsen, as the
delegates filed out, and few minutes
later CONSERVATION reigned in the lob
bies at the sight of 100 or more bright
red ribbons, having the single word
Nelson printed upon them in bold,
black letters.