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SECRETARY OF STATE.
| There were calls for Ives but he did not
/ appear, and after another Intellectual at
/ tempt to diourn, -
! the nomination MAS@SSM
| of treasurer was MS&&S@ssN
! declaredin order. &EAS,
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! Ro ok county, my * @ny
nominated Col Was Y
Joseph Bobleter ~
for treasurer, in a x> M&ht =
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| the nomination ~
acciamation, and 1osEfH boBrErEh
no man said him nay Several parties sec
onded the nomination, and even Hennepin
! joined in the unanimous denomination of
| the present treasurer.
II. W. Donaldson of Kittson COUNTY
nominated Hans Mattson for secretary of
KS thought &c Col. si Mattso one
81 was entitled to the
NJ place. Barker of Isanti,
1yaAN%s- NJ seconded this, but
WI neither of the names
k,.Isck s}W caught the convention.
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AHxANSNHH They were waiting for
M%yN&S, Il the name of FP. Brown
WTg lGW~ of Faribault, which
| r /&>g ~ was presented mo-
RD/ ment later by s. P.
h>H Child, of the Faribault
vs. - delegation. H. C. How
Coz. HANS MA11Soh ard seconded this nomi-
nation, as did also G.
Knappen of Hennepin. The latter said:
We have no candidate for any Office. We be-
HeVe In passing the offices around after a few
years and giving everybody show at 'em. We
look to Southern Minnesota to roll up an old
time majority for the ticket, and on behalf OF
Hepnepln countys forty five votes second the
nomination OF F. P. Brown.
The vote stood-Brown, 312; Madison,
AL.
AUDITOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.
The roll was called, and, during it's prog
ress, the name of J. Simmons of Good
hue was withdrawn. The result of the bal
lot was as follows:
e ). ....................261
0. L. Cutter ............................1O5
Whole number OF votes cast...............451
Necessary to a choice.
The nomination of P. J. Mcclure was
made unanimous amid considerable en-
thusiasm.
Nominations for attorney general were
now in order and J. A. Tawney of Winona
said there appeared to be but one sentiment
in the convention as to who should be
nominated for attorney general and he
moved that the Hon. Moses E. Clapp be
nominated by acclamation. A hundred
delegates rose to second his nomination
and the convention ratified it amid cheers
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
The roll was now called and resulted as
follows:
j. ID. Jones'
c. b.. Holcomb
Whole number OF votes cast................... 1852
Necessary to a choice. $50
Gordon b: Cole withdrew the name of P.
in favor Of c. E. Holcomb and this practi,
cally insured his nomination.
The nomination of Mr.. Holcomb was
made unanimous.
THE TICKET.
The whole ticket stands as follows:
Governor-WILLIAM r. MERRIAM Of Ram
sey county.
Lieutenant Governor-GIDEON S. IVES of
Nicoet county.
Brown county.
Secretary of state-FRED P. BROWN OF
Faribault county.
Auditor of state-PETER J. MCGUIRE OF
Polk county.
Attorney General-MOSES E. CLAPP of Of
ter Tail county.
Clerk Of the Supreme Court-CHARLES P.
HOLCOMB OF Washington county.
WHO THE NEW MEN ARE.
Gideon S. Ives, nominated for lieutenant
governor, was born in Franklin county, N.
Y, in 1916. He received university edu-
cation, enlisted in the Fifteenth New York
volunteers and did valiant service for his
country to the close Of the war. He came
to Minnesota in 1871 and settled at St. Peter.
He is by profession lawyer and has been
county attorney of Nicollet county from
1874 to 1875 and represented the Seven
tenth district in the last legisla ture
Peter J. Mcclure Of Crookston, who made
such lively run for the authorship. was
born in Ireland thirty-four years ago. He
came to. the United States when a small
boy, and for many years lived in Wright
county. He moved to Crookston in 1878,
and has taken leading partin the upbulld-
ing of the Red River valley country In
1880 he was elected county auditor and has
been kept in the office ever since. He has
two times refused to run for office, but on
petition Of the leading business men of
| Crookston has consented, and always won
! by large majority He refused the appeals
| of his friends to run for state auditor on &C
count of his personal friendship for Capt.
Braden. but on the withdrawal CT Mr.. Bra
den came into the fight. He had 1,5OOIma-
| jority at the last election and ran lar ahead
| of his ticket.
| F. P. Brown of Faribault county, the Re-
publican nominee tor secretary of state, is
prominent Scandinavian. He came to
| the United States thirty-three wears ago.
| when but child of six years. His parents
settled in the Northwest, and fifteen years
ago Mr.. Brown moved into FaribauIt coun-
| ty where he has resided ever since He
/ has served the county as register Of deeds
/ for nine or ten years and his public career
/ has given every satisfaction to his constitu-
! ents: By education Mr.. Brown is thoroughly
! American, and, as was said of him in the
convention, the stars and stripes is the only
| flag he has ever recognized.
Charles P. Holcomb, who is the Repub-
lican nominee for clerk Of the supreme
court, is well known in st. Paul and Min
neapolis. He is a Swede by birth, an
| American by education and in sentiment.
He has honorably served Washington
county as its sheriff for eighteen years past,
| and is highly respected among his con.