The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-09-12
Farmer GIynn OF the North Part of
the State, while on a brief Visit
to his Fathers Home is Put
Up for Sheriff.
Out of Thirteen Nominations Three
Farmers are Chosen--The
Proceedings.
GOOD THUNDER, Sept. 5, 1890.

The Farmers Alliance of this county
held their convention at Good Thunder
yesterday, to put in nomination candi-
dates for the different county Offices.
Your reporter found upon arrival here
thatjthe candidates of both political par
ties were on hand in force. The con-
vention was called to order and Lysan-
der Cook was elected temporary chair
man!
Qn4 Motion. tha .s.h al ep pointed the
following committees:
On credentials. Diamond. w. G..
Daley, w. d. johnson, P. Jenkins, ID.
Murphy.
On Resolutions. H. Baker, G..
Halves, M. Russell, A. H. Madison, and
A. M. Morrison.
Committee to Report Order of Bust
ness-F. Currier, E. P. Champlin and
P. McGrath.
A recess was taken for few mo-
ments to enable the committee on Gre
dentials to prepare their report. After
being called to order again by the chair
man, the committee made partial re-
port, but asked for further time-which,
on motion, was granted by the conven-
ton. There was some trouble expert
enced by the committee in getting their
report in shape, as in one or two cases
where there were two or three dele
gates from one and the same alliance,
Each man had his individual creden-
tials, which indicated that they had quiz
city prepared them at home without
consulting particularly with others.
Erick Olson, member of the Alliance
Central Committee of the State and
Deputy State Lecturer being present,
was called upon for speech, in order
to pass away the five minutes that re-
NAMED before the dinner hour arrived.
He proceeded to ''shake the corpora
tons over Hades Paid Senator Pope a
compliment for his efforts in behalf OF
the people of the state, to put stop to
the unjust Determinations practiced by
the railroads. That if the members OF
the Alliance did their duty the coming
November, that "Spot Cash Bill'' and
Tom Wilson the Railroad Attorney.
would both have time called on them by
Hon. s. M. Owens, the Alliance candi-
date for Governor-who would assured.
ly be elected.
F. L. Patterson and w. Shelbaugh
were called for. Both made short
speeches as candidates for position oil
School Superintendent, and the conven.
ton then adjourned until / p. m.
At p. m. the convention was again
called to order, and the committee on
credentials not being ready to make
their report, there was call for Senator
Pope, who appeared and started to de.
fine his position upon the questions OF
the day, but time was called as he got
well started and he was compelled to
subside very abruptly.
The next call was for Mayor Pau
who stated that he didn't wish to take
up the time OF the convention in tell.
ing them his record-that was an open
book to most of those present and he
could give them no information as to
that, but to refute the stories going
round that he was railroad attorney
work for railroad companies when call.
ed on .as any attorney would, but in
looking up the matter he found that in
all the business he had transacted fol
railroad companies he had not received
directly or indirectly the sum of 500.
Stated that he was not tied to anybody
or any corporation.
The committee on credentials report.
| ed the following as being entitled &c
seats in the convention: