The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-10-06
WOULD SLEEP TOGETHER.
Secret Political Meeting Of Repre-
sentatives of Three Parties.
Peoples, Dems and Prohibs Asked
to Unite-Peop!es !esConvention.

Peoples Party of this county, at the
county convention held in New Avon
township last Saturday. It was any
thing to beat the Republicans. An
unholy combination was proposed-as
unholy as is the religion of Mahomet
to the Christian world. It was fostered
and nourished, fondled and dangled
about until it was considered accept
able medicine for the Democrats and
Prohibitionists to take, and then thrown
on the latter parties for their kind and
careful consideration. There were 10
delegates, representing ten precincts
present in that little red school house,
and Il spectators, three OF whom were
press representatives, and one a boy,
during the entire proceedings.
Prior to the calling to order the dis
cussion of candidates and fusion went
on on the outside. There was slate
making too, on small scale, and all
appeared to be settled when Chairman
Stewart finally called the meeting to
order. Business was commenced at
once by making Mr.. Stewart tempor-
ary chairman, and John McPhee ditto
secretary. A committee on credentials
was appointed consisting of T. D.
Barber. J. w. Pierce and Thos. Sloan.
While Chairman Stewart was wonder
ing whether ''the school ma'am had
left pen and ink for US" the commit
tee returned and reported the follow
ing delegates entitled to seats in the
convention:
Honner-Emerson Hammer.
New Avon-M U Hathaway, j R
McPhee and David Weaver.
Redwood Falls twp-L F Charter,
Henry Charter, A D Stewart.
Redwood Falls city, Truesdell
Sheridan-Adolph Leonard, T j
Sloan.
Springdale-Alonzo Freeman, VIM
Field, F Ensign.
Vail-B Fixsen, Jas Longbottom.
Vesta At D Barber, Jas Arnold, J
r. Frazier.
Waterbury, w Price.
Westline- John O'Connell.
The report of the committee was
adopted, and Immediately following
the committee on platform, consisting
of Jas. Arnold, Jas. Duncan and Jas
Longbottom, through the former, as
chairman, resolved like this:
Resolved, that this convention Ell.
dorses the Omaha platform as enun-
ciated by the National convention OF
the Peoples Party. Also the platform
of the Peoples Party of the State. We
also take this opportunity to denounce
that swindle known as the wheat ring
which is robbing the farmers of this
State and we invite all lovers of honest
government to join with us to defeat
that party who under cover of an in
vestigating committee could "white
wash such set of rascals; and we
also invite all friends of good govern
ment to help us defeat that politica
machine known as the Redwood Falls
political ring.
A whoop and yell was let out dur
ing the reading-merely forerunnel
OF what was coming, the unanimous
adoption of the platform,
Nominations came next, and righ
here Secretary T. L. Gilbert statee
that "a conference of representative.
OF the three parties opposed to tht
Republicans with view to defeating
the Redwood ring was held at Walnut
Grove on Sept. 3D." He went out O.
the way to say that "a ring man tolc
defeated candidate at the Repub
lican convention, that if he had come
to him his chances would have beer
good" This was greeted with applause
Mr.. Gilbert then stated that at the
conference it was practically agreed
that the Dems and Prohibs were te
endorse the Peoples candidates fo1
representative, treasurer, sheriff and
three commissioners, while the Pro
hibs were to take the Offices of register
of deeds, clerk of court and court com
missioner, and the Dems were to bt
given chance at the auditor, judge
of probate, attorney, superintendent,
of schools, surveyor and coroner. HI
declared this to be "fusion for right
eous purpose; fusion to beat the Red
wood ring" Here Jim Arnold ap
proved of Gilbert's remarks,by calling
Redwood citizens, lot of "dirty, ras
Ically ringsters, who saw that no man