The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-07-14

q PATIENCE ceases to be a virtue
sometimes. And our patience is
about exhausted with the men who
claim that there will be contest
in the Duluth congressional con
yention over delegates from this
county. Out of personal friend
ship for Hon. III. G. Kendall we
refrain from stating how and by
what means he secured even a
delegate in the Mile Laos county
Republican convention. Suffice it
to say that the towns Of South
Harbor and Robbins, by a unani-
nous vote, as shown by sworn af-
fdavits, entirely repudiate the
action of the so-called Kendall
proxies. The name OF j. G. Nc
Queen was forged to the South
Harbor credentials. He was in
Brainerd on the day his name was
affixed to the South Harbor Gre
dentials. The only delegates
favorable to Mr.. Kendall IN the
Republican county convention held
here on July End were one from
,Foreston and three from Milaca.
There were tWenty-one delegates
favorable to Judge Searle-12
from Princeton, 4 from Greenbush,
1 from Milo, l from Milaca, 1
from Robbins and 2 from South
Harbor. That the delegates from
South Harbor and Robbins truly
represented the wishes of the Re
publican votes of their respective
towns will be shown by afidavits
signed by nine tenths of the voters
Of those towns. Allowing Mr..
Kendall all his fraudulent proxies
from towns in which no caucuses
had been held, then he had 10
delegates in all. Allowing MI.
Searle a full representation from
South Harbor and Robbins, then
he had 26 delegates out Of a posi-
bic 43. Talk about contest!
The county convention was duly
called to order by the chairman
Of the Republican county commit
tee; a chairman was elected also a
secretary without opposition; a
committee on credentials was on
motion appointed by the chair;
the report of that committee was
adopted with but two dissenting
voices; by a unanimous vote a
committee was appointed to pre-
pare a list of delegates to the con
gressional and State conventions;
the report of said committee was
submitted to the convention and
adopted with but two dissenting
votes; the credentials of the dele
gates to the congressional and
State conventions were duly made
out and signed by the chairman and
secretary Of the convention and
the convention adjourned SINE die.
Then, and not till then, was there
a kick made, and four men met in
a room in a hotel and prepared a
list Of delegates to the congress
sional convention in the interest Of
Mr.. Kendall. That is all there is
to the contesting delegation from
Mile Laos county. The duty of
Chairman Bensen, of the congress
sional committee, at Duluth is
plain. He must recognize the
action of the convention duly
called to order by the chairman Of
the Republican county committee,
and the regular delegates will have
a voice in the temporary organ
ization. If the Kendall men CON
templated boiling in the county
convention they should have done
so at the start before chairman
and secretary were elected. Then
and there was their opportunity to
bolt. The contestants have not a
foot to stand on, and we do not
believe they will 80 to Duluth.
The regular delegates were fairly
elected without the expenditure of
dime, and they will 60 to Duluth
at their own expense to honestly
represent the sentiments of nine
tenths of the Republican voters of
Mile Laos county-to assist in
nominating Hon. D. B. Searle.
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