St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-25
CONVENTION AFTERMATH.
Some of Those Who Were in At
tendance, and How the Work
Was Done.

Some of Those Who Were in At.
tendance, and How the Work
Was Done.
The Austin convention was not only
an enthusiastic body, but it was also
made up of able men, the ablest in the
district. The old leaders were we'll rep
resented. but the notable thing about
the delegates was the great number of
young men in the various delegations.
Olmsted county sent young Logan
Breckenridge, the eloquent prosecuting
attorney of the county, man of great
promise and popular qualities. upon
whom devolved the pleasant duty of
presenting the name of Capt. Harries.
G. Van Camper, j. w. Everstine, George
b. Doty, NJ. Burns and Henry Nuge-
mach represented the business men and
farmers of the county, and the scholarly
A. w. BlakeIy, editor of the Record and
Union. and +. VOnderburgh, the able
editor of the Rochester Herald. held up
the newspaper end of the delegation
The interest taken by the Olmsted DEM
ocrats in this convention may be judged
by the fact that knowing that there
would be no contest they devoted nearly
three days to this trip.
Senator j. G. Kelly, the welI-knOwn
representative of Houston county in the
state senate, was on hand, accompanied
by about an equal number of the old
leaders and the young ones who are just
coming on the stage. Capt. S. B. Me-
Intyre, A. j. Flynn and 3. G. Hender-
son belong to the first class, while W. r.
Duxbury and w. d. Belden belong to
the young men. In this delegation, as
i'll the one that came from Olmsted,
were workers who have accomplished
great results in the past few years.
Capt. Mcintyre has been i'll the forefront
of the battle for many years. Senator
Kelly Is younger man, who carried the
county and was elected to the lower
house of the state legislature in 1888,
and two years later was sent to the SEN
ate. defeating the usually invincibIe
Senator johnson. Mr.. Belden was
chairman of the First district congress
SIonal committee two years ago, and
doing valiant service for a long time.
Mr.. Dnxbury was the youngest member
of the delegation, but made up in en-
thusiasm what he lacked in years.
Winona county was strongly repre-
scented, the venerable Charles H. Berry,
the first attorney general of the state,
and Judge Thomas Wilson being among
the leaders. Editor II. w. Hill, of the
st. Charles Times; W. J. Smith, of the
WlnOna Herald: Joseph Lelcht, the
next state treasurer: Aid. John Bent
ner. Thomas Howell. William IL. Sher-
wood and Ii. ID. Moore were others of
the well known representatives of the
Democracy of Winona. Gen. Berry de-
clared that the signs of victory that are
already III the air made him feel as
young as he did in the famous campaign
that resulted in the election of Gen.
SIbley as governor thirty-four years ago.
The delegation from Wabasha county
was so strong that the convention took
the presiding officer from there. elect
ing him by reclamation for both the
temporary and the permanent organize
ton. OF course, this gentleman is an
editor, and down in Wabasha there is
nothing too good for him, which is as it
should be. for o. f. Collier, of the Wa
basha Herald, is not only good. COM
mon everyday sort of a DemocIat, but
he publishes one of the best Democratic