The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-09-23
A formal ballot resulted:
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A formal ballot resulted:
| d Fleming, 81
Mrs Stevens, AZ
| John Diamond questioned the dis
crepency in the vote. The report of
the credentials committee had been
sent to printing office, and in order
to ascertain how many votes there
were legally present in the conven-
tion, the roll of towns was called
and the voters reported, after con-
siderable of squabble, during which
the audience pressed forward among
| the delegates. 1t was ascertained
that los votes were represented.
The chairman then declared Mr..
Fleming nominated. This was then
made unanimous.
| James Shoemaker was nominated
for coroner by reclamation.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
n Brules was, on motion, of John
Diamond, nominated for representa-
tive by acclamation.
A f Foster named w L Comstock.
| p H Carney nominated Gen ] H
Baker. saying that ne would come
into the Democratic party and would
aid the whole ticket, being a better
speaker than any of them. He had
assurances that he would act with the
party.
| Someone shouted "RatSr'
| Mr. Carney moved that a ballot be
taken and those receiving the two
| highest number Of votes be declared
the nominees.
| W III Cole arose and said he wanted
order. He then proceeded to say that
''every drop of blood in his body is a
Democrat" and favored the distribu-
| tion of the representatives among the
county. He thought that it would
not be right to load the ticket down
with Mankato people, every one but
one thus far named living here
Mr.. Carney withdrew his motion,
and moved that one candidate at a
time be nominated. This was car
ried.
POLICE CALLED FOR.
Mr.. Diamond started to speak when
a delegate who was three sheets in
the wind approached and shouted that
if Mr.. Diamond was going to do the
speaking for the whole convention the
rest might as well go home
The chairman tried in vain to secure
order, and the secretary went to find
Chief Yates to lock UP the excited
delegate. There had been much dis
order for some time, and after this
episode it was almost impossible for
the chair to maintain order. The
table bears many deep cuts made by
the vigorous pounding which it re-
ceived.
The ballot resulted as follows:
w. L. Comstock, 43
d. E. Bowen,
j. III. Baker, 33
l.. Patterson, II
w. Webb, l
Mr.. ComstOck was declared the
nominee.
Mr.. Carney moved that Gen. Baker
be nominated by reclamation unani-
mously as the third man.
Mr. Murtaugh stated that the con-
vention should not
INSULT THE INTELLIGENCE
of the Democratic party in this county
by nominating a man who has been
political summersault turner He
nominated Mr.. Bowen.
Mr.. Carney stated that he had re-
liable assurances that Gen. Baker
would accept the nomination and
work with the party. How was a
minority party to become majority
party If the door was shut on men,
bers who had left other parties. A
ballot was taken with this result:
j. HI. Baker, IA
d. E. Bowen, q
Gen. Baker was declared nominated.
A motion was carried empowering
the chairman to appoint county COM
mittee, of which he shall be chairman.
P. H. Carney, E. T. Champlin and
John Diamond were appointed a COM
mittee to notify Gen. Baker of his
nomination and bring him before the
convention. There was much op-
position to this motion.
The commissioner districts caucus
ed for county commissioners, with the
following result:
First district, John Sieren.
Third, g p. A. Larson
Fifth, g j. Mountain.
These were endorsed by the convex
tion.
BAKERS FLOP.
Gen. Bakers entrance was received
with cheers and applause. He was
introduced and referred to the uneX-
pected action of the convention. He
had not sought it, and the action was
entirely voluntary. His family and
he himself had preferred that he re-
main out of politics. The time has
come when we must ask what parties
are about to do, not what they have
done. / want to know who will help
to down the internal protective tariff,
help prevent the passage of the force
bill, aid the farmers against the wheat