Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-09-27
READY FOR WORK.
TEE S=s0CRATIC STATE COMMIT
TEE MEETS AND ORGANIZES.
T.. j. McDermott of st. Paul IL IMAM
imousIy Elected Chairman, Thomas
j. MuIlaSe Secretary and Dan Abb
erie Treasurer.

st. Paul, Sept. 25.-The new Demo
cratic state central committee met
Saturday evening and organized for
the campaign. The selection Of the
chairman was by a unanimous vote
OF the committee. Hon. d. w. Law.
Ter, who had been named as one of
the members at large, resigned, as
he said he would if Chairman Win
ston insisted on appointing him. Mr..
Lawler resigned on account Of his
business engagements. All except two
Of the twenty-three members of the
state committee were present, and
these two We're X. Il. Davis Of Park
Rapids anG +. E. Newell of Morris.
All the nominees of the late state On
vention save two We're also present.
There were present l.. L. Reed, Il.
J. McDermott and j. f. Frantzen of
st. Paul, Il. G.. Winston and Titus
Mareck, Minneapolis; j. J. Thornton,
st. James; III. nj. Lamberton, Winona;
Henry Keller, Sank Center; Albert
Schalier, Hastings; John Coleman,
Anoka; Joseph Roach, Northfield; +.
+. Voreis, Fairmont; Frank Lyons,
Little Falls; III. III. Bonniwell, Hutch
inson; NJ. Il. Mathews, Marshall; J.
ID. Sheedy, Austin; John G.. Brown,
Duluth; G. w. Schultz, Worthington;
j. Il. O'Brien, Croosston.
or the nominees on the state ticket
there were present Gen. Becker, G, J..
Haines, G. A. Lambert, w. Logan
Breckenridge, Judge Seagrave Smith
and Judge John w. Willis. In addi-
ton to the gentlemen named above
there Were many Of the most promi-
nent Democrats in the state on hand.
The first move at the opening Of the
meeting was the nomination of +. q.
Winston of Minneapolis for temporary
chairman by Il. j. McDermott Of st.
Paul. Mr.. Winston was unanimously
elected, and T. J.. McDermott was
unanimously elected temporary secre-
tary, on motion of j. Il. Frantzen Of
St. Paul.
Selected by the Nominees.
The next few minutes were devoted
to the matter of selecting q chairman.
Finally, after many of the committee
men had expressed a desire to consult
the candidates before deciding this
important matter, Mr.. Frantzen of st.
laul moved that the candidates con
fer and present names of gentlemen
satisfactory to them. This prevailed
with but II or two dissenting votes,
and the conference took place. On
returning to the meeting Gen. Becker
announced that they had decided
unanimously IN Thomas J. McDer-
mott, and the committee promptly rat
flied this selection by a unanimous
vote.
Mr.. McDermott took the chair, and
after expressing his thanks for the
honor, announced that the election Of
a secretary was in order. Senator
Keller presented the name of James
i. Healey, and Titus Mareck that of
Thomas J.. Mullane. The vote stood
8 to g in favor of Mullane, and on
motion of the Stearns county man he
was made the unanimous choice.
The resignation of Hon. ID. w. Law
Ter as a member of the board was
taken up and accepted. In his letter
Mr.. Lawler stated that he had in
formed Chairman Winston that he
could not accept on account of his
business, and that he must ask the
committee to release him. In view of
the urgent request of Mr.. LAWYER the
committee
Accepted the Resignation
and chose Hon. j. J. McCafferty of
st. Paul to fill the vacancy. Follow
ing the custom of the national com
mittee, a treasurer from outside the
committee was decided upon, and Dan
Aberle, the well known and popular
member at large from the st. Paul
district for the past -four years, was
chosen to fill the place by acclamation.
An executive committee Of eight
members vas decided upon, and the
following members were elected:
Chairman McDermott, j. +. Frantzen,
J. J. McCafferty and l.. r. Reed Of st.
Paul; Il. G. Winston, Lars NJ. Rand
and Titus Mareck of Minneapolis, and
John c. Brown of Duluth.
The remainder of the s.ts'on was
devoted to a canvass OF the situation
in all portions of the state. The meet
ing was adjourned to meet at the call
Of the chairman and the executive
committee. The executive committee
will meet early this week and decide
upon headquarters and in other ways
prepare for the opening Of the cam
paign.