New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-26
JUDGE FRENCH NOMINATED.
The Ninth District Senatorial Convention
Names Him For Senator.
The Delegation Was Solid and Enthusiasm
Prevailed.
Speeches Made by Lind, French, Jones
and Others.
Jacob Klossner Places the Name of the
Winning Nominee Before
Convention.

was held at sleepy Eye, thursday, ana
resulted in rousing victory for Judge
E. D. French. Early in the morning
the delegates and visitors began to as
semble and the Peterson faction rustled
around for everything that offered the
slightest hope. At one o'clock the Red
wood people arrived, full of courage and
determined that no resort to tricks should
cheat them out of what what was justly
their due.
The convention was called t. order at
3 o'clock in Griffith & Smiths Hall by
Chairman Bigham of the Senatorial COM
mittee, the other members of the COM
mittee, E. G.. Koch and H. c. Warnke,
being also present. G. NJ. Browne of Red
wood county was chosen to preside over
the deliberations and E, a. Lyman was
elected unanimously as secretary. A
committee of credentials wasthen appoint
ed, consisting of R. 3. Dcvereaux, Fl. G.
Eaton and L. B. Krook, This committee
found twenty -one Redwood and twenty
Brown delegates entitled to seats. The
original delegation, chosen atsleepy Eye
in June, constituted the representation
given to Brown, but Of this only four
appeared in the convention-Jacob Kloss-
ner Jr., Martin Mueller, L. Spellbrink
and A. A. Larrobee.
The temporary organization was made
permanent and the convention at once
proceeded to the nomination Of Sena-
torial candidate. Jacob Klossner nomin-
ated Judge E: D. French of Redwood
Falls, and second came at once from
the Redwood delegation. The first
and only battot resulted in Al
votes for French, the Brown county dele
gates present having been empowered by
the Sleepy Eye convention to cast the
full vote Of the delegation. Accordingly
Judge French was declared the nominee
and committee was appointed to wait
upon him and bring him to the hail.
In the meantime, resolutions prepared
by committee consisting of Jacob
Klossner, Jno. N. Jones, Chas. Fleischer,
A. A. Larrabee and Martin Mueller, were
read as follows:
We endorse the platforms adopted by
the State convention, as we'll as the ma
tional Republican platform, and pledge
the nominee of this convention, if elected,
to do his utmost to carry out within his
sphere the principles embodied in said
platforms.
We point with pride to the acts and
legislation of our party, both in the State
and National legislature, and urge upon
tbs attention of our fellow citizens of
this district the changed conditions that
unfortunately prevail over our whole
land since the advent of Democratic rule.
Under Republican rule our people were
prosperous and happy. A mans labor,
whether in the field or shop, was reward
ed with plenty. An American was as
prosperous as he was proud. Want, idle
ness and poverty, for the first time in
thirty years, force their unwelcome pres
ence into every American community.
To remedy this state Of affairs SO far as
it results from political causes, we know
of no other way than to re-instate that
party under whose intelligent and patri
otic guidance our country grew and
prospered as never before. For these
reasons we ask all good citizens of this
district to aid US in the election of the
nominee of this convention.
Judge French soon arrived and made
a neat little speech of acceptance and
pledged himself to the trust reposed in
him by working to secure the greatest
good to the greatest number. He was
received with loud applause.
At this juncture Jno. N. Jones suggest
ed that committee be appointed to
wait upon W. W. Smith, a member Of
the State Central Committee, and invite
him to address tie convention. The
committee returned in short while and
reported that Mr.. Smith declined to ap-
pear before them. He had just been
taking leading hand in the bolt of the
bogus convention which nominated Pc
terson and of course was not in mood
to manifest his allegiance to the regular
nominee.