The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-06-22
THE DELEGATES.
The County Convention Elects Strong
State and Congressional
Delegations.
Gov. Nelson and Congressman Nc
Cleary Endorsed, and L. p. Hunts
Name Advanced for State
Auditor.
Fir. Hunt Selects the Delegates to
the State Convention, Who
Are Instructed For
Him,

The Republican county convention
to elect eighteen delegates to the
state and eighteen to the congress
iOnal convention met at the city hall
at eleven o'clock last Friday. By
some oversight, no chairs or tables
had been provided, and the delegates
had to remain standing.
B. ID. Smith, chairman of the county
committee, read the official call
G. G. Spaulding moved that w. n.
Plymat be temporary chairman, and
Geo. w. Neff moved to amend by sub
stituting the name of VIM. Mcqueen.
The amendment was lost, and Mr.
Plymat was elected. He said that it
was too hot to make a speech, and
called for the further pleasure of the
convention.
e. ?. Freeman nominated Geo. w.
Neff for temporary secretary, but the
latter declined, saying that lie had
another engagement for the after
noon.
VIM. Z. Thomas, of Garden City,was
then elected temporary secretary.
w. w. Mendenhall moved that the
chair appoint committee of five on
credentials, and this was carried.
The chairman named the following
committee: w. W. Mendenhall, w.
e. Young, A. ]. Ellis, Alonzo Cum
mings and Ed. Rowland.
B. ID. Smith moved that a commit
tee on resolutions be appointed, and
when this was adopted, e. 2. Free
man moved that the committee con-
sist of B. d. Smith, G. G. Spaulding
and Japses McBrcom, and this was
also carried.
A recess was taken until / o'clock.
The afternoon session was called to
order at shortly after one o'clock.
Chairs had been provided, and the
hall was reasonably cool.
The secretary read the report of the
committee On credentials, reporting
the following delegates entitled tC
seats in the conventions:
CITY OF MANKATo.
SIXTH WARD-J. G.. Fowler, Geo
Blake, w. G. Briggs.
FIFTH wARD-C. L. Benedict, B. D.
Smith, G. P. Williams, Theodore
Norlin, J. B. Richards, Ed Bradley
w. E. Young, VIM. n. Plymat, e. p
Freeman, Richard Wigley, Swan
johnson, II. L. McCullom.
FOURTH wARD-H. |. Parry, n. P
Lee, W. w. Pa ldock, Geo. Pond, Geo
T. Barr, w. w. p. Mcconnell, Gay
lord Lamb, Peter Lloyd, P. A. Gun
ders. A. G. Matter.
THIRD wARD-C III Saulpaugh
Thomas J Jones, Gus Widell, G n
Phillips, Clark Keysor, Ed P Steade
SECOND WARD-C Polchow Jr, III [
Schmitt, Fred Kruger, ] E Peter
son.
FIRST WARD-A Bashaw, j A Mag
nuson, VIM Bischman, John Ford
August Dicke
LYRA-Wm Fifur, r L Houk, w L
McGrew.
LAKE CRYSTAL E Rowland, Wm
r Lewis, Joe Wigley, Geo Meyer, c
w Neff, o Mortinson, E Swenson
Edward Lewis.
RAPIDAN-Wm Mendenhall, JAY
Jones, E Knudson.
MANKATO TowN-Nathan Bennett
John Haslip, Albert Hotaling.
GARDEN CITY-E w Gates, VIM I
Thomas, T B Church, III w BiXby.
SOUTH BEND-G A Hultengren, L I
Lewis, d E Pugh, w r Williams.
LIE RAY-A B Ewing, Ed Stevens
Ell Russell, A L Cummings, Johr
Anderson, n Nyquist, S M Pressnell
John Cummins.
CAMBRIA-D L Williams, w Pritch
ard Jones. Stephen r. Jones.
| JAMESTOWN-C G. Sutherland
| Frank Haskell.
DANvILLE-Ja McBroom, Viii
| lard BOrchOrt.
BUTTERNUT VALLEY-Gilbert Gut
terson, Frank Sorenson, REESE Evans,
Geo. e. Austin Edmond Jones.
STERLING Johnston ST.
James A Howieson, A j Ellis, Allel
Benedict.
VERNON CENTER Wilbur
G Brown, G Morrow, A W Petrich.
PLEASANT MOUND-E A Ludtke,
S Parks.
SHELBY-H E Young, B 0 Killmer
f V Latin, d E Cross, + e Cooper
j L Sampson, G Tackles.
MAPLEToN-CG Spaulding, MN Nc