St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-21

men of the majority. have 1t in your
power, and If you don't hear both sides
IL VIII embarrass you i'll your cam
paign.
AT this point G. T. Christianson, who
represented the Reed delegates from
henVllle. arose, and the Goodhue and
MCLEOD delegates called for him, The
Heatwole men called for Erickson. who
headed the delegation for Heatwole,
Erickson got up to make statement,
Dut Chrlstlanson said, "If you hear
Erickson you must hear me. We deny
that they nave any right here. They
carried the convention by proxies from
towns where no primaries were held"
ne CHAIRMAN tried To stop the con-
troVersy, but the convention refused to
support this, and resolution was
passed to hear one man from each side.
Eflckson held back, but Christiauson
stepped forward.
Controlled by Proxies
1T does not make any difference to
me-" he said. ''whether speak first or
last. The facts are simple, and on them
L claim the delegates seated by the com-
mlttee have no right here. L claim the
delegates favOring A. Ii. Reed should
be seated, because at the convention
held at Hector, NJ. j. bowling and
proxies from the towns of Flora, HenDy-
vile, Palmyra. Melville, Wellington
and Norfolk, when, as matter of fact,
no caucuses were held in those towns.
They found they were beaten and then
liked up these proxies when no dele
gates had been elected. In palmer
language, charge that the Heatwole
men, when they found they did not
have enough votes. manufactured prox-
les and credentials and placed theln i'll
the hands of their men, none OF whom
resided i'll the towns they claimed to
represent. There were fifteen votes SO
cast. which had no right in the conven-
ton. These Fifteen vOles were also
used In making the temporary organiza-
tlon. What could we do under these
circumstances but take the course we
did" We waited till the Heatwole men
had finished and then we organized and
chose our delegates. We relied upon
the fairness and honesty of this conven-
ton to seat US. There is not man here
VINO dareS make affidavit that caucuseS
were held at any time i'll the towns l
have named. These proxies from towns
that held no caucuSeS selected the dele
gates this convention. proposes to seat.
ask you. gentlemen, how you expect
to carry Renville county for HeatWole
with such practices?'
Evidently ChriStianson knew his
ground, for when DR.. Erickson took the
floor he admitted that proxies were
voted for towns that had held 10 eau
cuses, but he claimed this had been the
custom, and that. anyway, there were
not enough of such proxies to control.
This ended the hearing. and the
Heatwole men promptly seated their
delegation, with a howl that showed
that they wanted no more such talk in
the convention. Gen. Jennison tried
to protest, but 1t was no 20. The Heat
wole managers thought it was scheme
to glveeach opponent of the handsome
man a chance 10 talk. The temporary
organization was made permanent, and
E. Il. Huebner, Ut Sibiey, moved to
proceed to the nomination of
candidate for congress. This pre-
vailed, anu E. A. Taylor, OF
Carver, took the floor to present the
name of Joel T.. Heatw0le, which he :
did in a-ifeat speech, in which he Incl
dentally roasted Capt. Reed. Keyes,
of Rice, seconded, declaring that the
district
Needed No Orator
and that, therefore, HeatWole was Just
the man. Donald Grant pledged his
support and Gen. Jennison arose TO
nominate Hon. Frank NJ. Wilson, of
Goodhue. He disagreed with his friend
keyes, and said the district wanted
different man now from what they used
to have. The principal duty of mem-
Der Of congress now is not TO hustle for
offices and work the departments. He
wanted man who would be a credit
to the state. Wilson could
help the entire ticket and
If elected would be a credit to the state.
He also stated that his candidate could
be elected. Congressman Hall. he said,
is pleasant, agreeable man, who ar
ways gets more votes among his Re-
publican neighb0rs, and. while Goodhue
would be loyal, the actual facts in the
case might as well be considered.
Capt. NJ. II. Sullivan, of Dakota, see
onded Wilson's nomination, and Jou-
bert moved the roll Of counties be
called. Gen. Jennison opposed this,
and wanted an informal ballot. He
warned the other side to 60 slow on
changing the customs OF the party, but
he was voted down. The counties were
called and voted as follows:
Heatwole. Wilson
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