The Mankato free press., 1894-09-14
The Democratic Party Surrenders
Abjectly to the POpulists,
and there is Gnash-
ing of.Teeth.
Pratt, Howard and O'ConnOr En-
dorSed as Legislative
Candidates.
Delegates Denounce Their Own Ticket
and Declare 1t Cannot Be
Elected.
Henry RobeI Declares He Will
Run independent For
Sheriff.
Discord Apparent on All Sides and
The Ticket Bound to
be Defeated.

The Democrats have had very
pleasant day for their convention
which was called to meet at LOO
o'clock D. m. But the delegates were
slow in getting together, and it was
several minutes after that time before
they began to put in an appearance
at the city hall, and it was nearly two
o'clock before they were called to or
der by Chairman Robel of the county
committee. Whoever it devolved
upon to see that the hall was in order
for the convention, had not looked
after their business, and there was
not a chair in the room for their use,
which fact did not put the delegates
in any good humor, but the candi-
dates for the various places on the
ticket were not concerned about this
and proceeded to nail their victims on
the spot and buttonholed them on all
sides for their support. But this kind
of amusement was finally brought to
an end, for as the hands of the clock
approached two, Chairman Robel rap
ped the gathering to order and the
Democracy of Blue Earth county set
tied down to the business of making
their selections for the county offices
and the legislative ticket.
Mhe defeat of Mr.. Dietz left a sore
spot in the south eastern part of the
cor ty, and more than one delegrte
wa spoken in the statement that
the turning down of that part of the
county would result disastrously to
the party.
The defeat of Mr.. Robel augerS III
for the success of the ticket, and the
fact that none of his friends would
move to make Mr.. Gnynn's nomination
unanimous indicates that there is
more ''blood on the moon" in store for
Democracy.
j. A. Flittie was nominated for
temporary chairman. Mr.. Flittie
took the chair with few remarks
thanking the convention for the
honor. John G. Wise Jr. was elected
temporary secretary.
The chair was instructed to ap-
point a committee of seven on Gre
dentials and five on rules and organi-
zation.
d. P. Hughes, @. Leonard, G. T.
Oakley, A. j. Ziegler, H. M. Quinn,
Martin Magin and G. F. Hallman
were appointed committee on Gre
dentials, and j. G.. Graham, D. A.
Reed, j. r. Brandrup, VIM. r.
Hughes and r. Faurchilds a COM
mittee on rules and organization.
A recess was then taken pending
the action of the credentials COM
mittee.
After an absence of about half an
hour the committee made the follow
ing report which was accepted:
Medo--James McKibben, John
DOoly, James Mahoney.
DecOria-M. J. Bowe, Geo. Painter.
Jamestown-P. Vaughan, Robt.
Madigan, Henry Smith, Anthony
Baynes.
Lincoln-Herbert Olson.
Beauford-P. Hawley, Geo. Dolan,
Edward Junkey.
South Bend-L. Seppman.
Sterling Joseph Dobie, S. M.
Keith.
Mapleton-Wm. Strobe, NJ. Fox,
Herman Borchart, II. NJ Quinn, G.. L.
James.
Ceresco-Thos. Rooney, Walter No
bles.
Lake Crystal-W. Robinson, c. T.
Oakley, ID. A. Reid.
Pleasant Mound-E. Bartholomew,
Q. G. Schneeberger, M. Dempsey.
Amboy-Lewis Walz, w. I. Stephens,
A. S. Cole.
Cambria-R. Fl. Hughes.
McPherSOn-ChaS. O'ConnOr, John
Bestman, John Murphy, Isaac Autry,
d. T. Rasdall
First Ward-F'rank Henlein Frank
Bienapf, ThOs. Butser, John Duane,
Adolph Deebach, Geo. MaXfeld, Jacob
Effer. j. Z. Wise Jr. proxy for A.
Deebach
Second Ward-Q. Leonard, John
Trenhauser, Jr., Jos. Landkammer,
jus. VdllIdll, Ii. y. "A. I1lelSCnef, y OS.
Bienapf, ID. z. Hayes, Nicholas Thil-
gen, Jas. Henry, Geo. Krost. John
Diamond proxy for John Trenhauser.
Third Ward-Fred Eichorn, p. L.
Vranizan, Chas. L. Taylor, Leo Kieffe,
Cooley Root, VIM. Buckholtz, Geo. T.
Boynton, Michael Coughlin.
Fourth Ward-Andrew Anderson,
James Coy, w. III. Pfeffer, Prof. j. r.
Brandrup. A. Anderson proxy for j.
B. Coy.
Fifth Ward-J. A. Flittie, o. Little,
w. r. Hughes, j. G. Wise, Jr. James
Dougherty proxy for 0. Little.
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