St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22
DAVIS HAS FRIENDS
IN SEVERAL CONVENTIONS THEY
DEFEAT INSTRUCTIONS FOR
NHkINLEY,
VOTE IS COMPLIMENTARY,
AS THE SENTIMENT SEEMS TO BE
STRONGLY FOR THE OHIO
MAN.
ANTI-PETTIGREw FORCES STRONG
Promise to Make 1t Hot for the
Congressman in the South Da-
kOta Convention

! Specials to the Globe.
OWATONNA, Mimi, March 81
- The Republican convention for
Steele county was held in the
court house here this afternoon
| The delegates named for the state
| convention We're: George Griffin, H.
| Wentworth, George Peachy, John Nor
| ton, George Lee, Thomas Kelly, A.
| L. Sherry. James Harris, G. F. Car
! doff, NJ. d. Whitman, o. d. Selleck,
William Rosenthal, William E. Nor
| ton. The delegates chosen for Rush
! ford We're: C. S. CrandalI, Soren Pet
| erson, c. K. Bannett, L. Anderson, O.
! Lee, NJ. S. Alexander, Iver Anderson,
! j. Il. Bancord, S. S. Green, Willis
Chambers, Aaron Hemingway, p J.
! Sheldon, H. A. Finch and J. Frank
! Dean. Quite a breeze was raised when
DR.. E. E. Bigelow moved that the dele
| gates to each Of the conventions be
! instructed to vote for men who. as
delegates to the national convention.
would pledge themselves to support
Mckinley. The discussion on this mo-
ton was spirited, but when the vote
! was called for, it did not receive a
| single supporting vote. While Steele
county is favorable to Mckinley. It is
| also so kindly disposed to Senator
Davis that it did not propose to pledge
itself to one candidate. Steele county
Will present the name of Hon. J. NJ
Dlment as a delegate from the First
district to the national convention.
ALBERT LEA.-At the convention
tdoay the Freeborn county Republicans
instructed for Mckinley and Gibbs.
and the district delegation was ordered
to work for the election of Prof L. S.
SWenson, of this city, as delegate to the
national convention. The state dele
cation is headed with John l.. Gibbs.
and has John A. Lovely, ex-senator
Halvorson, eX-Representative Erickson
and Aldermen Brundin and Skinner
among the number, while the district
delegates have Senator T. V. Knatvold
at the head, and Prof. Swenson. Mayor
Gilrup and Aid. Gulbradson in the list.
Every precinct in the county was rep
resented save one, and the Mckinley
sentiment was wild.
AUSTIN, Minn.-At the Republican
county convention held in this city
this afternoon, delegates were elected
to attend the state and district con-
Ventions. Resolutions were adopted fa-
voring Mckinley for president, and in
dorsing Senator Davis championship
! of the Monroe doctrine, and the stand
taken by Senator Nelson for sound
money. N. Kingsley heads the delega-
ton to Minneapolis, and Senator S
SWeningSOn is chairman of the deIega
tion to Rushford.
ROCHESTER. = Republican county
1OIay y-fAr1 f;Nr, l,111 L,
the election of the following named del
! egates to the state convention at Min
neapolis: A. r. Haggarty, B. f. Bulen,
l.. e. Somerville, j. G. Bush, B. A.
| Doherty, c. L. Case, d. L. Kenney. e
| s: Woolridge, A. L. Morey, E. Fair
| child, Edwin Dunn, C. E. Callahan, J.
| A. Leonard, J. H Wagner, V. b. Har-
! ris. G. w. Baker, G. w. Cove and c.
f. McCray. Those elected to attend the
| district convention at Rushford are c.
| N. Stewart, +. w. Dietr, Isaac Rice.
! c. r. Bondy, r. w. Bondy. Joseph I'm
| derleak, Robert Forester, Ralph Whit
ney, N. Magneson, J. B. Kendall, H NJ
Richardson, w. H. L. Donaldson, A T.
Stebbins, J. A. Malone, George McDer-
mott, f. D. Wood, J. A. leonard and
John W. Peck. An attempt was made
to instruct the delegates, but the con-
| Vention was in no mood for it, and all
attempts to offer resolutions or instruc-
tions were promptly voted down.
| WINONA, Minn.-The Republicans
| today held their county convention In
this city to elect district delegates to
the Rushford convention and state del
egates to the Minneapolis convention
All delegates were instructed strongly
for Mckinley. The Rushford delega tes
ale: L. II. Keep, A. B. Dyar, Frank
| Ialubcki, William Tolleson, c. A. Full
! Ter, H. w. Johnson. S. Garretson C Gorge
Salisbury, John Herek, John Krus, S
| McAlvany, F. ]. Lafky, A. Miller, D.
G. Martin. G. M Corey, A Liberia. L.
Smith. w. B. Anderson J. N. May
i bury.
The Minneapolis delegates are: j. F.