The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-18
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE

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OF THE PEOPLES PARTY OF
MINNESOTA.
An Important and Harmonious
Meeting-Their Proceedings.
The State Central Committee of the
Peoples Party of the State of Mime
sofa met, March 10, at the Brunswick
Hotel, NJ nneapoiis. Besides the COM
mittee a great many prominent Popu-
lists were present, Including Major ].
NJ. Bowler. Secretary Aver of the Peo-
pies Party League, Prof. Dobbyn, Edi-
tor OF the Progressive Age, and many
others
The Minneapolis Times says:
''Tne attendance was much larger
utive committees. OF the q members
IS were present. as follows: il. Yer
milya. OmSted Hon. E. J. Meilicke,
Cottonwood: w. G. DAILY, Blue Earth:
S. II. Harrison. Mower; o. F. Nor
wood, Lyon: H. A. Swain. Rice: H. V.
Poore. RenvilIe; NJ. r. Pendergast and
Ii. G. Peterson, Ramsey county; ], Fl.
Paul, L. D. Brown and E. R. Lynch,
Henncpin county; L. A. Paddock. ST.
Louis; Martin O'Bren, Polk: G. F.
Aldrich, Swift; G. N. Lamphere, Clay:
IN True, Itasca. Geo. N,Lamphere, of
Moorhead, delegate from Clay county,
is the editor Of the "Moorhead Daily
News" and a recent convert to the
Populist cause. The matter Of calling
the state nominating convention was
left to an executive committee COM
posed of seven members of the state
executive committee, with Chairman
Meighen as chairman of the commit
tee on convention. 1t was not decided
at what time it would be held, this be-
ing left to the smaller committee, in
Structed as stated above"
The first business was the election
Of Martin O'Brien, of Crookston, as
temporary secretary.
The resignation of DR.. E. f. Clark
and Thomas H. Lucas as members of
the committee were received. read
and accepted, without debate.
Mr.. A, L. romberg, of Washington
county, was then elected member of
the committee in place of John L.
Macdonald resigned.
The chairman of the committee was
directed to select permanent secre-
tary for the committee, and he named
Mr.. H. A. Swain. OF Rice county.
Messrs. Err. Lynch, and L. D. Brown,
of Minneapolis, were elected members
of the committee in place of DR..
Clark and T. II. Lucas resigned.
Moved by Mr.. G. P. Aldrich, second
ed by Mr.. L. A. Paddock, that, in view
Of the fact that our state convention
is to be held after the National Con-
vention, and to avoid the expense of
an additional state convention, this
committee will now proceed to nomi-
nate two delegates at large to the Ma
tioEal Convention at St. Louis, and
that those delegates be Ignatius Don
nelly and S. M. Owen, carried unani-
mously.
It was moved by Mr.. Lynch, of Hen
nepin county, and seconded. that each
congressional district shall select the
number of delegates to which it is en-
titled, (ncluding one at large). Car
ried
Moved by Mr.. Martin O'Brien. and
seconded, that the regular state con-
vention for the nomination of state
officers aud the congressional conven-
tions be held after the National Con-
vention. Carried unanimously.
This was in accordance with sug-
gestion received from the National
Executive committee of the Peoples
Party.
Moved by Mr.. Poore, and seconded
by Mr. Paddock, that the state conven-
tion be held August 5, 1896. Moved as
subs titute that the time and place
of holding state convention be left to
the executive committee. Seconded
and carried.
Mr.. ]. H. Paul, of Minneapolis, was
| nominated as a member of the exec
utive committee, and unanimously
elected. Mr.. NJ. r. Prendergast. of
St. Paul, was nominated and unani-
mously selected as a member of the
executive committee.
1t was moved by Mr.. O'Brien, and
seconded by Mr.. Norwood, that the
executive committee issue an address
containing a statement Of the num-
Der of delegates to which each con-
gressionai district is entitled to the
National Convention, at St. Louis.
Carried.
Moved that represen tation to the
state convention be based on the vote
given for governor in 1894, and that
there be one delegate for each 100
votes cast for governor and that each
county have one delegate at large; and
fractions of 100 votes shall not be con-
Sidered. Cared.
On motion the committee ad-
journed. MARTIN O'BRIEN.
Sec'y pro TEN.
TAKE NOTICE..