Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-06-19

os admitting the t;lough delegates.
when the convention was called 70
order after dinner, the fight was on,
and Mr. Buck man kindly stated that
all Republicans could ask was a fair
and full hearing Of all differ ences.
and declared that he proposed t.
give 1t. When the report Of thecom-
mittee on credentials was presented
a motion was made by Mr.. BOuck
that the report he, adopted. The
motion was seconded and stated to
the convention. Mr.. Williams
moved, as an amendment that the
report be amended by the suhstitu-
tiOn OF the names on the Lee ticket.
Ii eaded by J.. H. Rhodes, for the
names on the Clough ticket, headed by
Jerome.Mecusker. in the First ward.
and the substitution Of the names
OF the list OF Lee delegates headed
by w. NJ. Fuller. for the names OF
the Clough delegates headed by 4. B.
Buck man. This amendment was
stated, and remarks called for by
Chairman Buckman. G.. A Lind
sbergh took the floor. and II ever u
yet 81 political crooks received q
srOrching from an honest man it
was then. He began ny recitine
the early boasts that Morrison
county would be carried for Clough
If it cost $50, 900. He dwclt upon the
wrong ofs:rving to control the senti-
ment of acuunty by such means.
He then referred to the details Of the
caucus in his precinct-thc, First
ward. He said that he attended the
Caucus, and took an active part i'm
it's proceedings. for the reason that
lit was weH known that efforts
would be made to Illegally secure a
major for Clnugh. He saw every
ballot that was east, and there was
distinct difference in the size OF the
ballOts-sO that those looking ON
plainly sAW which ticket most
voters cast. He personally
knew most Of the Democrats in his
precincts, and he knew that at least
20 OF the Clough delega te tickets Were
cast by men who were Democrats.
Some Of the C,lough tickets were cast
i,yi men who q Few stla vs bef ore llsfti
cast ballots III Democratic caucus.
When these Democrats Were chAl-
lenged. they would make but one
reply to questions, and that reply
was 81 vote the Republican ticket. .
When a few had been challenged, Mr..
Lindbergh stated that q ClOuRh man
present declared that there was no
use in challenging those men; that
they had been trained and schOoled
as to what reply to make. and that
the one reply was always ready.
Mr.. Lindbergh stated that he asked
one Democrat whom he voted for for
governor in 1884. A bystander told
the questioned man in German to
answer Il vote the Republican
ticket, = and to every question asked
by Mr.. LindDergh this same reply
was made. This bystander voted a
Cl 3ugh ticket at this caucus, and
also voted at the Democratic caucus
a few days before. Mr.. Lindbergh
also stated other facts to show the
methods employed. He then ap-
.pealed to the delegates Of the con-
vention to protect the Republican
party from the success Of such. lie
made one Of the strongest arguments
against fraud and illegal methods
ever heard by a Morrison county
audience. 1t was convincing, and
carried the convention and audience
into enthusiastic approval. Mr..
Buelow then made few remarks,
and Victor Schallern attempted to
explain the beauties Of the Clougll
tactics in the first precinct OF the
Second ward. Mr.. BOuck then made
the remarkable statement that the
credentials showed that the ClOugh
delegates were elected in the two
disputed precincts Of the .city. and
the opposition had nothing upon
which to base their claims. J. H.
Rhodes, A. r. Davidson and w. NJ.
Fuller evidently thought different,
aud each endeavored to sec ure the
floor. Mr.. Buchanan had evidently
suffered enough from MIR. r.Lindbergh's g
appeal to the convention, and did
not care to have Mr.. Rhodes get q
chance to speak. The chairman
suddenly changed his mind about g
full hearing of the case, and declared
he would not recognize Rhodes
Davidson or Fuller. He seemed real
earnest. Mr.. Rhodes took the pla t.
form and endeavored to secure the
consent OF the chairman to speak
but could not get it. Buckman took
charge of matters then and pounded
the table with his cane, and glareG
at his opponents. It was good
stuff and he tickled both sides. He