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

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gates seconded the melton, but Mt MT.
Buckman refused to entertain Il.
Mr.. Williams then insisted that MI.
Buckman had no right to ignore the
motion, nnd thnt.he had no right to
refuse to recognize Rhodes. Davidson 'l'
md Fuller. He declared thAt Mt.
Buchanan was chairman only by
courtesy Of the uncOntested ,'iele-- &
gates, and had no right to refuse 70
hear the men who wished ~
present their claims to seats IN the
convention. Buchanan declared
the thing had gone far enOngsl,
andisnid the temporary organtz,yll-.
tiOn should he made permanent. All
motions concerning the report Of tue
committee on Credentials were then
ignored. and a motion Of +. D. Hail
TINT the temporary organiza ton t,e
made the permanent Organization
was then put-despite protests tllnt. Y.
it was out of order. Buckman de-
claretl the motion carried. and and
allowed no appeals, and refused TO
recognize any one. He then stated
aud put motions and declared them
carried, adopting the report'of the
committee on credentials. No pre-.
tense was made Of following any
Known rules of order. and the chair
man simply declared results with q
rapidity and recklessness that be-
came almost amusing. it was such a
raw and Unprecedented proceeding.
When he finally declared everything
to be as he wanted it, L e. Staples.
secretary of the convention, was
recognized, and made a protest
against such methods. He detailed
the lavish expenditure Of money, anu
the wholesale distribution Of beer. in
his precinct by the Clough crowd.
and the voting of Democrats and
non-residents II. the contested pre-
cincts Of the city. He called atten-
tion to the illegal proceedings Of9the
chairman and declared that no Lee
delegate should submit to it. Many
lee delegate were IN the fOGr at
once, declnring tl:ey would not sub
mt to the chairmnn's arbitrary
proceedings. and the Lee delegates
left the hall. and recOnvened at the
city nall. A. G. Lawrence OF Motley
W. as elected chairman and Secretary
Staples continued in his position. A
committee on credentials was ap-
pointed. and reported the following
delegates entitled to seats In the
conventions:
-. Ir> DELEGATES. .%z.
Agram-Bowen Rathbun. -
Belle Prailie-BarOmme DOucette.
Lyman Aver, Sam Gorst, Andrew
Hanson. s@ ri
Buckman-E Estey, Adam Shea,
Frank Mason.
Buh-Mike Meyer.
Bellevue-I. w. BOuck, Frank
Long. "A. Nichols, H. NJ. Logan.
A. A, Merrill, ~
Culdrum-A. Buelow, three votes.
Clough-Elmer House. .-~...
l'ushing-Herman Carlson, Jacob
SOrensOn. +.,
Elm kDele-Watkin Davies, J.. j..
jacobson, VIM. Boyle, Hans Larson,
r. n. Hansen, Gus Nelson.
Green prairie-F. d. Hail, VIM.
Edfen.
Little Falls Town-Wm. Pedley,
John Johnson, John L. Klapp..
Little Falls City, First Ward-J.
H. Rhodes. Z. A. Lindbergh, Peter
Lemay, j. A. Nelson, E. $. Brown, j.
BOckhorni.
Second Ward, first precinct-W. M.
Fuller, Alva Ashcraft, Carl Bulander,
F. x. LaFond. A. r. Davidson. @
SECOND Ward, second precinct
Isaac e. Staples, Frank kSouthmayde,
Hans Jorgenson, j ohm Legesse.
Third Ward-T. G. Gordon, C. +.
EngstrOm, John Anderson, D.. d.
Olds, +. DrOsk owski.
Motley-A. 6. Lawrence, George
Mosher, Jas. H. Baker
Morrill-W. M. Begordis.
Pike Creek-7M, NJ. Williams, G. j.
Mattison.
Pierz Nick Hennen.
Parker--Emery Mills.