The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-20

defeated by about the same vote Gen.
Baker protested against such action,
and said that there was no hidden OBJ
ject in the resolution. He said that Blue
Earth county should not be in the rear of
the whole country. We should look into
this matter more, and hold more conven-
tons.
Geo. w. Allyn favored a permanent
committee to continue the agitation, and
he protested against the way matters had
gone. Supervisors and path masters only
we're invited to the convention, yet from
one town there were dozen others who
were voting against the resolutions. The
delegates had spent their money to come,
and he protested against the outsiders
drowning the resolutions.
A delegate said that delegates beside
town officers were entitled to seats in the
convention.
Gen. Baker called for a division, and
the resolution was found to have been
carried by vote of 40 to 81.
M. b. Haynes moved that the perm
anent committee be the one on reso-
buttons. Geo. M. Palmer moved to
amend, that the chair take his time
to appoint the committee. He had
good roads, and he favored doing
down, but would continue, and men
are up to the times. He favored
committee which was favorable to
good roads.
Mr.. McGrath moved that each town
select it's own members, and this was
carried.
A motion that the resolutions COM
mittee act as permanent committee
was carried unanimously.
Gen. Baker moved that the cOnven-
tion proceed to elect ten delegates to
roads convention to be held at Min
neapolis, March 3lst and April 1st.
Objection was made to the chair Sc
lecting ten men one sided. A dele
gate favored sending the other COM
mittee to ST. Paul. Somebody else &C
cused Mankato Of running the thing.
The delegates started to leave the
room in a bad frame of mind, and &C
cusations were flying everywhere. DR..
Curryer and ChaS. Bennett undertook
to stay the tide, spreading oil on the
troubled waters. The latter said that
nearly all present were farmers, and
hardly business man from Mankato
was present, except few editors. 1t
was not fair to accuse the city, or to
doubt the fairness of the chairman,
who was farmer.
Mr. Choate made statement in re-
gard to the Minneapolis convention.
Good, practical farmers are wanted,
and the most active antagonists of the
movement should be sent, as the
farmers ideas are wanted. He asked
that the convention select it's own
delegates.
Gen. Baker disclaimed being in
any combination in the city in favor
of good roads. He had never been
approached, is farmer himself, and
his source of income is his farm. 1t
was most unkind to make the impu-
tatiOn that was made. He had never
sought to 60 on the committee, and
would not go. Every man knew that
his skirts were clear, and his integri-
ty untarnished. He would continue
to fight the battle of good roads. 1t
is the farmers convention, and not
five per cent Of the delegates are from
MankatO, and noble farmer yields
your influence in the chair, and who
Will 90 exact justice.
Geo. M. Palmer said that if there was
a man in the room who did not favor
good roads he would like to see him
step out. He corrected statement
that he had made any suggestion in
regard to the delegates to Minneap-
oils.
The chair appointed the following
delegates to the convention at Mime
apolis MessrS. Haigh, MaDkatO );
Sellers, Beauford; Marston, Rapidan;
Smith, Jamestown; Drew, Sterling;
Heinzeman, Lime Bryson, Lyra
Lock, Shelby; Young, South Bend:
Hannay, Vernon.
The convention adjourned few
minutes before five O'clock.
TO WORK For MANKATO.