Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-07-21
E. E. LOMMEN,
OF Polk Co., Selected As the
Man to Defeat Eddy.
The Contest in the Convention
Between L0ff1f11en and
DR.. Johnson.

Willis OOuuSOu VI OVOC1 4UAA,
chairman of the committee, cal
led the Seventh district populist
convention to order in the Lyc.
cum theatre at 1 o'clock Wednes.
day afternoon, July Is. The au'
ditorium was full of delegates.
The call was read by DR.. Chris
tian Johnson, secretary of the
committee. The congressional
committee recommended Nels
Guam of Kandiyohi for temper
airy chairman. He was elected
unanimously. l. |. Kaasa OF
Polk county was similarly recon
mended for temporary secretary
and elected. Mr.. Guam spoke
of the surprise to himself, and
hoped there would also be one
for the old parties this fall.
H. L. Shirley of Wilkin was
elected assistant secretary.
It was agreed that one mem Der
of each of the usual committees
should be selected by each coun.
ty delegation. The committees
we're thus made up as follows:
On Credentials-A. P. Messer, Bee
ker: S. H. Schjolberg. Big Stone;
E. H. Probstdeld, Clay: P. NJ. Larson,
Douglas: Ole Johnson, Grant: P. H
Frye, Kandiyohi: P. NJ. Hendricks,
Kittson; John Sinclair, MARSHALL; S.
J. Lee, Norman: Thos. Cole, Otter
Tail: Martin O'Brien, Polk: w. r..
Holly, Pope; A. Waag, Roseau: Au-
gust Mueller, Stevens: J. F. Uhl,
Swift: H. G. Marshall, Traverse: A..
A. B. Peterson. Wilkin.
On Permanent Organization-E. j..
Moore, Becker: D. P. O'Nei!, Big
Stone: Samuel Frazier, Clay: John
Kron, Douglass: Herman Hillman,
Grant: P. J. Dale, Kandiyohi: Ole
Melhahl, Kittson: Frank Remillard,
MARSHALL: Hans Juelson, Norman:
c.. W. Smith, Otter Tail: O. P. Rome,
Polk: J. G. Dickson. Pope; D. j..
Brenden, Roseau: L. Schlattman,
Stevens; John McGovern, Swift:
J. E. Dodds, Traverse: G. NJ. Wray,
Wilkin.
On Resolutions-B. Hanson, Becker:
Dr.. r. Patterson, Clay: Joseph Pen
mar. Douglas: J. Sackett, Grant:
Victor E. Lawson, Kandiyohi; w. r..
Ball, Kittson: r. Glavin, Marshall;
B. M. Chesley, Norman; A. C. Hatch,
Otter Tail: P. NJ. Ringdahl, Polk; l..
B. Cantleberry, Pope; Fred Bjorge,
Roseau: r. J. Hall Stevens: D. P.
Carney, Swift: G.. A. Westphal, Ira
verse: Robert Glover, WillSin.
The committees retired and
the candidates were called on for
speeches. Mr.. Boon took the
floor first and made a red-hot
speech.
Mr.. Lommen excused himself
from speaking because he had a
very bad cold.
Geo. n. Lamphere of Moorhead
spoke next.
DR.. Christian Johnson, of Will
mar, was called for. He thought
the call for speakers from among
the candidates did injustice to
Mr.. Lommen who could not
speak. He hoped the convention
would give Mr.. Lommen his just
dues. 1t was victory the conven-
ton was assembled for, and the
man best calculated to bring it
was the right man to nominate.
The heel of monopoly was heavy,
and this convention was to nomi-
nate a man who would help re-
lieve these burdens. The farm
ers do not get a just share of at
tention from the government.
Congress says: 1--WE can't help
YOU" The farmers look at the
east and are met with the state
ment by the coal men, the iron
men, the capitalists, that they
aren't doing very we'll either;
and congress listens to,that COM
plant and passes another law to
aid them, but the farmers of the
west get no such attention. We
investigate and find the abroga-
ton of the bi-metallic system is
responsible for much Of the
trouble that has come upon us.
We are asked: Chow will free
silver help your Some people
think the United States is going
to buy gold and silver, coin itand
give it to the people, Some of
the republicans still think this
would happen. Under the old
system we could coin either gold
or silver freely at the minis #
we had it; and if we had prod ucts
we could trade them for the bull