The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-07-03

tiOn.
A motion by Mr.. Hays to recon-
NIT the first resolution to the COM
mittee was defeated. He wanted
something to fight on in the cam
paign.
DR.. Livingston, of Wells, thought it
was the duty of Republicans to stand
by the st. Louis convention, which
had established the principles of the
party. He moved that everything but
the St.Louis platform be stricken out.
The sound money" amendment
was then unanimously carried.
The nomination of congressman
was taken up.
Geo. W. Somerville advanced and
was received with great applause. He
said that this is pre7eminently the
year of the people, who have suffered
enough at the hands of the Demo
cratic party. Platt, Quay and Clark
son, the great political triumvirate,
was swept away by this wave of popu-
| lar feeling which reached fioOd-tide at
st. Louis when that grand man, Nc
Kinley, was nominated. 1t remains
for us to make change from debt
making to debt paying policy. The
people of the Second congressional
district have made choice, and their
choice is my choice. Let the peoples
will be done. If everyone does as
much as | will to return an able con-
gresham, he will be triumphantly
elected. Great applause.) In order
to settle this question right here, |
move that Hon. James T. McCleary
be nominated by reclamation. The
applause was deafening, and cheers
for Somerville heartily given.
This was seconded by several dele
gates, and then G. L. Benedict arose,
and on behalf Of Blue Earth county
seconded the nomination. He said
that the principle in the financial
plank of the ST. Louis platform were
found in Mr.. McCleary's speech on
Feb 18th. Mr.. McCleary's great eff
cheney were referred to, and Mr.. Bene-
dict said that some day Mr. Somerville
will be nominated, as Mr.. McCleary
will be today.
A Cottonwood county farmer dele
gate, E D. Moers, spoke of the need
Of a sound money congressman. He
| Of in led
| J. FL Welsh, for Faribault county,
and Editor Bennett, Of the Granite
Falls Journal an old soldier on be-
half of all of the old veterans, secur-
ed the nomination. The latter said
that if all of the districts had such
Representative as this, the pension
agents in Washington could go fishing
with Grover Cleveland.
The motion for the nomination of
Mr.. McCleary by reclamation was car
ried unanimously, with cheers.
Messrs. Somerville, Welsh and
Benedict were appointed committee
to notify Mr.. McCleary of his nomi-
nation.
The following congressional COM
mittee was chosen:
Blue Earth-C L. Benedict, chair
man.
Martin-D. w. Sprague.
Mobiles G. M. Crandall.
Lyon-C. f. Case.
Yellow Medicine-C. A. Bennett.
Jackson-W d. Hill.
Brown-L. B. Crook.
Faribault-Geo. W. Boswell.
Redwood-A. B. King.
Nicollet-Daniel Fichthorne.
Professionally w. Robey.
Murray. A. Maxwell.
Cottonwood-F. @. Collins.
| WatOnwan-A. III. Helleck.
! Rock-Olof Skiberg.
Lac qui Parle-A. j. Peterson.
Lincoin-John Mackenzie.
Chippewa-C. E. Barber.
On motion of another county, Mr.
Benedict was elected chairman.
The committee soon afterwards re-
turned with Congressman McCleary,
whose entrance created applause. Mr..
Somerville introduced "the next con-
gresham, who made very neat
speech. He said that he felt proud
and happy, proud to be again called to
be standard-bearer in this district. In
the audience he saw some of the sixty
who voted for him four years ago.
| Some then on the other side are pres
ent, and were now on his side, show
ing that they considered the fears for
student congressman unfounded.
Every county has sent almost full
delegations, showing that this is the
peoples year. He felt proud of the
method of the nomination. Not until
the latter part of May had he an
nounced himself as a candidate. He
spoke kindly of Mr.. Somerville as a
friend of fifteen years standing, and
would be for thrice fifteen years to
come. Had the convention nominated
him, he would have been worthy of it.
He made worthy fight, and no I'M
kind words toward the speaker were