The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
Harmony FlOated Around
in Chunks in This After
moons Convention.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Democratic caucuseS Friday night
were very quiet affairs, there being no
contest anywhere. Immediately
after,the caucuses, a meeting of Demo-
Gratis was held in the basement OF
Union hall to talk over the situation
and decide upon what to do in regard
to the mayoralty. The meeting was
largely attended, and the sentiment
was largely in favor of A. r. Pfau,
although other names were mentioned.
Mr.. Pau was called for and said that
he would accept the nomination If the
party wanted him to run. From his
remarks, he left the impression that
he did not care much about the nom
nation 1t seemed to be case Of
necessity with the Democrats, as no
one else offered himself as a sacrifice.
There was also talk that resolutions
ought to be presented at this after
Moons convention, favOring the city
ownership of franchises, or some such
general resolve. Nothing definite
was reached on any point.
Chairman Hielscher of the Demo-
cratic city convention, raped the con-
vention to order at twenty minutes
after two o'clock. Numerous vacant
chairs among the delegates stared the
doctor in the face, and very few spec
tators were present. Secretary Wise
read the official call, Saturday.
.Jno. G. Thro nominated w. L. Com
stock for chairman, and the election
was made by reclamation without
opposition. Mr. Comstock courteously
returned thanks, and said that he
hoped that the same harmony would
prevail during the convention as had
existed in the party for some time
past. Jno. c. Thro was elected secre-
tary, on motion of Mr.. Wise.
The following COMMITTEE on creden-
Lials was appointed: First ward, J. D..
Duane; Second ward, D. P. Hayes;
Third ward, Henry Guth; Fourth
ward, B. E. Brown; Fifth ward, M.
H. Lamb; Sixth ward, B. Roemer.
On motion of Jno. D. Duane, the
chair appointed a committee on
resolutions, as follows: First ward,
Joseph Schlingerman; Second ward
J. A. Hielscher, chairman; Third
ward, G. o. Daley; Fourth ward, A.
M. Grout; Fifth ward, J. G. Wise
Jr: Sixth ward, A. Lille.
A recess was taken until the com,
mittees should be prepared to report.
The time passed slowly, as there was
little interest manifested. No con-
tests over any of the offices had de-
veloped, which made the convention
resemble soda water without the eff
fervescence, for the active interest in
a convention rests upon the efforts Of
candidates to secure the nominations.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported that the following were en-
titled to seats in the convention as
delegates:
First ward-Geo. Bienapf, Joseph
Schlingerman, j. ID. duane, A. w.
johnson, D. Coughlan, Jacob Effer.
Second ward-J. G. Thro, Peter
Krost. J. A. Hielscher, Joseph Bien-
apfi, Peter Huettl, Henry Leonard,
Mic Peterson, d. P. Hayes, John
Diamond, Fred Westhoff.
Third ward. Clement Schroeder, M.
L. Fallenstein, G. o. Daley, Henry
Guth, John Krost, Chas. L. Taylor,
Robt. Lamm, Anton Kieffer, 2. L.
Vranizan.
Fourth ward-A. M. Smith, r. E.
Brown, w. l.. Comstock, A. M. circuit,
John Bowen, M. r Abbott Jr.
Fifth ward-J. G. Wise, Jr., Hans
Jorgenson, James Dougherty, w. j,