The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09

to cast the full vote of the delega.
tion. A majority of all the votes was
required to nominate.
1t did not take the PopulIst con-
vention Saturday afternoon long to
nominate legislative 'ticket after
the balloting had begun. The first
formal ballot on representative re-
suited:
Geo M Alderman. ......... |
Guy w DAILY. Recommendations. 4
Ed Cornish.
u . Evans. 10
Mr.. Evans was declared nominated.
Unanimous consent was asked for but
not given for the presentation of an
other name. 1t had been intended
tapresent the name of Hubert Brules.
A second formal ballot resulted as
follows:
Ackerman. ................. az
Ddly. ........... ........ ....lO
CORNISH. ............. l
Mr.. Ackerman was declared
nominated.
Mr.. DAILY moved that Mr.. Cornish
be nominated as the third represen-
EaJive He would himself decline.
Matters bad now reached the point
where ne had wanted them TO be,
fifteen TO one, he said.
Mr.. Perry said that it should be
II ,kp. rfch il n
Populis6. He had never heard SO be-
You'd doubt.
Messrs. DAILY and Johnson vouched
for Mr. Cornish's Populsm, and the
motion was carried.
Mr. Morrison moved that a central
committee of one from each commits
sioner district be selected. This was
carried.
Mr.. Morrison asked that A. E..
Clark's name be substituted for him
self as delegate to the congressional
convention, and this was done.
The delegates from each commits
sioner district caucused by them
selves and chose the members Of the
county central committee. as follows:
First district. N. M. Smith
Second district ..........A "A. II. CLARK
Ihlrd district. .........P. j. jenkins
Fourth district. ....... John GOOdhall
Fifth district. ...........G. w. DAILY
Tellers Drews and Smith were in
structed to take up collection to
pay the hall rent, S., and succeeded
in raising S5.O5.
The chair started lengthy dis
cussion by asking whether the con-
vention wanted to select delegates to
a judicial convention.
Mr.. Clark moved that the chair
appoint a committee of three to act
with similar committee Of Walton
wan county Populists to call a con.
vention, in case the Democratic can
didate is not satisfactory, and in case
he is satisfactory to endorse his
nomination. This was carried, and
the chair appointed A. E. Clark, of
Mankato; w. B. Johnson, of Ceresco;
and Hubert Bruels, of Mcpherson.
Mr.. Clark said that the convention
should Galso elect delegates to the
judicial convention, so that another
county convention for this purpose
should not be necessary. He moved
that the delegates to the congress
sional convention be also made the
delegates to the judicial convention,
as it was not now known what the
basis of representation would be.
The chair expressed doubt as to
the legality of such proceeding.
Mr.. Clark said that there are no
decisions on the subject, and that
there might be a question about it's
legality.
Mr.. Currier said that it was pro-
badly not prison offense to elect the
delegates.
Mark Wildes took occasion to
mildly roast the present condition of
things, and said that it was necessary
to have several years almanacs in
order to know where we are at. He
thought that the American people
are in the same condition as the
Philippines and Cubans.
No action was taken, and the con-
vention adjourned.
Mr.. Clark announced that the
county central COMMITTEE would hold
a meeting at his office to organize
and outline plans,