The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-09
POPS CONVENE.
A Few Gather in County Con-
ventiOn.
After LOns-Winded Resolutions They
Proceed to Make Some NOmi=
nations.

The Populist county convention
met at the city hail at 200 p. m. oatur.
day and was called to order by Chair
man f. M. Currier. of the county com.
mittee, and Mr.. Currier was elected
chairman and Ralph Healy, of Beau.
ford, was elected secretary.
An adjournment was taken to
Union hall, owing TO it's being cooler
and larger.
The following committee on Gre
dentiais was appointed: E Rosen-
berger, city; Ge". B. Lamp, Sterling:
w, M. Smith, Jamestown.
The attendance was very small,
only few scattering delegates from
outside Of the City being present.
The committee reported the follow
ing entitled to seats:
Third ward--F NJ Currier, V A
Tenney.
Fourth war6-A E Clark, E Rosen-
berger.
Fifth ward-A VI Morrison, Fl Nc.
Cullom, E Morris.
Sixth ward-A Il Dickson.
JamestOWn-Jouu G Korteum, w
M Smith, Wiz Doran, Frank
Vaughan, 4 T KuTueUm.
Maple tOu--G Nj Cooper, G A Hos.
kins, ] Hussey, f NJ Mullen,
Cambria-P. J. Jenkins, D. P.
Davis.
Rapidan-Joseph Schooner. A. D.
Thompson, G. M Reynolds.
Ceresco-W D Johnson, E MeiXell,
J Woodball
Sterling-J E Drews, T E Acker-
man, G B Lamp.
Total, % delegates.
This report was adopted. and the
following gentlemen who were pres
emit but not delegates were admitted
to seats in the conventions:
Decoria-Fayette Wilder, Walter
Henry.
Shelby-Geo Perry.
Danville-Wm Cary.
Medo-G M Alderman.
Lime-M L, Wildes.
Beauford-O Mullen, Ralph Healy
The chair appointed the following
committees, having been directed tC
do so by motions:
Resolutions-A. M. Morrison, John
Korteum, w. D. Johnson.
To nominate 80 delegates to the
congressional conventional. A. Hos
kins, P. ]. Jenkins, Fayette Wilder.
At this point, Mr.. Clark, who had
just declined to serve on the commit
tee on nomination, discovered that
the convention was still under tenn
porary organization, and on his motion
the temporary organization was made
permanent.
The chair said that if there
was any gentleman present who de
sired to make speech, now was the
time to do so, while the convention
was waiting on the committees. No
body volunteered.
Mr. Rosenberger, who had taken a
prominent part in the convention, be-
ginning with the naming Of the
chairman, moved that A e. CLARK
be invited to give an address. M.
Clark responded and took The plat
form. He held that time is justifyine
some of the demands made in the
platform Of the last Populist nationa
convention. New issues have arisen
out Of the war, but he did not think
that the time had come for the
party to frame any definite
policy in regard to territorial
expansion. 1t was the American PEG
pie who declared for the war with
Spain, while it was Hanna and the
business men who held back. Mr.
Clark then referred TO state issues
and reverted to the candidates fol
governor of the state.
Tue committee on resolutions pre-
sented lengthy report as follows:
We hereby reafflrm our allegiance
to the grand principles of our party a!
enunciated ia Jour state and nationa
platforms since the formation of oul
grand and noble party at Omaha, Jul!
Attn, 1890
We congratulate the citizens Of rhi!
great nation on their loyalty and fer
vent patriotism, and we would alike
honor the brave y and her0ism dis
played by both our Amy and navy
and we condamD in theHtrongeSt pos
sible language the blunders and awfu
crimes committed against our brave
bnys both in camps on native soil, AZ
well as these on foreign battle fields
by merciless and incompetent army
sI1roeons. yenal contractors, hedrtles.