The representative., 1900-09-06
ONE ACT
FARCE.
Hennepin County Popu1ists At
tempt to Hold a Con-
Vention.
Not Enough Present to Half
Make Up the State
Delegation.

One of the most amusing farce comedies
of the season was that staged by Hennepin
Populists last evening at Labor Temple
under the title Of "A Mass Convention"
The audience, which numbered only three
or four more than a score, enjoyed the fun
from beginning to end. and the efforts Of the
star performer. Paul Fontaine, one Of Gov.
Linds apt pupils. were most highly appre-
ciated. In addition to Mr. Fontaine, there
were few others In the cast who deserve
especial mention, the number including
Thomas Chapman, A. D. Campbell, L. D.
Brown, Frank Warner, Frank Hoskins, and
some others whose names it is not easy to
recall.
DR.. II. B. Fay wandered into the meet
Ing, but the reception accorded him was
SO chilly that he concluded to shorten his
stay as much as possible. and after he had
counted those present he gracefully retired,
convinced at least that the mid-roaders
could make better showing.
A. d. Campbell presided. and H. ]. o.
Reed acted as secretary Mr.. Fontaine was
the chief mover In the farce. In fact,
every motion passed was Of his authorship,
except when it came to the makeup of the
campaign committee, when he was ably
assisted by Thomas Chapman.
At the outset Mr. Fontaine wanted COM
mittee of three appointed to name 1853 dele
gates to the state convention which is to
be held in this city Sept. 9, but Frank Hos
kins thought 1t would be better for those
present to vote themselves in as delegates,
with the power to cast the entire 1853 votes.
EVERYONE A DELEGATE.
After Mr.. Fontaine had explained that it
was his intention that each one Of those
present should be made a delegate Hoskins
withdrew his resolution, and Messrs Fon-
taine. Brown and Chapman were appointed
committee to think up 163 Populists for
convention purposes. Then the real fun
began.
Inc thing seemed easy enough. For some
time the names rolled glibly from the
tongues of those present, until they reached
the conclusion that there were enough but
a count revealed the fact that fully 100
more were needed, and from that time on
1t was hard shedding.
John Jones would be suggested but in
nine cases out of ten John had either
changed his place OF residence or his poll
tics. The city directory was suggested, but
the suggestion was scorned. Several whose
Republicanism cannot now be questioned
were placed upon the list, Notwithstanding
the fact that their change of base was
known to the committee. Others were given
room upon the delegation who are candi-
dates for Democratic nomination in the
county.
but all this was necessary for, sad to
say. those present could not think of the
names Of 1853 Of their faith. Two hours
work suficed, however, to construct a list
which it was thought would pass muster
and sigh Of relief went up all over the
room.
The convention, II such it may be called
will doubtless be the last Populist conven-
tion ever attempted in Hennspin county
Those present last evening were frank in
acknowledging that such mockery was prac-
tically useless. and while some Of them re-
fuse to believe that their party has been
gobbled up by the Democracy, they were
few in number The great majority were
there to conduct a Democratic side show
and did not hesitate to admit the soft i'm
parchment.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
Following is the list Of delegates named to
attend the state convention, with power
conferred upon such as attend to cast the
entire vote of the delegation:
d. H. Kingsley, A. Ortman, e. Flaven. B.
F. McCutcheon, c. w. Powers, W. E.
Campbell. p. Hoban. s. Anderson, r. H.
Draper, Richard Whittle, H. s. Goff Mar
tin Johnson, Martin Melgaard, Almond Lar
son. Peter Mccormick, w. P. Mccormick,
A. S. Neill, Peter O'Brien, James Bull,
James Fitzgerald. Deroid Fitzgerald How
ard Moses, Otto Holt, J. w. Pemberton,
Frank Chatelaine, John Davis, C. D. HoI-
comb, L. Schofield, E. B. Harrison. W. A.
Dallas. David Cove, George Slow, O. o.
Oyen, David Luby, William Versey, An
thony Dunlavey. William Ray, J. T. Rude,
N. 0. Peterson, Nels Juel F. W. Moss. A.
F. Moss, c. A. Grant, A. E. Pierce, F. A.
Knight, J. P. Wickstron, A. o. Mellon. G.
Bartch, John McElroy, A. J. Carl.
L. P. Soucy, DR.. Tiegen, A. T. Grotte, F.
H. Kastner, William Keeler. A. A. seger-
strom. Amasa Patch, Frank Carroll. c. H.
De Voc. T. B. Farmer, John Griffin, c. M
Ferre. H. s. Seed. E. D. Mcdonald, j. J.
Morrison, Henry Ebert, Oscar Valentine
M. P. Hobart, j. E. Holiness r. Hemstreet
J. c. Mcdonald, j. S. Ingalls,, w S. Hamil-
ton, A. S. Milestone. George Chatelaine
Kelliher, Thomas A. Clark. p F. Ham
mersley, J. w. Powers, ]. B. Moore. B.
Laftfield. J. ]. Somers, James Healey. J.
D. Taylor, G. B. Hoy. A. p Hill, James
Chapman. Richard Dunlavey, Duncan Had
ley, Dennis Harrington c. A. Wilkins. A.
Early, James Dunlavey, Abel B. Violet
Freeman P. Lane, Evert Nymanover. A. n
Roe, c. A. Sheffield. F. E. Mallet. T. Buck,
F. E. Crary. R. B. Langdon, w. R. Dob
byn. Edward Lund. c. H. Flenner. Andrew
Halstad, Andrew Hurum. George R. Law
renee. J. H. Paul. G. F. Peterson, w. F.
McCullom. Michael Engelbrrtson. Charles
Gibson. John Peterson, W. F. Morse. Will
liam BVrman. N o. Peterson, A. Moss. n.
A. Hanson, Charles Hultwark. Martin Ian.
sen, Joseph kordeng. H. N. Owen. Charles
Omen, Scott Weare, H. NJ. Gray. s. M
Owen. S. A. Strohmeier NJ Nelson. q. A.
Stevens. G. R. Beckwith. W. A. Todd.
Frank Hewett. L. F. Driscoll, Hans Isaac
son. A. D. Campbell, H. J. O. Reed, Paul
Fontaine. Thomas Chapman, l.. d. Brown.
Frank Warner, Frank Hoskins. William
Krey, W. G. Thornton, Fred Lindell, O. G,
Holt, John Jernstad. Arthur Murray. L. A.
Webery. Thomas Deallan. Louis N. Armean
Morris Luby, John Walsfeldt, j. H. Lv.1iord
George Ley, Tim Ryan, ]. B. Howe Milo
Stubbs, Pat Gearty.
The campaign committee selected was Il,
follows:
First ward, Thomas Chapman; Second.
L. d. Brown: Third. A. D. Campbell: Fourt;
Frank Hoskins; Fifth. George R. Lawrercs:
Sixth. John Peterson: Seventh, D. A. Ken
nedy; Eighth. w. F. McCullom; Ninth.
Charles Gibson; Tenth, L. A. Weberc:
Eleventh, Andrew Hurum; Twelfth. O. O.
Oyen; Thirteenth, Paul Fontaine: country.
Morris Luby, A. 8. Neill.
Senator Stewart.