The representative., 1900-09-13

nomination Of Nearly. This was one of the
methods adopted to force the will of the
triple boss-ship upon the convention.
ROSING AND O'BRlEN PROMPTERS.
The convention was continuous round of
pleasure for Messrs. Rosing and O'Brien.
Both of them sat, the greater part Of the
time, just to the rear of Chairman Har-
ries, and when the latter exhibited symptoms
Of forgetting his business he was quickly
prompted, and the slate was skillfully
pushed through.
Another instance where the chairman,
evidently in full sympathy with the slate
program, seemed to forget the rules of par
liamentary procedure was in the nomina-
tion of attorney general. r. G. Saunders.
Pine county, had been agreed upon for
the place, but some uninformed delegate had
the temerity to nominate H. H. Hawkins in
opposition. Instead of allowing the dele
gates to choose between the two the chair
man entirely ignored the Hawkins nomina-
tion and declared Saunders nominated
But however queer or unjust these meth
DDS may have seemed to the spectators, of
whom there were about score in the hall,
the delegates made no protest. and evidently
failed to mark the frightful strides toward
imperialism which their beloved party
was making under the leadership of Lind.
Rosing and O'Brien.
In making the nominations for the su-
preme bench there were indications that
some of the delegates had minds Of their
own. Some of them were there instructed
to vote for the Endorsement Of Start and
Collins, the Republican nominees, but the
failure of the attempt to secure the indorse-
ment for Start cooled their ardor and two
Democrats were placed on the ticket.
The roll was called upon the PROPOSE
tion to indorse Judge Start, and he received
142 votes, as follows: Blue Earth "a;
Houston, s; Itasca 1; Olmstead, II; Ram
sey, 1; Rock, 4; st. Louis, 4S; Wabasha. II;
Winona, 49, The comments of the dele
gates as the vote was cast were amusing.
The bombastic chairman Of some far away
delegation would usually rise and spout
something about "Squedunk county votes
for the Democratic candidate" and the
crowd would yell. 1t was looked upon as
a disgrace to vote for Start.
THE CHAIRMAN INTERPOsED.
Judge M. ]. Severance, Mankato. was
first nominated for the associate Justice
ship, but Chairman Harries evidently knew
a thing or two, and asked the nominator If
he had any reason to suppose that Judge
Severance would accept the nomination.
The delegate did not know, and when E. T.
Champlin, backed by Judge Daniel Buck,
both from Blue Earth county. gave their
word for it that Severance was to be heard
declaring almost every day upon the streets
of Mankato that he would not vote for
William Jennings Bryan, the nomination
J. G. Nethaway, Saltwater. substituted in
his place.
Quite a number of the candidates are lit
tie known. The nominee for state treas
urer, H. G. Koerner, is an employe in the
bank examiners Office, and resident of
the Third congressional district. T. ].
Meighen, the Populist nominee for lieuten-
ant governor, is a farmer who has been a
consistent Populist for many years. Two
years ago Mr.. Meighen very nearly sloughed
into the ranks Of the midroaders.
M. E. Neary, candidate for secretary of
state, is we'll known in the circles of or
ganiZed labor.
r. c. Saunders, the nominee for attorney
general, Is county attorney of Pine county,
so it is said, but is little known in state
politics.
The candidates for the railway and ware
house commission are, next to Gov Lind,
the best known in Minnesota politics.
F. c. Brooks, candidate for chief justice,
is now a district judge in Hennepin county