New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-10-03
The Populist Convention. .

The Populist Convention.
Brown. County Populists met at
Springfield last Saturday to select a
county ticket. There were about forty
delegates present, nearly all the town.
ships in the county were represented.
Meeting was called to order by Heury
Heimerdinger the county chairman, G.
P. Cutting was selected for chairman
and W. F. Runck secretary of the con-
ventien.
Upon motion the chair appointed a
committee of credentials, consisting of
Messrs. Jesse Palmer, VIM. McPfee and
Paul Lehman. Upon motion the tenn
porary organization was made perma-
nent
A conference committee of five, one
from each commissioner district was ap-
pointed by the chair to wait on like
committee of the democrats, the object
being to make an amicable division of
the officers that each party was to NOM
mate. The chair appointed: W. R.
Hodges, VIM. F. Ruuck, Henry Heimer-
dinger, 81. G. Hillesheim and August
Backer.
A committee on resolutions consisting
of E. Hoidale, Edw. MCGOWAN and C.
Halvorson was appointed.
A recess was taken until afternoon for
a report of the conference committee.
On reconvening at one o'clock the
committee on conference reported that
the Peoples Party we're to select Coun-
ty Attorney, Register of Deeds, Sheriff,
Surveyor and one County Commissioner
for the first district. Said report was
adopted.
E. Hoidale, on behalf of the commit
tee read the following resolutions:
The delegates of the Peoples Party of
Brown county, in convention assembled,
hereby reafirm our allegiance to our
party and endorse unqualifedly the plat
forms adopted at its National and State
conventions.
We place our faith and trust in the
great common people for the advance
ment of whose interests and welfare our
party was formed and ask them to sus-
tain our principles and support our can
didates to the end that the masses and
not the classes shall rule IN this land of
liberty.
We especially endorse and approve
the administration of Cow Lind and
commend him for his honesty, fearless
ness and great ability IN the conduct of
his Office. AS his neighbors and friends
we are proud of the record he has made
and the good be has accomplished for
our great state and pledge to him our
energetic support in the pending cam
paign.
The nomination to I'LL the Offices was
then taken up. E.Hoidale, of New Ulm,
Was nominated by acclamation for couu-
ty attorney, August L. Matter, the pres
ent sheriff of the county was nominated
by reclamation.
For Superintendent of schools there
seemed to be but one man in the rank
of the Populist Party who WAS their
choice and that was Mr. John Cutting
of Home.
Capt. John Bushers, of New Ulm, was
selected for Register of Deeds.
J. z. Currant, that staunch old re-
former of Home was selected as candi-
date for surveyor.
AS soon as the above nominations were
made the Democratic convention was
informed and they also nominated them.
The nominees Of the Democrats were
also nominated by the Populists, max
ing complete ticket.
The new county committee. consists
OF one from each commission district as
follows: Albert Schlumpberger, first
district; Clement Halvorson, 2nd dis
trict; Paul Lehman, srd district James
Montgomery, 18th dist; VIM. F. Runck,
5th district. s..s--.s sse@., ...4.
There was some 1rregularity in the Sc.
lection of j. B. Augustin for commits.
sioner of the 9Th district aud the Popu-
ist convention did not endorse him but
lnominatsd George Ross instead.